White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-15
WASHINGTON NEWS

WASHINGTON NEWS
James e. Mahoney paid the death
penalty on the state penitentiary scat
told at Walla Walls December when
he was hanged for the murder of his
aged wife, Kate Mooers Mahoney. at
Seattle in April, 1921.
Congress will be asked for funds to
cover the expenses Of wrecking and
salvaging Is buildings at old Fort
spokane, near Miles and to appropri-
ate from $4,000 to 100000 for con.
,tructing fire-proof hospital for In
dams of the northwest on the site of
the RACED buildings.
w. w. Service, fireman on the
Northern Pacific, reported December /
that he picked two quarts Of straw.
berries from his garden before he left
Pasco on his run that day.
At 3 p. m. December 4 a lone thug
held up Assistant Cashier e. v.
Thompson of the Bank Of Starbuck
and made away with about $500.
The Whitestone irrigation district
has purchased the water rights and
property Of the Whitestone Irrigation
G Power company for a$Ss,525.
The success of the corn and potato
show at Toppenish was so marked
that movement was begun to make
the show a permanent annual affair.
A fire late December Quilted the
upper story Of the Central hotel build
ing at Goldendale and caused loss
ny fire and water to the building and
"ontents estimated at from $4,000 to
$4,000.
County commissioners at Walla
Walla recently sold two and half
acres Of the south part Of the county
arm to the Walla Walla railway COM
pany for right of way for its inter-
urban extension.
A total of 1910 miles Of Washing
lon state highways are to be placed
lnder the federal aid highway sys
TEN, it was announced in Washing
ton, D. c., recently.
Budget estimates for the next fls-
cal year submitted to congress by the
president December include $125, 900
FOR beginning construction of that
part Of the Status irrigation project
in Yakima county, Washington, which
can be irrigated by gravity drainage
water of the Wapato irrigation pro-
ject.
1t is reported that over $4,000
worth of apples have been shipped
from the Ephrata railroad station this
fall. Over twice that amount will
probably be realized from the Grant
Orchard crop and Stratford will ship
he largest amount in the history Of
that section.
A discrepancy Of 100000 in seattle's
municipal lighting accounts, has
saused admissions by high employee
of the light department that there
have been Irregularities In his ac-
counts.
Work will start at an early date on
the power line to be built by the
Washington Water Power company
into Chelan and Okanogan counties
from a junction with the end of the
present Big Bend line at Coulee
Poles are being distributed along the
line from Chelan station north to.
ward Pateros and also at Coulee run.
ming west.
The big Humbird mill at Newport
finished their seasons cut recently
and the mill was shut down then un-
til the spring cut starts.
Continuous snowfall during the
past week in the Inland Empire has
caused serious tieups of highway and
railway traffic and the demoralizing
of telephone lines.
Frost-proofing orchards by Their
mometer-alarms that get the orchard
lists busy lighting orchard heaters
whenever damaging frost is on the
way, is the plan being worked out by
Yakima orchardists.
Wenatchee shippers estimate that
at least $500 carloads of apples yet re-
main in the district 400( NJ which