White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-07-19

| secutive year without failure, &C
cording to DR.. p. H. Dirstine, dean of
| the school.
The Pc Ell Logging company has
purchased several million feet of tim
| Der on Stowe creek, near Pc Ell. Right
of-way has been obtained and construc-
tion of railroad into the timber will
be started Immediately. Logging oper"
atoms are expected to being early in
September.
Lloyd Burdette, son of DR.. G. F.
Burdette, early-day Centralia physi-
clan, was killed when the motorcycle
he was riding collided with an auto
mobile on the Pacific highway oppo-
site the southwest Washington fair
grounds, midway between Chehalis
and Centralia
Grays Harbor county commissioners
will be asked to keep all roads to Pa
cific Beach constantly oiled, the Aber-
deem chamber of commerce announced.
The dusty beach roads are not only
unattractive, but are also dangerous,
night driving being especially hazard
GUS because of blinded headlights, it
was argued.
G. D. Binton, II. was killed on the
Inland Empire highway mile south
of Thornton front Of the Arson
Patterson home. He stepped on the
running board Of car to ride few
rods and stepped off while the car
was moving slowly. He struck his
head on the pavement and died within
short time.
The Chicago, Milwi ukie, st. Paul &
Pacific asked the interstate commerce
commission for permission to con-
struct one-mile extension Of it's line
in Lewis county. The object Of the
extension is to connect with Cowlitz,
Chehalis & Cascade railway, which
serves a heavily-timbered area in
Southwest Washington.
Declaring the organizations were
seeking to use members of organized
labor for their own Selfish ends"
delegates to the Washington State Fed
Grafton of Labor convention at Bell
ingham adopted resolutions repudiat-
ing the Communist party, the Internar
tional Labor Defense and the Contra
liza Liberation committee.
p1ons fo, Tho Konpou;c1- foir m ho
held September and are nearing
completion, the fair queen contest has
been placed in the hands Of the sub
ordinate oranges, and premium list for
displays has been arranged, according
to officials of the association. Off
Gals state that the fair, an annual
event, is expected to be bigger than
in previous years.
The Pacific northwest has started
to harvest a wheat crop of 92,612,000
bushels. This estimate was issued by
L. F. Kent, statistician for Oregon of
the United States department of agri-
culture. The crop is not as large as
that of last year or the year before,
but it is slightly better than the aver
age crop. 1t also is larger than grain
men anticipated a few weeks ago.
Charged by vicious bull at the
Prosser irrigation experiment station,
Roy P. Bean, 38, director Of the sta
ton for the last ten years, died of his
injuries Is minutes later. A sudden
plunge of the animal forced Mr.. Bean
into corner and though the bull had
been dehorned, it struck the man over
the heart with terrific force, causing
internal helnorrhage that quickly
proved fatal.
Hans Jepsen, farm hand, is in a
Walla Walla hospital being treated for
burned feet as the result of an unusual
accident. He had been working on
the James Lyons farm spraying morn
ing glory with sodium chlorate and
ome of the liquid dried on his shoes.
While walking about the yard friction
set his shoes on fire. Fortunately he
was close to duck pond and jumped
into it before the fire spread.
Sufficient men are at hand to take
care of the wheat crop, it was stated
at Walla Walla, the federal employ
ment bureau having sent number
from Spokane. Farmers were in town
making their 1ast-minute preparations
for work which started at several
places in the county last week. Onion
shipments out of the valley are in
creasing daily as this crop is being
harvested, and outdoor tomatoes are
coming on the market in quantities.
Conditions are now being studied on
| Mount Rainier and a new route to the
| summit of the great peak may be
| selected soon, according to Horace M.
| Albright, director of national parks,
| who arrived there recently for tour
| of inspection. Due TO the recent sum-
NIT party tragedy which claimed two
lives, the extreme end of the route
to the top has been closed. Climbers
are now allowed to go only to Camp
Muir, just above the 1O,000-foot eleva-
| ton.
A female cougar weighing 1856
pounds and measuring feet from tip
to tip, was killed recently by Frank
| Manning and Ben Pratt The animal