White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-13
WASHINGTON news
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
THE MARKETS
Portland

wheat, SAC; sort Wnlte anu WesIeIA
white, 45A; hard winter, northern
spring and western red, 42hc.
! Hay-Buying price. t. o. b. Portland:
Alfalfa, $3.50: valley timothy $3.50
@16: eastern Oregon timothy. $3.50
1850; clover, Sill; oat hay. Sill; oats
and vetch, s1O@1O.5o.
!. Butterfat-26c.
Eggs-Ranch, 17@21c.
Cattle Steers, good, $6.25@6.5o.
Hogs-Good to choice, $7.50@S.25.
Lambs-Good to choice, $5@5.75.
Seattle
Wheat - Soft white and western
white, acc; hard winter, western red
and northern spring, 44c; bluestem,
53c.
Butterfat-27c.
Eggs-Ranch, 1926.
Cattle-Choice steers, $6@6.50.
Hogs-Good to choice, $8.40@8.5O.
Lambs-Choice, S5@5.50.
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, $7@750.
Hogs-Good to choice, $8.25.
Lambs-Medium to good, $4@4.75.
Water Superintendent Williams has
announced that for the first time in
years Oakville has reached August l
with an abundant water supply.
The largest apple pack in the his
tory of the Omak warehouse is anti
cipated for this season. The firm is
one of the oldest in the district.
]. E. Stone of Ke1so was elected
president of the Cowlitz County Pho
neer and Historical society at it's an
nual picnic at Pleasant Hill Park re-
Gently.
Prospectors reported the discovery
of what appears to be heavy deposits
Of sulphur on Mount Adams. They
said veins are from 80 to 70 feet
thick.
The report of the Vancouver police
Judge for July showed that fines and
costs collected during the month total
ed only $50, a low record for several
| years.
Governor Hartley has approved the
| plan of the Grandview Commercial
club to plant trees along state high
way No. 3, five miles each way from
Grandview.
From 700 to 1900 pounds of wild
bent grass seed is being harvested
daily on the prairies in the Tenino
district for the Washington Improved
Seed association.
One hundred and thirty-one cars of
apricots have been shipped from the
Wenatchee and Okanogan districts.
This compares with 62 cars last year
and so cars two years ago.
| With 500 pioneers Of the western
Grays Harbor county district in at
tendance, the annual picnic of the
Humptulips Pioneers association was
held at Humptulips recently.
The old wooden bridge over the
8 Peppers crossing was destroyed by
fire recently, presumably from light
ed cigarette being dropped by mo.
torist.
Clarence Workman and Ray Hamp-
ton, forest rangers in Rainier national
reserve, report that recently they dis
covered hemlock snag afire that had
been burning for more than six
months.
Mount Baker lodge, an alpine scenic
resort 1900 feet above sea level in
Mount Baker national park, was de-
stroyed by fire recently with $780,
900 loss. Eighty guests escaped with
out injury.
The city commissioners Of Wenat-
chez have passed resolution to bond
the city for an additional $4,000 for
new Jail and concrete sewers that
will cost $1,000 and be laid by local
manual labor.
Township assessors in Spokane
county have reduced personal prop
erty valuation 20 per cent this year
and the towns of the county per
| cent. The cut Of the city of Spokane
was Is per cent.
| Poultrymen of the Enumclaw dis.
trict have formed protective asso-
citation to assist in stopping poultry
thefts. The association will use the
recently developed tattooing system to
protect their birds.
No explanation Of an authoritative
nature has been advanced for the
brown stain disease in filbert orchards
| in Clark county. The disease ia mite