White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-24
The Olympic Club company Of Walla

of $135 and had the water turned on.
Charging that George w. CBiddy")
Bishop, veteran Seattle boxing pro-
moter, had represented himself to her
as unmarried and had proposed mar
rage, Miss Louise Werle, 20-year-old
high school senior, has filed $780,
900 damage suit.
Elmer Heinrich, president of the
Columbia Breweries, Seattle, has an.
nounced plans for the erection of
new brewery with a capacity Of 100,-
900 barrels year. The 5O,OO0-barrel
capacity of the brewery at Tacoma
will also be doubled.
Every property owner on Charleston
Heights will be assessed SO cents per
acre to raise a fund to employ coun-
sci to contest the establishing of new
rates by the Washington Power com.
pany, at hearing before the state
board of public works.
Foreclosure proceedings because Of
delinquent taxes will result in Klicki-
tat county taking possession Of ap.
proximately 1000 acres of land, in
Guiding lots in Goldendale, Centerville
and Lyle, also acreage throughout the
county. The taxes are delinquent since
1925.
w. A. Compton, 81, father Of four
children, was crushed to death near
Spokane. Compton was removing a
spare tire on the rear of his truck, and
his body hid the tail light. Frank Boeh-
rig, driving an automobile, was I'M
able to see the truck, and crashed
into it.
The apple harvest at Oroville is
nearing the close, with two of the pack
ing sheds closed for the season. The
Earl Fruit company and the district
cooperative sheds closed last week.
Each has shipped 33 cars. The Earl
Fruit company apples are from their
own orchards.
Immediate construction by Yakima
county of modern bridges to replace
the old Selah, Mabton, Zillah-Toppen-
ish and Terrace Heights spans is fav'
ored by members of the Yakima Cham
Der of Commerce. A bond issue of
$1750O0 will be necessary to finance
the construction.
An ordinance reducing the pay Of
city health officer from SIS to $50 per
year, the city treasurer from 5000 to
$17O per year and the city attorney
from 5000 year to S. for each coun-
Gil meeting that he attends has been
passed to second reading by the coun'
Gil Of Davenport.
Snohomish county berry growers are
considering the establishment of can.
ming plant as an added means Of hand
ling their 1888 fruit crop. 1t will be
organized along cooperative lines.
More than 500 acres of fruit are in
prospect, with an ample membership
to insure substantial pack.
Klickitat county sheepmen are NOV
ing flocks from intermediate range in
the foothills surrounding Mt. Adams
to home ranches along the Columbia
river. 1t is estimated that 10000 head
of selected breeding ewes, valued at
100000, are moved twice annually on
the hoof from winter quarters to sum.
mer pasturage and back.
November 18th has Hateful signifi-
canoe in the Felts family Of Longview
for it is a day of death. This year
Dallas e. Felts died at Longview at
the age of IS after brief illness. 1t
was also the anniversary of the deaths
of his father, grandfather and great
grandfather, all of whom had departed
this world on November II.
proposal to create power districts
in four counties in the northwestern
section Of the state failed. Whatcom
county defeated the measure by 1000
votes. The complete returns in Island
county were 500 for, 1883 against; Sno.
homish county, 1913 out of 144 pre-.
cncts, 6943 for, 1892 against; Skagit
county, 1869 for, 1906 against.
Word was received at Seattle by the
West Coast Lumbermen's association
that the interstate commerce commits
sion has announced reduced lumber
rates from local points within western
Washington to certain points in Mon.
tana, the Dakotas and Minnesota, to
apply on or before February 2, 1888.
The association was complainant in
the case.
1t cost Skamania county taxpayers
Sc vote to conduct the recent cleo
ton at st. Helens precinct, small
voting place high in the mountains at
Spirit lake. Ten votes were cast. The
election cost was around $50, exclusive
of the cost of printing. To return the
10 ballots to the county auditor at