White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-21
WASHINGTON news
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

The annual Pasco air jubilee will BE-
held on May Is, 16 and II.
| Sheep owners are pleased with this
years lambing season. G.. w. Martin
of Walla Walla reports an increase Of
between 1875 and 1870 per cent.
| C. w. Robinson, field representative
| for the western United States for the
| national Guernsey Breeders associa'
ton, visited Cowltiz county recently.
A coming ordinance for Yakima ia
In prospect for the near future. The
city building inspector Is also compil.
ing a building code for early presenta'
ton.
Experiments with clamdigging ma.
chine are being made at Copalis by a
group of Everett men, who plan to
take the machine to Alaska II 1t works
successfully.
Chieftains of the Quinault Indians
held tribal meeting to Discus tn"
advisability of issuing permits to the
white men to fish in reservation wa.
ters this year.
Vanadium, in paying quantities, hes
been discovered on the upper Wash.
ougal, near the Clark-Skamania county
line, according to officials Of the Rain.
bow Mining compan~.
Mrs. A. Fielding Mechanic Jr. Of
Spokane has become the only woman
In the state holding limited CONNER
cial aviation license. She can now
carry passengers for hire
A. e. Archer and Harvey Lord have
announced that they have purchased
che interest of w. A. Morrow in the
East Hoquiam Single company and
will start the mill i,o .ucd,ately.
Fire destroyed the home and ada
cent buildings or the dairy farm OF
o. c. Musgrove, three miles east Of
Elma, on the Olympic highway. A loss
of $4,000 Is reported by Mr.. Musgrove.
A comely Indian maid. Helen Moses.
20, accused of matricide, stood up in
court at Colville and charged that
Clarence Hartley. the white sweet
heart she had defended. had murdered
her mother.
Many Columbia county farmers are
faced with the necessity of reseeding
large acreages of wheat as a result
Of the unusually cold winter and lack
OF snow. Seed wheat at 81 bushel
v H. demand.
white mole was caught in trap
~ the Clark county hatchery on Cold
creek, Deputy Game Warden Immen
roth reports. This is believed to be
| the first white mol ever caught IN
Clark county.
Certified motor vehicle passenger,
freight and express lines operating in
Washington earned gross revenu
of $S,O69,1 during 1929. This was an
Increase of nearly 81 100000 over the
preceding year.
A. w. Cook, government weather
observer. will arrive in the Kennewick
valley soon to aid local cherry grow
ers against frost. He will issue daily
bulletins which will enable growers
to protect against frost.
Following delay of several weeks
caused by cold weather and lack of
material for repair work on the drill,
the West Coast Oil company has re-
sumed work in the Benton county as
fields near Kennewick.
An early deci, on in the states long
pending railroad tax case, amounting
to about $4,000. 600. is indicated b,
Judge Kauffmen of Ellensburg. who
was appointed master in chancery to
take the evidence and report.
A man. believe. to be H. Van Beck.
65, a laborer, wela-d head down into
q Great Northern freight train and
was killed near Davenport. He was
not seen by the Oh CINE crew until Ia
was too late to itop the train.