White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1918-03-15
WASHINGTON ITEMS

| to have old ties for fuel.
Overcome by carbon gas in the gar
age at his home in Spokane, Sunday,
Dickinson Hall, age "a, died soon
after.
At Chehalis, Wash, March 8, Oscar
MAN, Napavine real estate operator,
was found not guilty Of the murder of
Fred Swayne
| The warm rain that fell almost con-
tinuously Saturday is regarded by the
| farmers of Columbia county as most
| favorable for early seeding.
A large force employed by Lincoln
county have commenced placing Sun
set highway from the Spokane coun-
ty line to Creston in smooth condi-
ton
Landing and shearing are in prog
ress in the Yakima valley and flock,
masters are pleased with results. The
| fleeces are heavy and Of excellent
quality,
There will be no charge this week
in the basis of the sale of flour and
authorized substitutes, it was an
nounced by Charles Hebberd, food
administrator for Washington.
The school board of the Ellens
burg district is formulating plans tc
make the agricultural program in the
schools next year more closely func
ton with the governments war pro
gram.
With his skull fractured and lying
under a pile of cordwood, which ap
parently had tumbled over on him, B
G. Peters, engineer at the Centennial
flour mills, Spokane, was killed Sat
urday.
Governor Lister has issued a proc
lamation setting aside March 20 al
"war savings day" and urges tina
on that day every citizen of the state
of Washington buy at least one wal
saving stamp.
Because of their persistence in hunt
ing in violation of the game laws 25(
aliens employed on railroad work neal
Grandview are to be charged with un
lawfully having weapons, according t.
a game warden.
Seattle's police dry squad Saturda.
loaded downtown drug store, stool
and fixtures complete, onto auto trucks
!, and hauled it away to a municipal
storehOuse after the proprietor r. e
Brown, had been arrested on a charge
of selling liquor without a prescrip
ton.
The United States Indian depart
ment has begun drainage canal a
) point on the Wanita slough one ant
; one-half miles north and two and one
half miles west of Toppenish. The
average depth will be eight feet ant
will add considerable flow to the
!, Wanita slough.
Fewer cases of Contagious disease:
, are noted in the weekly health repor
made public Saturday by Lieutenan
i Colonel p c. Field division surgeon O
the 91st division. Latest report iron
the surgeon generals office shows tina
Camp Lewis is below the average of al
camps for incidence of disease and tn
percentage noneffective.
At the Whitman county teachers
1, 2 and 8, Dr. e. o. Holland, presi
dent Washington State College, Pull
man, will address the assembly OF
I. 1.-THE Opportunity of the Teacher.
f DR.. e. H. Lindley, president of tn
Idaho university, will speak on Les
sons From the World of Business.
Professor W. G. Beach of the w.
C. will give his address, "Educatiol
and Democracy"
I'll Apples and potatoes moved to maj
|. ket last week at the rate of 20 cal
loads daily from Yakima. The lis
shows 105 cars of apples and SO car
= of potatoes. The former were shippe
!, largely in boxcars, but all potatoe
Il went east in refrigerators Appl
u prices continue firm, but potatoes ar
selling at from SIS to SIT a ton, tn
lowest price for the season. Grower
figure the stock cost them $3.50 t
produce and store.
About $50 farmers met at Cola
Saturday for the purpose Of consider
/. ing the establishment of farm labo
agencies and fixing uniform month
ly wage to be paid farm laborers. !.
C. Scott, representing the Unite
States department of agriculture, &C
dressed the meeting relative to labo
conditions throughout the northwes
!, in the industries, telling what had beel
, done in other counties regarding farm
labor conditions. The speaker abvC
Gated fixing a fair wage for the mel
and urged that living conditions of thu
laborers be made more attractive b.
increasing their personal comforts
MIR. Scott drew comparison between
the $60-a-month wage, as reported b.
the committee, and wages in other in
dustries of the northwest, stating tina
in his opinion farm laborers here will
be better paid than laborers for mill
: ing and kindred industries. He did no
anticipate any serious labor shortage
Recent Deaths.
Odessa-Samuel Giese, retired
farmer.
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