White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-08
THE MARKETS
Portland

Seattle
Wheat-Soft white, western white,
western red, 49c; hard winter, north
ern spring, soc; bluestem, &c.
Butterfat-32c.
Eggs-Ranch, 17@32c.
Cattle-Choice steers, s6@6.6O.
Hogs-Good to choice, $6@6.1O.
Lambs-Choice, $5@5.75.
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, $5.50@6.25.
Hogs-Good to choice, $3.50 @5.65.
Lambs Medium to good, $4@4.75.
st. Pauls Lutheran church celebrat-
ed the 25th anniversary Of it's found
ing recently.
The 1O-mill special school levy has
finally been voted at Asotin, 203 to
285. Two weeks ago it was defeated,
80 to 100. :
High winds took a toll estimated by
orchardists at 10 to 20 per cent of the
seasons apple crop in north central
Washington recently.
Enrolment in the Centralia high
school has reached 1856, nearly 100
above the previous high figure, Clyde
Campbell, principal, announced.
In bridge game at Seattle, Mrs.
Yates Hickey was dealt hand of ID
spades. She made the first bid, seven
spades, and won with 1860 points.
With the town flooded with men
seeking work in the fruit harvest,
Cashmere is again planning a soup
kitchen such as it has conducted in
fcfmar years.
Undiscovered until flames blew out
windows, a fire at Everett destroyed
half the second floor of the Fishers
company department store at a loss
estimated at $4,000.
City employees Of Walla Walla, 80 in
all, have each pledged to supply 10
bushels of wheat for feeding the des-
titute this winter. The wheat will
be ground into flour.
The report Of Charles Baker, scene
tary of the Walla Walla county fair,
shows that notwithstanding the coun-
ty eliminated $4,000 Of it's usual $4,000
appropriation the fair made a profit
of $1,000.
Two hundred city positions have
been done away with by the city coun-
Gil Of Seattle. AS result reductions
of more than $2,OOO,OOO have been
made in the tentative budget Of $12,-
1O6,372.
Construction Of a $4,000 stage line
terminal started at Aberdeen recently.
The building, located on the Olympic
highway arterial through Aberdeen,
Wishkah street, is to be completed by
December /.
Chelan county schools this year will
close their doors to all agents or or
carnations seeking school children to
sell books and tags or doing anything
else that will take their minds or
their lessons.
A cut Of 10 per cent in the wages
paid Yakima county employees would
amount to $19,553 in year and would
total 37-10O of mill of valuation, ac-
cording to the computation Of Com
missioner Riley.
The Centralia dairy won second
place on pasteurized milk at the re-
cent state fair, and the Lang dairy
took first place on raw milk, accord
ing to word from Yakima. Each dairy
scored $751; per cent.
An advanced course in vocational
agriculture has been added to the Val
ley high school course of study this
year at Raymond. The additions OF
this course makes it possible for stu
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teal agriculture. The new course
deals with special problems in live
stock production, taking into consid-
Grafton present economic conditions.
The Yakima chamber Of commerce
tax committee, the Yakima county
farm bureaus taxation division and
the oranges of the county have united
in a drive to lower the cost OF city
and county government during the
coming year. s 4&
A lonely farm three miles east OF
Everson was the scene last week OF
q double shooting when Frank Lind.
quist, aged recluse, angered because
of dispute over an accordion, shot
and killed Alfred Ostrom, 81, and then
killed himself.