White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-05-21
WASHINGTON news
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume OF Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
THE MARKETS
Portland


Wheat - Big Bend bluestem, hard
white, soft white and western white
e9c: hard winter, northern spring and
western red, Gee.
Hay-Buying price. I. o. b. Portland:
Alfalfa, s14@15; valley timothy $50
1850: eastern Oregon timothy, SIT;
clover. $11: oat hay, $12; oats and
vetch, s12.
Butterfat-17@20c.
Eggs-Ranch, 12@14c.
Cattle-Steers, good, $7.60@8.00.
Hogs Good to choice, s6.75@$7.75.
Lambs-Good to choice, $8@8.50.
Seattle
Wheat-Soft white, western white,
bluestem, e97zc; western red, north.
ern spring, hard winter, &c.
Eggs-Ranch, 10000.
Cattle-Choice steers, $7.50@8.
Hogs-Good to choice, $7.50@S.10.
Lambs Choice, $7.5O@8.5O.
Spokane
Cattle-steers, good, $7@7.5O.
Hogs-Good to choice, $735.
Lambs-Medium to good, $7.75@8.25
The second annual southwest Wash.
ington food products show was held
In Vancouver recently.
The Grays Harbor Dairymen's asso-
citation is planning to begin the pro-
duction Of cheese at its Satsop pow
dered milk plant, according to w. ].
Berns, president.
Fire destroyed Whoopee inn, on the
Inland Empire highway near Union
gap, three miles south. c. w. Murray,
manager, made his escape, but the
contents were lost.
About five hundred attended the an.
nual picnic and fish fry of the Klicki-
tat Hunters and Anglers club recently
at Blockhouse. Salmon was baked
and served free of charge.
Construction of the remaining later
al system on the Kittitas division Of
the Yakima project is assured, as an
authorization for the expenditure Of
100000 has been received.
A huge swarm Of bees disputed the
right Of way with switching crew in
the Hoquiam railroad yards recently.
The trainmen finally had to resort to
live steam to rout the bees.
The Rich1and hotel and G. H. Yed-
ica's store at Richland, with all con-
tents of both buildings, were destroyed
by fire. The loss was about $4,000.
partly covered by insurance.
The road tollgate on top of the Blue
mountains was disable last week for
the first time, according to Albert
Baker, forest ranger. Snow in the
timber is still about three feet deep.
Mayor Hill and commissioners of
Walla Walla have instructed the city
attorney to prepare an ordinance re-
quiring owners of chicken houses and
rabbit hutches to clean up for the
summer.
Despite reports Of frost damage. We.
natchee growers expect an apple crop
Of about $4,000 cars this year. Last
year the early estimate was 10000
cars, but the crop harvested in excess
of $4,000 cars.
Favorable action on the request of
the Yakima reservation irrigation dis
trict that water be furnished to users
delinquent in the payment of water
charges has been taken by Secretary
of the Interior Wilbur.
Married women whose husbands are
employed will not be engaged for work
in Bellingham schools, the board Of
education has decided. Four women
teachers, said to be among the best in
the city, are affected by the ruling.
The need for oiling of the Ocean
Beach highway between Ilwaco and
Grays River, through Deep River, was
seen the past week end when the dust
became extremely thick. Dust clouds
made visibility poor and chances for
accidents were above average.
With a slogan of "75-25 or fight" 80
white water users of the Ahtanum ir.
rigation district near Yakima were
deepening the channel at the Ahtanum
dam to increase their water supply.
The creek flow is divided between
white and Indian ranchers. Because
Of an unusual water shortage this year
the ranchers claim they must have
| Is per cent of the water or they will
have a crop failure