White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-01-03
Palouse has been assured a pulp


and paper mill with announcement
that Savage, Johnson & Cooper, Inc.
Seattle, had taken over the unsold
stock in the company. Wheat straw
will be used in making pulp. The pro-
ject was started in 1928. Site for the
plant has not yet been fixed.
Fred X. Baker. state supervisor of
transportation, has been summarily
dismissed from the state department
Of public works. The dismissal took
place last week following an alterca.
ton with John G. Denney, state direc-
tor Of public works, over differences
in policies governing the bureau.
A little flock of domesticated mall
lard ducks, released last spring to
join the annual migration of migratory
water fowl to the northland, have re-
turned to a private duck pond on the
stock farm of Leo F. Bruno, near
Granddalles. They brought lot Of
friends with them, according to the
rancher.
Thirty-six prisoners in the Wash
ington state penitentiary were re-
leased last week, with freedom as
their Christmas presents. Twenty
eight received paroles from Governor
Hartley. The releases are in accord
ance with the custom Of letting out
all men whose terms would expire by
January 10.
A meeting of berry growers Of the
Chehalis district was called recently
by the National Canning company Of
Seattle, which is operating the Cheha-
lis cannery. The meeting was held in
the office of County Agent F. d. Yeak-
er to secure the planting in the Che
halls district of 300 acres or more Of
red raspberries. f
A building in Vancouver barracks
used by headquarters corps is being
remodeled for use as a permanent
chapel for religious purposes, Chap
lain John w. Westerman said. The
Service club has been used for Sum
day school and regular services, but
| the chapel will be used exclusively for
religious services.
Confident that the interstate com.
MERGE commission will issue a permit
for the proposed Union Pacific-N North
ern Pacific line into the Olympic pen
insula, W. e. Conan, vice-president Of
the Northern Pacific, asserted during
| visit at Aberdeen that he expects
the first "dirt to fly" on the project
early next summer.
Close to $4,000 loss was estimated
in fire that destroyed the Matson &
Co. fruit warehouse at Selah, four
miles north of Yakima. Fifteen car
loads of packed apples were included
in the loss. The building was an old
frame structure and firemen with DIFF
ficulty saved modern structures near
by. The company will rebuild, 1t is
stated.
Three deaths, shattered Christmas
trees, scattered holiday displays thai
were swept through broken plate
glass windows, communities plunged
into darkness by broken wires, nu
merous fires and an undetermined
| rf1y n oy,on no IA ri NJ O
wind storm that swept through west
ern Washington and British Columbia
last week. i
The Tacoma chamber of commerce
has gone on record in favor of the SO
called direct highway between Cen
tralia and that city by way of Tenino
Yelm, Roy and other points along the
old Northern Pacific main line, as al
alternative route for the Pacific high
way. The proposed Tenino cutof
will mean saving of 1914 miles IL
distance between Centralia and othel
southwest Washington points to Ia
coma, Seattle and other sound cities
beyond.
Surveying Of lines defining CONNER
cial salmon fishing limits along tht
shores of the Columbia river in Kick
itat county under the supervision o
Ira Henderson, state food fish warden
has been discontinued on account o
stormy weather. Warden Henderson
said the work would be resumed II
the spring and completed in time t
keep alleged commercial salmon
poachers at the mouth Of trou
streams outside of the limits present.
ed by the state game laws.
!. Sea water drowned the fire whic
had been burning for several days i
the holds of the steamer Skagwa!
; abandoned on the rocks near Cap
| Flattery by It's crew when its cargo
oil was ignited. Though salvager