White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28

luOulHS Was In6 pleasing eApeiiohSO
of Mrs. c. G. Cruson of Cottage Grove.
The bird, on it's return, appeared at
the residence of friend of Mrs. Cru.
son and was recognized and returned.
A delegation from the Medford Gar
den club is acting with the Jackson
county court for the care and beauti-
fication of the lawn, trees and shrub
berry at the new Jackson county court
house. The suggestions of the Garden
club will be mainly followed by the
court.
The Red Cross Of The Dalles, for
relief, expects to can 600 pounds OF
beans and 1900 pounds OF cherries
with the aid of a new Gamer recently
purchased. These foodstuffs are sur
pluses that have been donated by
farmers and gathered by the unem.
ployed.
In a tub on the terrace of the o.
wego lake home of Walter Bacon,
Portland violinist, strange flower is
blooming. Bacon raised it from seed
and feels an almost paternal pride in
which he believes to be the only Bird.
of-Paradise plant in the vicinity Of
Portland.
The late summer stock ranges are
in excellent condition in the Wallowa
district for furnishing large amount
Of good forage. The past few weeks
have seen the moving of several of the
large bands of sheep into the noun.
tain ranges, where they will be held
until fall.
The 3-year-old son of Harvey Hunt,
owner of country store at Roswell,
near Nyssa, was instantly killed when
a cash register toppled from stand
in the store and struck him. Hunt
had been rearranging his store and
had temporarily placed the register Cd
the stand.
The stork was busy recently in the
Lithia Park ZOO at Ashland and the
population was increased by one fawn,
five ducklings and bevy Of Chinese
pheasants in one day. The parkkeep-
er reports that the peacock ic sitting
on batch Of eggs and that baby
raccoon is due.
Instructed to map and report the
location of every bolt of lightning seen
striking into the dry Deschutes woods,
Gilbert McCleary, out-fireman on
Pilot butte, in the Fort Rock district,
faced charting problem when light
ming came up the legs Of a steel cot
on which. he was sitting.
Highway hazards appear to be bit
Tess appalling this year. Persons
killed during the first half Of 1882 in
motor vehicle accidents in Oregon
numbered 103, the June monthly re-
port of State Police Superintendent
Charles P. Pray disclosed. Number
injured this year amounts to Pill.
A spouting tree! Who ever heard
of one? A large balm over $50 feet
tall standing in Beaver park, west of
Barton, actually spouts water. Just
II feet from the ground, water con-
tinually gushes from the apparently
sound and healthy tree. There is not
dead limb or twing on the entire
tree.
Five hundred pounds Of cherries
were picked from a 50-year-old Royal
Anne cherry tree at the Emmett Filler
home in Dayton this season, and it is
estimated that as many more remain
on the tree. One year when cherries
were selling for a good price, 500
worth Of fruit was picked from this
tree.
Loss of funds in two recent bank
failures so undermined confidence of
Peter Rapp, aged Holley farmer, near
Albany, in financial institutions that
he decided his pockets were safer.
Robbers recently took Rapp's trousers
as he slept in the living room of his
home. The pocket contained $95 In
currency.
A glass-ribbed lookout house will be
constructed on 30-foot tower which
is to be erected on Wanoga butte, in
the timbered country southwest of
Bend, Deschutes national forest of.
ficials announced recently. A lookout
fireman, Pat Ryan, will make his home
in the tower house through the sum.
mer, guarding the LaPine district.
The pea crop harvesting in the
Scappoose dyked land district is we'll
under way and the yield for the first
year is very satisfactory. There are
about 100 acres planted to peas. These
will bring the grower good return
and are furnishing employment to a