White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1915-12-24
WASHINGTON ITEMS

Nels Johnson, age SO, the Oldest per-
son around Creston, died recently.
Pomeroy, Wash, has voted $4,000
in bonds for the erection of new
school building.
Mayor Hiram c. Gill of Seattle an
nounces that he will be candidate
for reelection next March.
Congressman Dill will spend the hol-
iday season with his mother in Ohio.
Our other national officers will remain
at Washington, D. G.
The price of alfalfa has risen to $12
a ton in the stack. Farmers can get
$14 for baled hay, which is selling in
North Yakima at SIG, the highest price
in years.
Emiliano Chomorro, minister from
Nicaragua, announces that w. L. Ken
nedy of Seattle is to be appointed
Nicaraguan consul for Puget Sound
territory.
A prompt and thorough investigation
will be made by the public service
commission of the street car wreck in
Spokane Saturday which resulted in
five deaths.
G.. M. Thompson of Dayton was
elected president of the Tricounty far
mers' union at Walla Walla, Saturday,
and DAYTON was selected for the next
meeting place.
The body of Ben Nelson, age %,
who accidentally shot and killed him
self at the Watson Davis ranch, 1S
miles east of Pomeroy, was taken to
Pomeroy Sunday.
The state will give up title to 1885,
6S3 acres Of timber land, taking in lieu
thereof government land lying in the
edges of the reserves, the land to be
of like value and extent as that to
which the state will give up title.
Ultican O. Rasmussen and John AK
son were arrested recently for steal.
ing large number of rifles from the
cargo of the schooner Annie Larsen
seized by the government after the ar
rival of the schooner at Hoquiam last
September.
A total of 233,814 acres of unsurvey-
ed school section lands, locked up in
the hearts of the various forest re-
serves in the state, or approximately
one-half of the land to be traded to the
federal government by the state, have
been cruised.
]. F. Gillies, former claim agent fol
the industrial insurance commission
will be arraigned in the superior court
at Olympia this week. He will answer
to the three charges filed against him
classifying a public record, forgery anG
grand larceny.
The Washington State Dairyme1
closed successful three days con
vention in Snohomish Saturday, will
the annual election of officers. FREQ
Mess of Orilla was chosen presiden
to succeed H. G. Davis Of Granger
Frank P. Holland of Dungeness is the
new vice president.
Four men appeared at the Duval
State bank, at Duvall, King county, 81
miles east of Seattle, Saturday nigh
and entering the bank, which had JUS
been opened for business, seized :
sack containing $3.50 in silver dollars
The men fled up the river, carrying
the heavy bag of silver.
1t cost the state $141,322 to maintain
the state training school at Chehali
during the last two years, accordin,
to the report of the state bureau O
inspection The farm expenses in con
nection with the institution cost $929O
Basing the figures on an average o
298 inmates, each inmate cost SO cent
per day and 1852 year.
A prominent shipping firm of Seat
tie announces that it has 100000 ton
Seattle to Vladivostock in the mex
few months. Seventeen sailings TO
Vladivostock have been arranged AM
still other steamers are being sought
There are already 325 carloads freigh
in Seattle yards awaiting loading OF
steamers.
Andrew Lowrey, age So a well-knowl
farmer living two miles north of Dav
export, went into the basement of hi
residence Saturday evening with hi
hired man, Edward Erickson, aged &c
with lantern to examine a new acety
lene lighting plant, when a leakage Q
gas caused an explosion, killing bot
men. The tops of their heads wer
blown off above the ears as clean a
if knife had done it.
Mrs. Frederick W. Greene, wife O
the rector of the Aberdeen Episcopa
church, was run down and killed an
her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Greene
was seriously injured by an autome
bile hearse driven by Joseph White
side, who was returning to his under
taking establishment after delivering
a body. Mrs. Greene and her daugf