White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-24
The 1ongytew city laundry has been

The capitalization of the Chewelah
Telephone company has been in
creased $4,000 in order to finance the
improvements being made by the COM
pany. Ten miles of new line have been
constructed from Chewelah to Addy.
With the first two counts showing
vote of 1872 to 191 and the election
board going over the ballots for a
third time, w. r. Leslie, retired farm
or, seems to have defeated A. I. Kul-
Ger, attorney and banker, for the of.
flee of mayor of Chewelah.
Bishop Lemuel H. Wells has entered
his 51st year. He was formerly Of
the Episcopal diocese Of Spokane and
organized many churches in Washing
ton. He is veteran of the Civil war
and came to the northwest in 1871.
Since 1882 he has been a resident of
Tacoma.
The American Exchange Bank Of
Seattle closed last week and was TAX
en- over by the state supervisor of
banking. A notice to that effect was
on the door of the institution at open
ing time and no other details were
given out, pending examination by the
state officials.
The Asotin county commissioners
have been presented with petition
by the Charleston Heights water COM
mittee opposing the proposed 5O-year
franchise asked by the Washington
Water Power company to serve the
outlying districts of Charleston valley
with electric current.
For the first time in the history Of
the city health office of Spokane four
pigs have been found on top of a
downtown business building near the
city hall. The pigs were being cared
for by Mrs. Elmer White. landlady of
the Logan hotel in an improvised cor
raj Of drygoods boxes.
Sterling T. Monroe was elected may
or of Okanogan. w. D. Stillwell and
e. F. Taylor were chosen as council
men and Howard Vieh, treasurer. G.
A. Stapleton, merchant, was chosen
mayor Of Omak, being elected over
]. G. Biles, lumberman, and d. ]. Dol
40, 1uoo ~, oJoo%od o1oy1-
Harry Berger Of Longview is exhib-
iting carrots from his garden which
were planted in mid-July and grew to
the substantial size of from 10 to %
ounces each. The vegetables are uni
form and solid. They grew between
rows Of strawberries, being planted
after the berries had been picked.
The Chehalis cannery was endan-
gered by fire one night last week,
when blaze was discovered in the
north room on State-street side. A
-fern-picking crew had apparently left
some blankets near an improvised
heater and the covers had caught fire.
Fire Chief E. G. Kuehner estimated
damage at around $1,000.
The Washington Cooperative Egg
& Poultry association distributed a
total of $5,443,OOO in payments to
members during the past five years,
G. w. Wheeler, manager OF the Van
couver station, told the chamber of
commerce at the noon forum recently.
The association has some 1400 mem
bers in Clark county with an invest
ment of $4,000 in real estate and
buildings alone.
Washington raised and distributed
$114,393,459 for the building and main
tenance of roads during the first 25
years Of the state highway fund, which
has been operated under q pay-as-you-
go policy without the aid of loans or
bonds. The compilation covers the
period from April 1, 1905, to March
81, 1880, and does not include around
PoV,OUVyOOO dpplOplioSOu Wy InO 1Cf3lo0
lature since the 25th anniversary Of
the state road fund.
Consolidation of the Farmers & Mer.
chants bank, First Guaranty bank and
the First National bank Of Centralia
into a new organization to be known
as the First Farmers Merchants Bank
& Trust company has been announced.
The new company is capitalized at
100000, with surplus and undivided
profits placed at $4,000 for each Of
the banks taken in. The three insti.
trsion, at the time Of the last bank
report, had aggregate deposits amount
ing to $2,00O,000.
An extensive construction program,
including new highways, telephone
lines and public camps, will be started
in the Umatilla national forest in
1892, Arzy Kenworthy, ranger, has an