White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-29

A block of wood became lodged under
the saw and in an attempt to kick it
out his leg came in contact with the
saw and was severed at the ankle.
George Neyre must pay $4,000 to
Grover Harvey and his wife, and $500
to their 4-year-old daughter, for in
juries they received when the Neyre
car ran into them on the Inland EN-
pire highway near Spangle, August 81.
There can be no greater rage than
this: City water department employees
digging a ditch turned up a rattle
snake that had hibernated foot be.
low the surface. Furious at being dis
turbed the snake went into a frenzy
and bit itself to death.
Predatory animals slew sos deer in
the Mount Baker national forest this
year compared with "a killed by men,
but hunters scored highest in the num-
Der of bears killed, telling 10 to the
one dropped by a cougar, according to
reports filed by rangers.
Motorists recently reported great
flocl1s Of seagulls at the conjunction
of the Klickitat and Columbia rivers,
Lyle, attracted by the unusually heavy
annual run of dog salmon. The fish
spawned and died, furnishing a feast
for these graceful scavengers.
A class of woodturning ard construc-
ton work is being offered to women at
the State Normal school at Cheney.
Woodturning includes the making OF
such articles as rollingpins, tool
handles, gavels, candesticks, lamps,
pin trays, jewel boxes, and nut bowls.
Fire swept through the main struc-
ture of the Schafer Brothers Lumber
e Single company mill No. at Mon
tesano recently and threatened the
lumber schooner Hubert Schafer,
owned by the same firm, locked near
by. The loss is estimated at $780,
900.
The Chelan county commissioners
last week opened bids for that coun-
tvs share of joint state and coun.
ty project, which calls for elimina-
ton of the last two death curves"
on the Observation-Disclosures highway,
both at underpasses on the Great
Northern railway.
Yakima apple shippers who have
forwarded apples under standard ven
tilation have changed to heater serv.
Ice in transit. No reports Of damage
to fruit on the road on account Of the
extreme cold have been received at
Yakima, but some cars shipped from
Wenatchee have been frozen.
Indian police officers Of Toppenish
IRE looking for the worlds meanest
man." They discovered the theft Of
600 pounds Of bacon, beans, flour and
sugar from warehouse at Fort Sim
coe, near Toppenish. The food, gov
eminent property. was held for dis.
tribution among aged and destitute In
dams.
The city council of Davenport de-
MED petition Of the Wenatchee
Chamber Of Commerce for permit to
erect large sign at the intersection
Of the North Central and Sunset high
ways at Davenport. The action was
taken after IL property owners near
the proposed site of the sign pro-
tested. ,a,!.,i .a.,4... ,-.n
AS the result Of 1O-year-fight by
Spokane health authorities against
diphtheria the number Of reported
cases in that city has dropped from
the peak Of 1862 in 1925 to a total Of
only thus far in 1882. Diphtheria
claimed 16 lives there in 1925. To date,
in 1882, only one person has died from
this cause.
Unprecedented numbers at Wenat-
chez are taking advantage Of the
homestead" provision in foreclosure
pIOCeeulLSS. LILO uOIneSCedQ clause
gives persons about to lose their
homes through foreclosure a year,
rent-free, il they file a homestead
declaration within 30 days after fore.
closure judgment is obtained.
Travellers over Status Pass road be-
tween Goldendale and the Yakima
valley have observed a phenomenon
at the big fill which is puzzling. A
smoke-lile vapor rises, and in passing
over the road freezes. 1t has caused
the entire fill to become coated with
ice. This is the only ice on the road
between Goldendale and the Yakima
valley.
Not taxpayer demurred when the
Yakima county commissioners voted
an. emergency appropriation Of $4,000
for unemployment relief and ex-
ira expenses of the last general cleo.
ton. OF this amount $4,000 will be