White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-05-23

| ed LOT DldS on three prOJectS, OFFERS
to be opened June on the electric
signals and on June II on the Gather
inc trunk sewer line and the Water.
town trunk and laterals.
Governor Hartley of Washington,
Governor Norblad of Oregon and May
or Baker of Portland are among the
notables expected to take part in the
waco docks is formally dedicated May
| 81.
More than 100000 oyster seed
from Japan have been planted this
spring on Willapa harbor beds Of the
Bay Point Oyster company and Will
lapa Oyster Farms, according to a
summary of Gerard T. Mogan, presi.
dent.
Using a large butcher knife, Mrs.
Torayo Sadairi, 80, slashed the throats
of her three young children and then
took her own life by cutting her throat
in her home at Tacoma. The dead
children are Nobuko, 8; Ayako, Z, and
Sachiko, 5.
Traffic over the North river line
of the O.-W. R. G N. was halted when
trestle at Midson, 20 miles south
east of Aberdeen was destroyed by
fire. Repair crews were dispatched
at once and service was resumed in
about three days.
State Senator Fred Norman of Pa
cific county will endeavor at the next
legislature to have the state establish
new highway from Raymond to
Aberdeen through the south beach dis.
trict, he announced at a meeting Of the
Twin Harbor Beach club at Ocosta.
Tragedy ended family outing near
Yakima when Richard Mcdonald, aged
5, one of the group, was hurt fatally
in fall of so feet from a dry spill.
way Of the Tieton canal. Losing his
foothold in some manner, the child
slid down the chute and dropped to
the rocks below.
]. R. linus, postmaster, has received
word that the 1880 convention of the
Washington State Presidential Post
masters association will be held in
Chehalis. 1t had originally been voted
to be held in Spokane, but due to the
death of the postmaster of that city
change was decided upon.
Colonel John j. Carney 81, pic
turesque figure of early northwest
days and ex-postmaster of Aberdeen,
died at his home in Aberdeen. Colonel
Carney fought in Indian wars under
Custer. In 1879 he came to Walla
Walla and for four years built sta,
tons for the Northern Pacific.
Mrs. F. N. English, resident OF
Colfax, is dead at the age of IS years.
She and her husband had been con.
nected with the old Colfax college
over 40 years. When the college was
discontinued they maintained a pri.
vate school and at the time of her
death she still had two pupils.
Four valuable dairy cows owned
by Lloyd Durgan were killed and
three injured by Spokane, Portland
& Seattle freight train passing by the
dairy ranch east of Vancouver, Dur
gan reported. The cows were ap.
parently feeding along the right of
way when the train struck the herd.
The Kelso Ocean Beach Highway
State company, Of which Jesse Ben.
nett of Kelso is the head, has pur-
chased 22-passenger Fageol stage
which will be put into service between
Kelso and Cathlamet over the Ocean
Beach highway as soon as the perma-
nent highway is opened to travel,
which will be about Labor day.
A boy of was in custody of juven-
lie authorities at Aberdeen as result
of fire which threatened the Ocosta
school, 20 miles west of there while
the 100 pupils and six teachers were
busy in classes. The fire was set in
bin beneath the school and only the
fact that another boy told his teacher
he saw the culprit coming from the
bin prevented big fire.
Judge John Truax of Ritzville, Judge
for the district composed of Adams,
Franklin and Benton counties, was
drowned at the Richland ferry, eight
miles above Pasco.. He had driven
onto the ferry from the west and sud-
denly the car shot forward. 1t is sup
posed he stepped on the accelator in
stead of the brake. The car broke
the ferry railing and plunged into the
Columbia.
The Walla Walla Dairymen's asso-
citation started operating the Hudson's
Bay Cooperative creamery at Una
pine, having completed deal for the
purchase of the plant. Stockholders
in the old company got $3.50 share
in cash and also received share Of
the dairymen's stock for each share
in the Umapine creamery, the cash
outlay for the organization being
about $1,000.
Last December, Fulton Burnett, IA,
of Tacoma, set free a red and yellow
toy balloon to which was attached
paper bearing his name and address