White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-25
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

Based on the new city directory, the
population Of Longview is now in ex.
cess of $4,000.
Centralians next year will pay taxes
on the basis of 1850 mills, an increase
of six-tenths Of mill over this years
levy.
Mrs. Minnie Arnold of Prescott has
been elected grand chief at the Pyth.
ian Sisters state convention at Bell
ingham.
The municipal budget for the city of
Hoquiam, adopted by the city council.
provides for levy Of 1890 mills, one
third below that of last year.
The Yakima school districts budget
for the year, calling for $425,S2O plus
S4sSO oyerdraft from last year, has
been adopted by the school board.
Working almost until midnight, Fed
eral Judge ]. Stanley Webster clean.
ed up the docket in the fall term of
United States court at Yakima recent.
ly.
Auburn staged celebration recent
1y when new street lightning sys-
tenn was dedicated to create a. "great
white way" of It's principal thorough.
fare.
Perfection of southwest Washing
ton unit Of the State Good Roads as
sociation will be completed at con.
vention to be held at Centralia, Octo.
Der %.
The Walla Walla community chest
budget this year will be $33,267, an in
crease of s21O0 over last year, and the
compaign will run from November IL
to 16.
Harold Samuelson, who has been
guiding hunting parties in the Spirit
lake district this month, reports that
20 deer and four bear have been kill.
ed in that area to date this year.
The Sunnyside city council, discuss
ing plans for reconditioning the
municipal water system, passed an
ordinance for bond issue to be plac-
ed before the voters on November %.
The silver salmon run on Willapa
harbor is continuing good with added
rains, Hoquiam cannerymen report.
The fish have been taken in large
numbers as far up the harbor as
South Bend.
An unusually large number of
hawks has congregated in the Grand
Dalles district along the Columbia
river on their way south. They prey
on song birds, domestic fowl and up.
land game birds.
Fire swept through the Portland
hotel, in the Oldest section of Seattle
recently, burning eight men to death
and causing injury to IA other per
sons. The blaze was definitely es-
tablished as the work of firebug.
Mrs. L. L. Albert of Bucoda, stepped
so hard on the brake of her automo-
bile that she broke leg. She was
trying to stop the car when she saw
1t was going to hit the concrete guard
rail beside the Pacific highway near
Castle Rock.
Renewed efforts to name the new
100000 gymnasium completed year
ago at Pullman after j. Fred (Doc)
Boiler, father of Cougar athletics dur.
ing the last 20 years, are being made
by the board of control Of the asso-
ciated students
Brahman cattle, worshiped in India
and bred in Texas as new line of
beef cattle, will be introduced in
Washington next summer by H. A.
Yeamans of Montesano. Mr.. Yeamans
plans to bring about six Texas Brah-
mans and cross them with Herefords.
Thus he hopes to establish a breed
harder than any other beef cattle
known in this region. The Brahmans,
he has been advised, withstand eli.
matic rigors well and command ex-
cellent beef prices.