White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-24

were made at the meeting held a
Sunnyside, August 8. The organization
will be patterned after those already
perfected in Maine, New York and New
Jersey and will be based on commun
ity cooperation Yakima county will
be formed into the Yakima County Pc
tato Growers exchange with commun
ity units, such as Toppenish, Wapa
to, Mckee City, Sunnyside and Grand
view, and if possible they will affili
ate themselves with Idaho in the sell
ing of their product.
Predatory animal control in the
state for the year ending June 80 re-
suited in saving Of approximately
$751; $50 to live stock and wild game
according to the annual report OF
Glenn r. Bach, predatory animal In
spector for the biological survey. The
estimates are based on the calcula
lions of experienced stockmen and
sportsmen who are familiar with the
depredations of predatory animals.
Announcement was made today by
Harry Andrews of Aberdeen that he
has succeeded in financing new
theater project, and that work will
be started early in September. The
building planned will cost $25O,0OO
Farmers, merchants, citizens gen
orally of Washington will have an un
usually interesting lot of things to
look at when they visit their state
fair this fall The annual agricultural
exposition which will be held at Yak
ina the week of September 1922 even
at this early date, gives promise OF
being crowded for exhibition space
The department of agriculture an
nounces that about 800 carloads oil
onions have been shipped out of the
Walla Walla district this season. The
shipments were made under state in
spection which guarantees the quality
of the crop. Director French also EN-
phasizes the fact that Walla Walls
shippers of vegetables intended fol
the markets of Puget sound will bt
benefited if the fight now on to re
duce rates to Puget sound to tn,
Portland level is successful.
Omali, Wash, has fine new hos
pital which was recently opened. /
is upto date in every particular.
The Grant County Fair association
was formed at Neppel at meeting
called by the citizens of that com
munity, recently. C. w. Scott, Neppel
was chosen president, and Edgar Dry
Neppel, was elected secretary-trea
surer.
Fire, attributed to spontaneous com
bustion, destroyed the Bass-Huette
Paint company whosesale house at Ia
coma with an estimated loss of $100,
600. Two hundred guests of the La
crosse hotel, adjacent to the paint es
adjustment, were routed from thei
beds, and for a time 1T was believed
impossible to save the hotel.
Creation of a federal corporation
with capital of $500, 200 900, empow
| cred to purchase and sell wheat il
any quantity at any time or place a
basic price of $1.75 a bushel at pri
mary points" is asked by the Whea
| Growers of the Inland Empire in {
resolution adopted at their conference
in Spokane for submission to Presiden
Coolidge.
A petition for the removal from OF
flee of State Director Of Utilitie
Hance H. Cleland is being circulated
in Seattle by p H. Wilson, executive
secretary of the Telephone Users as
ISOLATION.
Charles w. Brockman, Creston, re
ceived the last land patent issued II
the name Of President Harding.
The patent was issued August
1928, and embraces 160 acres in tn,
southeast portion of Ferry county.
Active work is being done in sign
ing up members for the Northwes
Hay Growers association, composed
Of hay growers of Kittitas, Yakima
Benton and Walla Walla counties
Work on all four counties has pro
crossed to the point where more thai
70 per cent of the hay grown will
be in the hands of the association
which is cooperative.
An ice cave, which exceeds any
thing that can be found in this par
of the country, was discovered re
Gently near Soap lake. The cave is 10
Gated on the breaks southeast Of Soar
Lake and is difficult to find, although
car can be driven to point within
half mile Of the cave. There are
three levels in the cave, and in the
last and lowest level, the room is
about IL feet across and there is room