White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-02-14
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings OF
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

Because more than ITO children
were absent due to an epidemic OF
measles there, the Montesano public
schools closed for short time.
A lemon almost IL inches in circum-
ference has been grown in the Univer.
sity of Washington medicinal gardens.
It is the result Of the crossing Of two
fruits.
Operations for the Ryan & Allen
mill were started at Stevenson recent
ly. The planer started after a six
week shutdown caused by cold
weather.
The Pacific States Pulp & Paper
company has purchased the control
ling interest in the Nasco Chemical
company, with properties in okanogan
county, for 100000.
Installation Of another 200-horse-
power unit to pump water from the
Okanogan river has been authorized
by the stockholders Of the Twenty
ninth Pump company.
Arrangements for a supply of water
from Ritzville averaging from $4,000
to 10000 gallons will be made by the
Northern Pacific If a satisfactory
price can be agreed upon.
Contract for building the Panhandle
bridge across the East Hoquiam river
has been let by the county commits.
sioners to the Puget Sound Bridge
& Dredging company for $2S,727.
Under a ruling Of the federal dis
trict court General Cashier of Fort
Lewis may operate buses for soldiers
| from the army post to any point he
chooses, without state interference.
An improvement program for 1880
that will result in the expenditure Of
approximately 100000 in and near
Olympia has been announced by the
Puget Sound Power & Light company.
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| At it's concluding session at Yakima.
the Washington Farm Bureau fedora
ton Endorsed ]. III. McCroskey Of Gar
field for the position of director Of
| extension work in Washington State
college.
Inadequate facilities for holding sal
mon fry in rearing ponds is providing
q great handicap to the successful
operation Of the state fish hatchery
near the mouth of Wind river in Ska
mania county.
Luck and a cool head narrowly
averted disaster at Olympia when an
auto bus and truck loaded with dyna
mite collided, while a second dyna
mite truck skirted the two machines
and drove to safety.
The Democratic state central com
mittee, by vote of II to 4, has
adopted resolution demanding state
enforcement of prohibition and the
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ficers from dry states.
Exploration Of Oil seepage acct.
dentally discovered at Bellingham by
q water department crew laot Novem.
Der has been abandoned by citizens
committee, which drilled to a depth
Of 293 feet without success.
Mrs. Roseanna Woodall, on trial at
| Wenatchee for the murder of her hus-
band last November, was found gull
ty of murder in the first degree by a
fury which recommended that the
death penalty be not inflicted.
Plans for immediate rebuilding of
the Tidewater Mill company's mill
which was destroyed by fire. have
been put under way at Tacoma. Loss
from the fire was estimated at $685..
900 fully covered by insurance.
The 18th annual convention Of the
Pacific Coast Merchant Tailors' asso.
citation was held in Tacoma recently.
Between $50 and 300 delegates from
| all states west of the Rocky noun.
tains and from Canada were in attend.
ance.