White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-11-14
WASHINGTON news
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Grief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
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Our Readers.
The community chest budget at
Walla Walla for this year totals $685.
234. compared with $33,867 last year.
William R. Moultray, formerly state
senator and for so years resident OF
Whatcom county, died at Bellingham.
"A Jersey-Guernsey COW, owned by
w. G.. Cooley of Walnut Grove, gave
birth to three normally developed
calves, two males and female.
Damage amounting to several thou
sand dollars was caused at the Blue
Ribbon Products company single mill
at Kalama by fire in the dry kiln.
Lincoln county has added 60 miles
to it's highway system this year, MAX
ing a total of nearly 400 miles besides
che 1855 miles of paved or oiled state
highways.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Heyer, who live
on the south fork Of the Newaukum,
12 miles southeast of Chehalis, cele-
brated the SD anniversary Of their
marriage recently.
In view of an exceptionally good
season, the Fishermen's Packing cor
boration Of Everett will give the last
two days. pack Of it's cannery, worth
S12,5OO, to state charities.
With more than dozen wells al
ready dry, White Swan residents are
facing a water shortage that may
become acute If fall rains do not end
the drouth within a short time.
Avery r. Hayes, SO, White Salmon
attorney and one of Washington's
most prominent barristers, dropped
dead there recently while delivering
an address on the Washington power
bill.
Henry Petr,, rs, an ex-convict, was
killed and his partner was believed
wounded in gun battle between A.
a. Pyle, grocer near Kelso, and the
two men who attempted to break into
lis store. et.a
Marriage licenses issued at Van
couver in October totaled 2O7, com.
pared with 215 in October, 1929. The
total this year up to November /, was
2o9s, compared with 2072 tor the same
period last year, a gain of q. .
with tie opening Of the Elk hunt
ing season Recently the number of
elk hunting licenses issued in Kittitas
this year is only per cent Of the
number issued in 1928, and is about
10 per cent of the number last year.
Legible porcelain signs are being
placed on Main and Washington
streets, the first Of several hundred
ordered by the Vancouver city council.
This is the first time a comprehensive
street sign system has ever been in.
stalled in Vancouver.
The deer hunting season in the Cis-
pus river district in eastern Lewis
county was almost a fizzle this year,
according to reports received from
Randle. A total of 946 hunters regis
tered to enter that section. OF this
number but Sc killed deer.
The warehouse Of the Pacific Coast
Elevator company at Pampa has been
destroyed by fire. Approximately
100000 bushels of wheat was ruined.
with a total loss of $150,00O. The
wheat represented almost the entire
+ 1880 crop of the Pampa district.
Five carloads Of thin sheet steel
will be required to make the states
automobile license plates for 1882, &C
cording to H. d. Van Eaton, super
visor Of purchasing, department of
business control. It is estimated that
100000 pairs of plates will be needed.
When Mike Greenleaf, fingerprint
expert of the Centralia police depart
ment, started to take the fingerprints
of Ray Bickerton recently, he got
quite a surprise.N Bickerton had six
fingers on each hand. After the po-
lice officer had recovered from the
shock the defendant also revealed
that he had six toes on each foot.
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