White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-02-05
WASHINGTON news
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

Wheat = Big Bend bluestem, CSC;
soft white. western white, 66c; hard
winter, northern spring, western red,
63c.
Hay-Buying price. I. o. b. Portland:
Alfalfa, s16@16.5O; valley timothy.
$3.50; eastern Oregon timothy. $3.50
$40: clover, $13; oat hay, $14; oats
and vetch. s13@13.5O.
Butterfat-2O
Ranch, 16@18c.
Cattle Steers, good, $S.50@9.10.
Hogs-Good to choice, $500.
Lambs Good to choice, $6.75@725
Seattle
Wheat-Soft white, western white
66c; northern spring, hard winter,
western red, 64c; bluestem, &c.
Eggs-Ranch, 12@22c.
Butterfat-24c.
Cattle-Choice steers, s7.75@S.50.
Hogs-Good to choice, $9.10@9.2O.
Lambs-Choice, $6.5O@7.
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, s7.50@8.25.
Hogs-Good to choice, sS.75@S.S5.
.Lambs-Medium to good,$506.
L. Drurey Of Wapato, 70, is the old
est chickenpox patient recorded in
Yakima county.
Jimmy Johnson, 10, accidentally
shot and killed his 9-year-old brother
Richard at Seattle. They were play
ing soldier.
Local wheat men conversant with
the crops estimate that IS per cent
of the wheat in the Waitsburg terri
tory has been sold.
The contract to clear the proposed
airplane landing at Ilwaco near the
Wallicut river has been awarded to
w. w. Shultz and Arthur Strand for
$14S6.
The annual meeting of the Lewis
County Holstein association was held
at the office of County Agent Yeager
recently. Officers were elected and
other business transacted.
Milling of graphite will be started
at Omak some time this year and prob
ably this summer. The company has
large number of claims on the Burnt
Mountain district above Disautel.
Accidentally filling tub with scald-
ing hot water instead Of cold, Mrs.
Leo Ross of Seattle badly burned her
5-year-old son when she attempted to
revive him after fainting spell.
The top story Of the old G. A. r.
hall at Wilbur, recently bought by the
George Thomupon post, American le-
gion, is being removed preparatory to
remodeling the lower story for post
home.
A Whatcom county jury has award
ed to the Warwick Lumber company
$500 damages for a right of way for
the relocation of the Mount Baker
highway. The company asked for
$4,000.
One hundred pear packers, eighty
four Of them women and sixteen men,
finished two-week season of packing
$4,000 boxes of Winter Nelis at the
Wapato plant Of the Yakima Horticul-
tural Union.
In strenuous test the navy's new
est submarine, We, will attempt to-
submerge to depth of $50 feet under
the waters of Puget sound off Camano
island. A crew of IS men and officers
will man the craft.
From the river level and up the
White Salmon valley for distance of
eight or ten miles pussy-willow and
shrubs are loaded with the furry BIOS
SONS that have been considered har-
bingers of spring for ages.
Centralia's annual automobile show
will be held this year March. 6, and
8, and as usual will be produced by
the American Legion auxiliary, with
Mrs. J. A. Price heading the commit
tees as general chairman.
In releasing J. w. Hinchley from
Jail Superior Judge Pass of Wenatchee
ruled that when man pays his hotel
room rent the room becomes his castle
and even the proprietor cannot enter
without search warrant.
Washington sheep and lambs on feed
for market January 1 are estimated
nv the Tinted States department of