White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-24
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings OF
the Week CoIIectedfor
Our Readers.

Longview some time in August.
The Hidden Brick company in Van
couyer is now employing 20 men and
is turning out 10000 bricks daily.
Starting June 9, Great Northern
trains will operate on l2-hour
schedule between Spokane and Sc
attic.
The state fisheries headquarters at
Seattle predicts salmon pack OF l.
100000 cases with the opening of the
state fishing season.
Storage holdings of apples in the
Yakima valley on May 1 amounted to
50S cars, compared with 1929 cars on
the same date a year ago.
Kingston Stewart, 2, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Stewart, drowned in the
Coweeman river east of Kelso in front
of Davis terrace, where the family re-
sides.
George Schreiner, Walla Walla
builder, has been awarded the con-
tract for construction of the new
Cheney high school building. He bid
$91, 300.
Total tonnage of the 1923 crop of
Clark county prunes, 371,171 pounds,
has been disposed of, some of 1t at
figures commanding premium over
California prunes.
So many complaints having been
made to him about recent fights,
Prosecutor Greenough has given no.
tice that no more boxing matches will
be staged in Spokane.
Ivan Glenn, 10, was shot through
the arm accidentally at his home in
the Cowiche district when a revolver
with which he and companion were
playing was discharged.
Voters of Kalama validated an issue
Of $4,000 worth of bonds by vote OF
1858 to to retire all outstanding cur
rent expense warrants and to place
the town on a cash basis.
Statistics prepared by the state de-
partment Of education show that
Washington in 1928 spent approximate.
ly $1O6.41 for each of the 355, 432
pupils in the public schools.
Grover Jackson of Orting. his wife
and their 1S-year-old son were killed
when their automobile was struck by
a Northern Pacific passenger train al
a grade crossing in Puyallup.
The annual planters day celebration
was held at Woodland recently. The
festival was held earlier this year t.
coincide with the visit of the. Farm
Products Marketing special train.
Water may be turned into the new
Kittitas canal by August 1, Porter j
Preston, reclamation superintendent
in Yakima, and B. e. Stoutemyer Of
Portland, reclamation counsel, said.
Competing against 200 high schoo
students at Seattle, Karola johnson
16-year-old junior of Pullman higf
school, carried off first honors in the
novice class of state tipping contest
Christian Kruse, II, of Kenmore OF
the Bothell highway, is planning t.
visit eastern relatives who for 81 year.
have believed that Kruse lost his lif
when the Maine went down in Havana
harbor.
Congressman Summers has recon
mended G. Dove McQuestion Of Yaki
ma for supervisor of census for thu
Eighth district, which comprises Yaki
ma, Benton, Kittitas and Klickita
counties.
The town of Mineral in northwest
ern Lewis county is to have electri
light and power at an early date
franchise asked by Gray & Barasl
of Seattle is granted. A 50-year fran
chise is wanted.
TO allow assembling exhibits TO
other fairs to be held throughout tn
state and Canada this coming fall, tn
dates of the Okanogan Valley Intel
national fair have been set for Sci
TENDER 5, 6 and Z.
Although there is no immediat
danger, F. G. Nelson, state horticu
tural Inspector, warns fruit grower
that invasion of the Mediterranean
fruit fly from Florida will ruin tn
Washington industry.
LAUNDERING and milling interests {
the Inland Empire have begun the1
fight before the Interstate commerce
commission against $50 railroads fc
lower freight rates, which they thin
will stimulate industry.
For 81 hours Nels Nicholson, 8
Mason county road supervisor, la
dead beneath the wreck of his CO
near Shelton with his wife pinne
beside him unable to call for aid u
til a passing motorist found the owe
turned vehicle.
, c. e. Sonnemann, Chehalis laundI
proprietor, obtained permit from til
city commission to build a new til
building at Chehalis avenue and Maj
street to be used for his new cleanin
and dye works. Estimated cost I
construction is $4,000
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