White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-10-10
WASHINGTON news
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

Our Readers.
County Game Warden Beusch has
planted 10000 cutthroat trout in the
Chehalis river near Pc Ell.
University of Washington registra-
ton figures indicate that last years
enrolment of 1858 will be surpassed.
Howard Flat residents have almost
unanimously voted for 100000 bond
issue to irrigate 1000 acres near Che
Ian.
When United States Senator Jones
pressed key it officially set in mo-
100000 hydro-electric plant on the
Nisqually river.
The annual grange fair at Washou-
gal will be held October % to Is. The
premium list has been arranged and
booths are being made for local mer.
chants.
The season for upland birds, deer
and bear opened in Clarke county
October list and hundreds Of hunters
were out in the foothills in search Of
deer and birds.
Failure of the Farmers State bank
at Almira is attributed to crop failures
and the low price of wheat. The
losses probably will not be heavy, as
deposits totaled only $4,000.
With rainfall throughout the Walla
Walla district totaling more than Ito
inches during the past week, farmers
will be able to start full seeding oper-
ations within the next few days.
A dustless highway extending from
Puget sound to the Idaho state line
via Snoqualmie pass has been COM
pleted with the oiling Of the last sec
ton between Gle Elum and North
Bend.
A reduction Of from 1.5 mills to 2
mills in Spokane county taxes this
year is forecast by County Commits
sioner Collin. The 1880 levy will prob
ably be 1851 mills as compared with
62,2 last year. 49,.
During the last month 61S COWS
were under test by the Lewis County
Dairy Herd Improvement association.
The average butterfat for 1853 of the
number was 25.3 pounds, and 647
pounds of milk.
Field corn, some of it over IA feet
in height and running 80 tons to the
acre with field average of better
than 20 tons, is being cut and placed
in silo on the Andrew e. Larsen
ranch near Ellensburg.
A mess hall is to be the next i'm
provement at United States Veterans
hospital, it was announced in Walla
Walla few days ago. Plans are be-
ing drawn, and it is expected work
will be done next year.
The long crossover trestle and track
| of the Milwaukee system from River
side to southeast Chehalis to make
connection with the Cowlitz, Chehalis
& Cascade railway is completed and
was put in service October 1.
The White Salmon exposition, held
recently in charge of the Woman's
Club, featured farm, orchard and in
dustrial displays, as well as art exhib-
it's, household products, flowers and
exhibits of historical interest.
Purchase of $4,000 'tsnow-go"
| pillow, guaranteed to cut through any
| snowbank and throw the snow far to
the side, is the first step in the cam
paign to keep the Snoqualmie Pass
road open through the winter.
Work on the temporary connecting
road being put through from Skamok-
ava to Grays river is proceeding at
satisfactory pace and grading on
the Grays river side of the seven-mile
stretch is practically completed.
Winlock's dream of an up-to-date,
modern theater is soon to be realized,
DR.. w. w. Webb having made an
nouncem ent that he will at once begin
the erection of the new building. Es-
innate of cost is around $4,000.
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