White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-08-18
WASHINGTON ITEMS

The new Deer Park creamery open
ed up for business recently.
W. I. Clark, age SO, Pullman pio-
neer and retired farmer, died of
dropsy recently.
Contracts for three 880O-ton steel
freight steamers, to cost total Of
$2,5OO,OOO, were awarded recently by
Norwegian interests to ]. F. Duthie
& Co., ship-builders, of Seattle, it is
announced.
John F. Gillies, former claim agent
of the state Industrial insurance COM
mission, convicted of looting the in
dustrial fund, arrived from Key West,
Florida, at the State Penitentiary
Friday night.
In what is supposed to have been
a fit of sudden anger, ]. Henry
Scheuch, age about 60, wealthy
farmer residing eight miles north of
Sprague, committed usicide recently
by cutting his throat.
Contractors Woldson and Foster of
Spokane began work on the extern
sion of the Northern Pacific from
Grandview to Gibbon, where it will
connect with the main line. Seventy
five men and Is teams are laying
track. The work will take about
two weeks.
Railroads of Washington have filed
tariffs with the public service COM
mission putting into effect excursion
rates of fare and one-third for round
hay fair, Wilbur; miners first aid
convention, Tacoma and business
mems camp at Cosgrove.
Robbers took $4,000 in cash from
the ranch home Of G. Zollmann, a
bachelor, residing southeast of Odes-
sa, recently. Mr. Zollmann had the
$4,000 hidden in small satchel up
stairs, and harvest hands working for
him learned this. Two suspects left
this region in an auto about the time
of the robbery.
Saturday marked the close of the
filings of declarations of candidacy
by those seeking nominations at the
primary election on September IL for
federal, state, judiciary and joint
county offices. When the secretary
of state locked his office doors 1874
persons had filed. They had con-
tributed $52S5 in fees
At least 10000 bushels of wheat
were sold out Of the Palouse ware
houses the last three days of last
week at 81 and over bushel. Many
farmers were holding for the dollar
and as soon as the market reached
that point sold. Many others, how
ever, believe that the price will go
higher, and are still holding.
A massmeeting of Seattle citizens
which filled the Arena Sunday ex-
pressed with unanimous standing
vote approval of the Washington pro-
hibition law and of the work of May
or Hiram G. Gill and Chief of Pc
lice Chas. Rockingham in enforcing
the law. Governor Ernest Lister sta
ted emphatically that the state was
better off under prohibition.
Estimates among Spokane grair
buyers were that about 100000
bushels of wheat, bringing approx
mately $15,OOO,OO0, had been purchas
ed in eastern Washington since Aug
1, and that large patr was of the
old crop of 100000 bushels. This
would leave from 46,000,000 to 81,
7 100000 bushels to be sold in order
to dispose of all available wheat.
? Five hundred and sixty acres, cost
l ing $50,860, have changed hands IL
: Pennington in the last 10 days, the
price ranging from $75 to $107.50 al
acre. The largest transfer was tina
of the F. A. Pierson farm of $50 acre.
;. which was purchased by w. Wrigh
of Olympia, Wash, for $96 an acre
: 1t is highly improved farm. Tht
: new owner will take possession DC
: tober 1 and Mr. Pierson will move tt
California.
} Real estate consisting Of farm ant
grazing lands and valued at consider
ably more than $1,OO0,O00 has JUS
/. been distributed among the nine chill
dren of the late Lewis Neace, a
Waitsburg. This is partial distri
button only. and comprises approx
mately one-half of this estate. Mrs
Neace, the widow of Lewis Neace
, retaining her interest in the Mon
, tana ranch of 1900 acres, in thu
First National bank Of Waitsburg, al
we'll as all the personal property.
The report of Port Warden Pay
see show sthat Seattle's waterborn'
commerce in July exceeded $1,000,O0'
day in value, running up a Crane
? total of $32,511,O0O TO rthe month, {
gain of $1O,979,0O0 compared with the
, same month in 1916 The ports com
{ merce in July, 1915, aggregated $21,
$4,000 in value. The gain Of almos
$11 100000 was due entirely to the
ports foreign trade. Domestic trade
failed to do better than hold Its OWL
with the record of July, 1915. Do
> nestle exports fell off.
In a Commercial Way.
p. H. Williams has opened gen
eral store at Nemah.
William Wendell Is opening drug
store at Harrington.
Louis 10th has leased building al
Wilbur and will onen hakery