White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-06-15

ston and Wesley Martin, two beard
less youths of Sedro-Woolley, ended
when they were arrested at Spokane
The young men were taken before
Judge r. M. Webster and pleaded
guilty to grand larceny They were
each sentenced to servefrom six
months to Is years at the Monroe
reformatory. The car, owned by G.
B. Ogle, was returned to Sedro-
Woolley.
The young ladies' who were selling
peoples at the passenger station in
Pasco on Decoration day had the op-
portunity of selling flower to Ru-
dolph Valentino, famous movie star
who passed thru here that day on
Northern Pacific train No 8 on his
dancing tour of the United States
Two of the girls, Miss Ada Sargent
and Miss Mildred Schmalzied ap-
preached him as he strolled on the
lawn at the station with his two
dogs They found him a willing
purchaser, giving them $15O piece
for their flowers.
A contract was closed recently by
the Charleston cherry pool for the
sale of 270 tons of berries to W. A.
Murphy, of St. Paul His bid sub
mitted through C. F. Carlits, was
about one cent above last years |
being 10 rs cents for Bings,
9 rs cents for Lamberts and cents
for Black Eagles and Black Repub-
lies. The price is for the packed
product and payment will be made
as the cherries are received at the
packing house and packed out. The
first deliveries will be made about |
June 5 The cherry pool sold the en-
tire Royal Anne crop to the Oregon
Packing Company for nine cents, the
purchasers to receive the fruit at
the company's cannery, at Lewiston
Last year, Royal Anne's sold for
7 10 cents.
The city council of Waitsburg re-
Gently awarded the contract to pave
approximately 20 blocks in the resi-
dence district of that town to Yak;
ina concern. The type of paving as
decided upon will be a two-inch as
phaltic-concrete. Construction will
begin within ten days.
Wheat growers in the vicinity of
Cornell are planning harvesting OPP
erations in about 30 days and expect
to be cutting wheat by July l. The
fall grain is reported to be up IS in
ches and headed out This wheat
visitors say, is the best looking in
several years.
The Walla Walla Dairymen's asso-
citation will soon take over the Val
ley dairy plant and the Walla Walla
creamery, in Wallla Walla.
"Ranchers in the Kennewick dis.
trict are finishing the harvesting of
their first profitable strawberry crop
in Is years." according to NJ, N.
Doan, asparagus growers, of Ken
newick "The berries ripened just
right, were large and we'll Favored
and made the best crop that l have
seen in Is years of farming in that
section Mr.. Doane said. "The
only drawback was the shortage of
pickers, which is still being felt in
some sections. "The best feature,
is the price. | never saw prices
hold up better, and there is no end
to the market this season."
A publicity committee of the Co.
lumbia Basin committee, of the Spo-
kane Chamber of Commerce, will be
appointed by Roy r. Gill, chair
man, Immediately, for the purpose
of considering and recommending a
far-reaching program of basin pub
licity for the summer months. Mr..
Gill will appoint this committee as a
result of the action taken at com.
mittee meeting held recently in Spo-
kane. The resolution provides that
the publicity committee report it's
recommendation within two weeks.
Work on the construction of 70
miles of new toll telephone line
between Colfax and Dayton, at
cost of $222,00O, will be completed
this week by crews of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Company
The new project consists entirely of
new poles and neew wire, and the
line follows the state highway from
Colfax to Dayton, with branch from
Dodd to Pomeroy.
Vetch Helps Apple Crop.
A survey was made in three orchard
districts near Ephrata where vetch