White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-16

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Cattle-Steers, good, $6.00@6.50.
Hogs-Good to choice, $3.75@3.S5.
Lambs-Good to choice, $3.50@400.
Sports, contests, orchard tours and
entertainment followed the morning
business session of the Washington
Elks' state convention, held in Yakima
last week.
Mrs. Horace Felt of Algona, near
Seattle, is spending the summer with
her daughter at Newport. Mrs Felt
was Viewpoints first woman resident,
Al years ago.
If the federal revenue measure
is enforced this year, the Washington
Water Power company will pay $24S,'
900 year. This will virtually double
it's federal tax.
Bitten by rattlesnake his dog had
tossed into the air, Artie Montgomery
was brought to Omak last week for
medical treatment. The snake struck
him on the hand.
Volunteering to retrieve toy sail.
boat for another young friend cost the
life of Joakim Kvalsudn, 10, of Seattle,
when he lost his balance on float and
plunged into Green lake.
Jack Angel, Morton lumberman, is
in an Eatonville hospital with a broken
leg, received in an accident in log
ging camp when he was hit by snag
that had been torn loose by a line.
Yakima valley fruit organizations ex-
pect to enlarge their peach advertis-
ing campaign beyond that Of last year
and will seek a market in the middle
west states as we'll as on the Pacific
coast.
Silver beach at Waits lake, near
Chewelah, is to be improved this sum-
mer. Sixteen new cottages are to be
built with electric conveniences, most
of the cottages to be built on the
beach.
The Okanogan Growers Power com
pany has applied to the division of n.y.
draulics for authority to appropriate
500 second feet Of water from the ST.
milkameen river for 100000 power
project.
A bolt of lightning struck the home
of G. L. Jenkins at Seattle, demolished
the chimney and tore hole in the
roof. 1t was the first time in two years
that lightning has been known to strike
in that city.
The cornerstone of the federal Gus
toms and immigration building under
construction on the international boun
Diary north of Metaline Falls has been
laid by the Masonic grand lodge Of
Washington.
Unemployed residents of Camas who
are una BILE to pay their water bills are
being employed by the city water de-
partment to lay 1900foot pipeline
from near the paper mill to the Forest
Home addition.
Bings will go to the cherry market
from Yakima this week. Two carloads
Of tartarian cherries were shipped to
the east last week. The price is low.
er than in former seasons, and ship.
ments will be less,
A band Of 20 pieces has been organ.
lied at Castle Rock with M. E. Thomp-
son as director. 1t will meet weekly
at the city hall for practice and ex.
poets to give a number of concerts
during the summer.
Relatives, friends and business as.
sociates last week mourned the death
of E. G.. Earlt, founder and part own.
er of the Bellingham Herald. He died
after an illness of several weeks. He
was 70 years Of age.
Kennewick's early asparagus crop OF
70 carloads returned the growers 1884,.
900. Prices were generally satisfac.
tory. With later shipments, the aggre.
gate will bring large sum of money
for this most palatable specialized
crop.
About 100 acres of peas have been
planted for canning this season at the
Mount Vernon plant Of the Bozeman
Canning company. This is substan'
tial acreage more than was grown last
year, when the aphis cut the crop
short.