White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-01-31
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

The town Of Lyle now has lights,
the Pacific Power & Light company
having recently completed the line to
that town.
More than 800 farm-to-market road
signs will be placed soon by the Clark
county commissioners as guide for
strangers in the county.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the warehouse of the Wenatchee Pro
duce company at Odds station. 1t con-
tanned 600 boxes Of apples.
Mrs. Marilda Ann Ransier, 81 years
old. who recently died at Mabton. is
survived by SO descendants. She was
a pioneer of the Yakima valley.
Teachers from Okanogan, Douglas
and Grant counties will Join with Che
Ian instructors this year for the first
time in the annual teachers institute.
Proposed changes in methods of as
sessing state banks were presented
to the state convention Of county as
SCISSORS which was held in Yakima re-
Gently.
C. A. Pearce, fruit rancher at Noun.
tai Brook in the White Salmon val
ley fruit belt, recently shot big
horned owl with wing spread Of Z
feet inches.
All the elective officials of Whatcom
county have joined in request to
the superior court to call the grand
jury to investigate county affairs, e.
pecially financial.
Construction of the first 100000
unit of the Rock Island Dam project
Of the Puget Sound Light & Power
company has been begun by crew OF
Great Northern tracklayers.
Clark county dairymen and milk
dealers who market part Of their out
put in Portland are marking time un-
til they are conversant with the re-
Quirements Of the new Portland milk
ordinance.
About $4,000 has been appropriate
ed by the county commissioners for
the construction OF 311 miles of sur
faced highway between Charleston and
Cloverland. The contract for grading
will be let soon.
Bids for the construction of a mu-
nicipal building at Eighth and Wash.
ington streets in Vancouver, to be
used as city hall, will be opened
February II, according to action taken
by the city council.
Appointment of s372,473.32 to the
school funds Of 80 counties Of the
state was announced recently. Ele-
mentary and grade schools received
total Of 1851 1882. The high school
bonus was $12O,500.
The Ellensburg chamber of COM
MERGE has indorsed the proposed loop
highway around the state, with certain
reservations. The highway will pass
through Seattle, Spokane, Walla Wal
la, Wenatchee and Everett.
Directors of the Longview chamber
of commerce are requesting the navy
department to send one or more de-
stroyers to Longview for the celebra-
ton this spring that will mark the
opening of the Longview Rainier
bridge.
The possibility of securing a fed.
eral building for Kennewick is being
widely discussed locally. 1t Is pointed
out that the bulk Of mail there 10 as
high as at Colfax, Ritzville and Pasco,
all OF which ere slated for federal
buildings.
A district conference of the Kiwanis
International was held in Olympia re
Gently, with approximately 200 dele
gates present, representing 30 clubs
In British Columbia, Idaho. Washing.
ton and Oregon, The purpose Of the
conference was to outline the work of
the club for the ensuing year and to
make preparations for the annual XII.
wants convention at Victoria, B. G..
this fall.