White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-02-21

A heavy run Of smelt has been IL
the Cowlitz river for the last twt
days, although the catches began II
get smaller. The fishermen are get
ting a good price, around 10 cents
The smelt are large and firm ant
find ready market.
There has been a great decline II
the number of men applying to the
chief Of police at Aberdeen for 9
nights lodging in the city jail since
the order was issued that sleepers
who are given breakfast must work
an hour in the city park.
The Lackamas Valley Cooperative
Dairy association was prosperous In
1929, according to report read at the
annual stockholders meeting. A total
Of 100000 pounds of cheese, which
sold for $4,000, was manufactured,
and sale of sweet milk totaled $4,000.
Two deputy sheriffs drove 20 miles
to investigate haunted house" from
which John Clayton, Yakima rancher,
had fled in terror, believing the ghost
of murdered man fingered there.
High winds, slain pack rat and the
bleeding carcass of an elk explained
| matters.
The largest building program ever
initiated in Yakima is the construc.
ton Of an History structure and a
modern bank building. Both will be
at the corner Of Yakima avenue and
Second street and will represent an
investment of $1,OOO,OOO, financed by
local capitalists.
The first indication of spring was
seen when primroses were found
blooming in the open in the Naselle
valley, six miles northwest Of Deep
River. In other years crocuses have
been the first to bloom, but If these
are now in blossom they are still COW
cred With snow.
The job of placing 800 new road
signs in Clark county is nearing COM
pletion, and strangers will be reliev-
ed Of the necessity of stopping to ask
questions as to the location of points
of interest. Not only have the signs
been placed on main roads, but also
on side roads heretofore without signs.
H. M. Painter, his wife and three
small children were saved from death
In their blazing house in Yakima when
smoke caused one Of the sleeping
children to cough, and the sound
awakened Painter. The whole house
was afire and the occupants escaped
with difficulty as the building col
lapsed.
Despite the many protests against
the closing of the Riverdale road, due
to it's dangerous condition as a result
of rock and landslides accompanying
the thaw and rain, City Engineer E.
]. Austin Of Hoquiam said that the
road would remain closed until the
danger of accidents was considerably
lessened.
An ordinance providing for a meat
inspector for Longview was given its
first reading at the Longview city
| council last week. The city has had
milk inspector for some time and it
is probable that this inspector, DR.. S.
]. Moffatt, also will act as meat in.
spectOr, since he acts in the same ca
pacity for the city of Kelso.
Meningitis Is reported to have caus-
ed the death Of number of horses
within the past few weeks in differ
emit parts Of Lewis county. A few
cattle have also died from mysterious
causes. w. G.. Rogers Of Napavine
is the latest owner to lose horse
from meningitis. DR.. George w.
Stages of Chehalis reports that he has
known of about rs cases in the Che
halls district during the winter.
Hop growers of the Yakima valley
face the necessity Of another drastic
cut in acreage. A recent check has
shown the carryover would be ap.
proximately 5000 bales of harvested
crop Of 21,940 bales. Last year the
acreage was cut heavily by voluntary
agreement, but the check showed stor.
age on hand of 800 bales of the 1928
crop and 41S9 bales of the 1929 crop.
Hops sold to date have gone to mar
ket at less than cost of production,
which in the Yakima valley is esti-
mated at IL cents a pound.
The lowly penny, rolling into the
state treasury by twins and triplets,
has constructed and improved nearly
$25,000,000 in roads and highways
in Washington. A report issued re.
Gently by Charles w. Hinton, state
treasurer, revealed that the two and
now three cent gasoline tax collection
from the date of the first gas tax
law have aggregated S24,247,374.45.
The sum of S561 ,340.62 was collected
during January of this year, of which
S952,095 AZ went into the motor We.