White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-06-20
The official 1880 population ,

of 81, 227, or approximately IA per cent.
Mildred Schwantes, II, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schwantes, who re-
side in the Lambert school district,
has been neither absent nor tardy in
six years. She received her sixth
perfect attendance certificate recently.
julius L. Meier, Portland, was the
principal speaker at the annual Mount
Adams highway picnic at Signal peak
recently. Miss Caroline Hahn, queen
of the Portland Rose Festival and her
attendants were special guests at the
gathering.
Establishment of state police force
to cope with major crimes, and the in
auguration of systems to provide en-
ployment for penitentiary and reform.
atory inmates, have been recommend
ed by subcommittee of the state
bar association.
From start at scratch two years
ago in the retail distribution of milk
and cream, the Inland Empire Dairy
corporation of Spokane has developed
an annual business of more than L.
100000 quarts of milk and 100000 half.
pint bottles of cream.
A Whitman county girl, Ruth Water.
man, aged ~ years, Of Oaksdale, has
won the eighth grade spelling cham.
pionship of the state in competition
with % other county champions. The
second place winner was Richard
Berge, age 10, of Waterville.
Ed Dixen and Charles Klawitter, ex.
Kelso high school athletes, pleaded
guilty in Justice court to charges OF
assault and battery for spanking sew.
eral girls, IL to IA years of age, whom
they suspected of molesting their car
while they were in swimming
Much of the s33,280 allotted to the
Umatilla national forest for construc-
ton work this year is to be spent in
the Walla Walla district. The final
three miles on the 10-mile stretch OF
the road between Bone springs and
Lookout mountain will be finished.
e. G. Towne, who lives near Castle
Rock was burned severely about his
hands and arms when the gas line on
a dragsaw broke, the gasoline ignit-
ing. He was showered by gasoline
and his clothing caught on fire but
he managed to extinguish the blaze.
1t is getting so one can hardly walk
a block in Seattle without seeing one
or more real estate offices, but in one
Washington county there is not a sin.
gle agent. A directory compiled by
H. r. Josefsky, head of the real estate
division, department of licenses, shows
Ferry county without licensed bro.
ker.
The crack mine rescue and first
aid teams of the Washington Union
Coal company mines of Tono journey.
ed to Hot Springs, Wyo, where they
will again participate in the annual
team contests against teams from all
parts Of the west, representing mines
operated by the Union Pacific rail.
way.
Washington's tax on income Of fin.
ancial institutions was declared I'm.
constitutional by the state supreme
court. The decision means that tax
money collected under the law on net
incomes of building and loan and saw
ings and loan associations, banks,
brokers and other financial interests
must be returned.
A proposal that Aberdeen and Ho
quiam jointly create the office of ra-
dio inspector and hire full-time man
to locate and eliminate radio interfer.
ence in the twin cities will be submit
ted to the joint meeting of the Aber.
deem and Hoquiam council commit
tees soon in Aberdeen. Radio recep.
ton on Grays harbor has been called
the worst in the northwest district.
A considerably increased interest in
poultry raising is. being evidenced
throughout this entire section of the
Grays River country. Near Cathlamet
several new houses have been built,
and others are in course of construc-
ton. Grays River also has several
new yards. Twelve thousand five hun
| bred baby chicks are being Matched.
| This is the largest hatch ever attempt
ed in this county.
The Northwestern Electric company
| plans to expand on an extensive scale
in southeastern Clark county and west.
ern Skamania county this summer, &C
cording to program received at Ridge
field by officials. Surveys have been
made for % miles from the steel
!. bridge to Stevenson, which will supply
light and power to approximately 200
families along the route, and will be
connected with the Peoples West
Coast Hydro-electric company's lines
at Fort Rains.
An appropriation Of $4,000 for q
federal building in Longview was In
cluded in an appropriation bill report
ed to the house appropriations com.
mittee in Washington, d. c., accord.
ing to dispatches received at Long
view.
Al Rouliau, 43, mill worker, was