White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-06

cOrQlng to Old-rlmerS IL Will De SIX
weeks to frost. The initial chirping
was heard last week.
When Edward F. Melhart. former
Whatcom county cashier. walked out
Monroe reformatory a free man. he
was met by deputy sheriff and taken
to the Walla Walla penitentiary to be-
gin serving new term for forgery.
Sawmills in northern Clark county
are busy cutting ties for shipment to
China by the Fairhurst Lumber COM
pany of Tacoma. Eight mills are SO
employed and the ties are hauled to
Kalama for loading on seagoing ships.
The first attempt in Cowlitz county
to take advantage of the Grange pow
err bill is being made by Rose valley
grange, which will form power dis
trict. Residents of the valley have
been unable to secure power line
extension into the valley.
Fire destroyed the Klickitat garage
at Glenwood, with a resultant loss Of
nearly $4,000. The fire was caused
by the explosion of a torch used in re-
pair work. Two large trucks and a.
car also were destroyed. Two gas,
tanks in front of the building ex-
ploded.
Development of a demonstrations
tract of from 1000 to 1000 acres on
the Burbank irrigation project has.
been suggested to Congressman Sum-
mers by Elwood Mead, U. S. reclama-
tion commissioner, to determine the
feasibility of rehabilitation of the en-
tire project.
Final preparations are being made
for the annual flower show at South,
Bend August IL and 16. A feature
of the show this year will include
showings of colored lantern slides.
The slides show results of the work
carried on in Identification of Wash
ington highways.
In order to arouse interest in caring
for birds the Kiwanis club of Vancou-
yer will give each boy and girl who
owns tenanted birdhouse Is cents,
Mrs. Irene Back, chairman of the jun
ior Red Cross, has announced. Those
who have tenants in their birdhouses
are asked to notify Mrs. Back.
Faced with a reduction of 100000
in county valuation, the commissions
ers of Spokane county have begun to-
curtail their 1882 budget by cutting
out new road construction funds. A.
road and bridge fund of 100000 raised
by taxation will be cut in half. Gas.
money will be diverted to maintenance
and bond retirement.
According to reports from ]. w.
Gray, county treasurer of Klickitat.
County, TOPPER cent more taxes have
been collected to this time this year
than for the corresponding time last
year. 1t seems that taxpayers who
have been in the habit OF getting their
taxes paid on time, have managed to-
do SO again this year.
With over half of the onion and to-
mato crops from the Walla Walia dis
trict already shipped and the balance
expected to move during the next two
weeks, preparations are being made
for the movement of the prune crop.
which is expected to start about Aug
ust IL. Estimates Of the prune crop
run from 700 to 500 carloads, com.
pared to 1900 shipped last year.
The Wyers Stage company of White
Salmon has just added to it's string Of
modern school buses 50-passenger
bus of the latest model, the largest
school bus in Klickitat county. These
vehicles, heated in cold weather, make
it possible for children from the re-
mote districts to attend both grade
and union high schools in White Sal
mon, covering an area Of about 1870
square miles.
Centralia's male citizens, who have
been soothing at the city's whisker or
dinance requiring all over 81 to go
unshaven until after the southwest
Washington pioneers picnic, August
IL and IL, encountered the law re-
Gently in the form of a vigilance COM
mittee, which rounded up about 20 all
legged shirkers and hailed them before
court. Convictions were obtained in
all except a few cases, and sentences
included both fines and imprisonment
in the stocks.
In answer to the red mems prayers
millions of King salmon are streaking
up the Columbia river, promising filled
larders this winter. For days Inland
Empire Indians, at Colville for their
annual salmon trapping festival, lined
the banks of the river, spears in hand