White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03

EggS-Ranch ,2UW55c.
Cattle-Choice steers, $6@6.60.
Hogs-Good to choice, $5.15@525.
Lambs-Choice, $5@5.6O.
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, s5.25@6.
Hogs-Good to choice, $4.S5@5.
Lambs-Medium to good, $4@5.
The C. G. store, oldest department
store in Vancouver, will move into the
newest building in town next year.
The annual father and son banquet
at Waterville was held recently with
100 present. The dinner was served
by the Presbyterian ladies' aid society.
S. N. MCGEE was elected mayor of
Pasco by the city council to succeed
A. P. Gray, who died last month. H.
E. Anderson was appointed mayor pro
tenn.
The possibility that Yakima apples
may be shipped into Canada to supply
the demand there has arisen. Duties
may be evaded to some extent, ship
pers say.
Daniel Knowles, seven, of Daven-
port was dead from gunshot wounds
sustained when revolver was acci-
dentally discharged by his eighteen
year-old brother.
The Aberdeen World, in an extra
edition recently, said an oil we'll, flow
ing approximately 40 barrels day,
was opened on the lower Hob river in
the Olympic peninsula.
Henry C. Smith, 81, member of the
Crown il1amette mill construction
crew at Camas, was crushed to death
when cement pillar toppled sudden
ly as he was at work near it.
Alleged to have distracted virtually
$4,000 from the old Citizens State
bank at Tekoa, M. B. Mcconnell,
former cashier, was arrested at his
home, charged with grand larceny.
James Leahy, after whom the town
of Leahy was named AZ years ago, is
dead at the age of 70 years. He was
postmaster at Leahy Al years and was
the Oldest postmaster in the state in
point Of service.
The Newport state highway crews
have received two new-type snow
plows to be used on light trucks. The
plows are built for speed and will be
used to clear the highways where the
snowfall is light.
For the first time in the history of
Rainier National park the highway to
Paradise valley is being kept open this
winter to Canyonrim about eight
miles beyond Longmire, the previous
winter road terminus.
A helpless loon Tapping about on
the Chehalis river bridge recently dis
rupted traffic. Automobiles skidded and
slid about the icy bridge in attempt
ing to avoid hitting the bird. A pedes-
trian finally removed it.
J. Conrad Segner, Newport, Pend
Oreille county, applied to the division
Of hydraulics for authority to appro-
pirate one cubic second foot Of water
from Tacoma creek for $4,000 irriga-
ton and domestic project.
"Dick," horse that has been in the
service Of the city of Wenatchee the
past % years, has been officially re-
tired. With his shoes removed, he
has been taken to Three Lakes, to be
pastured for the rest Of his days.
Radon station KXRO is silent as
result of fire which destroyed it's
equipment and 1000 photograph
records in penthouse on the roof
of the Morck hotel in Aberdeen. Dam
age was estimated by firemen at more
than $4,000.
The first car Of pulp, unbleached
sulphite, weighing more than 3S tons,
left the Weyerhaeuser Timber COM
pany's new pulp mill at Longview over
the Milwaukee line, consigned to st.
Paul, MINI.
Chris Nielsen, 40, resident of Daven-
port, about eight years and previous
ly resident of the Almira region for
many years, was crushed to death be-
meath tractor while working on a
road contract with his father-in-law.
Claude Shively of Almira, near Cur.
lew.