White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-01-26
WASHINGTON ITEMS


in Whitman county in 1916, as agains
294 deaths.
The Broadway State bank, or whicl
Pierson L. Bingay is president, failet
at Seattle Saturday.
Ferdinand Ehrlich, age 81, su1cidet
on his fathers ranch near Penawaw;
via the revolver route.
Washington State College last weel
won all four games of basket bal
from the University of Washington.
The measles epidemic has spread
to such an extent that the grade
schools have been closed at Kenne
wick
DR.. Mary A. Latham, age 70, E
resident of Spokane for the last 2s
years, died Saturday, following al
attack of pneumonia.
The price of wheat reached the
highest mark ever paid in the his
tory Of Harrington Saturday. Ovel
100000 bushels sold at S1.6O.
Curly Jim,' aged Spokane Indian
who was born and grew to manhood
in the Immediate vicinity of the falls
of the Spokane river, did recently.
In order to promote the education
al, social and moral welfare of the
town of Marcus, the Community club
is planning to build a community hall
| Senator Ed Brown of Whatcom
county has introduced his bill for a
state operated gunpowder factory, to
furnish explosives at cost for land
clearing.
A large number of farmers of the
Walla Wallaa valley are affected un
der the income tax law but as yet
have made no effort to obey it's pro
visions.
The Grand opera house, Seattle
was burned Saturday morning. AS
sistant Fire Chief Fred Gillian, age
So years, was killed and eight men
were injured by falling walls.
An exact tie in the Lincoln county
vote for state representative for j.
]. Cameron, democrat, and w. G.
Duncan, republican, is shown by the
recount of ballots.
Nathan b. Fry, age SO, a pioneer
missionary, Indian war veteran, and
for 68 years frontiersman of the
Pacific northwest, died of pneumo.
mia at Colville Saturday.
Yeggmen that blew open the safe
in the Mitchem Brothers meat mar
ket at Spokane Sunday. secured about
$500. About half of the amount stol-
en-, according to the police, was in
checks.
]. c. Syfford, auditor of Benton
county, against whom four complaints
charging him with unlawfully giving
liquor to persons in the office of the
county commissioners, failed to ap-
pear at his trial. 1t is reported he
went east.
The. resolution providing for the
submission of the question of calling
a constitutional convention has pass.
ed the senate. The bill has now
passed both houses, SO that the peo-
pie will have an opportunity to vote
on the question at the 1918 election.
Having met it's. obligation to sign
$500 acres for sugar beets for the
Utah-Idaho Sugar company the com
mercial club, North Yakima, has set
new mark at 10000 acres and will
launch campaign Immediately to
get the additional acreage. or the
1900 signed the company has accept
ed 1000 acres. A considerable acre.
age has not been passed on.
Under the state arterial highway
law the county commissioners, with
the consent of the Pasco council. have
nent highway through the city This
road will Join the interstate highway
which passes through Pasco and in
cludes the Ainsworth and Washtuc.
ma highways. The contract amounts
to about $4,000, the work to COM
mence Immediately.
The coroner's jury at Spokane
brought in the following verdict in
the case of the recent wreck near
Spokane: ~,
I'VE, the jury impaneled to inquire
into the cause of death of Oscar M.
Williams, Thomas l.. Kelley and F.,
l.. Chapman find that death came on
January II, 1917, from the failure of
Engineer A. G. Schellbacher to OBJ
serve the position of the automatic
block signals near Marshal junction.
Recommending that a total of near