White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-10-07
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
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city hall site in Hoquiam.
A tentative budget for Clark county
for 1928 expenses, to be raised by TAX
alton, totaling $606,660.1O, was filed
with the county>auditor last week.
The Kelso city council has pruned
nearly 100000 off the estimated bud
get for 1928, bringing it within esti-
mated revenue and an Is mill levy.
Approximately 22,oo0,0Oo,oOo board
feet of white pine in northeastern
Washington is threatened by the dis
covery Of white pine blister rust near
Colville.
The Methodist Episcopal congrega-
ton has received permit from the
Colfax city council to build $4,000
parsonage on the lots adjoining the
church property.
Andrew Carpenter, 18, of Brewster,
died in Wenatchee hospital as re-
suit Of burns received at Brewster,
when he used gasoline to start ire,
thinking it was kerosene.
Grain seeding in the Klickitat coun-
ty wheat belt was followed by several
hours of rainfall last week. The rain
came at a most opportune time to give
the new crop good start.
Automobile license plates are being
turned out at the Walla Walla peniten-
tiary at the rate of about 5000 pairs
daily and 100000 of the 100000 pairs
ordered have been completed.
A 3-year-old son of Walter Holman,
living at Twisp in Chelan county, ac-
cidentally shot his year-old brother
through the head while playing with
a loaded pistol Sunday morning.
An effort is being made to install
modern lights on Main street from
Third to Tenth streets in Vancouver
as an entering wedge for light sys-
tenn in the entire business district.
Kelso was host October 2, 8, 4 and
s to the annual grand lodge of the
knights of Pythias Of Washington and
to the grand assembly of the Pythian
Sisters. More than 500 were in at
tendance.
Roy G. Lyle, prohibition administra-
tor for Washington, Oregon and Alas
ka, is ineligible under civil service
regulations for reappointment to his
post, it was learned authoritatively
last week.
Youthful enthusiasm for auto racing
cost the life of John Davis, IA years
old, of Mabton, last week, when the
"bug" in which he and two other boys
were driving around an old racetrack
overturned.
Lewis county's new Jail, built at an
expense of $32,5S9 and which is the
latest type of construction, will be
ready for occupancy by the end OF
this week. 1t has quarters for 60 to
Is prisoners.
The Washington State Field trials
club will run its annual trials next
Saturday and Sunday on the Kittitas
valley courses northeast of Ellensburg
where the annual contests were hello
in 1924 and 1925.
One central purchasing committee
D hereafter will buy all supplies for the
five public cafeterias in the Yakims
public schools and Superintendent Da
:. Wis believes the change will effect
material saving in cost.
Seattle Elks at meeting last weel
approved unanimously the proposition
to build History home to cost 81,
100000. The contract will be let IL
about 60 days and the building will
be completed next year.
Complete analysis of the timber sup
2 ply in Pacific county is being prepared
by Max Schafer, secretary of the Ray
$ mond chamber of commerce, in con
4 nection with his program of obtaining
complete data on all county resources
The city of .Sedro Woolley has &C
: CURED the northeast corner of Wood
: worth and Murdoch streets as sit
+ for new city hall. However, no az
/: ton toward building the hall will b
9 taken at present by the city fathers
4 1t is understood.
A final payment of $71,593 on tn
:, 1925 prune crop was mailed last Sa
= urday to members of the Washingto
> Growers Packing corporation, maxim
y total of s45S,214 for the entire GRO
:. of 9,19S,0OO pounds. The overhea
d was the lowest of any year since tn
h association was organized, w. F
" Wood, manager, said.
Construction of concrete pawn
across the sections of the Pacific higl
way north and south from Kalam
that were planked to permit settlin
of fills several years ago, will be con
pleted this week unless rainfall pr
vents.
s With the close of registration book
r two weeks away, the roster Of eligibl
l. voters in Aberdeen is 900 short OF tn
e record set in 1924. The total at pre-
!. ent is 5779, against peak of 662l re
n istered for the municipal election
that year.