White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-06-27

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health officer. Fifteen per cent O
children between the ages of and l.
years have some form of goiter trou
BILE, he said.
Roy A. Langley, SO, deputy state sup
peryisor of banking in charge of the
liquidation OF the defunct Colfax State
bank, died of pneumonia and injuries
received when he jumped from a sec
ond-story window of a Colfax hospital
during a delirium.
There can be no revision Of taxes
in Washington without complete re-
vision OF the public school system
since A cents out of each dollar OF
taxes is spent on schools, according to
DR.. N. d. Showalter, state superin.
tendent of public instruction.
The Standard Asphalt Paving COM
pany of Spokane has been awarded
the contract for bituminous surfacing
of 1888 miles of the Inland Empire
highway in Whitman county from
North Pine to Thornton and from Pull.
man to Colfax on a bid of $3S,225.
Declaring that they had everything
to lose and nothing to gain, Quinault
Indians at Taholah unanimously op-
posed the George Northrup plan which
would provide that the government
| purchase reservation lands from the
Indians and open it to white settlers.
Plans have been announced for the
erection near Evaline, north of Win
lock, by the negro Masonic lodge Of
the states of Washington, Oregon, Ida
no and Montana Of home for the
aged and infirm members of their race
and others deserving of their care.
Street cars will be replaced by
buses on or shortly after July be.
tween Raymond and South Bend, &C.
cording to the announcement made by
j. R. Snfder, manager Of the Willapa
Electric company, holders of the fran
chises for that transportation priv,
lege.
Fire of undetermined origin COM
| pletely destroyed the Northern flour
mill at Walla Walla. The damage was
estimated at from 100000 to $225,OOO
by the owners. The mill was one of
the largest in this section Of the coun-
ty, with a capacity Of 600 barrels daily
besides by-products.
Offshore fishing on the north coast
has been hard hit by the sudden ap-
pearance Of swarms of blue sharks,
according to trollermen operating out
If Grays harbor. The "tigers of the
deep" found off the coast are reported
to be of small, harmless variety, but
dangerous to salmon.
Prospects for a prune crop SO per
cent of normal are improving in Clark
county as the season advances, grow
ers report. In the Lake Shore and
Fruit valley districts there will be
full normal yield, but in other sec
tions, especially the plains district
the yield will be light.
Roy Goodnight's Jersey herd at La
Center, seven miles northeast of Ridge
field, won the individual and herd but
terfat honors in Clark county for May,
according to the monthly report just
released by Ernest Losey, official COW
tester for the county. The herd also
won butterfat production honors for
the year ending in April.
Pinned under the wreckage Of his
light truck near the body of his dead
12-year-old daughter and obliged to
listen despairingly to the cries of his
dying wife for aid, e. l.. Persons, for
est fire ranger, was rescued by pass-
ing motorists on seldom-used stretch
of the Sank Darlington road As miles
from Sedro-Woolley after a 16-how
vigil. i, 4...
While transporting a light coupe
with several passengers aboard across
the Columbia river recently, the cable
Of the Richland ferry broke in mid
seven miles down the river before it
was checked. Fred and Dan Giard,
who live on the river road, went out
| in row boat to the rescue of the pas
sengers, who were then just couple
of miles above the Kennewick-Pasco
| highway bridge.
Longview's annual rolleo which will
be staged August and 9, will this
year be conducted on the plan of a
| three-ring circus, with all of the events
taking place at Lake Sacajawea park,
| including the tree-topping and other
woods events. The natural ampithe-
| alter of the park will be used, with the
lake forming the stage. Trees will
be erected for the topping and high
| climbing events. On platform in the
lake, chopping, bucking, ax-throwing
contests and similar sports will take
place, while the log rolling, racing,
jousting, block turning and feats of
daring and skill will be seen in the
water.
There will be no milk war at Van
couver. Dairymen serving the city
have signed peace pact and milk
will remain on sale at 13 cents quart