White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-11-21
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by the county commissioners at their
recent meeting held in Deep River.
Seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars has been raised at Wenatchee
toward developing the Snow Lake
water project to furnish the valley
with spring water for domestic use.
While the number of children in
attendance at Washington public
schools increased 1854 last year, the
number of buildings to house them
decreased SO. The cost of educating a
pupil increased from $99.O8 to $99.44.
Two thousand landings have been
made during the year at the Clark
ston airport, according to the aviation
committee of the local chamber OF
commerce, which is encouraging bet
ter facilities at the field to stimulate
air transportation.
Mayor Hill of Walla Walla is plan
ming a campaign to check speeding.
During October there were 1O3 auto
accidents in Walla Walla with one
fatality and II injured. Particular ef-
forts will be devoted to checking driv.
ers in school zones.
A contract was awarded by M. S.
Allen, general manager for the Wash
ington Cooperative Chick association,
for erection of branch hatchery at
Yakima. Construction will begin at
once. The plant will cost $4,000 and
have 3O,000-egg capacity.
Individual drinking fountains for
COWS are being installed in his new
dairy barn in Clark county by S. F.
Marion of Burton, owner of the Wild
Rose dairy. A flow Of clear mountain
water is released when COW presses
on a perforated sanitary plate.
Notwithstanding enactment Of the
district power bill, which threatens
municipal condemnation and operation
of privately owned utilities, the Puget
Sound Power & Light company plans
to spend $5,OOOO0O on expansions and
improvements in the northwest.
Pinned under his car, which had
crashed into an old railway snowshed
on the Tumwater Canyon road, Ray R.
Newell of Peshastin, for many years
cashier Of a bank at Wenatchee, died
while passing motorists were attempt
ing to find help to remove the car.
The South Bend city council has
passed two ordinances to be submit
ted to the voters December 2. One is
for a bond issue of $250,000 for es-
tablishment Of a municipal water
plant, the other for $4,000 for re-
funding present warrant Indebtedness.
Nearly all the apples in the Walla
Walla district have been taken from
the trees and the remainder will be
ready for shipment within few days.
There are few Winesaps, Arkansas
Blacks and Rome Beauties. The
weather has been ideal for the apple
harvest.
A new species of water beetle OF
great interest to science has been dis
covered among specimens sent
to the University of Washington zoo
logical department. The new speci
men was among many collected re
Gently in the Queets valley north OF
Aberdeen.
State examination for nurses license
will be held December 2 at Seattle
and Spokane. 1t is expected that 15(
applicants will take the examination
Three hundred applicants for beau
tician's license will take the examina
ton in December at Spokane, Tacoma
and Seattle.
. The Kelso-Ocean Beach stage lin,
has been authorized to extend itt
motor passenger service from Gal
Point to Cathlamet in an order issuet
by the department of public works
The extension will provide through
service between Kelso and Cathlame
and Skamokawa.
The town of Walla Walla, who's
name has been the target and inspire
ton for wisecracks and songs as tn
"place that was liked so well the
named it twice." celebrated the Ills
anniversary of its new name recently
Steptoeville and Waiilatpu had bee
its previous names.
King county will spend $4,000
for road construction and maintenance
during 1881. 1t is planned to spen
$1,000,000 for operations, maintenance
and new machinery, and to devot
: more than $1,225,OOO to new constru'
I ton. The money will be provided b