White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-28

10 acres has already been planted and
enough other growers have been In.
terested to assure total planting OF
30 acres by the end Of the week. II
400 acres is guaranteed a cannery will
be established
Opposition to any wage less than 81
day was announced by pulp wood
cutters at Hoquiam following attempts
of several log contractors to cut wages.
The opposition is headed by Fred Fish.
err, chairman of the committee which
last year prevented walk-out of cut
tiers urged to strike by Communists.
George P. Wright. 6S, former mayor
and pioneer retail and wholesale gro.
Ger, died at Tacoma following an apo
plectic stroke. While he was mayor,
Wright inaugurated plans that resulted
| in Tacoma's present Green river gray-
| ity water system and the first unit of
| the city's municipal light and power
| project.
Forty Yakima Indians meeting in
council have denounced the Indian de.
partment's proposal to reduce grazing
fees paid tribesmen SO per cent. In.
dams collect cents an acre from
rental to stockmen and cents an acre
from the tribal fund. The government
suggested that the Indians eliminate
the tribal fund fee.
Cowboys no longer ride by. peeking
into windows during services, so the
Christian Endeavor and the Boy Scouts
Of the Ingle Chapel district near Walla
windows of the church. Old-timers say
the paint was put on during cowboy
days just to thwart cowpunchers, who
were sometimes irreligious.
A 10 per cent slash, totaling nearly
100000, in the salaries of appointive
county employees, to take effect on
May l, was agreed upon by King
county department heads at Seattle.
County Auditor George Grant sounded
a note Of warning before the action
was taken well either have to save
money or be recalled" he said.
A pedigreed bull that works in har.
ness single or double with a horse
may be shown at the state fair next
fall both in the livestock competition
and as a draft animal by it's owner,
Don Lechner, Zillah rancher. He
broke the bull to harness when calf.
He wears horse harness upside down
and is guided by reins attached to a
nose ring.
Grandma's flower garden, Rose of
Sharon, lone star, Dresden china plate,
robbing Peter to pay Paul-these are
names that have deep meaning to
guilt makers. And interest was shown
in high degree by the women Of
Grays Harbor county in the quilt show
and tea, which the local unit Of the
American Legion auxiliary held at
Montesano recently.
Seed loan approvals for the Spokane
region have reached $550,000, with
Yakima county having 100000 OF the
amount, the region crop production
loan office revealed. Approvals to pro-
ducers in other sections were: Adams,
Grant and Spokane counties, $4,000.
AS about $500 applications have been
approved, the average loan sought is
Spittle bugs, which have been men,
ace to the strawberry crops during the
large numbers, according to r. e.
Burnett, vocational agricultural in
structor at WOODBURY. high school. The
bugs are now quite small, yellowish
colored insects surrounded by small
amount of froth and found on the I'm.
derside of the strawberry leaves.
Later by several weeks than usual,
the seal run has begun off the coast
Of La Push. The first Indian to bring
in a seal was Herman Ward, who
landed a small one last week. The
Iuu 81 ldI 10 oello W DC olHoll. OWih6
to the low price for the raw skin, there
will not be great sealing rush, 1t Is
said. The Indians are the only resi-
dents of the coast allowed to catch the
seal.
One of the best trout fishing seasons
in years is being looked forward to by
Grays Harbor sportsmen, e. S. Alvey
Of Elma, chairman of the county game
commiss ion, announced. "The unusual
ly high freshets this year have provid-
ed extra runs of sea-run cutthroat and
the logs and snags the freshets left in
the stream have provided the fish with
good resting and hiding places" Alvey
said.
Word reached Stevenson recently Of
the destruction by fire of the post
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