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The supreme court of the United
States has refused to intervene in the
fight being conducted by group of
Washington citizens to force the state
board Of education to teach the Bible
in the public schools.
A King county court judgment has
awarded $4,000 damages to Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G.. Shanahan of Seattle for in.
iuries received in motor stage and
truck collision and has been affirmed
by the state supreme court.
The First Methodist church congre-
CATION is making plans to celebrate on
November is the 50th anniversary of
the founding of that church in Contra
liza. Early day pastors and dignitaries
of the church will be invited.
A proposal for a special levy Of
mills, which Prosser school district re-
jected last September, has been ap-
proved at a second election. 1t is
planned to retire about $500 of the
districts outstanding warrants.
Henry Spellmire cut big slice from
his Tooth anniversary birthday cake
recently at Seattle, and gave recipe
for longevity. Don't drink, don't
smoke, don't mistreat your body and
don't work too hard" he said.
A protest against growers and ship
pers bearing the cost Of state super
vision and inspection of motor truck
shipments of fruit and vegetables has
led Director of Agriculture Barnes to
raise the question of continuing or
abolishing the service.
Miss Beulah Moody, 16, Woodland
high school girl, who was adjudged
the healthiest girl entered in the All
health contest at the Pacific Interna-
tional exposition at Portland last week
is the second Cowlitz county girl to
win that honor in three years.
Mild fall weather has forced the
blooming of sweet chestnut tree on
the place of County Auditor Calender
of Clark county at Glenwood. This is
the second time the tree has blossom
ed out this year. The tree was brought
from the east by Mr.. Collender.
BY vote of All to %, South Bend
voters for the second time approved
the $4,000 bond issue for fire fighting
equipment, in special election held
there. The bonds were first voted
last fall, but legal technicalities devel.
oped and the bonds had to be revoted.
Warning has been issued at Yakima
that IL farmers in the Wapato region
| insist upon asking diversion Of the
governments 100000 for new pump
ing plant to use in developing regions
already under irrigation the entire
amount may be lost to the reclamation
area.
A 13-year-old boy with two hunting
knives in his belt and a small rifle
with 500 rounds of ammounition in
his baggage has been taken from a
southbound stage at Kelso and is be.
ing held until his parents at Enum.
claw call for him. He had started out
to see the world.
Authority to exclude all sheep from
winter ranges on the Yakima Indian
reservation from November Is to
March Is during the coming winter
and the two following winters has
been received at Toppenish. Serious
depletion Of the ranges is given as the
cause Of the exclusion.
The closing Of the Yakima Ellens-
burg Canyon highway four nights each
week until December / will work a
| hardship on fruit truckers from the
Yakima valley, who will have to use
the old road through the Wenas dis
trict, which is IL miles longer, or do
their hauling in the daytime.
Approximately three tons of pota-
toes are being harvested by the Sal
walton Army in Hoquiam from large
garden planted early in the season to
aid Hoquiam's needy About Is men
are harvesting. A ton of salmon was
donated last week and an additional
| five tons is to be brought in later
Between 400 and 500 tons Of chum
salmon are being dry sailed at Aber-
deem for export to Japan in a new ex-
| pertinent in salmon processing for
| shipment. Grays harbor's inside sal
mon run this year is reported the heav-
| lest in years, the black salmon run
alone holding on for an unusually long
| period.
Faced with the same relief problems
as other communities in the country,
Aloha, small town west of Hoquiam,
is preparing to aid its needy by smok-
ing huge quantity Of salmon. The
Aloha Community club cOmDOSed of