White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-06-06
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings OF
The Week Collected for
Our Readers.

WV ~ WIN -
Our Readers.
The democratic county convention
of Asotin has adopted resolutions IN
favor of the enforcement of the 18th
amendment.
The population of the state Is esti-
mated at 1,550,OOO. This includes the
figures of 362,16O for Seattle and 455,-
900 for King county.
Cherry picking will soon start in
Charleston valley. The sale of market
able fruit, orchardists say, will be
about the same as that of last year.
Mrs. A. Holton of Seattle is devel
oping a ginseng farm on her 4O-acre
logged-off tract north of Green noun
tain, near Proebstel in the southeast
ern part of Clark county.
A fractured skull, received some
time ago when she was struck by an
automobile driven by M. A. Miller.
caused the death Of Mrs. K. Hender
son, 65, in Centralia hospital.
Sheriff Earl McInroe of Walla Wal.
la has ordered a gun which will shoot
tear gas smoke and Illuminating shells
and quantity of such ammunition for
use in emergencies in that county.
Details pertaining to the refunding
of the bond issue of the Kennewick
irrigation district, which is held by
the state of Washington, were consid.
cred at conference at Olympia, May
81.
The annual crop production report
of the state department of agriculture
shows that during 1929 farm products
worth $262,575 went to market. This
was gain of IL per cent over the
1923 output.
B. H. Hamilton, poultry farmer, liv-
ing mile and half from Woodland,
suffered the loss Of 1900 two-weeks-
old baby chicks and IA by 10 brooder
house by fire. The origin of the fire
is not known.
Plans to enlist the aid Of service
and business clubs in inducing voters
to register so that they can qualify to
sign the state legislature reapportion.
ment initiative petitions are being
formed at Yakima.
The state chamber of commerce
| plans to raise $150,000 to conduct q
national advertising and publicity CAM
paign for Washington. Each section
of the state will be expected to provide
it's ratio of the fund.
Governor Hartley has refused to ap.
prove the sale of three tracts of state
owned tide lands in Seattle, charging
that under the prices contracted for
the state would be defrauded out of
thousands of dollars.
By vote of 261 to 119, residents Of
the Walla Walla school district have
authorized the levy Of special tax to
raise $4,000 to repair the Baker
school building, which was erected
more than so years ago.
After 2Aa years under constant at
tendance of nurse, Mary Amanda
Thompson, resident of Pomeroy and
pioneer of Garfield county, is dead
She was IS years of age and was the
widow of Henry Clay Thompson.
Better grain-grading in the interior
will prove of benefit to both farmers
and dealers, said George K. Landers
head of the federal grain inspection
work of Portland, in an address to the
Walla Walla chamber of commerce.
Permanent organization of the
Washington Dairy Products bureau
has been perfected at Seattle at {
meeting of the board of directors
Plans are being made for starting thu
advertising campaign in the near fu
ture.
Representative Summers, republican
of Washington, announced he had beel
advised by Francis I. Jones, director
general of the United States employ
ment office, that his request for an al
year office at Yakima was approved
and became effective June 1.