White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-04-28
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John K Tanning, pioneer of Pom
eroy, died recently of cancer of the
stomach.
A concert will be given in Spokane
by Ernest Schelling, the noted pianist,
Monday evening, May 8.
Mr.. and Mrs Rudolph Kiesling of
Kiesling, last Saturday celebrated
their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary.
Fort George Wright and Fort Walla
Walla will be fully garrisoned when
the new army reorganization goes into
effect.
Elisha Winslow, age IS, carpenter,
resident Of Spokane since 1879 and
member of the pioneers society died
recently.
Charles c. Hart, a newspaper man.
has entered the race for republican
nomination to congress in the Fifth
district
Alice Hendricks, age 4, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hendricks, was ia
tally burned while playing about a
bonfire near North Yakima Saturday
Forty-three steamers, with a total
net tonnage of 136,646 tons, cleared
from Puget sound during January, Feb
ruary and March for ports in the far
east.
The cooperation of the government
to a greater extent than ever before
in handling the northwest fruit crop
was announced at North Yakima re-
Gently.
The much heralded salmon feast of
the Yakima Indians, which was to
have been held at Prosser dam Satur-
day was postponed because the salmon
are not yet running here.
The state board of control adjourned
Saturday. Two hundred and twenty
eight applications for pardons and pa
roles were acted upon, but the sum-
mary has not been completed
A dangerous fish louise has been
found on rainbow and brook trout in
Washington hatcheries by Dr. Fasten
of the University of Wisconsin. This
parasite, copepod, killed 10000 or
$4,000 trout in Wisconsin hatchery.
Rudolph Kos, a carpenter of Detroit,
Mich. was arrested at Seattle after
he had announced to postoffice en-
ploye that he was going to- Washing
ton, d. c., and would be "heard of
through the newspapers in way that
would startle the world
Pursuant to instructions Of the ad-
jutant general members of the nation
al guard at North Yakima have been
commissioned as special policemen
and assigned in shifts to guard the
state armory here, particularly arms
and ammunition belonging to the fed
eral government.
Fifteen freight cars loaded with lum-
Der were strewn along both sides of
the Great Northern tracks at Dryden,
near Wenatchee, recently, as the re-
suit of wreck of an eastbound fast
CloAL. lNO Ollc UCGu lcpOlCcu
jured. The cause of the smashup is
thought to have been broken beam
or tie rod.
A memorandum decision handed
down by Judge Gillian In the superior
court at Seattle holds that the state
prohibition law, forbidding the sale of
malt liquor" included all liquids of
malt origin or containing malt extract.
sustained sale Of all the near beer
drinks would be stopped.
Observation-Disclosures call is expected
daily to help check the crickets. The
six miles of bitches cut are full and
the pests are going over them into
the wheat fields. There should be men
to keep the bitches cleaned. The We
natchee-Stratford Orchard company
has force Of men making bitches on
It's land. The cricket army is report
ed to be within mile and half of
Wilson Creek
Declaring that 1.-THE act, upon Its
face, shows unmistakable evidence Of
studied effort to circumvent the con-
stitution," the supreme court in a re-
cent decision, held as unconstitutional
the bond issue Of $1,500,000 authorized
by the last legislature to refund out
standing warrants against the build
ing fund, and for completing the Tenn
pie of Justice, and for purchasing ad-
ditional land for a site.
Announcement Is made that John f.
Gillies, former claim agent Of the in
dustrial insurance commission, who
was convicted of forgery and grand
larceny for participation in the loot
Ing of the accident fund of about $780,
900, will appeal to the supreme court
Gillies was sentenced to five and one
half years in the penitentiary, on the
two charges, together with costs,
which will add about two years to the
sentence.
In a Commercial Way.
The Farmers union at Albion has
purchased building there and will
put in grocery stock.
A. j. Lilienthal, general merchant
of Lincoln, has taken the agency for
the Maxwell line of automobiles.
George F. Hayes has purchased the
grocery store Of John Egger at Che
welah and will enlarge the stock.
T TT Richa rdSon Lind furniture