White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-01
The Washington state highway de-

The Washington state highway de.
Lartment has awarded an s1S,S07 con.
tract to the Union Bridge company
Of Portland, Or, for surfacing with
crushed stone 3.6 miles of the North
Bank highway from Wing creek to
Prindle in Skamania county.
Although no further mills have sus-
pended operations, the lumber indus
try continued at low ebb in Aber-
deem, being only about rs per cent of
normal. Logging is being continued
in several of the large camps, but 1t
also is only about Is per cent normal.
Two young sisters stepped into a
hole and were drowned while wading
| in the Yakima river at Richland, eight
miles northwest of Pasco. They were
Merna, 10, and La Velle, 16, daughters
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Austin De Greece,
Nebraska City, Neb The family was
near by but did not see the girls go
down.
Packing plants in Vancouver are
virtually shut down and will not re-
sumo operations until about August
20, when prunes and pears will be
ready to pack. The plants will can
prunes few days ahead of the dry
ing season as the fruit must be ripe
enough to drop from the trees before
it is fit to dry.
Cascara bark buyers in Chehalis re-
| port finding several sacks of supposed
| cascara bark to be cuttings from vine
maple, alder, wild cherry and other
woods. The 1880 crop Of cascara bark
has been harvested and is reported
slightly larger than the previous year.
The local price is about standard at
cents pound.
Rain is needed for late potatoes as
| planting is virtually completed except
on the low river bottoms, growers
say. The ground is so dry on the up.
lands that the tubers will not start
| to grow unless there is more moisture.
Considerable acreage was planted to
late potatoes and the yield will de.
pend on weather conditions.
Lilliputian golf courses within the
license Of $50 year, the city council
license of $50 We ar, the city council
| has decided. Two of these are in
operation and a third is being con-
structed. These must pay $25 for half
a year. The tax is levied under a
rule approved by the council which
calls for a tax on all amusements.
While cleaning a shotgun prepare
tory to hunting rabbits, Theodore
Gregg, 16, accidentally shot and Killed
his brother, Leroy, Ia, at their home
near Covington, south of Seattle.
Theodore had inserted cartridge to
test the ejector spring when the trig.
ger caught in his clothing as the gun
was pointed at his brothers. head.
Ideal weather is aiding farmers in
the Ridgefield section in harvesting
hay crop which is reported heavier
than usual and baling by power press
ig under way. Clover is reported to
be yielding the heaviest this season
and is said to be going four tons to
the acre on the Walter Meuler ranch,
a few miles southeast Of Ridgefield.
Tacks, sprinkled along the right of
way of the first local bicycle endur.
ance test at Bellingham, brought the
marathon to a sudden close when
tire came off the rim after the youth
full contestants had been running four
hours on flat tires. -Four boys, Keith
Swanson, Charles Reed, Daverne Kel
ly and Raymond Kelly had been going
46 hours when the halt was called.
At meeting Of farmers and small
owners at Spokane, committee was
appointed to consider the ACCESSIBILITY
|
A resolution was passed calling upon
the advisory tax commission to rec
ommend to the legislature the advis
ability of issuing $10,0OO,O0O in bonds
in case of emergency to prevent great
increase in taxes pending settlement
of tax litigation.
The Washington Growers Cooper
alive has shipped a carload, $4,000
pounds, Of frozen strawberries every
day for the last ten days, w. H. Wood,
manager, said. The demand for ber-
ries in the east is good and the crop
will be cleaned up early as the pack
was light, only about 100 barrels.
The demand for berries packed in
sugar and shipped in refrigerator cars
is increasing and no trouble is expert
enced in selling the pack.
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