White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-01-18
WASHINGTON news
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings OF
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

Yakima men are forming com.
pany to manufacture and merchandise
a breakfast food composed of bran and
apples.
The population of Aberdeen at the
opening of 1929, nine years after the
last decennial census, is 26,073, COM
pared with 1887 in 1920.
Ninety-nine contracts totaling $6,-
529,9S7 for state road construction
were awarded during 1928 by the
Washington state highway committee.
The garage of Louis ]. Muscek,
prominent Tacoma attorney, was
bombed recently and the garage and
large sedan being completely wreck
ed.
The 65th wedding anniversary OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Niels P. Anderson Of Sc
attic was abruptly stopped January 2
by the sudden death Of Mrs. Ander-
son.
Collection made by Burns Poe, col
lector of internal revenue for the dis
trict of Washington and Alaska, were
$13,184,255 for 1928 and $13,200,653 for
1927.
On January there were 6402 cars
of apples and 1913 cars Of pears in stor-
age at Yakima, more than at the be-
ginning Of any previous year on
record.
New construction in Aberdeen In
1928 reached total Of $701,451 This
is drop of close to 100000 under
1927 when the million dollar mark was
reached.
Yakimas city schools, which were
closed early in December because of
influenza, were reported recently with
an attendance of SO per cent of the
enrolment.
The government fisheries bureau
will install electric stops in the Sun
nyside, Kittitas, Wapato and TietoD
canals this spring, to prevent destruc
ton of fish.
Robert B. Crawford, who retired
four years ago after serving for 81
years as conductor Of northwestern
railroads, died recently in Bellingham,
aged "a years.
The largest funeral ever held In
Longview was that of Leo Chaffin,
commander Of the Longview American
Legion post, held in st. Rose Catholic
church last week.
At Tacoma recently the sun shining
through fish bowl in a sun porch
started fire which caused much dam.
age to the home Of Charles B. Gleason,
city electrical inspector.
J. ]. Carlton, former superintendent
of grade schools at Kittitas, has been
named county superintendent Of
schools for Kittitas county to succeed
w. e. Meyers. resigned.
Sheep-killing dogs, much more de-
structive than coyotes, are running
rampant in packs and attacking range
| sheep bedded in corrals at night time
in eastern Klickitat county.
North Central Washington's 1925
fruit crop returned $23,O0O,OOO to the
growers and shippers of Chelan, Okan
ogan, Grant and Douglas counties. The
1927 crop returned $22,50O,00O.
Prices received for their crops were
so poor this last season that owners
of the 27O0 acres of land in the Yaki
ma-Benton joint drainage district are
unable to pay their assessments.
ALI records for new buildings in Sc
attic were broken in 1928, permits hay
ing been issued for new structures
valued at $34,7S3,590. The next high
est year was 1926, with $34,207,7O0
Angry because his employer accused
him of stealing chunk of cheese
IA Ou6dA AOpOCu IlC 6lOSOAs
store at Spokane for which he worked
and set it on fire, causing loss o
$4,000.
John F. Casper, district governor o
the Rotary club, has returned to Wall,
Walla after having completed serie
of tours which started last August
and during which he travelled $500,
miles.
The net loss by fire in Vancouve
during 1928 was only 5000, according
to the report of Fire Chief Preston
The total loss caused by $50 fires wa
$52,S19.7O, covered by $4S,S99.7O insur
ance.
H. G. Bartleson, state highway pa
trolman for Whitman county arreste,
w. M. Sagowith of Lacrosse for usini
1926 license plate for 1929. TIL
plates for the two years are simila
in color.
Lawrence French, pioLeer watchmal
for the O-W. r. G. N. company at Spc
kane, who died recently, left his entir
fortune of $4,000 to Mrs. Hannah J
Larkin, widow of Michael Larkin, ur
der whom French had worked 70
many years.
The lumber and single mills of tn
| MUMMY Lumber G. Single company 3
Malone resumed cutting last week al
ter the annual Christmas closing. Loe
going camps will begin operating mex