White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-04-12

AS an aftermath to the recent Wish
kah bridge tragedy at Aberdeen IL
which five men lost their lives, dam
age suits aggregating 100000 have
been filed against the city of Aberdeen
and Grays Harbor county.
The annual Blossom day parade will
be held in Vancouver, April IA, direc
tors of the chamber Of commerce have
decided. Fruit growers believe 5000
acres of Clark county prune trees will
be in full bloom on that date.
Cowlitz county's S41,475 permanent
highway funds for this year will be
used in the construction of permanent
highway IL on Lewis river and on
which bids will be received by the
county commissioners April 16.
The pouring of concrete for pier
No. of the Longview Columbia river
bridge has been completed. Two other
piers forming the support of the Wash
ington end of the main 120O-foot can
tilever span, will next be poured.
Receipt of day-old chicks by the
American Express company at Van
couver broke all one-day records last
Friday, with total of 12,7OO, accord
ing to Express Agent Johnson. This
brought the total for this season up
to 10000, which also broke the season
record.
Fate of Yakima's junior college,
now near the end of it's first year,
was doubtful last week. Unless Yaki-
ma citizens raise $4,000 to $4,000 as
gift to the college probably it will not
open next fall, it was stated The col
lege was opened last fall and has been
supported by tuition and donations.
The last of shipment of 1900 cases
Of Japanese oysters was planted in
the Bay Point Oyster company's bed
near Tokeland, on Willapa harbor. In
all, the company has planted about
100000 oyster seed there. A por-
ton consisted of 2-year-olds, which it
is expected will be ready for picking
next autumn.
Reduction of Yakima apple storage
from 1904 cars on March 10 to 1888
cars on April 1 was shown by figures
given out by the Yakima Valley Traf-
fic and Credit association. 1t is ex,
pected the movement will decline to-
ward the end of the shipping season
and that it will be several weeks be-
fore the cleanup.
A deputy sheriff of Winlock was
said to be living demonstration of
"faw down, go BOOM" Returning from
a dance, where he had been on duty,
the crank handle of his small car fell
off in the road. He stopped the auto
mobile, got out, stopped over to pick
up the crank, and his pistol fell from
his pocket. 1t went off and shot him
in the ankle.
The Hockenbury system of financ-
ing will be employed to raise $4,000
with which to put the Clark General
hospital in operation, it was decided
at meeting held in Vancouver re-
Gently. The building will be complet
ed by April Is, by the Austin COM
pany and the hospital will be ready
to receive patients soon after the
money is subscribed.
A $5000,000 concentration and great
electrolytic zinc plant will be built at
Metaline, in Pend Oreille county, by
the Pend Oreille Lead-Zinc company,
it was made known by Lewis P. Lar
sen, Spokane, president Of the COM
pany. The concentration will have a
daily capacity of 1000 tons, and is ex
pected to be ready to operate at half
capacity by next year, Larsen said.
The port of Grays harbor commits
sion rejected all bids for the construc.
ton of fishing fleet dock at West
port, and decided to build the wharf
itself. Work on the project will start
at once, and Port Manager Peters
expects to have the dock ready when
the trolling season gets we'll under
way. The site is in cove just inside
Grays harbor bar, IL miles from Aber
deem.
ALI farm work is being delayed by
weather conditions in Clark county,
and local garden truck will be about
two weeks late in growing to suffici-
ent size for marketing, farmers report.
Very few early potatoes have been
planted and it will be about three
months before they can be marketed.
Despite the fact that potatoes have
not shown a profit for the farmers
for two years, about the usual acre
age will be planted.
Mrs. Augustine Beck is dead and
her two small sons are injured as a