White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-08
WASHINGTON ITEMS

Mrs. Sarah s. Bean, wife of F. c.
Bean, who was struck by an auto
mobile at Tacoma, died Saturday.
The new Walla Walla courthouse.
costing about $4,000 for the build
ing, was thrown open Saturday as a
sort of housewarming.
Peter A. Anderson, age 35, COM
mitted suicide at Curlew Saturday.
He was a veteran of the civil war,
a member of the Fifth Wisconsin In
fantry, man of means and ability.
Donald, 12-year-old son of ]. G. Hill
of Byron, was struck by a westbound
freight train near Prosser Saturday
and both legs were cut off. He died
of his injuries.
Since September Is, when the hunt
ing season in Washington opened, six
men have been killed in hunting &C.
cidents, five having been shot and
the sixth lost in the woods and fro
zen.
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farmers have received this fall ST.
100000 for grain. The sales of wheat
have been heavy the last month, but
there is still a goodly quantity in
storage.
The Ormsbee Mercantile company's
general merchandise store at John
son, Whitman county, was destroyed
by fire Saturday. The origin Of the
blaze is unknown. Loss is about $751;
OOO with about $4,000 insurance.
| Philip Kinzer, who has farm near
horses and foundered seven. The
horses in some way opened the chute
of a grain bin that was in the field,
thereby getting too much wheat.
An increase of per cent on wages
of 1850 men was recently announced
by the Tacoma Smelling company.
The increase affects all men working
for day wages. The scale Is from
$3.50 to $3.50. The old was from
$3.50 to SIS. A bonus of SIS is paid to
| all men who work rs days.
With another advance in the price
of butterfat effective this week, the
price Of that commodity has reached
the highest point attained in the his
tory Of Spokane, 1t is stated by dairy
and creamery men. Spokane cream
cries will pay Al cents a pound for
butterfat. The price in Seattle is
said to be 46 cents.
Freddie Davidson, 4-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Davidson, was al
most instantly killed in a portable
woodsaw at the Davidson ranch near
Wilson Creek. The machine was saw
ing wood near the house and the
child was playing near it when it's
clothes became caught in the machin-
cry and the body was wrapped by a
shaft before it could be stopped.
State Agriculture Commissioner H.
T. Graves, announces that he will
recommend free gate" at the next
Washington state fair at North Yak
ina. The recommendation must &C
before the entire advisory board OF
five members and the legislature be
fore 1t is effective. Kansas has fol
some years admitted spectators free
to it's state fair, and has found the
experiment successful.
While western Washington, with
King and Pierce counties, leads in
the number of automobiles registered
and licensed by the secretary Of state
since the fiscal year opened, March /
the rural communities Of eastern
Washington have more machines te
the population. The figures show
that up to November 18 total Of
66,727 motor vehicles were licensed
including private machines, trucks
dealers machines, stages. motorcy
cles, and all other classifications. o.
this number King county has nearly
one-fourth of the entire number, witt
16,452. Spokane comes second Will
1928, and Pierce third with 6542.
There are more automobiles to thu
number of persons in eastern Wash
ington than on the West Side. Gar
field county leads all counties, will
one machine to go persons, or abou
two families. Lincoln county Is 1
close second with one machine to 81
people.
Other counties where the auto ha'
shown signs of great popularity in
clude Adams. Clallam, Columbia
; Douglas, Grant, Skagit, Walla Walla
. Whitman and Yakima. Wahkiakun
county with one machine to 1875 pee
pie, has fewer automobiles than an.
county in the state. Wahkiakum ha
but % motor vehicles of all sorts
Skamania county, the smallest coun
ty in point of population, has 55 ma
chimes.
State Commercial News.
l w. H. Oldenburg has purchased
the confectionery store Of Mrs. Glea
son at Cheney.
r George Gault, proprietor of a S, II
and 15c store at Ellensburg, was mar
ried last week to Miss Rosanna Lyol
of Yakima.
j. A. Siegloch and G. Klein o
, Spokane have opened the Palace
meat market in the Kendrick blocl
at Northport.
A. d. Davis, who recently pur