White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-23
WASHINGTON ITEMS

WASHINGTON ITEMS
Earl Martin, age about 40. for three
years a member Of the merchants po
lice force at Spokane, committed sui
eide Sunday.
A. ]. Splawn, veteran of Indian
wars and pioneer stockman of the
Yakima valley, is seriously Ill at his
home in North Yakima.
John George Heinz died of senile
decay at the home of his son, George
Heinz, in Endicott Friday night. Mr..
Heinz was nearly SO years old.
With the signature of Speaker
Kelly and Lieut.. Governor Hart, the
bone dry" law went down from the
legislature to the governor Satur.
day.
F. W, Stiles, general roadmaster
of the Spokane division of the Great
Northern railroad, was fatally injured
Saturday near Spokane.
The navy department has notified
]. e. Barnes, representative of the
Puget sound navy yard, that it has
awarded to the yard the work OF
manufacturing 1900 six-inch shells.
Charles Henry of Roslyn won from
a field of 26 contestants In the coun-
ty spelling meet held at the high
school auditorium, and will represent
Kittitas county in the state contest
to be held at Olympia March S.
An income of about 100000 annu.
ally, as against previous income OF
100000, has been tentatively secured
for Cheney normal school during the
deliberations Of the revenue and tax.
alton committee of the legislature.
At the Stevens county spelling con.
test at Colville, Saturday, Miss Arlie
Kruger, age IL, Of Marcus, Wash,
was the winner, with credit OF
99h per cent. She missed one word
In the written test and none in the
oral test
BY vote of sc to 6 the house Fri
day put through final passage the
medical attendance bill, which adds
the cost of doctors, drugs, hospitals
and nursing to the compensation paid
workmen under the present industrial
insurance act.
Ten or l cars of potatoes were
recently imported to Danville from
Carson. B. c., to be shipped to points
east and south. Owing to the quar-.
antine against potatoes, they are
subjected to rigid examination be-
fore being passed for consumption.
On the strength of the present mar.
ket, Yakima wool growers are antici.
pating they will make an additional
$15O,000 on the 1917 wool clip over
that of 1916. They are just begin
ming to take 1t from the sleeps
backs. Every indication is that pri-
ces will range higher by 7c pound
for the coming season.
The body Of Mrs. Sadie Morgeson,
age 20, was found near an abandon
ed skid road three miles south of
Bellingham with a large bullet hole
in the breast. Richard Duncan, a
logger, who went to Bellingham from
Seattle some time ago with Mrs
Morgeson is being held at the county
Jail, but denies all knowledge of the
crime
A universal military service meas
ure was introduced in the house by
Representative Zednick of King coun
ty. 1t provides that the governor may
call out in war time or rebellion the
militia reserve of the state, 1nclud
ing all citizens under 26 years OF
age, enroll them with the county as
SCISSOR or other official in each coun
ty and give them 30 days of drill.
The Cunard line has let to a Seat
tie firm the contract for six stee
freight steamships, at a figure in ex
cess of 100000. announced c. w
Wiley. president of the company, here
recently. Each Of the vessels will BIZ
1876 feet over all, So feet beam, ant
20 feet inches depth of hold, witt
cargo capacity of 1900 tons. Deliver,
will be from April to September
1918.
The register and receiver of thu
U. s. land office at North Yakima
gave out figures showing that a to
tai Of $500 acres has been filed up
on since the enlarged homestead Law
became effective the first of the year
Last week the applications filed GOV
cred 8165 acres. Most of the appli
cants take the full limit of the law
$40 acres of nonmineral, nonirrigablt
land suitable mainly for grazing pur
poses.
Taking advantage of the new muz
zling law which has just been sign
ed by Governor Lister after passing
both houses, the commissioner Of ag
riculture has issued formal quar-
antine order extending to the entire
eastern Washington the quarantine
on dogs which heretofore existed il
only 10 counties. The new law hat
the added provision that any person
whether peace officer or not, car
slay unmuzzled dogs.
Fully 5000 acres Of new land will
be placed under cultivation this year
m thu Yakima Indian rooorvotiop