White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-06-24

for the democratic nomination for gov
ernor.
Slot machines and other gambling
devices are doomed to extinction il
Grays Harbor county, according to al
edict issued by Prosecuting Attorney
Wade. Mr.. Wade has given the sher
ifs force instruction to take immedi
ate steps to put all gambling devices
out of business.
Nearly 100000 have been spent
in Wenatchee since June, 1926, for
new houses, commercial buildings ano
alterations, according to figures made
public by the city engineer OF this
amount about 100000 has gone for
new homes, the same for business
buildings, and about 100000 for alter
atoms.
Sixty-seven Vancouver business men
have signed guarantee that the coun-
| ty will not be taxed for the cost of an
election to determine whether the PEG
pie of Clark county are willing to sell
| the county's share of the interstate
bridge to the state for $250,000 as pro.
vided for in bill approved by the
last legislature.
Due to the fact that G. Divine, wht
| for some time past has been town mar
shall of Pc Ell, failed to appear fol
| ~, ;oho hoe n,
pointed to the position. Divine's
whereabouts is unknown. He did not
resign his position, at least no resigna-
ton was filed with Mrs. Hazel M. Sur.
Der, city clerk.
Indications are for a nearly norm al
crop of wheat or about 100000 bush
els in Walla Walla county, according
to grainmen. Recent rains have in
creased the yield on an average OF five
bushels to an acre. Growers, who
thought they had sufficient sacks
have been coming in since the rnir
and ordering more. Sacks are 14k
cents.
-Four hundred and seventy-two COWS
under test during May by the Yakima
Cow Testing association averaged 842
pounds of milk and 29.4 pounds of but
terfat. One hundred and thirty-lwo
cows produced over forty pounds OF
butterfat each and fifty-one produced
over fifty pounds each. The highest
herd record was made by G. A. Smith
of Greenvalley, with an average OF
442 pounds of butterfat per COW.
A complaint charging forgery with
intent to defraud was filed with the
United States commissioner in Taco
ma against L. G.. Dowell, who recently
retired as auditing accountant for Adj
jutant-G General Maurice Thompson OF
the Washington national guard. The
action followed a report filed by Adju-
tant-General Thompson with A. r.
Gardner state director of efficiency,
at Olympia, which held that a short
age of S151S.77 had been discovered
in the accounts of the chief auditor.
A hearing will be held at Leaven-
worth July % by the department OF
public works, representing the inter.
state commerce commission, to deter
mine the application of the Great
Northern Railroad company, which
seeks to reconstruct it's line in the
Cascades between Peshastin and Win
ston, distance of about IL miles.
This will be Of vast Importance to the
Leavenworth vicinity, as the railroad
is Strengthening out it's line through
the mountains, and it may eventually
mean abandoning Leavenworth as a
division point for the company.
In anticipation of the dedication OF
the $6,50O,OO0 new legislative building,
tentatively scheduled for the latter
part of August, Governor Hartley has
made public his appointments to the
dedication committee. By congress
sional districts of the state, the gov
ernor's appointments were: First dis
trict, ROLAND H. Denny of Seattle;
second district, Mrs. Hugh Eldridge
OF Bellingham; third district, James
Mccormack Of Tacoma; fourth dis
trict, John Ankeny of Walla Walla.
and fifth district, George Turner OF
Spokane. Senator P H. Carlyon Of
Olympia was designated by the execu.
tive to be member-at-large of the
committee.
After holding that the majority of
the state highway committee had the
right to elect the chairman and secre.
tary Of the committee, the supreme
court apparently reversed itself by
Diminishing the quo warranto proceed.
ings by which G. w. Clausen, state
auditor, sought to assert his right tc
the Craftsmanship by election, and
George T. Mccoy similarly claimed
the secretaryship. In dismissing the
proceedings the court held that il
lacked jurisdiction because the chair
manship and secretaryship of the
committee were ex-officio positions
and not state offices. The effect OF
the decision is to leave the highway
committee organization as high in the
air as ever, even though it is specifi-
cally stated that the majority should
rule.
Eight hogs were killed and poles
were piled high on the Northern Pa