White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-22
WASHINGTON NEWS

WASHINGTON NEWS
l. BY action of the board of regents
of the University of Washington two
months ago, the salary of President
Henry Suzzallo has been increased
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year. $500
a month.
Depositors of the Citizens State
bank at Grandview, which closed it's
doors, held meeting recently. They
gathered to talk over their losses
without harsh words or criticism and
took steps toward reorganization of
the bank.
The Womens University club of Sc
attic moved into new $4,000 club
house recently.
Mrs. Nancy L. Van Doren, 80 years,
a widely known educator of the west
and for many years identified with
the State College of Washington, died
December 10.
Wenatchee lodge of perfection, Scot
fish Rite Masons, was constituted re-
Gently by Spokane officers Of the or
der There were "a candidates initi-
ated, giving the lodge, with the 40
who had already taken the work, 1875
members
According to figures from Darwin
Meisnest, graduate manager OF ath-
letics, the University Of Washington,
| in the football season which closed
| Thanksgiving day, Melted 100000 on
the games. This is pronounced the
best showing in the history of the
university.
A contract was let December II for
construction of mems dormitory and
| central heating plant at Whitman col
| lege.
The December snowfall at Spokane,
according to the record of the United
| States weather bureau, December 9
passed December, 1891, when 22.2
inches fell in the entire month. It is
the second largest snowfall in the Al
years of the weather office, being ex-
ceeded only by December, 1889, the
winter following the Spokane fire,
when 81 IL inches fell
The Western Intercollegiate Associ
alton of Student Presidents will hold
| it's spring session on the campus of
the State College of Washington at
the invitation of Milton Endslow, Spo-
kane, Cougar student body president.
For the third successive year, the
University of Washington rifle team
defeated the University of California
sharpshooters, in the first indoor
match of the season, with score of
| 1901 points to 1893
| Reports show that the present year
has been one of prosperity and bust
ness activity in the State of Washing
ton especially in the Puget Sound Sec
tions. The yield of apples in Wash
ington this year Is estimated at 81
$4,000 bushels and with estimated
shipments of $4,000 cars with prices
from 30 to S5 cents a box lower than
in former years. Washington mills
have produced 3S9,4S barrels of flour,
a decided increase over the preceding
year.
Disclosure that the Washington or.
ganization's plan of pooling wheat for
marketing has spread through the
| middle west, and that giant pool of
perhaps 5O,O0O,OOO bushels will be
handled through the American Wheat
Growers, Associated, recently organ
lied, which will handle the crop of
it's members, was made recently to
directors by President r. v. Perringer
of the Washington association.
At recent meeting of the state
farm bureau federations executive
committee with county farm bureau
presidents and secretaries and mem.
bers of the legislature, it was decided
to move the state headquarters Of the
farm bureau to Spokane and to hold
the annual meeting at Walla Walla,
beginning January Is. The state ex-
ecutive committee unanimously ap-
proved the proposal. 1t was also de-
cided to issue the state farm bureau
paper from the Spokane office. The
paper will be printed by the Western
Newspaper association.