White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-17
Fred Ackley, IS, employee Of the

endale, was instantly killed when his
car left the road at Stalker Canyon,
Is miles southwest of Goldendale on
the Status Pass highway.
Many of the farmers on Union Flat
are letting the idle men come to their
places and cut wood. Some ask that
the men burn their own brush, one or
, two ask them to cut wood on shares,
and still others let them cut and they
themselves burn the brush.
Although they may not receive their
. grazing fee this year, Yakima Indians
have voted against accepting SO per
cent reduction, as proposed by the fed
eral Indian department. The vote was
close, with the 10 cents per acre fee
favored by vote Of 80 to q.
Warren Nickel, Is years old, has
filed suit in the superior court at Sc
attic against J. E. Sinclair, principal
of the Federal Way school, near Des
Moines, and the school district, alleg-
ing that Sinclair beat him SO severely
that he had to be given hospital treat
ment.
Elmer Seaton has announced that
rates for his ferry over the Columbia
river near Nespelem, for passenger
autos and trucks have been cut from
rs cents to SO cents. The change was
authorized by the state department Of
public works and took effect Novem-
| Der Z.
Opened only last week, the new Yale
steel suspension bridge over the Lewis
river was closed again when word that
fill leading to the bridge on the Clark
! county side Of the river had washed
out was received. The fill could not
be permanently repaired until the
rain ceased.
At the region conference of the
Washington Education association OF
Yakima, N. d. Showalter, state super
intendent Of schools, scored attacks
directed against education by "dis-
gruntled taxpayers who fail to repliZe
that what once were considered fri,'s
are now necessities" ..
Court action to recover S44,751 on
surety bonds furnished by the Union
Indemnity company to cover part Of
$280,00O in state funds on deposit in
the American bank of Spokane before
1t closed has been instituted in the
Thurston county superior court by At
torney General Dunbar.
Users of gasoline purchased for tax
exempt purposes are entitled to gas
tax refunds on quantities lost through
evaporation, according to an opinion
by Attorney General Dunbar. AS long
as gasoline is not used in motor We
hicles, Dunbar held, refund claims
must be paid on the full amount pur-
chased.
Legislation to set aside huge block
Of state timber on the Olympic PENN
sula as Sustained yield" forest will
be introduced at the coming session
of the legislature. If passed, the state
will receive an annual income of $780,
900 by rotation groupings. At present
there is about 40 years. supply of tim.
Der in the state.
With 76 meals served last Saturday
and an equal number on Sunday the
community relief kitchen is again in
operation at Walla Walla. Transients
will be given two meals, then speeded
along, but local unemployed single
men will be given tickets good for
IA meals at time, these to be paid
for in assigned work.
Thirty-seven tracts Of land in diking
district No. at Woodland will be Of
fered for sale by County Treasurer H.
d. Renner November 10 at the court
house at Kelso. Sixteen of them are
now owned by the county and will be
offered at resale with the amount Of
taxes the county has against them set
as the minimum price.
Construction of the Grand Coulee
dam will be the foundation of 100 years
of expansion and prosperity In Wash
ington, Idaho and Oregon, declared
James O'Sullivan, executive secretary
of the Columbia River Development
league, in an address before the Joint
meeting Of the commercial clubs Of
Omak and Okanogan, at Okanogan.
The city council of Endicott, with
all members present except Council.
men Meineke and Stanfield, decided
not to hold a city election this fall,
owing to the expense. The council
men believe they can use the money
to better advantage in city affairs. The
councilmen whose terms expired
agreed to hold over until next year.
Four feet of snow in Paradise valley
now covers the winter playground I'M