White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-06-05
Washington News

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EFT civil engineer, has left for st.
Cloud, Fla, where he will become
city manager. Mr.. Missimer was for
several years an assistant in the
county engineers office and has had
charge of several large land and con-
struction projects. He Is the second
Everett man to go to Florida In the
capacity of city manager, A. B. Cutter,
a former city engineer, now being city
manager at Fort Meyer, Fla.
| SPOKANE.-Word has been re.
ceived here Of the death at Chicago
of D. G. O'Shea, president Of the Fed
eral Land Bank Of Spokane, following
an operation.
,BOTHELL.-The King County Po-
mona Grange, meeting here with the
Sammamish Valley and Woodinville
oranges, declared in favor Of a So
cent severance tax on each 1000 feet
OF lumber cut in the state, and went
on record in favor Of removal tax on
all coal and oil taken from the earth
In the state. 1t asked for reduction
on interest charges levied against de-
linquent taxes. The interest rate, the
grange agreed, should not exceed 10
per cent The next session of the
grange will be held at Issaquah, July
16, followed by the annual picnic Au.
gust 5. The place for holding the ipc-
mic will be selected by committee.
next fall for the Associated Students
at the State College of Washington,
self-government body, are as follows:
Harold Weingarten, Tacoma, presi-
dent; John Clam, Wenatchee, vice.
president; Charlotte Walker, Yakima,
secretary; Matthew Strauss, Edwall
and Anna Truedson, Puyallup, mem
bers-at-large; Wallace Buchanan, Gar.
field, editor of the tri-weekly Ever.
green, Kenneth Bageant, Colfax, edi-
tor of the annual Chinook; Walter
Mason, Sprague, editor of the humor
magazine. The Cougars Paw: Harrie
Bohlke of Grandview, Glenn johnson
Of Spokane and Harold Hanson of Ia
coma, on the athletic council.
OLYMPIA. Harry G. Johnson,
state supervisor of banking, notified
Guy Il. Kelly and Thomas MacMahon
that their services were dispensed
With as Of May 81 as attorneys in
liquidating the northumberland
can Bank of Tacoma.
WENATCHEE.-The report is prev
alent here that there is deal under
way between the Great Northern Rail-
way and the Washington Water Pow
over the railroad company's power
site on the Chelan river and build
plant to develop $4,000 horsepower,
which would require an investment of
$40 100000.
YAKIMA.-The annual picnic OF the
Pioneers Of Yakima County will be
held at the state fair grounds, June
81, according to arrangements made
by the executive committee. Fred
Parker was appointed general chair.
man; Mrs. A. ]. Splawn, chairman Of
the memorials and resolutions COM
mittee Herbert A. Shaw and Mrs.
John Clemmer, entertainment COM
mittee; Mrs. D. D. Reynolds, Ahtanum,
and Mrs. f. b. Shardlow, Yakima, re-
freshments.
LONGVIEW.-J. Larson, butter
maker at the Cathlamet creamery, has
offered a bonus to dairymen Of that
community who bring in No. 1 cream
during the summer months. The
cream will be pasteurized In Cathla-
met and sent to Astoria to be made
into ice cream.
SPOKANE.-The Northern Pacific
Railroad put into service on Its Spo-
kane Kootenai run last week in q new
gasoline-electric propelled passenger
coach. The coach includes power
plant In which electricity to operate
the car is generated by gasoline en-
CINE, baggage compartment and
space for 81 passengers. 1t is similar
to coaches in operation on the road
out Of Walla Walla, Pendleton and
Pasco.
| OLYMPIA.-Sixty Thurston county
farmers were guests Of the Olympia
Kiwanis club last week at the annual
Farmers Day" luncheon held in the
Hotel Olympian.
Expressing the belief that farmers
of this country are getting out OF their
slump and that favorable times can
be expected for the future, Dean Ed
ward G. Johnson OF Washington State
College, speaker Of the day, sounded
ap optimistic noe for agriculture gen.
orally and for tie State OF Washing
ton in particular.