White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-03-06
Washington News

SPOKANE.-Three officers of the
Columbia Basin Irrigation League
President Hervey Lindley of Seattle
Fred Adams of Spokane, federal di
rector, James Kyle, Oregon, member
of the board of trustees have gone t.
Washington in anticipation Of the re
port Of the Department Of the Interior
on it's investigation into the FEAST
bility of the Columbia Basin irriga
ton project, it was announced at the
leagues offices here.
WALLA WALLA.E. G.. Burlingame
said recently that the percentage o.
twins in sheep is running higher than
usual. Hothouse lambing is well I'M
der way. and on ranges will begin
soon. The increase is about 12O per
cent.
OLYMPIA. - Washington contains
only per cent of all United States
registered Holsteins, yet over 25 per
cent of all Holstein records of produc-
ton are held by Washington Hol-
stems.
MOUNT RAINIER Motorists driv-
ing to Mount Rainier National Park
during winter months hereafter will
be required to equip their automo.
biles with anti-skd chains, O. A.
Tomlinson, park superintendent, an
nounced recently. Officials at the
park have had difficulty in keeping
the road open due to cars becoming
stalled when drivers get off the hard.
: packed snow in the middle of the
road.
OLYMPIA Belief that liquidation
Of the defunct northumberland
Bank of Tacoma can be completed
and final dividends to depositors dis
tributed by the middle of the coming
summer, was expressed by ]. G. Min
shull, supervisor Of banking, here re-
Gently. The remaining assets Of the
institution, aggregating about mil
lion dollars, can probably be turned
into money by that time.
OLYMPIA. - Automobile owners,
with 1924 Idaho license plates will be
permitted to use them until March is.
Fred j, Dibble, director of licenses,
notified peace officers in Washington
recently. The extension of the time
on last years plates is due to an ac-
ton by the Idaho legislature.
.OLYMPIA-When Governor Roland
Hartley signed senate bills Nos. Al
and 60, he made available $17,360,0O0.
20 for expenditures on state highways
within the next biennium. OF this
sum, which is pertty generally dis.
tributed over the state, great por.
ton will be spent in Western Wash
ington on the Olympic and Pacific
Highways.
CHEHALIS. =, Richard Nicholas,
Theodore Bowles,. Everett Sches-
strom, Harry Dean, Clarence Hurl-
bert, Morris Evan, Kenneth Shelby,
Thomas Mcdonald and Paul Dancer,
pupils of the eighth grade of the State
Training School here, passed the state
eighth grade examination, Schesstrom
leading all Lewis County students in
credits.
SUMMER Ralph Wright, employee
Of the Puget Sound Power & Light
Company, was seriously burned re-
Gently when he came in contact with
a power line bearing $4,000 volts
while working near Dieringer, two
miles east Of here. Wright was treat
ed here by DR.. B. ]. Gilshannon be-
fore. being taken to the Valley Hos
pital in Puyallup, where 1t is said he
would recover.
MONTESANO. - The board of d.
rectors of the Grays Harbor Dairy
mems Association has elected w.
Berns, Wynooche Valley, as president
for the coming year, according to an
announcement made here recently.
The other officers are: A. A. Siefert.
Ford Prairie, first vice-president; Will
lard Turner, Wishkah Valley, second
vice.president, and John P. Murphy,
Montesano, secretary and manager.
SEATTLE.-volunt helpers and
the game warden of the district of ST.
Petersburg, Alaska, have distributed
consignments Of hay received from
Seattle to thousands Of starving deer
along the beach and on the Duncan
Canal. Twenty-Five deer were found
dead along the canal. The highest
mortality was among fawns and
bucks. The warden reported very
few wolves, indicating the wolves
found deer in the hills easy prey. Ell.
forts are being made to feed the does.
EVERETT.-Carrying on cam
paign to raise in Everett and Sno.
homish County 100000 necessary to
provide fair buildings and a race
course at it's Silver Lake grounds,
teams Of the North Pacific Livestock
Show Association have obtained
pledges for $4,000. No solicitations
have yet been made in the county
towns.