White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-01-11
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS Of INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings OF
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

Army Of the Republic, celebrated his
93d birthday last week.
At a special bond election held by
Winlock consolidated school district
No. 222, an issue of $4,000 five-year
bonds carried by vote Of 225 to II.
The Pc Ell Logging company's camp
was the scene Of fatal accident when
Stanley Shienke Jr., 20, was struck
by falling tree. His skull was crush
ed.
Yakima's fire loss during the past
year was $17,158 and the fire depart
ment responded to $50 calls, accord
ing to a report of Fire Chief Haw-
kins.
The military affairs committee OF
the Spokane chamber Of commerce
has made application to the navy de-
partment for location In that city of
a navy dirigible base.
There are 1884 automobiles In Kick
itat county on which $44,772.85 license
fees are paid this year. Skamania
county has TAB cars and pays in IL
cense fees s12,O57.64.
Bids for construction Of the Moses
lake dam were opened last week at
Neppel, the successful bidder being
L. A. West of Marlin, who agreed to
do the work for $8270.
Five hundred and forty-nine mar
riage licenses were isued by Auditor
Renner of Cowlitz county in 1925. a
decrease of one from 1927 when $50
marriage licenses were issued.
Stevedoring netted Everett long
shoremen a total Of $4,000 during
1928, according to I. P. Hewitt, indus
trial relations manager. Fifteen COM
panies contributed to the payroll.
Distribution Of $4,000 among the
members of the Puyallup & Sumner
Fruit Growers association was an
nounced during the past week by L..
M. Hatch Of Puyallup, the president.
Christmas, 1928, found the unemploy-
ment situation in the Wenatchee dis
trict far better than the year before,
all who applied to the federal employ
ment office for work being given jobs.
| Someone who raided the home Of
Edward Carlson at Yakima recently,
stole a complete set of blacksmith
tools and 30 laying hens and complete
ly wrecked the house before leaving.
Announcement is made by Louis M
Davenport, president of the Davenport
Hotel company at Spokane, that con-
struction will begin Immediately on a
new wing for the hotel to cost $780,
900.
Derrick timbers, casing and other
drilling equipment to be used by the
Union Oil company in drilling on the
MCGOWAN property, near Chinook, ar
rived recently and will be assembled
soon.
Accidental discharge of his shotgun
while hunting geese caused the death
of Homer Quinn, 46, in q field near
his ranch at Wapato recently. His
body was found hanging across wire
fence.
A Christmas present for navy yard
workers at Bremerton has been an
nounced by Secretary Wilbur in the
form of wage increases, effective Janu
airy and continuing throughout the
year 1929.
Grabbed by an unidentified man who
approached her as she was milking {
cow in the barn at her home in Bur
nett, Mrs. Mike Hudina, SO years old
was choked into unconsciousness ant
robbed Of $1,000.
Nearly 100000 pounds, or 1900 tom
of split peas, had been shipped out o
the G. B. Pyle plant up to last week
and the demand is still keeping thu
plant running overtime, w. G.. Nc
' Grory, manager, reported recently.
A 100000 fire ushered In the New
Year in Wenatchee. It was said t.
be the largest fire in the cfty's his
: tory. Starting from furnace explc
sion shortly before midnight, the blaz
destroyed the two-story Gehr block.
Spokesman for the community chail
men of the Central Washington Frui
Growers association, who met 4
Yakima Saturday to further organize
ton plans, said that one of the mai
activities of the association probabl
would be to support the shipperl
apple advertising campaign. Severe
organization meetings were dated fc
next month. Twenty-Five commun
ties were represented in the gathering
The Pacific Telephone & Telegrap
company's new building at Longvie
was turned over to the owners by til
contractors and occupancy will tax
place some time this month. 1t
: The city's second public utility bull
ng.
Building permits taken out at Wal
Talla during 1928 amounted to $68;
1879, almost double the 1927 total
s364,437. The sum does not represe1
the actual completed cost Of the bull
ings, which will exceed million d.
lara.