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VOL. XVI
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3. 1922
PROJECT APIARISTS
CITY WATER TESTS
REPORT BIG YIELDS PROJECT PIONEER
Loudermilk
SHOW IT TO BE PURE Product Place of One Nets Hive 287 on pounds
PASSES AT PORTLAND
of Honey
REPORTS ARE IN ON
LOCAL ABORTION TESTS
Many Reactors Are Found in Herds
on Project and Conditions
Reported Bad
SAMPLES SENT TO THE STATE
HORSE HEAVEN BOND
SYNDICATE FORMED
No. 47
ROBS RANCH HOUSE;
CAPTURED NEAR ECHO
Youth Makes Cleanup at Von Behren
Ranch. But Booty All Recover­
ed W hen Later Captured
WILL ENFORCE LAW
REGULATING CARRIERS
Large yields of honey are being H T. IRVIN WAS ONE OF FIRST
Reports are in on the abortion EASTERN CAPITAL TO HANDLE
A little yellow dog was the un­ APPLIES TO PASSENGER AND
reported by project apiarists this
tests made on the project herds a
doing of a youthful house breaker
SETTLERS HERE
ISSUE OF $28,000,000
FREIGHT SERVICE VEHICLES
year, and is proving one of llio best
short time ago. The condition as a
last Sunday.
honey years in the history of the pro­
result of the report, is considered
The party in question was seen
W ater at Hydrant Has no Showing ject. The American Bee Journal, a Death Came Tuesday at Portland bad, and the disease is found to be John I . Etheridge Announces Deal >«»»*“ 8 «he Allen Von Behren ranch R epresentative of State Transporta­
leading perodical of the honey Indus­
about evenly distributed throughout
Sunday afternoon by G. Lee Clark
of B acterea; Water From W ells
Where He Had Made His Home
try, states that the Ideal conditions
Whereby Irrigation Scheme
tion Department Says N ew
the various sections.
Dr. B. F.
( and when M. Von Behren, who Is a
for the secretion of nectar from al­
Most Unsafe
Simula, state veterinarian would like
For Past Seven Years
j bachelor returned later he found the
W ill Be Realized
Law W ill be Enforced
falfa and the bloom are found in 1
an expression of the dairymen as to
< place in disorder and later learned
locations with low attitudes, where
whether they would like to continue
j of the party leaving his place. Ot-
Portland Oregonian
days are hot and nightH cool.
By O. C. Young
II. T. Irviu an early pioneer of with the eradication of this disease
j fleer Crandall was notified and from
J. H. Gordon, of the Automotive
II. W. Loudermilk who has some Hermiston, died Tuesday morning at and the doctor was expected here
Announcement of the formation of the description given of him and the Transportation Department Public
The bugs are dead! We will not
twenty stands of bees on his ranch his home in Portland according to early this week, but may not arrive a syndicate which immediately will dog. he was soon picked up between
eay as they say of kings, "Long live
Service Commission, was in Hermis­
Dorthwest of town has kept an ac- word received here by his daughter, on acouut of an eastern trip. How­ take over the >28,000,000 bond is- Stanfield and Echo and brought
the bugs.” No requiem is played or
accurate account of two extractions Mia. George Patterson. Mr. Irvin ever, an early meeting of dairymen sue o f the Horse Heaven irrigation down here by a deputy sheriff. When ton Tuesday, In connection with the
sung, as there are none left to mourn
enforcement of the provisions of the
from one stand of bees and has taken hud been ill for the past two years will be called to consider this and project and allow work to begin 1m- searched by Mr. Crandall It was dis.
the dead, nay not one. Samples of
law providing for the supervision
off 267 pounds from the single hive. and tile death was caused from heart see what can be done.
mediately was made yesterday by covered that he was a veritable walk- and regulation of for hire passenger
•the city water were sent to the state
J. M. Pace, rancher and apiarist, trouble.
It is stated on authority that there John L. Ethridge, manager of Mor- Ing store house. Among the articles and freight service cars and gave
Board of Health last week, and the
who resides two and one-half miles
Mr. Irvin was 62 years of age and is no guess work about the tost as rls Brothers corporation, on his ar- recovered belonging to Von Behr- out the following statement which
returns were received early this
north of town, had one hive that was horn in Canada, his early life it is absolutely stye and tried and rival here from the east.
en were a fountain pen, silver pen- will be of interest to all persons in
week, the card showing the condition
weighted out US pounds. Two others bt ing spent there and then he mov­ tested in thousands of cases.
Fifty-six of the country's largest ell, silver watch, gold handled knif, this line of business. Mr. Gordon ex­
of the water obtained from a hydrant
weighed 100 1-2 pounds and 94 ed to the United States. He and his
It is also a fact that abortiCA may financial Institutions have subscrlb- fancy set vest buttons and an auto- pects to return here in a week or two
in the eaBt part of the city gives it a
pounds respectively. The quality is family moved to Echo in 1905 and be in a herd and no bad effects not­ ed to the issue, he said. The sale of matic revolver. He had sold the au-
to take the matter up farther with
clean bill of healh. Former tests good this year and of a light color.
ihen came to Hermiston in 1906 and ed for some time, when It will take the bonds to the public will begin tomatlo but had all the money re- those engaged In this line of work.
showed water at the reservoir 1000
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started a lumber yard in this city a turn and losses will be heavy.
September 15. Work on the building ceived for It with the exception of
"Notice Is hereby given to all Au­
bacteria, 100B. Coll per c. c.; at
at that time and later sold out to
of the giant flume and pipe line 10 cents. Having recovered the stol- tomotive carriers, both passenger
well. 260 bacteria, 100 C. Coll; at STATE TO LEARN OF
which will carry water to a 3,400,- en proporty Mr. Von Behren conciud. and freight, operating out of the city
faucet, 800 bacteria, 100 B. Coll.
WORLD'S FAIR PLANS he Tiuu-A-Luni Lumber Co, He was FORD RETAIL SALES MAKE
NEW RECORD FOR MONTH 000 acre tract along the Columbia ed not to prosecute and the young limits of any incorporated city or
one of the earliest of pioneers here
The test of the water sent last
liver, will be started at once, Mr. man was released. Officers making town .under chapter 10, Special ses­
week shows water at the hydrant Portland Caravan Will Ca ry Mes- a"<«
- always Interested in the de-
Company Reports Sales Have Reach­ Etheridge stated.
veiopuient
of
Hermiston.
He
was
the
the arrest did not learn his name.
sion laws of 1921, must carry a li­
sage;
Various
Communities
to
with no showing of either bacteria
ed 5,709 Machines a Day Dur­
first president of the Water User’s
ability and property damage insur­
be Told of Exposition
or B. Coli. The water at the reser­
Project is in W ashington
m oH 1- w o n pM CTS
in g June
association here, and also served on
ance. All Information concerning the
Two years and two months will be j HIUHEK OIL rKRJEh
voir shows by test 45 bacteria and
A caravan made up principally of the local school board for several
PRODUCERS CHANT Insuring of these trucks and passen­
no B. Coli. The water secured from
Retail sales of Ford Cars, Trucks required to ft.Jsh the project.
ger cars can be obtained through the
the re t rvoii; may have received this car representing the various civic terms and at the time the addition and Tractors established a new high When finished It will be one of the
Bmall count of bacteria from improp- bodies of Portland and numbering was built on the old school house, record during June .when, according west’s greatest irrigation feats and Song of 50-Cent G a llin g Heard in representative of the Public Service
Commission, J. H. Gordon, who at
W ashington, Probe is to
er handling. The Treasury Depart perhaps 25 or 30 will take the road He left Hermiston in 1915 and mov­ to a statement issued from the Ford will open an area which will claim
the present time is at the Pendle­
ment standard Is shown on the 8,*rtlnK
A”«U8» 14
ed hl; faml'y * Portland and has
be Made
Portland
as
its
logical
market
place.
Factory at Detroit, an average of 5,-
will be on the road 12 to 14 dayj since remained there,
ton
Hotel, in Pendleton, or Mr. Hod.
Board of Health card and is af fol­
The Horse Heaven valley country
and the Idea Is to assure the citizens I Mr. Irvin is survived by his wife, 709 machines were sold daily.
Mr. Motor Car Owner, the millions ges who is at Bentiy & Hodges, Pen­
lows: “Water containing more than
lies
in
Benton
county,
Washington,
Ford sales have been showing a
en route that the 1925 exposition Is two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Harrison
of them, can find no comfort from dleton. Mr. Gordon will be In town
100 bacteria per c. c. or more than
in the district between the Colum­
of Beaverton, Oregon, who lived here constant Increase each month this
the oil men gathering In Washington for a day or two, possibly the coming
an
assured
fact.
They
plan
to
distrib­
2 B. Coli per 100 c. c. is UNFIT TO
bia and Yakima rivers. Water will
until keveral years ago, and Mrs. Mo­ year; June being the highest in the
(for the senate probe Into why "gas" week. This must be taken care of
ute
literature
and
announcements
for
DRINK.” "If water doeS not meet
be carried almost 100 miles from the
na Patterson of this city, and three history of the oempany with a total
, prices continue to climb Just when at once and the sooner the operator
above standard none should be used papers. Time schedules of the itiner­
Klickitat river on the east slop of 1
"
/
of
148,439
ears,
trucks
and
tractors.
sons,
Fred
II.
Irvin
of
Portland,
L.
S.
ary have not been announced as yet
.
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n
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i
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realists this the better it will he for
In the preparation of uncooked foods
Mount Adams. A 12-foot circular the touring season Is at Its best.
Of
this
number,
6,054
were
sold
by
but the eastern Oregon route will in. Irvin of Banks, Oregon und Jack .Ir­
nil concerned.”
steel
pipe
will
be
the
main
ditch.
Q“1'«
the
contrary,
If
the
argu-
or for drinking purposes without
the Ford company of Canada and 9,-
elude Pendloton, Echo. Stanfield, vin of Winnipeg, Canada.
Below is classification for Passen­
Siplions, tunels and bridges must be ">en‘8 rehearsed by the oil men, as
boiling,” cautions the Oregon State
Hermiston, Arlington, Moro, Wasco
The funeral services were held to­ 4 35 by the various European Ford constructed in addition
th«y watt for the 8enat0 committee ger Service and Freight Service’
Board of Health.
companies
and
South
American
and The Dalles. There will be ex­ day at 1 p. oi.
Io start its formal Inquiry are to
In view of the above caution it planations of ilie initiative measure
Howard Anion, local contractor
Glass 2— Anywhere For Hire Pass­
branches, reaching purchasers in
be taken at face value, the motorist
might be well to state that a number undel. wh|(.,, P()ltlal)(I
ninr0
enger Service:
practically every civilized country in with offices in (he Yeon building, is mighty lucky. He may not know
WEST SIDE RANCHER
has been awarded the general con­
“Anywhere for hire passenger ser­
Ihe world.
to get a chance to make -a special
it
or
realise
it,
but
he
should
be
OPERATES PUMPING PLANT
from wells about town in preference levy to raise $3.000.000 to help fl-
With the closing of business for tract for the work. As soon as Mr. tickled to death because prices of vice” shall embrace all operations
to the city water. Last summer quite nance the fair. This time Poitland
June, Ford records disclosed the fact Amon can let the sub-contracts the "gas” are not even higher. And as which include the transportation of
a number of tests were made of wat­ plans such a levy without making It ' A D. Smith, of Butter Creek, In­ that total sales for first six months actual construction will commence.
for the future— not next year, or for persons for compensation anywhere
stalling Two Parma Lift Pumps
er from wells from various parts of at all contingent upon the raising
of 1922 were well over the half-mil­
Syndicate
Organized
several years thereafter— the future not between fixed termini, where
for Irrigation
town and practically without ex­ of funds by tlie state at large.
lion mark, the exact figures being
Mr. Etheridge has been in con- when present big production begins such operations are not confined ex­
ception the count of bacteria and B.
As a supplementary irrigation sup- 652,261. This is also a new high rec. saltation with the directors of the to drop off. say ten or IS years from clusively within the municipal limits
Coll was large. Any one interested
!
p'y,
A. D. Smith, who resides on But­ ord as it is considerably in advance Horse Heaven project for several now> wen_ 50-cent gasoline is sur« of a single designated Incorporatod
at this time may easily secure di­ FOREST FIRE BULLETIN
weeks. He left Portland June 17 That, say the oil men. Is the pros- city or town, nor within a radius of
ler Creek about 7 miles southwest of of any previous half-year period.
rections as to sending of samples,
SAYS DAMAGE IS GBEAT
visited
New York, Philadelphia. Chi- pect Bnd there is no way to escape five miles from the municipal limits
Hermiston, has installed one Parma
the Board of Health will test the
TWO STUDENTS TRAVEL 80
cago,
Denver
and other cities und h . The average motor car owner of such city or town.
lift
pnmp
wft*i
a
.capacity
of
309
That August Is opening with a
water and send returns as to its
MILES TO ATTEND COLLEGE succeeded in forming the syndicate, may not care a whoop for the oil Good Faith Bond;
gallons
per
minute-
and
will
have
forest fire situation similar to that
condition.
each member of which will take over men's explanation of why he is being
another one of like capacity ready
All companies or Individuals en­
Traveling 80 miles a day in order >500.000 worth of the securities, he Btuck a big price for “gas" as long
It has been but a few yeats since in 1910 which resulted in the graut- for starting Saturday.
gaged in thia class of service shall
cst
loss
of
life
and
property
ever
whole cities and communities were
Last winter Mr. Sniilli put down to attend classes is well worth while, reported. A decision on the validity Bs there is no cheer or hope In It file with the Commission a satis­
stricken with typhoid fever, dysen- known in the Pacific Northwest, Is two 3% inch wells, one 96 feet and according to the students of the Ore­ of the Issue will be given by the for |0Wer fuel but there Is what the factory bond In the penal stun of Two
tery and other intestinal disorders disclosed by simultaneous reports
the other 107 feet. He struck water gon Agricultural college summer ses» Washington supreme court August „q men will tell the senate com- Hundred Fifty Dollars (>250 00),
because of disease germs in the wat- from all protective agencies received at 10 or 15 feet and at the greater sion. H. J. Milson and his assistant, 14, but this action is merely formal, ,nlttee, anyhow.
conditioned on the payment of all
er supply. It was discovered that by the Western Forestry & Cons r- depth has a good flow of water. Mr. L. U. Eyeriy, maintain a school of It was said. No possible leagle com-
First— The demand for fuel oil, fees or charges which may he due
these germs could be controlled by vatton. While continuous flre-fight- Smith figures that with tlie flow auto mechanics in Salem, and In or. plications can arise, says Mr. Ethe- kerogen and by-products of crude
Ihe State under any permit of oper­
proper sanitary precautions under ing through July lias kept tlie al­ of 300 ga’lons per minute from each der to keep up to the times are tak­ ridge, the decision simply being the oj]
noj kept pace with the de­ ation and for the faithful carrying
most
innumerable
blazes
fairly
in
favorable conditions, but sven then
pump he will be able to irrigate at ing instructor training courses under state s certificate of the value of the mand for gasoline, due to the ¡in­ out of any permit granted by this
there were some epidemics of sick­ check because the tender-like condi­ least 20 acres and perhaps more aft­ A. R. Nichols, assistant professor of securities.
mense Increase in the number of Commission und which it has author­
They made
ness causecd form impure water. tion of the woods has not bei n ag­ er the wafer is shut off on the West­ vocational education.
Portland
to
Get
B
enefit
motor
cars. As a result those by- ity by law to grant. One bond In the
Chlorinating plants have been in­ gravated by wind or extreme heat, ern I,and project. Some of his land the trip from Salem to the college
That the Horse Heaven project products don't bear the proportion above amount will bo sufficient to
every
day
is
increasing
the
danger
and
return
daily
by
motor—Some­
stalled and sickness from this cause
sub-irrigates and he may be able to
will be the greatest contribution to of the cost of crude oil and the re- cover the entire operations of any
has been reduced to a minimum. It of losing control. If it does not rain water more than the 20 acres after times a motorcycle, and sometimes
the development of Washington and fining they use to. Instead, a large company or individual. Form for
Is stated that one-half of the people 8oon a few B"»™ of adverse w eather
an
automobile.
ho has tried it out for a season. For
a meterlal aid to Portland's prog- 8hare has been stuck on the price of such bond Is Inclosed herewith,
of North America drink chlorinated may break the deadlock and result the present the system is not intend­
ress, is the statement of C. W. Young gasoline, where the tremendous de- which may be executed either by a
in
sweeping
conflagrations
before
water.
SHOWER IS GIVEN
W. A. Kelso and Joseph G. Boyle of „land is. For the refiner to come surety company or by two or more
which human effort is powerless ed to irrigate alfalfa but will be us­
As to the cost; What cost would be
Prosser, directors of the plan. The out with a profit, he takes it on personal sureties, satisfactory to the
Much depends on public co-operation ed in the vineyard and graden. He
Mrs. Earl Boynton and Mrs.
too high, if our citizens are protected
through extreme care with fire, for has a considerable acreage of mel­ James Todd were hostesses at a 340,000 acres which will be watered gasoline, getting what he can for Commission.
from sickness and even death from
ons, squash, corn and cabbage.
will ever eclipse, for fertility, the tbe other by-productes,
shower given In honor of Miss Dor­
L iabilities and Property Damage In­
this source? Patented processes of the forces are in no position to cope
famous Yakima valley, they claim,
geoond— The oil men paint a very
with new attacks. Over much of the
surance :
othy Ross, Monday evening at the
this kind always demand a good
and the Horse Heaven country, In- gjoomy picture Indeed of the van-
HUCKLEBERRY PICKERS
,
—
Government
and State au-
(a) For each vehicle used, the
home of Mrs. Boynton. There were
prtce.
The cost of , .v
the , local plant will . territory
....
.
stead
of
being
a
barren
range,
will
lBh|ng
oli
reserves.
They
say
the
. ....
. . ___
__ thorities are refusing campfire per­
about twenty guests In all and a be tranferred into a dlatrict of pubHc mUBt forget aH about the seating capacity of which is 12 pass­
be >710.00; scarcely the cost of one
mits In Washington the Governor is
Huckleberry pickers are going to very pleasant evening was enjoyed
sickness and death, saying nothing
...............
I good old days when there was 10- engers or less:
endeavoring to stop logging opera­ the mountains io pick the luscious after which delightful refreshments small orchards.
For any iecovery for personal In­
of placing a value on a human life.
! cent gasoline, and become perma- juries by one person. Five Thousand
tions temporarily. Everywhere the fruit. Meacham mountains are beck­ were served.
While not a large percentage of
Mlss Lamberth left Wednesday for , nently accustomed to high "gas” Dollars (>5000.00),
fire laws are being vigorously en- oning to Ihe pickers, and the crop in
chlorine was Introduced into the wats
Pendleton where she expects to un- prices and expect them eventually
forced, 70 convictions being aire:
that distrh t Is itpc. while on Weslon
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
H
Haddox
were
For any recovery for personal In­
er here, yet the amount will now be
reported. Up to the present time, Mountain, the berries ate Just begin­ Pendleton business visitors Tuesday dergo a surgical operation at St to go even higher Some say ten juries by all prisons in any one acci­
reduced to the point where the di­
making the trip by auto.
(Anthony's hospital.
years, some 15, some more. But the dent, not less than Ten Thousand
however, heavy timlicr losses have ning to ripen.
sease content of the water will be de­
country, the oil men aay, Is heading Dollars (>10,000.00).
been successfully prevented by the
stroyed and the water used without
to the time when a real pinch tor
extraordinary efforts
irts of private,
For any recovery for damage to
fear of sickness It has been the
state and federal for
gasoline will come. Wild-catting is property of any person other *lian the
'ore.es which have ¡
practice to clean the reservoir every
being done at tremendous costs, in assured, One Thousand Dollars (> l,-
fully 300 trained flre-figiiters qnd
year. This will be done, although it
l’OC'lom sta
-11 rl I es 1 be­
. »»
fields that wouldn't have been look­ 000.00),
patrolmen in the western
is slated that from all appearances
sides a fluctuating army of employ­
ed at before In efforts to broaden
there is little or no accumulation on
ed help.
the known oil fields. All of which Class 5— Anywhere For Hire F reight
the sides and bottom.
S ervice:
makes the whole Industry more cost­
The situation in worse iq Washing
And so. alos, it appears that the ton wbcrc although there ba. been
“Anywhere for hire freight a d v ­
ly than ever.
etory of The Bug is ended. How nfJ grPat |ow of mcr,.llanab,e tfm.
ice" shall embrace all operations
sweet the hope that we might spend b(,r and (h#f of gecond. pr„w|),
which Include ihs transportation of
COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT
some time In Ihe multiplication of bppn exagRPratPd lhp
„ „
property for compensation anywhere
SURVEY IS STARTED not between fixed termini, where
words and see them in print! Blasted o iher propprty has bei •n more than in
<
»««■> knnoa
irntiinrr o/xmanno
(r>n
our
hopes r\9
of getting
someone * “on
such nperatlont are not confined ex­
any previous year and the fires arc
the hip" all because of the early continually breaking from control to
The preliminary federal survey of clusively within tim municipal limit«
death of the bug.
the Columbia bst.ln project was .«nut- of a single destlnated Incorporated
cause great difficulty in re-surround-
ed at Flathead Lake, the big Mon-¡city or town, nor within a radius of
ing them. Hundreds of miles of
tana collecting basin, on Monday last five miles from limits of such city
UMATILLA COUNTY HAS
trenches have been built and rebuilt
by Frank M. Goodwin, asslstu'il or town.
4203 MOTOR VEHICLES In Stevens county the situation Is
secretary of Ihe Interior. Marvin
Faith B<m(j .
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particularly troublesome because of
Cliaae, state supervisor of hydraulics,
Umatilla county has a total of 4.- wind.
All companies or individuals en­
and Fred Ada ns, educational direct- gaged In this class of service ehail
203 vehicles licensed, of which 3762
The worst flies in Oregon have
or
of
the
protect
met
Mr.
Goodwin
at
are passenger cars, 7 ambulances and been in the northwestern counties
file with the Commission a satisfact­
the lake. The federal officials will
hearses, 26 busses and stages, 145 where large areas of cut-over land
ory bond In the penal sum of Two
make
an
extensive
trip
over
the
en-
delivery ears less than one ton. 259 have been swept and the loss of logs
, . ,
„ ,
Huadred Fifty Dollars (|25d.OO),
Gre lirlxai on project In ail In as-
. ,,
trucks and 4 trailers. In amount of and equipment has been heavy,
B
‘
conditioned on the payment of all
pects.
total fees for vehicle registration. Probably most of the green timber
fees or charges which may be due
operators licenses, etc. It pays >114.- injured will be salvaged. H o se fire-
the 8tate under any permit or oper­
025, being exceeded only by four are ’sow under control, but by no
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
ation and for the faithful carrying
other counties In the state.
means beyond great danger should
nut of any permit granted by thia
wind arise. In eastern and southern
Regular services in the morning. Commission and which It has auth­
Punday school with classes for all ority by law to grant. One bond In
ENDORSES UMATILLA PROJECT On gon It is very dry and the iojk-
!on(i_are hampered by smoke from
ages 10 a. m Morning services I l a . Ihe above amount will be sufficient
The American Legion delegates en­ the north, hut the situation is still
m Brother R«v. N. W. Bloom will to cover the entire operations of any
dorsed the Umatilla Rapids projee’ in hand. There have been little bnd
have charge of Ihe service and deliv­ company or Individual. Form for such
for the development of water power fires. Throughout Oregon eonsider-
er the sermon. The morning has bond is Inclosed herewith, which
rad Irrigation in the stale conventi in able aid is being given by airplane
been pleasant at the church, the may be executed either by a surety
at The Dalles, according to delegates scouting furnished by the army,
building
is well ventilated and no company or by two or more personal
location
who have returned from the g a th e - ;
-
one has complained with the heat, sureties, satisfactory to the Comiala-
VMfctMElPN PALMES
ing of the ex-service men. Endorse-
Mrs. N. W. Bloom left Monday for
(You will enjoy the fellowship and
ment was also given to the Cotvn-bia a two week« visit whh friends and
services with us. Come you »III find
barin project.
___
i relatives la Spokane.
(Contlnued on Fags Three)
a cordial welcome.
BOARD OF HEALTH
District Surveyors