White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-09-07
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

Figures compiled by the Centralia
fire department show a total of 20
fires in 20 days last month.
The formal opening dinner and en-
tertainment at the new Marcus Whit
man hotel at Walla Walla was set for
September 6.
Adam Spencer Bremen, who had
been resident of the Tilton river
valley the past As years, died at his
home near Cinebar.
Mrs. Sue B. Harris, u, Washington
pioneer, suffered a $4,000 loss when
her home at Plaza was destroyed by
fire caused by children playing with
matches.
Four-year-old Arthur Morrin Gustaf-
son Of Bellingham is dead at Auburn,
a bullet through his head, because he
tried to play cowboy with loaded
revolver.
The first shipment of canned fruit
from the Washington Gamers Co.
operative, Inc, was made last week
when 1000 cases left Vancouver for
England.
The annual Grays Harbor county
fair was one Of the best ever held in
that county. Approximately 125 of the
fastest horses in the west competed
in the racing.
While assisting in unloading pears
at the Libby, Mcneil & Libby plant
in Yakima last week, Nicholas Mich
aelis, 6S years old, dropped dead from
heart attack.
Payment Of 20 per cent dividend
to depositors Of the closed Davenport
National bank is announced by ]. L..
Erickson, receiver. Previous dividends
totaled so per cent.
Sweet potatoes have yielded well
this year in the irrigated district OF
the lower Status valley on the Yakima
Indian reservation. A crop of fine
quality has been obtained.
Grading and surfacing 13 miles Of
the North Bank highway between
Stevenson and Beacon Rock will be
completed this fall, State District
Engineer Schwarz said recently.
The Spirit Lake Park, Inc, filed ar.
ticles Of incorporation at the Cow
litz county auditors office recently.
The company was formed to develop
a hotel and recreational park at Spirit
lake.
Because of continued heavy losses
to his flock of sheep from raids by
bears, ]. M. Lynch, farmer of the Rose
valley district east of Kelso, is plan.
ming to retire from the sheep bust
ness.
The Northwestern Electric com.
pany is building two miles Of distrib.
uting line to serve IL or more farms
near Woodland. The line extends
along the Whalen road, southwest Of
Woodland.
More than 100 descendants Of
Michael Simmons, noted Washington
pioneer, met in Olympia August 26,
the occasion being the Gath wedding
: anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. c. G.
Simmons.
More than 200 members of the Hotel
Greeters of America, Pacific north
west chapter, are expected for the an
nual convention of the organization
to be held in Olympia, beginning Sep
TENDER z.
Sam Kiefer, widely known poet
humorist and managing secretary of
the Yakima county farm bureau, has
rendered his resignation to President
Dwinnell of Outlook, to take effect
Immediately.
Radio communication between the
forest supervisors office in Vancouver
and the central dispatch office at Hem.
lock, in the Wind River valley of the
Columbia national forest, was estab.
lished last week.
Breaking all former records for reg
istration, the total number of quail
fled voters in Yakima county is 90,
I'll, according to figures compiled at
the county auditors office. The city
registration is 1854 votes, while the
county precincts registered 1851.
An appeal for funds from all of its
chapters in the state of Washington
was broadcast from the Pacific branch
office of the American Red Cross at
San Francisco, to aid in rehabilitation
work at the town of Ronald, one-third
of which was destroyed by fire OF
August 10. Dispatches from workers
on the scene state that 30 houses were
destroyed, leaving ITO persons home
less, of which SO are children.
Warning against rabies in the dis
trict around Orondo, because of dis
covery of an infected calf, was mad,
recently by DR.. c. P. Fay, veterinar,
He warned people against bites frol.
dogs in that district.
Burglars stole $4,000 cigarettes
valued at $276.9O, from the Westerl
States. Grovery company in Vancouve,
What was said to be burglar-ploC
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