White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-17
THE MARKETS

Wheat - Soft white and western
white, 49c; hard winter, western red
and northern spring, 42c; bluestem,
dc.
Butterfat-20c.
Eggs-Ranch, 26c.
Hogs-Good to choice, S325@3.75.
Cattle-Choice steers, s450@5.25.
Sheep-spring lambs, $3@3.5O.
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, $4.50@5.
Hogs-Good to choice, S335@3,50.
Lambs-Medium to good, $3@3.50.
A quota Of $26,645 has been set up
by the Walla Walla community chest.
The lumber mill and yard of Wood
& Iverson, Inc, located at Hobart,
was destroyed by fire of undetermined
origin.
Rain last week was welcomed by Big
Bend wheat growers. 1t was Of in
estimable value to fall grain, consid-
cradle acreage Of which was sown in
October.
The taking of eastern brook trout
spawn has been started by the state
game fish department from Owhi and
the Twin lakes within the Colville
reservation.
While dressing a duck Mrs. W. s..
Woilever Of Wickersham, Whatcom
county, found gold nugget the size
of large grain of wheat in the giz-
gard of the bird.
Alfred P. (Dad) Rhoads, 80, civil war
veteran and resident at Cheney for
16 years, died last week. His death
leaves only one civil war veteran sur.
viving at Cheney.
Henry Wagner, Is, was drowned in
the swollen Chehalis river at Doty
while attempting to salvage logs for
firewood. Wagners boat filled with
water and capsized in midstream.
Ellen Wheeler of Brady made sue.
cessful experiment in the raising of
citron this year, it is reported at Mon
tesano. Three plants bore eight ma
tured citrons and several that did not
mature.
Roy Ernest Roberts, "a, Steptoe,
died on the operating table at st. Ig-
natius' hospital in Colfax Of a pus
infection Of the throat, caused by ham
ding wheat treated with copper car
Donate. M..."
A crew of engineers of the bureau
of public roads is now located at Met
aline Falls working on the three miles
of new highway to be built this fall
from the Canadian line toward Meta
line Falls.
Aroused by a 50 per cent increase
In insurance rates, the city council Of
Vancouver took steps recently to rene
dy the defects in the fire department
so the city can get back in the class
rating.
The state supreme court has upheld
the right Of Washington apple grow
ers to ship No. 8 grade apples in stan.
dard boxes and wrappers. The judg-
ment Of the Yakima superior court was
reversed.
The north National avenue plant Of
the Chehalis Single company is rum
ming overtime with one machine. Up
wards Of 20 men are employed by the
company in the crew at the plant get
ting out bolts.
The Pateros school district has held
a second election and has passed a
9-mill school tax levy by vote of 1856
to u. The first election, last October,
resulted in the defeat Of the levy by
vote of So to IS.
George Marshal, farmer OF the
Union Flats district, near Pullman,
had his pelvis fractured when he was
caught between house he was NOV
ing and the bumper Of truck that
was being used to shove the house.
Marshall had a tractor hooked onto
the house pulling and the truck push
ing.
The S63,790 worth of bonds stolen in
the First Savings &c Trust bank holdup
at Colfax, September 81, have been re-
stored TO the bank through the insur-
ance company, which obtained them
through an intermediary Of the ban
dts.
Ollie Jordin, who recently uncover.
ed the richest gold pocket in the
Swauk area in quarter century, re-
Gently turned over 26A pounds averdu.
pois pure gold to bank at Gle Elum
to be shipped to the government assay
office.