White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-30

now has clear water III lne Haiho o.
ter being supplied by farmers VINO
hauled. the water into town in tanks.
Six Richard Delicious apple trees
have been shipped from Wenatchee TO
Prince Nicholas of Roumania by Louis
Cozzetti of Kellogg, who has asked
the prince to plant one OF the trees
in honor of Samuel I'LL.
The Grays Harbor Pulp & Paper
company at Hoquiam now Is operating
on a 24-hour three-shift basis with 100
per cent capacity except with an oc-
casional days shutdown, according to
Lyall Tracy, assistant manager.
Freak eggs, connected by a stem OF
shell about the size of a lead pencil
were found by Jack Beckham, son OF
Deputy Sheriff Beckham, in a nest at
Kelso. They have been named Siam
csc Twins One egg is standard size
and the other pullet size. 70 ~
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completion of the planting of 1000 q
| year-old yellow pine trees on the chi
wawa river above Clear lake. This
section was burned over seven years
ago. If the trees survive several thou
sand more will be planted.
Retrenchments totaling S68,5OO are
planned by the Yakima school board.
The estimated income for the school
year is about $4,000 under estimated
expenditures. 1t has been decided to
drop seven teachers and suspend all
automatic salary increases
The large new frame gymnasium
and community building connected
with the consolidated high school
plant at Mossyrock, 80 miles southeast
of Chehalis, on Klickitat prairie, was
burned to the ground at loss Of $780,
| 900, with $4,000 insurance.
Setting the pace for the present gen.
| GRAFTON of apple trees, the Hudson's
Bay apple tree, 106 years old, is loaded
| with blossoms and gives promise of
large crop, A. A. Gutenberg, horticul-
tural expert, said. The tree stands on
the military reservation below Fifth
| Street.
County support of the county fair
will be abandoned this year If the rec
ommendation made at meeting of
the County Taxpayers league at Walla
Walla is adopted. The league went
on record against granting the fair
$4,000 a year which has been used for
premiums.
Carrying out instructions of the
school board of Vancouver the city
superintendent of schools has cut
$685. from his budget for the next
school year. Yhe saving will be made
by failure to fill the places of four
teachers who did not sign contracts
for the year.
Hereafter volunteer firemen will not
be called for chimney, brush or auto
mobile fires In Vancouver, thereby
effecting a saving of more than $4,000
year. The department is made up
of paid and volunteer firemen and the
paid men can handle minor blazes,
officials say.
Rescue from the skies came to two
men after they had clung to their over
turned canoe in Lake Washington for
more than an hour. Sighted by En-
sign John Blum, who was flying over
the lake, he landed his hydroplane
near them, helped them into the cock
pit and TAXED them to shore.
Fire, originating in the Grandview
hotel in Yakima, burned that struc
ture, the postoffice adjoining and sew
eral smaller buildings before it was
put under control. Fire Department.
from Sunnyside and Toppenish aided
in the fight, which was made more diff
ficult on account of the prevailing
high wind.
A new pest, thrips, is said to bt
threatening the prune and pear crol
in Clark county. The pest, which il
a very small bug OR insect, has ap
peared in some orchards and attacks
the blooms. 1t is said to have caused
considerable damage in Oregon, bu
has not obtained serious footholt
in Clark county.
Spring blowing in the Walla WALL
district is practically completed, e1
) cept for the foothill lands where a
over-abundance of moisture has he'll
back this work. The rhubarb crop /
rolling to market, and has been moN
: ing at the rate of carload a day
: Spinach, asparagus and green onion
are going out too.