White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-01-04
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings Of
the Week CoIIectedfor
Our Readers.

The robbers carried the goods away in
q truck.
Emil F. Foersterling, 81, who
crossed the plains by OK team to Ore
gon in 1866, died at the Ridgefield hos
pital after long illness.
Governor Hartley issued Christmas
paroles to 18 prisoners in the Walla
Walla penitentiary and to 81 inmates
of The state reformatory.
An epidemic of influenza has Grip
pied the efficiency of the Centralia
postoffice. Seven employees are off
duty as the result of illness.
A senate committee on aviation may
be organized at the coming state legis-
lative session, according to Lieutenant
Governor-elect John A. Gellatly.
The Skagit county chamber of COM
MERGE at meeting held at Anacortes,
Endorsed the move for the construction.
of a bridge across Deception Pass.
A 65-mile gale last week disrupted
telegraph and telephone service in the
Grays harbor region, tipped over bill
boards and wrought other damage.
Homer Quinn, AZ, was killed with
his own gun recently when he dragged
it through fence on his ranch near
Yakima as he started hunting geese.
The Murphey Sawmill company, 10.
Gated at Yacolt, closed down recently
to remain closed until March 1, when
both plant and timber area will be en-
larged.
The State Normal school at Belling-
ham will ask the legislature for a
total appropriation of s956,00O. The
appropriation for the last biennium
was $5S4,OOO.
Robert Sizemore, member Of pic.
neer Inchelium family, was mortally
wounded there during an alteration
with two Indian policemen. He died in
a hospital at Colville.
Yakima's 1928 building record repre-
sents an investment of approximately
$1,100,000, according to records in the
office of the building inspector. Last
years total was $890,155.
Nine cars and locomotive piled up
recently on the Great Northern road
east of Wenatchee, and although the
engine turned over and the cars were
wrecked, no one was hurt.
The 1929 show of the Chelan County
Poultry association will tie held at We
natchee for four days beginning Jan
uary s. Rabbits will be one Of the
features at this exhibition.
The annual winter dairy short
course at Washington State college
will be held January % to February
8. Instructors will include federal and
state specialists in dairying.
Irving S. Palmer, 7O-year-old Elma
man, was fatally injured on Christmas
eve when he was struck down at the
corner of Main and Third streets by
car driven by James Bray, 10.
Reduced bus rates between Seattle
and points south on the Pacific high
way have been filed with the depart
ment of public works with requests
that they take effect January 8.
A $1OO,OOO,OOO combine of interooast-
al lumber and shipping interests in
volving 10 of the largest lumber COM
panies operating on the West Coast
has just been effected at Tacoma.
Fire Sunday night destroyed a large
barn on Mrs. Rose E. Linhart's farm
at Napavine. The contents, owned by
e. e. Zinke, were also destroyed. No
insurance was carried on the latter.
While health authorities report nc
serious cases of influenza, there are
Is cases of smallpox among the Bel
bingham school children and efforts
are being made to check it's spread
The Central Lions club of Seattle
has raised more than 5000 for installa
ton of a permanent water system al
the cambridge Island summer camp
maintained by the club for it's 1877 cir
wards.
The first run Of Columbia river
smelt that has entered the Cowlits
| river in two years came into the
stream just before Christmas and sew
eral hundred boxes of the fish have
been caught.
E. o. Morrison of Spokane has solt
his 640-acre seed farm six miles soutl
of Fairfield to R. M. Entman for $40,
900, or approximately s109 an acre
The farm is in the center of the pea
growing district.
!, Overcome with gas from the heate
in their car, Mrs. Joseph Greene an,
her son Benjamin of Wenatchee be
came unconscious and allowed the ma
chine to leave the road near Twis
and turn over three times, badly injul
ing both occupants.
The annual Longview pet and hobb
show was staged Friday at the Y. N
G. A. The show has been divided int
six divisions with more than 30 groul
ings for competition. Last year
hobby show attracted much interes
his year the pet show was added