White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-08-25
WASHINGTON ITEMS

Mrs. W. o. Long died at Pomeroy
recently.
The total personal tax list of Doug
las county amounted to s4,37S,056.
Mrs. Susan Allen, wife Of X. P.
Allen of Pullman, died Aug. IS, aged
rs years.
Farmers who have never had to
register prior to voting in Wash
ington state elections must do so
now.
The executive committee of the
Douglas County Fair association will
hold the county fair October 8, a,
5 and 6.
The naval appropriation bill, con-
tanning the item to equip the Bre-
merton navy yard for capital ship
construction will go to the president
for his signature this week.
An ailment of Andrew Alex, la
borer who recently arrived in Seat
tie from Bellingham, was definitely
determined to be leprosy by DR.. B.
j. Lloyd, surgeon in charge of the
United States public health service.
In readiness for the anticipated
heavy fruit shipments this week a
special train brought 100 empty p r..
E. company refrigerator cars to
North Yakima last week. Another 100
are expected this week.
The Walla Walla Oil, Gas & Pipe
line company has shipped from Taco
ma for use in the Benton county oil
fields two carloads of standard drill
ing machinery and one carload OF
pipe.
Spokane will be the headquarters
Of the laundry business of Washing
ton, Oregon and British Columbia for
two days in September, when the
steam laundrymen of the northwest
meet in annual session Sept. 10 and
20.
A heavy rain fell throughout Co.
lumbia county Saturday and harvest
work stopped. Considerable grain
has not ripened. Wheat is quoted at
$1O5. Barley is strong at SLAB, hav-
ing gone as high as $1.51 during the
week.
Charles Bettfrund, rancher north
of Valley, was attacked by an en-
ragged bull last Saturday. He was
doing chores when the bull knocked
him to the ground and broke an arm,
three ribs and dislocated his shout.
der before assistance arrived.
A snowstorm Friday afternoon
which gave Mount Spokane it's first
mantle of white since last spring,
drew the attention of hundreds OF
residents and came as fitting eli,
max to a bit of freak weather such
as the northwest has seldom expert,
enced in August.
A number of Sprague farmers are
taking advantage OF the nice weather
and harvesting on Sunday. On &C
count of the late season and fear OF
a wet harvest they are losing no
time. Several od-timers are predict
| ing wet season similar to 1893,
when this country had good crop
and was unable to save it on account
of the rains.
Thomas Dennen and Barney Dick
son, farmers of the Colville reserva
ton section, brought Edward May
berry to Spokane recently and placed
him in Jail. Mayberry was bound
over to the grand jury under $4,000
bond by Commissioner John l.. Dirk'
charged with killing Alice Vivian
his Indian sweetheart.
David S. Troy, former state sena
tor and we'll known throughout the
Pacific northwest as stock raiser
died Friday as the result of injurie:
received when the automobile which
he was driving somersaulted off the
end of the city dock at Bremerton
Mr.. Troy's death resulted from nu
merous cuts and gashes in the ches
and internal injuries.
p. P. Holcomb, Eugene Page ant
A. Bigham have purchased the G. r
M. Stritzel orchard in East Wenat
chez for $4,000. The tract comprise:
10 acres, rs acres set to apples o.
the best variety, five years old, ant
the rest in fine corn for silage. This
place has first-class dairy. The
new owners will give this their spe
| cio1 attention