White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-30
WASHINGTON NEWS
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Principal Events Of the Week
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venson last week.
S. H. Lewis of Linden has been
elected president of the Washington
Press association.
The total rainfall recorded at Ritz
vile during Is days was 4.59 inches,
breaking all records.
Preliminary work has been started
on the new hotel at Walla Walla. 1t
is to be II stories high,
The city of Colyille will sink its
wells from 20 to 40 feet deeper to OBJ
tain better water supply.
Approximately 10000 acres OF land
in Benton county will be opened to
homestead entry October II.
If favorable weather continues most
Of the grain standing in Whitman
county will be harvested this week.
The Kalama Lumber company's new
sawmill on the Columbia river above
Kalama started cutting lumber last
week.
Edwin ]. Templeton will commence
slagging the much talked of shoulders
of the Everett-Marysville highway cut
off Monday.
City water at Yakima is now free
from contamination, but health author
tiles are continuing to keep close
check on it.
Fire last week practically wiped out
the business district at North Park
on the North Trunk highway, a mile
north of Seattle.
Shipment of 74S cars of fruit and
produce from the Yakima valley dur.
ing last week is reported. There were
100 cars of apples.
The 31st annual state fair at Yaki-
ma passed into history Saturday with
the greatest record ever made. Paid
admissions reached 60,000
Warrants totaling $4,000 have been
drawn by State Auditor Clausen to re-
imburse the various counties of the
| state for wild animal bounties.
August High, SO, ex-Washington
state grange master and ex-state SEN
ator for Clark and Skamania coun-
ties, died in Vancouver last week.
Bertil Johnson, assistant United
States attorney, who was appointed
acting prosecutor of Pierce county by
superior judges, was sworn in last
week.
Walton Lumber companys new mill,
at Everett, which started operations
two weeks ago, will add a night shift
of sixty men October 8, it was an
nounced.
Sallie Wahkiacus, survivor of the
once powerful tribe of Klickitat In
dams, predicts that the coming winter
will be long and that there will be
deep SHOWS.
Automatic electric traffic signals
| are to be erected in Yakima at the
four busiest intersections on Yakima
avenue. They will regulate both We
hicle and pedestrian traffic.
Improvement of the Moxee-White
Bluffs road five miles from the county
line westward, with a view to gravel
ing, has been undertaken by the Yaki-
ma county engineers office.
Stormy weather caused a deficit of
| $1,000 at this years Sumas Roundup,
says c.. D. Soule, treasurer. 1t was
the first deficit in the history of the
Sumas Roundup association.
1 Over 5000 acres in Snohomish coun-
ty will be thrown open for homestead
and desert land entry by the federal
government October II. Ex-service
men are to be given preference.
John Reiuch, 46, brakeman on the
Winlock & Toledo Lumber company's
logging road, was killed instantly when
he fell under the wheels of train
he was working on in the Winlock
yards.
Through the efforts of the Izaak
Walton league Of Onalaska several
farmers living near there, with an
ownership of approximately 300 acres
Of land, have established game
refuge"
The Clark county prune harvest will
be virtually com Melted this week
growers say, with the exception of
some of the higher districts. The hot
sun and wind softened the prunes to
such an extent that they fell from the
trees in showers and those that can.
not be dried in the next few days will
be spoiled The harvest season will
be the shortest of recent years.
Formal adoption of the 1929 Ev-
erett school budget, which will provide
a reduction of $33,115 in general run
ming expenses and 81 mills in the
school levy, will be voted at special
meeting of the school board October /.
Blasting and burning operations at
the site of the West Lumber & Pulp
company paper mill at Junction City
were started recently. The company
expects to have the clearing made
within few weeks. The sawmill is
expected to start operations about
December 1.