White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-08-08

Kennewick will be using natural gas
within a short time. Material for pip
ing the city has arrived and Edwin
Hurst, general manager for the North.
western Natural Gas company, is max.
ing final survey for pipe lines.
Fire that swept through the little
town of Hobard destroyed the sawmill
of the Wood & Iverson company with
damage estimated at 100000. The
sawmill included valuable machinery
and was the sole business of the town.
Outstanding road bonds in Whit
man county have been reduced to $14,.
600. Road bonds in the county were
issued between July 1, 1918, and No
vember /, 1921, to the amount of
$S49,654. Of this amount $835,O54 has
been paid.
Dolores Taylor, year-and-a-half-old
baby daughter TO Mr.. and Mrs. George
Taylor of Curtis, small town 12
miles southwest of Chehalis, drowned
in the Chehalis river when she strayed
away from her home to pick blackber.
ries along the river bank.
Fred Miller, "a, Richland farmer,
died at the Pasco hospital recently
from injuries said to have been re.
ceived in a fist fight with Chester
MCGUIRE, also of Richland. Mcguire
is being held in the Prosser Jail pend.
ing the verdict of the coroner's jury.
The United States forest service has
completed the construction of a pom
toon bridge across the Quinault river
a half mile below the forks of the
stream, according to word received at
Hoquiam. The bridge will aid fire
protection to Olympic peninsula for
ests.
Wapato tomatoes are meeting with
favorable reception in outside mar.
kets, and so much interest is shown
in this product that several eastern
buyers are on the ground. A high
quality pack that is claimed to be su.
perior to that of California is being
put up.
More than $4,000 in premiums will
be given by the Walla Walla County
Fair association at it's tenth annual
fair September 4, s and g., according
to an announcement by Charles Ba.
ker, general secretary. This is one
of the largest amounts offered in the
history of the fair.
The Henderson Dickey Gardens at
Bingen are in the full rush Of the to.
mato harvest. A modern tomato grad
er-the first to be installed in this
sections being used in the grading
or the tomatoes. The fine pack and
attractive wrapping of the crop is
bringing good prices.
Farmers of Walla Walla county will
receive direct benefits of 100000 from
the Interstate commerce. commission
ruling establishing a new rate on |
wheat, according to Charles Baker,
secretary of the farm bureau. The
saving is six-tenths of cent a bushel
on an estimated yield of 100000
bushels.
Seeking to have the Sunday closing
law in regard to grocery stores of
Yakima county observed, representa-.
tives of Sc stores have signed petit.
lions, which they have presented to
the prosecuting attorney and the sher.
lift, asking them to enforce the law
against grocery merchants who are
violating the law.
The Saginaw single mill at Aber.
deem which had been troubled with |
labor protests and picketing since it
started operation few days previous
ly on reduced wage scale, was closed |
again by it's operators No announce.
ment was made as to possible resump- |
ton of work. The strike was marked |
by two mild outbreaks of fighting.
According to Manager E. M. Soren.
sen of the Lewis County Seed Grow.
ers' association, the remainder of the
1929 crop of red clover seed belonging
to the members has been sold. The
total 1929 crop grown in Lewis county
was 100000 pounds and the average
price to the growers for the entire
crop will return them 1871 cents a
pound.
In an argument over the shooting
Of dog three weeks ago, Samuel ].
Pyree, Fernwood rancher, shot and
killed Louie Marsh, 48, a neighbor, in
a field near their homes. Pyree, who
was taken into custody, was slightly
wounded by birdshot from Marsh's