White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-06
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

Eight hundred school teachers, rep
resenting Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania
and Wahkiakum counties, assembled
in Longview recently for the institute.
Miss Gladys Dodge, winner of the
state All club health contest, left for
Chicago Friday in company with sew
eral other entrants in All club work.
Axel C. Ewanson, assistant postmas-
ter, was arrested at Aberdeen by pos
tai inspectors for suspected embezzle-
ment of between $4,000 and $4,000 in
postal funds.
Three acres Of turnips, rutabagas
and mangels raised by Robert Fred
enberg Of Ilwaco represents one Of
the best root crops grown in Pacific
county this year.
The city council Of Tacoma has
adopted resolution creating huge
improvement district for the construc-
ton Of trunk sewers at an estimated
cost of $3,0O0,000.
The Farmers Union board of direc-
tors of Wenatchee has authorized
$4,000 bond issue and the transfer
of control from the statewide organi-
cation to the Wenatchee district.
Work will be started this week on
the new Great Northern bridge at
Marcus. It is planned to have the
bridge finished before high water next
spring. The estimated cost is 100000.
Control of the Stevens County Pow
err and Light company and the Stew
ems County Public Service company
has been purchased by the American
Power and Light company Of, New
York.
Four telephone crews are working
on an almost direct line from Long
view to Vancouver building a 100000
unit of the long distance cable that ul-
timately will stretch from Canada to
Mexico.
Shipment of apples from Davenport
over the Central Washington railroad
has stopped although there are about
20 carloads to be shipped later in the
year. Sixty-four cars were shipped
this season.
Three hundred people representing
a dozen Yakima valley communities
attended the tenth annual big baked
potato banquet given at Toppenish I'M
der the auspices of the Toppenish COM
mercial club.
Pasco's lighting system in the bust.
ness district has been completed and
the district compares favorably as to
light with those of larger cities. Mod
ern concrete posts have replaced the
old iron ones.
Alvin Earring, who as the head Of
family crossing the plains in 1852 mar
rowly escaped massacre by the In
dams, is dead at Walla Walla. He
lacked only 10. days of reaching the
age of 80 years.
Constable N. A. Gary of Hoquiam
was arrested by Aberdeen police on
charges of drunkenness and assault
with a deadly weapon, following his
attempt to arrest woman on liquor
possession charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Johnson,
pioneers of Whitman county, have eel
ebrated their golden wedding anniver-
sary at Pullman. All of their children
and nine of their 10 grandchildren at
tended the wedding feast.
The forestry branch of the Quinault
Indian agency will make it's first ex-
tensive planting Of other than native
trees during the coming year. Red
wood, Idaho white pine and various
other species will be used.
Dairymen of eastern Clark county
are holding series of community
meetings to arouse interest in form
ing cooperative association for the
marketing Of milk. Thus far five have
been held, two in Washougal and one
each in the Sunnyside, Mount Norway
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