White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-09
WASHINGTON ITEMS

Walla Walla wheat sold at $1.60 on
Saturday.
Despondent because he lost his job
Lyman B. Tibbetts, age Al, killed him
self at Spokane Sunday.
All of the Mckee valley is included
in the Mckee National Farm Loan as
ISOLATION organization, which has just
been completed.
Nelson McGinnis of Winona re-
Gently sold a carload of 95 head of
hogs weighing 1850 pounds to a
Spokane company at 13Ac.
The highest price ever paid in
Odessa for wheat was offered Satur-
day when dealers quoted $1.60 blu.
for bluestem and early Bart wheat
The naval appropriation bill, as it
passed the senate, contained ever
larger appropriations for the Bremen
ton yard than when it passed the
house.
The Ames Shipbuilding and Dry
dock company of Seattle has signed
contracts to build nine large steel
steamships at a cost of more than
81, 1000.
Whitman Pomona grange No. 2
has unanimously adopted resolutions
of approval of the plan to secure
the services of farm adviser for
Whitman county.
The house judiciary committee has
unanimously adopted an amendment
to senate bill 50, allowing trust COM
panies to continue in the administra-
ton of estates, the right abolished
in the senate.
Wrestlers from the Washington
State college at Pullman demonstrate
ed their superiority Saturday over
the University of Washington ath
letes. They won three bouts, tied
one and lost one.
Seattle's police department is in a
sorry, disgraceful predicament. Its
chief, it's inspector and five members
of it's detective bureau are under in
dictment-all charged with grating
or offenses akin to grating.
Members of the Seattle G. A. r
are planning to entertain 5000 vet
Grams and members of affiliated or
CARNATIONS at the 35th annual en-
campment of Washington and Alaska
June 10, 20 and 81.
i Announcement is made of the for
nation of company composed OF
several prominent Eureka flat farm
ers for the purpose of building q
100000 elevator at Pleasant View, q
station IL miles west of Starbuck.
Wool growers of the Yakima val
ley are already contracting for the
shearing of the 1917 clip. Sheepmer
are expecting a good clip, exceeding
the total of last year by 100000 lbs.
bringing the amount to $2,225,000.
BY vote of 81 to Al the house
passed house bill "a, establishing q
fourth normal school at Centralia
and authorizing a one-tenth mill levy
raising 100000 annually, as the in
itial provision for financing the new
institution.
This state has won another lal
in the northwestern fight to elimin
ate from tourist tickets over tn
southern railroad lines the $3.50 al
bitrary which they charge passenger
who desire to come or go via tn
northern route.
Harmony that has prevailed be
: tween Governor Lister and the legis
lature was perceptibly Jared Frida.
when the executive vetoed three bills
and sent them back to the senate
with an intimation that more vetoe'
are to follow The first measure
vetoed was senate bill, 240, appro
. priating an additional $4,000 for leg
). islative expenses. The governor fol
: lowed this with a veto of senate bill
AZ, the "drugless healer bill ant
). senate bill POI, another of the legisla
tive group OF medical bills, remov
! ing two present osteopathic member
). from the state board Of medical eS
, aminers These are two bills of
group of five passed by the legisla
ture providing a separate examinin
. board for each separate class of hea
ers.
Deaths and Funerals.
Z Harry A. Adams died in Pomero
recently.
At Pomeroy Friday, Ambrose A
Owsley, who came to Garfield cour
ty in 1869, died at his home.
/ A. J. Splawn, pioneer stockman o
the Yakima valley and known t
hosts of friends throughout the north
west as Jack Splawn, died March 2.
Troons Guard Wilson,