White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-01-27
WASHINGTON NEWS
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Principal Events Of the Weak
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Dairymen of the Grandview district
met in that city recently and organ
lied dairymen's club of the lower
Yakima valley.
Walla Walla city commissioners
plan to open bids February is for a
new sewage disposal plant to cost
about 100000.
Within half a mile of shelter and as
sistance, the body of Ray Ball, ~,
trapper, was found in the hills IL
miles north Of Republic.
Work of relaying the rubber thing
In the new capitol was started Monday
and pushed to a point where the build
ing can be occupied by February l.
Yakima is to have a "Four Square
gospel lighthouse" branch Of Aimee
semple McPherson's Los Angeles tenn
pie, according to recent announce
ment.
Two contracts, totaling more than
$1,000, were awarded by Longview
school board for seating and kitchen
equipment for the R. A. Long high
school.
The Winlock station of the Wash.
ington Cooperative Egg and Poultry
association had total receipts in 1927
of 103,7S9 cases, a gain of 5245 cases
over 1926.
Crushed by a rolling log in Poison
logging camp near Hoquiam, Albin
Fisher, who was employed as a s'hook-
on" man, died in the Aberdeen Gen
eral hospital.
Mike Dali, 48, connected with the
Schaffer Logging company near Aber-
deem, suffered two broken legs and a
broken arm Saturday when struck by
a flying cable.
James Murray, 40, was shot through
the throat, Ben Howard go, was cap
tured when they attempted to rob a
general store at Mesa, 80 miles north
of Pasco, last week.
The state inheritance tax receipts
for 1927 broke all records, according
to Supervisor G. w. Davis, who re-
ports collecting $662,797, or $129,731
more than last year.
Brigadier General James H. Reeves,
named to succeed Major General JOS
eph d. Leitch, arrived in Vancouver
this week to take over command Of
the Fifth brigade and the barracks.
A contract has been awarded to
Hugh Hoy and Curtis Smith for the
erection of a Presbyterian church near
the Bellingham coal mine. This will
be Bellingham's third Presbyterian
church.
White signs, with large black let
ters, will be placed at the Grant mon.
ument, which stands at the intersec-
ton of East Fifth and Davis streets
in Vancouver, to identify the marker
to strangers.
Lynden butter, which last month
won first prize at Oakland, Calf, for
being the best in the west, triumphed
again last week at Pullman, in compe-
tition with entries from all sections Of
the northwest.
Distribution of the January school
fund apportionment of $353,39O, an in
crease Of $18,261 over year ago, was
announced by Mrs. Josephine Corliss
Preston, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction.
A 13-year-old boy is under arrest at
Granite Falls and has confessed to set
ting the fire that destroyed the big
barn on the ]. J. Hasselman place, to-
gether with large quantity of hay,
two COWS and all farm equipment.
A new timber cruise made last year
on $4,000 acres in the Simcoe noun
tains in KlickHat county will result in
an approximate increase Of 100000 in
tax values at the present rate of rs
cents per million on pine and 62h
cents on fir.
A total of 136,7S2 tons Of freight
were handled over the public docks Of
the port of Kelso during 1927, an in,
crease of 31,083 tons over the amount
handled during 1926, according to the
annual report issued by Frank Gowdy,
port manager.
Savings and loan associations Of
Washington gained over $1,OOO,0O0 a
month In resources during 1927 w.
l.. Nicely, supervisor of the savings
and loan division in the department OF
efficiency announced. The resources
of the 70 domestic savings and loan
associations for the year ending De.
cember 81, 1927, totaled s101,252,2 77
an increase of $12,251, ia over 1926.
Fifteen Yakima mink for breeding
are en- route to the Orient. They
were placed in special cages equipped
to insure the comfort of the animals
during their long ocean trip. They
were shipped by w. ]. Clark of Naches
who raised them.
A 1-cent increase in the gasoline
foY ronaa1 ne tho ohi1o fay linn