White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01

tematic exercise and his feats of lift
ing were the wonder of circus fans
for many years.
George Chilvers and Karl Baumann
of Adna are at Bremen arranging to
resume cutting with their tie mill in
Tilton river valley. Henry Moore OF
Randle purchased a steam outfit in
Chehalis and will add it to his sawmill
plant at Randle, which will be operated
with steam power.
. The Odessa Commercial club will
stage an old-time market and get-to-
gether day December 10. A whole steer
will be barbecued and free sandwiches
will be served. Stores will cooperate
by giving special sales, and free en-
tertainment will be given in the even
ing at the school auditorium.
First steps in preparing an intensive
advertising campaign to combat mis-
information regarding the soundness
Of reclamation development in the
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reclamation leaders attending the
Washington Irrigation institute Goth
annual convention held in Sunnyside.
A 4-month-old calf owned by Bud
Heele, live stock dealer, has five legs,
the fifth limb extending from its left
hind hip and reaching to about the
knee. The left hind leg is shorter than
the right. The animal was one of
group recently purchased in the lower
Yakima valley and brought to Ellens-
burg last week.
| Development of small farms on the
logged lands of the northwest to pro-
vide "holdfast and mainstay'' for
families otherwise completely depend.
ent on the lumber industry was urged
| at Aberdeen by Justice Warren T.
Tolman of the state supreme court in
an address before the Grays Harbor
Bar association.
Purchase by the Long Lake Lumber
company of Spokane of the Inland En-.
pire assets Of the Edwards & Brad
ford Lumber company is announced.
The deal, involving the sawmill plant
and general store at Elk, a large re-
tail lumber yard at Hillyard and A.
900 acres of timber land, is one Of
the largest closed near Spokane in the
last three years.
Offers of 251a and 26 cents pound
for hops found no takers in the Yaki.
ma valley. Growers hold to the belief
the market will go higher, but deal
ers assert stocks purchased recently
have been held by SPECTATORS and
have not been placed in the hands Of
consumers, indicating decline in the
market may occur if unloading starts.
Contracts are being signed at II cents.
The Washington Gas and Electric
company has begun construction for
the placing Of 6000 feet of steel pipe
line extending from it's power plant
on the Long-Bell mill site to the Long
view Fiber company plant. 1t will de-
liver steam to the fiber plant under
200 pounds pressure. This steam line,
and an additional electric power cir
cult will provide substitute for the
main boiler plant of the fiber mill.
Relieving the local unemployment by
hiring number Of idle men, Jacob
MARTY and his son John are develop
ing new industry at Kettle Falls by
shipping Christmas trees. Mr.. Marty
has headquarters in a Wisconsin city,
while his son here secures the trees
and ships them from Meyers Falls. He
is shipping three carloads $4,000
trees) this fall and if the venture
proves successful financially they ex-
pect to increase their shipments next
year ten-fold.
Voters Of Acosta have written the
final chapter in this boom towns color
full career. At the polls recently they
voted to disincorporate, placing the
settlement Of the towns $4,000 in
debts in the hands of receiver. In
1889 this town started to be the great
est railway and shipping terminal in
the northwest. At the peak of the
boom, lots sold for $4,000 each, and
buyers stood in line for the privilege
of purchasing at this price. The de-
preston of 1893 punctured the boom
towns hopes, and started it on the
down road.
Stevenson is to have new sawmill
on the river front within few months.
G. H. Marsh and associates of Toledo,
Or, have taken lease on county and
city property and will begin the cree
ton of a 40,O00-foot mill, which will
support planer and box factory.
They also have contracted from the
county for about 50,000,000 feet of tim
Der and they own large acreage of