White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-30
WASHINGTON ITEMS

CITY WilAiA lAc ucAl ci8ul mohlhS'
Farmers south of Maritime are be.
ginning to feel alarmed over the ap.
pearance of crickets, the pest of last
year, which are Matching out on the
scab rock.
The magnesite deposits near Val
ley and Chewelah are the largest
found in the United States, according
to Samuel H. Dolbear, consulting mi.
ming engineer.
The farm loan bank officials signed
bonds at Spokane and officers were
sworn in Saturday. They expect to
handle $1OO,OOO,000 in securities even.
tually, says Secretary Jewett.
Seattle jobbers fear the effects of
Japanese potatoes, 1000 sacks OF
which will 60 on their market this
week. This is the first shipment OF
potatoes ever received from Japan.
A. Taylor sold 1880 acres near Wa
terville to George Wilma for $4,000
which included the stock and machin
cry. Five hundred and eighty acres
of this is plow land, the balance be-
ing pasture.
The appointment of A. d. Dunn OF
| Wapato as member of the board OF
regents of Washington State college
is announced. He succeeds Mr.. Gun
bingham, who has served more than
five years.
Reappointment of G. Dove McQues
ten, Of Tacoma, as member of the
state board of control for term be
ginning April l is announced by Gov
ernor Lister. McQuestion was named
on January l to fill out Frank C.
Morse's unexpired term.
Stirred with patriotic zeal, women
of Ellensburg to the number of 25(
met recently and formed a branch Of
the Daughters of the American Revo
luton to take up Red Cross work anG
make articles that might be needed
by the Ellensburg cavalry troop in the
event of a call for mobilization.
During an alteration in pool hall
at Milan, north of Spokane, Monday
G. A. Palmer, job carpenter, former
justice Of the peace. shot and in
stantly killed George Verbeck, who
attempted to prevent him from shoot
ing another young fellow, and also
shot Nels Verbeck, father of George
through the throat.
The Second regiment of National
Guard of Washington has been call
ed upon by the war department to
mobilize Immediately, according tC
Governor Lister. The companies that
make up the regiment will mobilize
in their own communities until the
receipt of further orders. Governor
Lister says that the purpose of the
property within the state.
Jute bags made by convicts, which
on April /, will be reapportioned to
farmers who have not received all
the sacks they wish. The warden
states that many of the farmers to
whom were apportioned sacks have
not yet sent in their checks for IL
per cent of the amount, and that
sacks for which no checks have beer
received April l will be put in with
| the new allotments.
Railroad men working in the west
ern part of Walla Walla county de
clare the recent windstorm is the
worst in their recollection. The roo
was blown off a baggage car on 6
Northern Pacific train. Frequent stops
had to be made to shove sand off the
tracks on this road. Farmers who
seeded or reseeded their land just be
fore the storm say they will have tt
do much of the work over again, al
the grain has been uncovered. Dam
age in this way will reach thousands
of dollars.
The Great Northern Railway com
pany is having a hard time keeping
its line over the mountains clear. M
sooner does the big rotary clear thu
track of snow at one point and me1
with shovels remove the dirt ant
rocks at another, than their service.
are transferred to some other poin
where similar conditions have sudden
ly developed. A snowslide near En-
bro killed two laborers walking the
track and buried a portion Of trair
No. 4, which was standing near the
station. The telegraph operator Al
Embro is missing and probably wa.
killed
Recent Deaths.
Mrs. M. A. Spangle, age 70, dice
recently at Spangle.
Senator Poindexter's father, VIII
liam Poindexter, age 50. died at the
family home at Greenlee, Va, last
week.
A. e. Pellissier, for 35 years res
ident of Stevens county, a native OF
California, Sc years of age, and citi
zen of Marcus, died recently as a re
suit of nervous breakdown.
Kills Her Husband.
st. Paul, Minn.-Mrs. Garfield Goff
white, Sunday shot and killed her
| husband, a negro, after he had threat