White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-02-07

ern Washington and superior Judge O
Okanogan county since 1897. Is deai
the age Of 70 years. He had been IL
several months.
F. E. Peterson, construction engi
neer for the Washington state high
way department, has completed fina
survey for the Buena-Maryhill state
highway between Goldendale and the
summit of the Simcoe mountains II
miles northeast of Goldendale.
The city Of Walla Walla has been
made defendant in four suits for q
total of s74,500 damages to property
owners growing out Of the construc
ton of the sewage disposal plant. II
is charged that the property has been
damaged by odors from the plant.
Deposits in 26 banks Of Whitman
county December 1, 1929, were $780,.
271 according to a statement compiled
by j. o. Patterson Of Pullman, secre-
tary of the Whitman County Bankers
association. The amount is decrease
Of 91,154,775 under the deposits Of
December 81, 1928.
A campaign against the use of but.
ter substitutes by Wahkiakum coun-
ty residents is being outlined by the
merchants. Wahkiakum county pro.
duces s1,OOO,000 worth of butter an
nually and with the slump in butter
fat and butter, producers are likely to
suffer great losses.
Frank Campbell, 20, was killed at
Seattle when he fell from his two
seated biplane while flying over the
outskirts Of the city. Eye witnesses
informed the coroner's office that
Campbell, a student flier, apparently
was flying upside down about 500 feet
in the air when he fell out.
A comparatively owned and operat.
ed cheese factory for Puget Island has
been proposed by number of dairy
men of the island, and although no
definite action has been taken, re-
quest has been made for the aid Of
an expert from the Washington State
college to get the move properly or.
ganized.
Willard Scott, 10-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Scott of Coal creek,
three miles east of Chehalis, was kill
ed accidentally by his father while
they were hunting rabbits. The boy
had scared up two rabbits and, un.
known to the father, had gotten in
range of the latter's shotgun when It
was fired.
Crime is on the increase in Yakima
county, according to the annual report
Of Prosecutor Sandvig to Governor
Hartley. During 1929 there were 2191
persons accused as compared with
1913 in 1928. Forgery was the chief
offense. There was Is per cent
decrease in the number Of violations
of the liquor laws.
The Spokane Merchants association
took over the business and property
Of the Kootenai Motor company on a
common law assignment recently. It
was stated that the company lost $1O,-
600 in operating the Fair Fare bus
line between Occur d'Alene and Spo-
kane In war on other lines and also
lost about $4,000 in operating a city
bus line.
Shipment of several thousand sacks
of certified seed potatoes from Clark
county awaits milder weather. Certi-
fled seed potatoes are in demand in
California, and it is time they were
shipped for the early planting. Cali.
fornia growers also buy large quaint
ties of Garnet Chillies for early plant.
ing, as large per cent of new pota.
toes shipped north are of that variety.
Believe it or not. Recently large
owl had been feasting on the A. R.
Scott chickens near Bremen, in the
Tilton river district, east of Chehalis.
Last week end Mr.. Scott set two traps,
single one and double one. The
double one was not anchored firmly
and the owl carried it away when
caught. The following night the owl
visited the Pellet chicken house near
by and was captured by Mr.. Pellets
boy. The trap was securely anchored
to the bird.
A substantial condition is reflected
in the reports of 235 state banks and
trust companies of Washington sub
mitted to the state banking depart
ment as Of December 81, 1929, H. G.
Johnson, state supervisor of banking,
has announced. The following facts
and comparisons were noted. Total
deposits were s2O9, 1000, an increase
Of s16,435,000 over the previous year
Loans and discounts were $133,242,.
600, or decrease OF $16,531, 900.
Bonds, warrants, securities, etc., de.
creased $2,242,O00 to a total OF $50,
$4,000.
Delegates to the convention Of the
Washington State Farm Bureau fed
GRAFTON at Yakima urged the federal
government Immediately to take steps
to open the Columbia and Snake riv
ers to freight navigation as far as
the Canadian line.
The Columbia river is frozen across