White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-01-21
WASHINGTON ITEMS

The funeral of Lewis Neace, pioneer,
took place at Waitsburg recently.
Forty per cent of the wheat crop in
the vicinity of Colfax is still unsold.
James Monaghan, pioneer and phil
anthropist, of Spokane, was buried Fri
day last.
Stock in the southern portion of
Grant county is dying from starvation
and exposure.
The 10 members Of the mid-year
graduating class of the Normal at Che
ney received their diplomas Thursday
night.
With the mercury 10 below zero FL
berton was visited by thunder storm
last week. Several flashes of lightning
occurred
Struck by snowplow, ]. W. Bruna,
age 30, was killed on THE Spokane &
Inland Empire tracks near Sharon, 10
miles south of Spokane
The entire faculty and many towns
people greeted President e. O. Hol-
land at reception in his honor at
Pullman Saturday night.
Arthur Brady, Nelson rancher, was
accidentally shot through the left lung
with fatal results, at Bridesville, B. c.,
1>1
The body of Robert H. Rock, who
conducted a saloon in Everett recently
was found in the bay at Seattle Mon
day. Supposed to be suicide.
The funeral of the late Colonel J.
Merritt Fish was held at Kettle Falls
Saturday Archdeacon Henry Purdue
of the Episcopal church, conducted the
services.
Growers who cultivated 4O,605 acres
last year on the Yakima reservation
sold crops totaling $1,542,000, repre-
senting $38 an acre, according to a
revised estimate.
Frank e. Allen, a farmer living near
Bellingham, was killed and his two
sons, Henry and Roy, were injured by
dynamite which was being thawed out
in roothouse Saturday
An automobile driven by Frank Leck-
enby, vice president of a large milling
company, ran over and killed Dean Ad-
cock, four years old, while the child
was playing in the street at Seattle
Sunday
A gasoline launch, bound from Taco
ma for North Bay, was capsized off
Point Defiance Saturday and two lit
tie girls, children of Mrs. Bower Of
Fox island, were drowned. William
McGinnis' recovery is doubtful.
Representative G. c.. Dill Of Wash
ington appeared before the house com
mittee on mines and mining Saturda.
and urged the approval of Legislation
providing for the creation Of com
mission to report new mining code
| The loss of 100000 due principal.
to a shortage of the apple crop, il
shown by the annual crop report o
the Sunnyside project compared witt
1914. The average crop value an acr
in 1915 was $40, compared with $58 il
1914.
Adding to the discomfort of tw'
weeks of weather that has been clos
to the zero mark, Walla Walla wa
without street lights and street car
Saturday. The pipe line of the Pa
cific Power and Light company ha
frozen solid, and the plant is shu
down.
| The state highway board at meet
ing has approved plans and authorized
it's commissioner to issue a call 70
bids for the construction Of 10 miles Q
the Sunset highway between Ellens
burg and Vantage on the Columbia riv
err. This is section of the road be
tween Ellensburg and Wenatchee.
Fire Saturday at Harrington destroy
ed McInnis Bros big barn, in whicl
was also housed the service station
and garage of w. III. Hart, and tn
Henry Fallert building. Both burne'
to the ground. The damage is abou
$4,000. Seven horses were created
including a fine roam stallion valued
at $500.
The worst blizzard the Big Benz
has ever experienced, according t.
early settlers, continued Saturday will
undated furry, although the tempera
ture has moderated slightly and il
around zero. Train service on thu
Mansfield and Oroville branches wa
still suspended. Train communication
with Waterville is OPEN
Apportionment of the estimated 1911
output of 100000 grain bags to b.
manufactured at the state penitentiar.
is announced by the state board of con
troll. The price this year will be II
cents bag f. o. b. Walla Walla, com
pared to cents last year. Advance
in price of jute is responsible for thi