White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-05-21
The Allen Packing company. which

| LongVieW property On inc CoiuuUia
river waterfront at Longview. has
placed its cannery in readiness for the
strawberry season, which will open
late this month and continue into June.
The signing of the treaty OF Mukil-
teo by Governor Isaac l. Stevens and
the Puget Sound Indians in 1856 has
been commemorated by the dedication
of a granite shaft and tablet at Mukil-
teo. The shaft was unveiled by Robert
Guss, great grandson of Chief Patkan-
i'm.
Another beacon to aid filters was
added to the Washington side of the
Columbia gorge route when the green
light was flashed from tower placed
in the yard of the residence OF Mr..
and Mrs. Roland Peeler, White Sal
mon, on the bluff over 600 feet above
the river.
Taking advantage of the recent
Presbyterian ruling that women might
be ordained as elders of the church,
the First Presbyterian Church of Bick-
Teton has elected three feminine eld-
ers. They are Mrs. Alfred Matsen,
Mrs. B. j. Faulkner and Mrs. George
McGreedy.
According to the April report of the
Cowlitz Dairy Herd Improvement as.
sociation there were 513 cows in the as
sociation under the standard plan. OF
these, were dry, but figured in the
averages. The average production
was $50 pounds of milk and 3O.6 of
butterfat per cow.
Over $650,000 will be spent by the
state highway department in road con-
struction in the Yakima and Kittitas
valleys this year and almost as much
next year. The funds will be used on
the Inland Empire highway, on the
Naches Pass highway and the Topper
Goldendale road.
A few days ago Ray Copeland, one
Of Kennewick's first string golf play.
ers, made par by a long putt from
outside the green. Rushing up to the
cup he reached hastily for his ball,
but paused because of a suspicious
noise. A RATHER was neatly coiled in
the cup, ready to strike.
Pacific county's first real perma-
nent airport will be virtually complet.
ed within the next sixty days. e. w.
Jacobson, Long Beach contractor, now
has a crew of men at work clearing,
grubbing and grading the site, on the
Wallicut, between Ilwaco and Chinook,
and is progressing well with his con.
tract.
More than 100 acres Of head let,
tuce will be planted in Snohomish
county this spring, survey disclosed.
With the yield expected to be mini,
mum Of 225 crates an acre, bringing
an average price of So crate, this
means that $850,000 or more will be
added to the county's wealth during
the summer months.
The beautiful snow blanketed slopes
of Mount Adams will be easily Access
sible for Yakima valley motorists dur
ing the summer months, Thomas L.
Carter, chief forester, has announced.
Indian agency officials are making
this possible through the construction
of a road from White Swan to the
crest of Signal Peak, Mr.. Carter said.
Forestry officials, county commits
sioners and assessors Of all eastern
Washington counties will meet in Spo.
kane the last of the month for con-
ference on timber tax problems. The
meeting is being arranged by the Tim.
Der Products Bureau of the Spokane
chamber of commerce, with Richard
Mckay as chairman in charge of the
program.
Exporting Washington boxed apples
to forty-nine countries in the world
during the past season, new all-time
record was set this year with the ship
ment Of nearly 100000 boxes. The
exporting Of 100000 boxes from Seat
tie recently was the latest loading ever
made for Europe, being nearly month
later than the time the last cargo usu-
ally clears Seattle.
Three hundred thousand bees, hav-
ing completed their work in polleniz-
ing this years fruit crop in the We
natchee district, have started their re-
turn to apiaries at Yakima and Sunny
side, whence they came. With 5000
colonies of $4,000 bees each in the dis
trict it is estimated that the bees trav.
ell total Of $50 100000 miles daily in
their polarization work.
In small green center parking on
Park street, near the entrance to Whit
man co11epa gir1s' dOrmitorv was I'M.