White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18
In an effort to improve the cherry

In an effort to improve the cherry
market, barreling of them, new in.
| dustry, has been started at Salem by
Max Cellar, prominent grower and
leader in the movement to obtain Q
tariff on cherries.
Fire believed to have been started
by brush burning operations, destroy.
ed several hundred cords of wood at
the Frank frankfort wood yard at
klamath Falls, causing a loss Of up.
wards of $4,000.
A proposed ordinance limiting the
number of pool halls in Salem to one
for each 1000 residents was voted
down by the city council. The ordi
nance was sponsored by number OF
pool room operators.
Lakeview's first paving is assured
since approval of the engineers plan.
by the city council was given recently
The paving will be in the bushes,
section of the Lake county seat ant
will cost about $4,000.
Prune growers of the Willamette
valley met in Salem recently to dis
cuss the production Of prunes as il
relates to the federal pure food laws
| The meeting was held under the d;
rection of government officials.
Sheep breeders of the Willamett,
valley attended the sheep picnic at the
Floyd Fox farm in the Waldo hills re.
Gently. More than 100 were preseni
| from Multnomah, Yamhill, Clackamas
Marion, Polk and Linn counties.
| With a premium list Of $4,000 for
exhibits, the largest free entertain
ment program ever offered and indica
| lions of more exhibits than ever be.
fore, the annual klamath Falls county
fair prospects were never brighter.
The hatch cover door of the upper
deck Of the ship Admiral Watson,
which was wrecked off the Alaskan
coast two years ago, was picked up
on the beach at Heceta head by Fred
Weston. 1t had floated 1000 miles.
In the event that Roseburg is select.
ed as the site for national soldiers
home it will be up to the city to donate
to the government 100 to $50 acres of
land. The bill pending in congress
does not provide money for site.
The Coquille Lumber company has
been organized at Coquille through
arrangements of d. d. Hall of Port
land, ex-manager Of the West Coast
Lumber company, to take over the
plant of the old e. q. Johnson Lumber
company of that city.
Carl Fallen, 1S, was sent to Jail for
ten days when he pleaded guilty in
the justice court at Salem on charge
Of driving an automobile without cur
rent license plates, Earl Griepentrog
was fined $40 for driving his car with,
out proper license plates.
A large plant will be built at Red
mond to make lime rock into land
plaster for fertilizer. The machinery
will be on the ground inside of 60 days
according to the promoters. The rock
will be hauled from mine in Jeffer-
son county which was filed ON IA
years ago.
Lane county will receive refund on
part of the cost of the right of way
for the Siuslaw highway, now under
construction. Under the agreement,
the county was to provide the right
Of way, and the state highway COM
mission and federal road bureau to
divide construction costs.
The Umatilla County Farm bureau
has established the following wage
scale for the coming harvest: Separ-
ator operators, 81 to $40, depending
on the machine; caterpillar men, sack
sewers and jiggers, 81 to IS; header
punchers, So to 81; the same to trick
drivers; team drivers, 81 to IS; cooks,
So to 50; roustabouts, So.
John Maddox, SO, Melrose farmer,
is in a hospital at Roseburg suffering
shot wounds because he was mistaken
for whole flock of wild pigeons Gus
koken, neighboring farmer, employed
Maddox to pick cherries. koken, with
a shotgun, was hunting wild pigeons
destroying his fruit He saw tree
branches moving and fired.
Like an oasis in the desert, Hepp.
ner's new artesian we'll, which will
furnish the municipal water supply in
the future, has been attracting WISH
tors in large numbers. The WELL,
which is located at the forks of Will
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