White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-10

oSSp hlNeI llle last LEV udso. Null
bers of wild geese are winging their
way south from their northern sum
mer resorts daily, on their annual
flight to the rice fields of California
for winter.
"What," growled touslehaired, night
gown-clad Henry Dorr to his neighbour
who had wakened him by pounding on
the side of the house, "can you pos
sibly want at o'clock in the morn.
ing?" Alphabetically the neighbor re.
piled, 81 just thought better tell you
your house is on fire."
Mrs. Herbert d. Dahlquist of Castle
Rock swallowed an open safety pin
while she was pinning pneumonia
jacket on the infant son of Sam Perry
1t lodge in her throat and when Ell
forts were made to remove it the pin
was swallowed. 1t was removed
without any Ill effects.
Part of 100-car deal by the We.
noka selling organization Of Wenat.
chee, 81 cars of pears left the Peshas.
tin Fruit Growers warehouse last
week, consigned to France. The sell
ing price was So box, +. o. b. Seattle,
and is rs cents higher than any pre-
vious sales recorded this year.
A thumb Of r. e. Light of Longview
was chewed and severely lacerated re-
Gently by lively three-pound salmon
trout caught in the Toutle river. The
| fish put up hard fight and Light had
difficulty getting it into his landing
net. He grabbed for a firm grip on it's
mouth but the fish grabbed first.
Legislation to set aside huge block
Of state timber on the Olympic PENN
sula, as Sustained yield" forest, will
be introduced in January and, if it is
passed, the state will receive an an
nual income of 100000 by rotation
cropping, Clark V. Savidge, state land
commissioner, said in recent talk at
Walla Walla.
The will of the late John Atkinson
of Spokane has been upheld by Judge
LETTERS. The will provided that all
but 10 per cent of the income from an
estate Of $4,000 should be used to
| beautify the tiny Peone Prairie ceme-
terry and that the 10 per cent should
be added each year to the principal Of
the fund. 1t was contested by II rela-
tiyes.
During the three years. period end
ing with the close of the 1928 school
year the states public school system
will have effected a reduction of ap-
proximately $5,O0O0OO in current
operating expense, according to pre-
diction of State Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction Showalter. For 1892.
33 the operating expense will be about
$23,0OO,OOO.
+. H. Turner, who came to Kalama
from Glenoma, is installing a tie mill
in the timber he purchased from the
Faurhurst Lumber company in Harlan
valley. He expects to be ready to
start soon. They will cut $4,000 feet
of ties and employ eight men in the
logging and saving operations. The
ties will be trucked to the Port of
Kalama docks and shipped to China.
The suspension bridge across the
Lewis river at Yale, which the Gilpin
Construction company has been build
ing for Cowlitz and Clark counties,
was completed last week and will be
open to traffic soon. 1t is 800 feet
long. 1t replaces bridge at the same
site that had to be removed because
the foundation is below the level of
water in Lake Merwn.
Walter Cronk, GO, resident of the
Oak Point district for 80 years, was
shot and killed instantly last week by
Carl C. Reid, 81, who surrendered to
the sheriff at Kelso admitting the kill
ing. Trouble brewing for years be-
tween the Cronk and Reid families, an
echo Of the feuds of North Carolina
whence came the Reds, was attributed
by authorities as the reason for the
Staying.
A serious epidemic Of influenza has
been experienced by whites and In.
dians on the reservation, particularly
those living near Nespelem, some Of
the federal agents having recently re.
covered from severe attacks, and two
Indian infants and one 19-year-old In.
dian boy having died of the disease
within the last two weeks. 1t was be-
believed that the peak Of the epidemic
had passed.
| One stalk Of spinach, which weighs
5A pounds, and yet is tender and
crisp, was exhibited at Longview last
week by V. Q. Potter, Willow Grove
| farmer, who planted the seed in q
shaded area last June Is. The stalks