White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-30
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
THE MARKETS
Portland

THE MARKETS
Portland
Wheat - Big Bend bluestem. hard
winter, 60kc; soft white and western
white, sic; hard winter, northern
spring and western red, 497Ac.
Hay-Buying prices. +. o. b.. Port
land; Alfalfa, Yakima, $13.5O.
Butterfat-Pound 11@13c.
Eggs-Ranch, 15@16c.
Hogs-Good to choice, s3.75@4.5o.
Cattle-Choice steers, $6.00@7.00.
thanksgiving, s3.75@4.10.
Seattle
Wheat-Soft white, western white,
hard winter, soc; western red, soc;
northern spring, soc; bluestem, Coo.
Eggs-Ranch, 17@1Sc.
Butterfat-Pound 15c.
Hogs-Good to choice, s3.75@4.25.
Cattle-Choice steers, $6.O0@6.50.
sheep-Spring lambs, $3.75@41O.
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, $6.OO@6.5O.
Hogs-Good to choice, $3.60@3.75.
Lambs-Good to choice, $3.50@4.00
For the third time in the history Of
the Tieton dam at rimrock, storage
no
"drum'' gates of the reclamation reser-
voir.
The difference between an average
and a bumper crop in Adams county
this year depends upon the next few
weeks. A soaking rain would be OF
great benefit.
A heal>on collision between an auto
mobile and a Northern Pacific train
at blind crossing resulted in the
death of Mrs. Claire Edna Nichols of
Snohomish, south of Everett.
The bruised and battered body of
Harry Marvin Wilson was brought to
Colville mortuary last week from his
ranch near Rice, where he had been
gored to death by an Infatuated bull.
l. J. Bowman has been put in jail at
Spokane on the charge of attempting
to sell flour given him by the Red
Cross for emergency relief. This is
the first arrest of it's kind in Spokane
county.
With the reopening of Schafer Bros.
single mill at Montesano, 40 more
men have been put to work. The
crew has been hired from among
former employees and there<will be no
vacancies.
Forest rangers, with the aid of 300
volunteer fire fighters, fought and put
under control the first serious forest
fire of the season that burned IS acres
Of new timber near the east shore Of
Lake Gle Elum.
If all the peaches to be produced in
the Yakima valley this season were
shipped in straight cars the output
would be 21O0 cars, according to the
estimate of the Yakima Fruit Grow.
ers' association.
Farmers of the Calispel valley have
been warned to get busy and fight
grasshoppers that are now Matching
Crop prospects in the valley were
never better. This is especially true
of hay and grain crops.
The old Cedar creek bridge near
lone, part of which collapsed May q,
under a gas shovel and five men, one
of whom was killed, was pulled down
recently by use of donkey engine.
A new piling bridge will be erected on
the site.
The bent forms and white hair OF
rapidly diminishing forces of the
Grand Army of the Republic wore
dress packets and campaign hats last
week for the golden jubilee encamp.
ment of the department of Alaska at
Olympia.
Report from Randle is that mum
Der of fires were started in the tim
Der in the Randle sector of the Big
Bottom district in eastern Lewis coun
ty by an electric storm recently. Near
Packwood ten different fires were also
discovered.
AS Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Moore anG
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Williams were
driving along the highway near Binger
they witnessed battle between two
gray diggers and rattlesnake which
was coiIed in the middle of the high
way. Apparently the gray diggers
were teasing the snake and then get
ting nimbly out Of the way when i
struck at them. The car ran over the
snake, injuring it. 1t took refuge /,
the grass, where it was hunted dow1
and killed.