White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-18
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
THE MARKETS
Portland

Wheat ~ Big Bend bluestem, soft
white and western white, 5Sc; hard
winter, northern spring and western
red, 55c.
Hay-Buying price. I. o. b. Portlands
Alfalfa, s14@15; valley timothy s15.5J
@16; eastern Oregon timothy. $3.50
1850; clover, Sill; oat hay, Sill: oats
and vetch, S10@1O.5O.
Butterfat-1S@21c.
Eggs-Ranch, 12@15c.
Cattle Steers, good, S7.50@7.75.
Hogs-Good to choice, S6.60@6.S5.
Lambs-Good to choice, $5.50@6.0G.
Seattle
Wheat-Soft white, western white,
bluestem, 5Sc; western red, north
ern spring, hard winter, SIC.
Eggs-Ranch, 10000.
Cattle Choice steers, $6.75@75O.
Hogs-Good to choice, s6.50@7.
Lambs-Choice, s6@6.75.
Cattle-Steers, good, $6.50@7.
Hogs-Good to choice, $6.25@6.35.
Lambs Medium to good, $5.50@6,
Work of reconstructing the side
walks washed out by the flood of
March 81 has started at Walla Walla.
H. B. Miller, ex-Toppenish banker
charged with misrepresentation Of
funds, shot and killed himself at Yak
ina.
The United States destroyers Sicard
and Pruitt will be stationed at Long
view during the Longview Rolleo July
8 and 4.
The most disastrous fire that has
visited Morton for some time occurred
when the grade school building was
found to be ablaze.
Dayton Days opened recently with
eA0 A1utA calAu c1 pACAlC VI LILO SOlullA-
bia County Pioneer association. More
than 500 were present.
Highway construction contracts to-
falling more than quarter of mil
lion dollars were awarded by the state
highway department recently.
The new plant of the Washington
Gamers Cooperative at Vancouver
will be opened officially June 20 and
the public will be invited to inspect it.
]. B. Frost of Glenoma is installing
q sawmill six miles up the Lewis river
from Woodland. The mill will cut ties
largely and will employ about ten men.
Machines for stemming cherries are
being installed by the Oregon Packing
company in the plant at Vancouver.
The machines, it is said, will replace
about $50 women and Is men.
Thomas Ross of Kitsap county has
been elected president of the Pioneer
association Of Washington, succeeding
G. H. Moore Of Elma. Herman Ames
has been chosen vice-president.
The government is compiling data
relative to condemnation proceedings
20 quiet title to the site Of the new
custom house on the Okanogan-C Carl
boo trail four miles north of Oroville.
All county road work in Lincoln
county except contract work has been
stopped by the county com.
The order is based on
the financial condition Of the county.
Twirling the knob of an unlocked
safe containing $500 in cash, burglars
who raided the office Of the Yakima
Valley Lumber company at Wiley City,
eight miles west Of Yakima, locked it.
Robert McCrow, superintendent of
he Sam Hill farm at Marynill, we'll
Known stochbuyer and cattlenen, was
hAAAC0 WASu q O1in dL IllG a uS uSL uCh-
II ranch near Goldendale fell on him.
The Central Klickitat County Pho
leer association is making an effort
% acquire piece Of land in the yicin-
ty Of Three Creeks, about ten miles
northeast of Goldendale, for park pur-
poses.
Wheat farmers in the Big Bend
country around Waterville in Douglas
county are requesting extension of
ime for payment of federal loans
ince wheat prices have dropped -
.ents.
A. Eugene Kelley, general manager
# North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc,
las resigned to become district man.
ger for the Farmers National Grain
corporation with headquarters at Wal.
a Walla.
The defunct Opportunity State bank
gill be able to pay from so to 60 per
ent Of general claims, which amount
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