White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-01-07
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings OF
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
THE MARKETS


white, 741Ac; soft white, western
white, hard winter, northern spring
and western red, 591Ac.
Hay-Buying price. T. o. b. Portland:
Alfalfa. s14@15: valley timothy.
s15@15.5o; eastern Oregon timothy.
$1S@1s.5O; clover, s12; oat, s1250;
oats and vetch, $12.5O@13.
Butterfat-23@25c.
Eggs-Ranch, 19@22c.
Cattle-Steers, good, $5.75@6.25.
Hogs-Good to choice, $4.75@5.35.
Lambs-Good to choice, $4@45O.
Seattle
Wheat-Soft white, western white,
Coo; hard winter, northern spring, &c:
western red, Gle: bluestem, 73c.
Butterfat-26c.
Eggs-Ranch, 19@24c.
Cattle-Steers, good, $5.75@6.25.
Hogs-Good to choice, $5.4O@5.50.
Lambs-Choice, $4.50@5.
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, $5.5O@6.
Hogs-Good to choice, $4.50@5.
Lambs-Medium to good, $3.50@4.50
The Toledo community fair property
is to be sold under foreclosure pro
ceedings.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Stevens cele
brated their golden wedding anniver
sary at their home in Centralia last
week.
Walking across a road north of Bel.
bingham to bury his dog, Jack Flag,
go, who is partly deaf, was struck and
killed by an automobile.
Establishment Of general hospital
at old Fort Simcoe is asked of con.
gress by Indians of the Yakima reser.
walton. An appropriation of $4,000 Is
wanted.
1t cost Reese B. Brown, Seattle
real estate dealer, $3.50 to settle out
of court for beating Harold Smith, q
newspaper photographer, and wreck.
ing his camera.
Prosecution of wood cutters, contrac'
tors and land owners for the removal
of timber from lands on which taxes
have not been paid is threatened by
the prosecuting attorney Of Grays Har.
Dor county.
Interruption of the power service at
Washtucna is threatened by beaver
colony that has taken possession OF
Palouse river just above the spillway
Of the Washtucna Power & Light com.
panys plant.
All Aberdeen precipitation marks
were shattered when rainfall for 1881
topped the 100-inch mark. The record
was set when more than three inches
OF rain fell, breaking the previous high
of 1857 set in 1902.
A. L. Bozorth. born in Woodland
died there at the age Of 70. His par.
ents. Squire and Milly Bozorth. crossed
the plains by OK team. The family is
one of the best known pioneer fam.
lilies of this section.
Sheriff Dull of Cathlamet is Install
ing padded cell at the county jail
In agreement with the law which spe-
cities that all jails shall have to be
equipped for the caring. Of insane and
other violent prisoners.
Surety bonds issued to employees and
officials of third class cities as con-
dition precedent to holding office are
invalid unless provided for by city or
according to a decision of
the state supreme court.
The bill for expenses incurred in the
recent power fight at Pullman has
been declared a valid claim against
the city by majority Of the city coun-
Gil. The total expense, including a
$4,000 lawyers fee, was $4,000.
Senator Jones has introduced a bill
In congress setting aside all timbered
and unallotted lands of the Yakima
Indian reservation as the Yakima for.
est. A similar bill passed the last
house but failed in the senate.
Pend Oreille county is being faced
with situation that is confronting all
timber land counties Of the state, that
Is, what to do with the ever increas.
ing area of cutover land that is be-
coming delinquent on the tax roll.
Fred D. Haven Is under arrest at
Spokane on charge Of obstructing
public highway. He is alleged to have
eft his stalled truck on the Pend
0reille highway in such manner that
t involved five cars in an accident.
DR.. Edwin ]. Brown, mayor of Seat
lie from 1922 to 1925, has formally an.
lounced his candidacy for mayor.
Other candidates are former Mayor
frank Edwards who was recalled last |