White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-09-29


Fourteen army revolvers stolen from
the Centralia national guard armory
few weeks ago, together with sew.
eral lots of clothing, groceries and
cigarettes, were recovered. The police
arrested two high school boys.
Jimmy Crial, Great Northern en-
ployee at Wenatchee, not only raises
vegetables for his table, but success
fully raises tobacco plants for his
pipe. He set out II plants last spring
and now smokes his own tobacco.
Morris Maddux of Castle Rock suf-
fered a broken wrist and other in
juries when a young buck deer, which
is kept as pet at the Keatley place
near Castle Rookie became enraged
and attacked him, goring him severe
ly.
Hopes for lower 1888 tax levy have
been shattered at Wenatchee. Despite
another 10 per cent cut in salaries Of
all county employees except elective Of.
ficials, the county budget for next year
totals s337,95 an increase of nearly
100000 over this year.
After carrying her supposedly Ill
baby five miles from their Central
Park home to the office of DR.. ]. H.
Fritz at Montesano, Mrs. Tom Rogers
collapsed when the doctor discovered
that the infant had died before leav-
ing home, or en- route.
A reduction of at least Is mills in
the city tax of Colville is being plan
ned by the city council. The tax for
the present year was 1876 mills. 1t
is proposed to bring it to II mills or
lower. Lowered valuations have re-
duced the income of the city.
The Oroville cannery is employing
Is people. The company expects to
put out $4,000 cases or more, although
cool weather has retarded the ripen-
ing of the tomato crop. About 100
acres are under contract, and maxi
mum Of $4,000 cases is possible.
Fourteen magazine solicitors have
been rounded up by Wenatchee po-
lice and ordered out of town. Scores
of housewives complained that the
receipts they got from the solicitors
were not for the magazines they we're
led to believe they had subscribed for.
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Washington's apple orchards, and add
ed to the elimination of grades will
cut the states commercial crop to
10000 carloads, fruit men at Wenat-
chez estimated. This is $4,000 car
loads less than the state horticultural
departments July estimate.
An attempt to rob the old National
Bank and Union Trust company at
Spokane, the largest in eastern Wash
ington, by an armed man was foiled
just at closing time one day last week
by a teller, who dropped to the floor
and sounded an alarm. The would-be
robber fled after firing one shot.
From group of men H. F. Lowers,
at Libby, Mont, identified Joseph
Lander, escaped Walla Walla peni-
tertiary convict, as the gunman who
held him up in the Cashmere bank
August II and escaped with $40O.
Lander has been sentenced to so years
for the $4,000 Libby bank robbery.
The tentative budget for Asotin
county for 1888 is set at S51,432, de-
crease Of $6773 from the 1882 budget
Receipts from other than tax sources
are estimated at $4,000, leaving ball
ance to be raised by taxation Of $41,-
322. Because of lower property valu-
alton the millage levy will be mills,
an increase of mill.
DR.. George w. Sutherland of New.
port celebrated his Goth anniversary
of landing in the territory of Wash
ington. He came from Maine and was
three weeks on the way and first To-
Gated at Walla Walla. The Walla
Walla country, Big Bend and Palouse
had never been broken up and was
vast grazing land at that time, he said.
Fishermen are enjoying their best
fall season in the Cowlitz river and
its tributaries for years as result
of the light commercial fishing in the
Columbia river this fall, which permits
more salmon than usual to get into the
Cowlitz. Many fall run chinooks, rang
ing from Is to IS pounds in weight
have been caught with hook and line
between the mouth of the stream and
Toledo.
The Douglas county some commits
sion announced that the hunting sea-.
son on Chinese pheasants and Hun
garian cartridges will be open October
IL, 16, 10, %, rs and 80, and the bag
limit will be two Chinese pheasants or
five Hum no rior in anv one