White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-10-20
WASHINGTON ITEMS

More than $4,000 has been invest
ed in public improvements in Pome-
roy this year.
Owing to increased business for
the last six months the Marcus post
office has been raised to third
class office.
Tony Pashini, an unmarried miner
working in the Gle Elum mine, was
electricuted Saturday night, death
being instantaneous.
The grand jury will investigate
wholesale bootlegging, charges of
graft and bribery, gambling and COM
mercialized vice at Seattle.
Fiftfy-five union longshoremen ap-
piled at the Pacific-Alaska Naviga-
ton company's dock,at Tacoma, Sat
urday for work and were hired.
The Great Northern railway will
spend $150,000 in improvements in
the terminal yards at Leavenworth
within the next year, increasing the
trackage facilities and building a new
roundhouse.
Charles Stilwell, age 46, rancher,
was held up near Spokane Saturday
night by two men. When he refused
their demands to stop his team they
shot him in the RICH hip and abdo-
men. He may die.
Leonard o. Meigs of North Yakima
was reelected president and DR.. Her
man A. Brauer of the University of
Washington secretary-treasurer of the
League of Washington Municipalities
at the closing session Of that organ
ization at Everett Saturday. Tacoma
was selected for the 1917 convention.
OF the total of $7,6O2,515 to be paid
into the state treasury next year by
the counties Of the state on the ba-
sis of the 1916 levy of TT mills, Spo-
kane county will contribute $898,407,
or little less than one-eighth of the
whole, according to figures given out
| by the state tax commission. King
county leads with $1,817901. Spokane
is second, while Pierce comes next
with $62O,431.
Recording to census taken by the
state agricultural department., this
state has total Of 207,964 horses and
mules valued at $24,907,251 and as
sessed at $1O,553,916. The cattle cen
sus runs to 1920 head, valued at
$19,317,121 and assessed at $780,
988; 502,152 sheep and goats, with a
value Of $2,821,419, assessed at ST.
$780, 44; and 1888 hogs, worth ST.
POI ,478, and assessed at $509101, the
assessed valuation running at about
| so per cent.
Seatte's Tax Levy.
Seattle taxpayers will pay $173,768
less in city taxes in 1917 than in
1916. or about n mill less, and in the
old city limits the 1917 levy will be
2O.72 mills as compared with 81 mills
for 1916. In other subdivisions the
levy will be slightly higher than for
the present year, but reduction in as
Issessed valuation will more than make
| up INC ullleTcuCe.
Seattles tax levy for 1917 for all
purposes, including state, county, city,
school and port, will be 45.791 mills,
as against 44.56O mills for 1916, an
increase of 1921 mills This is bas-
ed on an assessed valuation in King
county of 2,556,998, against val
uation of 1913, 1877 ,O92 for this year,
decrease of $11 ,12OO94, and an as
sessed valuation in the city of Sc
attic of $212,S6S,7O7, as compared
with $221,239, JOB for 1916, decrease
in the city of $S.37O,396. This levy
will raise $1,S29,O18 for state pur-
poses, $3,O12,563 for county purposes,
$4,376,036 for city purposes, $1,581 1880
for school purposes and 1881, 462 for
the port Of Seattle, or total Of $11,-
1S0,461 as compared with $10,678,770
raised for all purposes in 1916, an
increase of $501,69O.
State Commercial News.
Nelson Bros. have purchased the
general store of E. A. Locke at lone.
P. l.. Zimmerman has purchased
the general merchandise business of
w. w. Wagner at Ralston.
w. d. Miller of Kettle Falls has
leased the William Page building at
Republic and will open harness
shop about November /.
Burglars broke a rear window in
the store of the Addy Mercantile Co.
at Addy last week and carried away
small amount of merchandise.
e. N. Guertin, formerly in business
at Chewelah, has purchased the gen.
eral store of j. B. Campbell at Che
ney and will enlarge the stock.
The o. F. Kelly Co., general mer-
chants at Deer Park, have announced
closing-out sale preparatory to re-
firing from the mercantile business.
e. X. Armstrong, partner of R. E.
Lindsey in the meat business at
Othello has purchased the meat mar
ket at Soap Lake and will divide his
time between the two places.
Robbers working at st. John Mon
eral store of j. M. Bell & Co. and Sc
cured nearly $1,000 in checks and
money. The checks were all en-
dorsed.
The Table Supply Co., general mer-
chants at Ritzville, have let the con-
tract for the construction of a brick
and tile building 25x100 feet adjoin-
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