White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-25

used in making cattle crossings be
meath the new West Side highway
south Of Castle Rock.
Reduction in rates for domestic ant
commercial electric energy to benefit
the entire western and central Wash
ington territory served by the Puget
Sound Power & Light company were
announced by A. w. Leonard, presi
dent of the company.
With 100000 budgeted as Clark
countys share of the farm-to-market
fund obtained from gasoline tax, the
county will have $4,000 in excess OF
that sum. Only the amount budgeted
can be spent and the balance will be
carried over into 1881.
Floyd Clark and Gus Hartkey of
Kelso killed a snake five feet long
near the Kelso business district. No
one here could identify the variety of
the snake, which is believed to have
escaped from the carnival held recent
ly in the vicinity where it was killed.
Clark County Floral society will
hold a gladioli show in Vancouver,
August 1924, Mrs. v. e. Miller, sec
rotary, announces. Exhibits will in
clude blooms entered by Oregon flor
| lists and those from other sections Of
| Washington as well as Clark county
bulb growers.
Barreling OF Strawberries at the
Winlock plant of the growers who are
affiliated with the Washington Berry
Growers association of Sumner, ended
last week. Haying has started in all
parts of Grays Harbor county and the
indications are that the crop will be
a bountiful one.
A special train Of 80 carloads Of
poles is on its way from Longview to
st. Paul over the Great Northern rail-
way. The train is carrying banners
advertising this district. The poles
were cut at Ryderwood, 80 miles north
of Longview. At st. Paul the poles
will be creosoted.
Washington's latest freak forest fire
was under control after burning over
800 acres east of Stevenson, in Ska
mania county, George Joy, state for
ester, said. The blaze started when
snag fell, struck telephone line
and forced it into contact with a high.
voltage electric line.
Conditions are favorable for prune
crop SO per cent of normal and the
growing fruit looks well, according to
officials of the Washington Growers
Packing corporation of Vancouver.
Harvesting will probably start about
September Is, bNt the date will de.
pend on the Gather. ll~vtts -yq.'
Announcement was made recently
that the Cowlitz county fair will be
held August %, 20 and 80 in the vicin-
ity of Kelso and Longview. The event
again this year will be a juvenile fair,
with the All clubs and other organi-
cations participating. Cowlitz Pomo.
ma Grange is sponsoring it.
Payrolls in Vancouver and Clark
county are greater now than at any
time in the past 10 years, A. w. Cal
der. head of the Vancouver branch Of
the state department of labor and in
dustry, asserts. More people are
employed by Vancouver industries
than was the case last year at this
time.
The fact that a carload Of cattle
from Alder creek basin, high in the
Cascade mountain range, all had gold
| plated teeth, has led to the develop
ment of mining properties in the re-
gion, it was revealed at Wenatchee.
The bovine dental ornamentation was
discovered when the cattle were
slaughtered.
A discussion Of INFECTIOUS abor-
tion," led by DR.. B. T. Sims of Oregon
state college, featured the opening day
of the thirteenth annual convention
of the Northwest Veterinary Medical
association at Chehalis. Methods Of
handling this critical situation affect
| ing the livestock industry Of the north.
west were fully discussed.
Site of the former Marcus Whitman
mission, one of the outstanding his
torical spots in the United States, may
be reconstructed and preserved as a
landmark of old pioneer days some
time in the near future, Lorne W. Bar
clay, national executive director Of
the Old Oregon Trail Memorial asso-
citation, said recently at Walla Walla.
Another obstacle in the path of Cen.