White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-02-04
WASHINGTON ITEMS

With the recent death Of George Ur-
quhart at Krdpp, a pioneer of the Big
Bend country passed away.
The senate has confirmed the ap-
pointment of J. F. Lavigne as post
master at yChewelah.
The sheriff made two raids Monday
at Walla Walla, confiscating whisky
estimated as worth $1,000.
Cattle have been frozen to death in
have prevailed during recent weeks in
the Okanogan valley, above Oroville.
Much excitement was created last
week at Palouse over the exhibition
of black fox brought to town by G.
Cromwell of the Yellow Dog neighbor-
hood.
Drunkenness in Seattle during the
first 20 days of January decreased 80
per cent from the corresponding Pc
riod of last year, taking police arrests
as authority.
E. j. Durham, prominent farmer and
hog raiser, who resided four miles
southwest of Uniontown, suffered a
died Sunday.
Striking employees of the Seattle Con-
of whose iron shipbuilders went on
strike last week, were offered work in
San Francisco.
The average number of prisoners
fed in the Spokane city Jail during
January of this year was %, as COM
pared with an average of 81 in the
corresponding period of last year
F. B. Squire, who operates two farms
containing 1900 acres south, of Wilbur,
recently bought 400 sheep and 100
hogs. He will use the animals on his
Congressman Dill is arranging with
the Indian department to pay into the
county school fund about $1,000 annu-
ally to reimburse Ferry county for
"a Indian school subjects, whose par
ents are not taxpayers.
Fred Hoffman, a mining engineer
and cattle man of Argentina, South
America, has left Davenport for his
southern home, after few weeks Wis
it. He and brother, Carl Hoffman,
are operating a cattle ranch of $4,000
| a croc in tho couthorn ronuhlic Ha ic
heading a company being organized in
New York city to purchase 100000
acre stock ranch.
l.. r. Horton superintendent of the
anti-saloon league in eastern Wash
ington, explains that the league does
not purpose publishing the names of
persons obtaining pedmits to buy in
toxicating liquors in eastern Washing
ton, but will mail to them in plain
envelope some of the best temperance
literature that he can buy.
Addresses by DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler, presidetn of Columbia univer-
sity, and DR.. William Lowe Bryan,
president of the University of Indiana,
and the attendance of state officials,
representatives from commercial and
industrial bodies and delegates from
the largest land grant colleges will
feature the Inauguration ceremonies of
President Ernest O. Holland of the
State college on March % and "a.
| Washington's industrial opportuni-
~ oqt -
wood waste are treated in consider
able detail in report of investiga-
tions into the "By-Products of the
Lumber Industry in the United
States" by Professor H. K. Benson,
of the department of chemistry. The
document will be published by the
government, and will be known as
Special Agents Report, No. ITO, U. S.
Department of Commerce.
Suit has been started in the supreme
court in case entitled the State Cap
ital Commission against Ernest Lister
as governor, and G. w. Clausen, as
state auditor, to test the validity of
the proposed bond issue of $1,500,000
/ lACu NY JIG SIdIC Sdp1Cdl SOlL-
mission. The bonds were bid in by the
state of Washington bank syndicate,
and the money is to be used to pay
off the old capital debt and complete
the temple of justice. The suit is one
in mandamus to force the governor
and auditor, who are also members of
the commission, to sign the bonds. A
friendly test suit of this kind is the
only way in which the case can be put
before the supreme court in direct
manner.
According to figures compiled by
Assistant State Treasurer Sherman the
revenue derived from the motor We
hicle licenses for the first six months
operation, as paid into the state treas
ury by the secretary of state, after de-
I Quoting the running expenses of the
state motor vehicle department, indi-
Gates that the net annual receipts from
| this source will be over 100000. The