White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-28
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings OF
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

Caterpillars on streetcar tracks al
Seattle caused car to run wild FOL
three blocks and collide with another
car.
Phineas Gilbert, So years old, retir
ed mining man and resident OF Spo'
kane for 43 years, died at the family
home recently.
Injuries received from the kick Of q
horse he was trying to saddle on his
farm near Woodinville caused the
death Of Roy Pottoeff.
Declaring that it is impossible to
control the situation, the city author
| tiles Of Seattle have abandoned an
| anti-caterpillar campaign.
While appearance of the growing
grain in the Garfield district is fair, 1t
is feared there is insufficient mo1s-
ture to mature the. wheat.
B. E. Huntington, the last survivor
of the 40 persons VINO arrived at Mon
ticello by wagon train in 1852, is dead
at his home at Castlerock.
Mrs. David M. Clough of Everett,
widow Of Ex-Governor Clough of Min
nesota and mother-in-law Of Governor
Hartley of Washington, died at the ex-
ecutive mansion In Olympia.
One Of the biggest canning seasons
In the history of Whatcom county Is
looked forward to by Gamers. At the
height of the season 1000 persons,
mostly women, will be employed.
The Wapato chamber Of commerce
has Endorsed Professor p. r. Dunn
meier of Washington State college
for appointment by President Hoover
on the agriculture marketing board.
What is said to be the shortest air
ferry route in the world has been
established between Seattle and Brem-
erton. The distance is about Is miles
and the trip is made in 10 minutes. :,
Crop conditions in the Kittitas and
Yakima valleys have materially I'M
proved in the past four weeks owing
to timely rains, coupled with the late
runoff of snow from the mountains.
Aviation patrol for forest fire de-
Tense from the Pacific ocean to Wenat-
chez and from the Canadian border
| to the Oregon line will center at Ia
coma this summer, beginning July l..
DR.. Ernest Protho Of Fort Worth,
Tex, has been appointed Clark coun-
ty health officer, to have charge of
the combined county and state health
department, which will receive fed
eral aid.
Thinning in the Okanogan valley is
the most limited in years owing to the
spotted setting offruit. Few orchard
lists report a normal crop. Jonathans
and Spitzenbergs are particularly
spotted.
The stage is set for Harrington's
fifth annual mule show. For the best
2O-mule team cash prize of $50 wall
be awarded. Smaller prizes will be
given eight, six, four and two-mule
teams.
Indications point to possible travel
over the Ocean Beach highway from
Longview to Stella for short time
this fall. Bids have been asked fol
by the highway department for eight
bridges.
A six-foot rough-hewn granite shaft
marking the point where the old Col
ville-Walla Walla road crosses the
Sunset highway has been unveiled
near Deep Creek. The road was
originally an Indian trail.
A law requiring registration Of all
foreign cars crossing into Washing
ton went into effect recently and 4s
nonresident permits were issued al
the Vancouver office Of the Automo
bile club of Washington the first day
Miss Maude Carmichael, secretary Of
the branch, expects to register 15(
cars daily when the tourist season
reaches the peak.