White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-03

tree-plant1ng recently at the city
hall, when four red hawthorn trees
were planted, celebrating the Wash.
ington bicentennial and in memorial
OF the deceased members of the club.
Clark Studebaker of Castle Rock,
southwest Washington's largest dealer
in poles and piling, has taken a con.
tract to supply the piling for large
dock to be built by the Ford Motor
company in the east and has awarded
contracts to loggers to get out the pill.
ing.
Announcement was made at Che.
halls recently of the consolidation, by
purchase of the Coffman-Do Bank
and Trust company, pioneer bank of
southwest Washington, and the First
National bank of Chehalis. the latter
retiring permanently from the local
field.
Out of every dollar in state, county,
city and district taxes levied in 1881
in Washington 46.8 cents will be used
for educational purposes, 1884 for ci.
ties and towns and 11:56 cents for
county administration. A total of 1852
cents will go toward county and dis.
trict road funds.
Because Ted Mcclure failed to man.
icure his finger nails, he is in Jail
at Wenatchee, having confessed break
ing into and robbing the Auto Freight
depot safe Of SIPS. Particles of as
bestos fiber such as torn from be.
tween the safe walls, were found I'm.
der McClure's finger nails.
A resolution banning heavy truck
travel on main-traveled Benton county
roads until April 1 was approved by
the county commissioners The act
is modelled on the state rules govern.
ing heavy truck travel, and is con.
strued at Kennewick as meaning
freight trucks will be forced to carry
lighter roads.
adopted resolution asking the gov.
eminent to reduce grazing fees in the
national forests in proportion to losses
growers have sustained through the
shrinkage of values. The government
is also asked to keep trappers on the
range during the summer to kill pests
hot dootrov chaor
AS an emergency to relieve dis.
tressed members of the Quinault In.
dian tribe, the Indians have opened
the blueback fishing season six months
earlier this year. Fair catches are
being made, and the move Is expected
to materially assist tribesmen. The
Indians have the fresh fish market at
Hoquiam all to themselves.
Manager Jones in his annual report
at the fourth annual meeting of mem
bers Of the Washington Gamers Co.
operative held in Vancouver recently
announced that membership In the
organization had increased from 1902
last year to 4S5 to date. About 40 per
cent Of this membership is supplying
strawberries for the cold-pack process
handled by the Gamers cooperative
and about 60 per cent of the members
supply the Vancouver plant with tree
fruits, chiefly pears and prunes.
There is an old wisecrack to travel
ers to not take any wooden nickels,"
but 1t don't apply to Tenino right now.
Since the local bank closed in De-
cember residents there have been U.S.
ing wooden scrip, issued by a group of
business men to tide over temporary
shortage of coin in the realm. This
is in addition, of course, to available
currency. The forms have been ar.
ranged in small denomination in such
way as to guard against counter
felt. The use has been termed "poker
chip" money. The bank is expected
to reopen in April, and in the mean
time business as usual is going on in
Tenino. When the bank does open
again the business men behind the
scrip will call in their poker chips"
and another epoch Of finance will be
recorded in the town annals.
That herd OF ten COWS with an
average production of more than 325
pounds Of butterfat in year will pro-
duce as large net income as a herd
of "a COWS that average from 275 to
325 pounds of butterfat Is shown by a
study Of the production and cost
records Of the herds Of the Cowlitz
County Dairy improvement association
last year. For the study the herds
were placed in three groups, one Of
herds that averaged more than 325
pounds OF butterfat, another of those
producing from 275 to 325 pounds; and
the third of those that produced less
than an average of 275 pounds. The
hioh producing group paid for feeQ