White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-08-10
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings OF
the Week C0IIectedf0r
Our Readers.

The 1928 cherry crop of north CEN
trail Washington netted growers about
| $325,OOO, 1877 cars being shipped out,
compared with 1T last year.
William Smith, 80, was fatally in
jured Saturday when an emery wheel
on which he was at work exploded in
Great Northern shop at Hillyard.
M. G. Lane, government entomolo-
gist, has leased building III College
Place, near Walla Walla, and has in
stalled laboratory for wire worm in.
vestigations.
A check of the figures by the coun.
ty auditor indicated that 30S more
automobiles have been licensed in
Walla Walla so far this year than at
the same time last year.
A $4,000 bond issue floated by Tux
villa, King county, for water system,
was purchased by State Auditor C. w.
Clausen. The bond will draw 4.75 per
cent interest for 20 years.
Walter Mann, SO, veteran single
manufacturer of Everett and for 1S
years prominent in church and civic
affairs of that city, died suddenly
Saturday of heart trouble.
Distribution of the July state school
fund apportionment of $5S4,463 has
just been announced. King county
receives the largest, $154,531, and Ska
mania the smallest, S1205.
Sergeant H. V. Hill, head Of the mo.
tor division Of the Tacoma police de-
partment, was fatally shot last Friday
night by one of four boys he discov-
cred stealing from parked cars.
Harlow Barney, water master for
| Walla Walla and Columbia counties,
reports marked shortage of water in
| the streams of the valley as one result
| of the heat wave of last week.
Everett led the state for low fire
loss in 1927, the per capita loss being
only S1.O5, figured on population of
| $4,000, according to report Of the Ma
| tional Board of Fire Underwriters.
About 200 acres of wheat on the
Mckee Zuger place between Walla
| Walla and Waitsburg burned at noon
Wednesday in a fire presumably start
ed by carelessly thrown cigarette.
A small son of ]. L. Fowler of Rose
valley, east of Kelso, was threatened
by snarlng coyote which invaded
the Fowler place and leaped at the
lad, whose screams frightened it away.
Fred Shifferly, prominent Drew's
prairie farmer, suffered two broken
ribs and bad decorations when his
Guernsey bull attacked him. Shiffer-
ly was butted through fence, after
which he was trampled.
NJ j. Rarey of Winlock has filed as
republican candidate for county COM
missioner for the second district Of
Lewis county, making five entries for
the place. Mr.. Rarey is state and
county grange lecturer.
The wata" shortage at Oakvllle,
which became acute over the week
end, has been relieved, according to
announcement by officials. A number
Of bad leaks were found in the main
1inos which we're reDaired,
Besides 12O acres of wheat belong
ing to Harley Reynolds the homes OF
Lee Garland, George Burmese and Nate
Overman were burned Wednesday
near Kahlotus by fire that started
from some unknown cause.
The permits for the construction OF
the Pacific highway bridges spanning
the Coweeman river south OF kelso
and the Kalama river north of Kalama
have been issued by the war depart
ment following approval Of the plans
J Postal receipts at Walla Walla's
postoffice are still on the increase
according to the figures furnished by
Postmaster Morrow The receipts fol
the month of July showed an increase
of 1913 per cent over the same month
in 1927.
Timothy hay crops grown in con
nection with apple culture in tn
White Salmon valley fruit belt yielded
well this year. A field of non-irrigat
ed timothy in orchards of Herber
Williams, White Salmon, attained
, growth of six feet.
Mob Hill water users complained t.
] the Yakima city commissioner of poo
t pressure. The trouble, the official
explained, was the small pipes origin
I ally installed to serve mostly five an
ten-acre tracts. The land is platte
into lots now and settled up and tn
pipes will not carry sufficient waite
, unless dangerous pressure is used.
Humptulips pioneers and their de
: scendants, with settlers from SUI
rounding districts, Joined Sunday il
recounting old times and renewing
friendships at the fourth annual pic
= mic of the Humptulips Pioneer assc
, citation.
Raymond's first move toward tn
e development of an airport has bee
q made with the selection and prepare
g ton of field on the Alfred Burkha