White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-12-12

! handling FEED TOT Iarmers'
Olympia has the most thoughtful
! bandit pair. Taking everything Harry
Herbert had, they drove their penni-
less victim to the poor farm and let
him out, He declined to stay.
The total apple movement from east
ern Washington, mostly from the Wen
atchee and Yakima districts, is run.
ming well over 5000 cars more than
last year. The crop this year is estf-
mated at $4,000 cars, compared with
between 10000 and $1,000 last year.
| To help relieve the unemployment
situation at Palouse and to allow farm
ers to contribute work on roads in
!, three districts that they want COM
pleted, the county commissioners have
voted an emergency appropriation OF
| $500, of which $500 will be for labor.
Contracts for six state road pro-
jects, involving the construction OF
three bridges, have been awarded by
the state highway department. The
projects will entail an expenditure of
/! $327,809. The largest contract is
! $143,280 for road in Clallam county.
In line with the policy Of speeding
necessary public work to relieve I'M
employment, the county commissions
ers awarded to Pete Enden of Ray
! mond and John Langford of South
Bend a contract for extensive repair
and re-decoration Of the courthouse at
South Bend.
Thousands of Christmas trees, re-.
-quiring many cars to transport them,
are being assembled at central points
in southwest Washington for the an
nual holiday demand in California,
Texas, Maine, New York, Illinois and
other states. Shipments will continue
until December IL.
One Of the first welded steel boats
ever to be built on the Pacific coast
is under construction in Longview at
the machine shop operated by w. G.
Cheney. The boat is AZ feet long and
will be used as q tug boat by the
owner, William. J. Smith, Of the Rain.
Ter Towing company.
George Krise of Old Kamilche is in
Shelton hospital recovering from
the effects Of being mistaken for a
jackrabbit. Krise was out on his trap
line near Old Kamilche Thanksgiving
morning, and as he stopped over a
trap he heard shotgun, he said, and
the next thing he knew he was full of
birdshot.
Assurance has been given residents
Of the Quinault district that the fed
eral forest service will extend for six
miles the road skirting the north
shore Of Lake Qdinault. H. L. Plumb.
Olympic national forest supervisor,
has notified those interested in the
project that work will probably be un-
dertaken soon.
Order Of the state highway depart
ment received at the Washington Au-
tomobile association branch at Yaki-
ma announced Snoqualmie pass would
be closed to night traffic, except reg
ular stages, during December, January
and February, and that winter speed
limit Of Is miles an hour would be
enforced. The object is to enable the
+, department to keep the highway free
of snow.
| Although the east wind has been
blowing gale down the Columbia
gorge for week spring violets were
out at Stevenson. The hills around
are covered with snow and tempera-
lures are only slightly above freezing,
| yet blue violets peep out among the
green leaves. Last year pansy plant
continued to bloom under two feet Of
snow and was unhurt when the snow
went off after three weeks.
The name Of White Salmon was
taken down from the Bingen station
of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
railway and the name Bingen substi-
tuted early last week. On July i,
1908, White Salmon was substituted
for Bingen. Since that date Bingen
residents have fought tirelessly to
have the name of their own town on
their own depot. After % years the
state department Of public works or.
dered the change to be made.
An unusual accident happened near
Chehalis on the west side when a
good-sized metal tool accidentally fell
from an airplane flying at height Of
about 1000 feet over the home Of
George Lavies. The tool struck the
roof of the Davies home and tore q