White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-22
Brief Resume of Happenings OF
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
THE MARKETS

Wheat Soft white and western
white, 43kc; hard winter, western red
and northern spring, 44hc; bluestem,
63Kc.
Butterfat-26c.
Eggs-Ranch, 29c.
Hogs-Good to choice, $335@3.75.
Cattle-Choice steers, $425@475.
Sheep-Spring lambs, $4.35@4.6O.
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, $425@4.75.
Hogs-Good to choice, $3.5O@3.6O.
Lambs-Medium to good, $4@4.50,
The Columbia River Milling com.
pany at Wilbur suspended operation
for two weeks for repairs.
Harry Gaski1l, As, of Kelso, was in
jured fatally when he was thrown
from the bakery truck in which he
was riding with Donald Barrett.
The December run of smelt is in the
Cowlitz, but flow ice is preventing
fishermen from taking the fish. The
main run of smelt is not expected I'M
til February.
The largest hop acreage the Yakima
valley has ever known is predicted by
growers for next year. Many fruit
ranchers are pulling up their trees and
planting hops.
Asparagus growers in the Sunnyside
district have Endorsed proposal to
control market shipments next year in
order to stabilize the price and keep
1t above the cost Of production.
Older Indians of the Yakima reser-
walton are mourning the adoption Of
people, which brought the second In
dian suicide in the history Of the val
ley last week.
The Reconstruction Finance corpora.
ton has approved $1,700,000 loan to
the city of Seattle for it's light depart
ment, but has rejected a $1,000,000
loan to extend the distribution system
outside the city.
An annual reduction of $3.50 an acre
in the assessment of the Wenatchee
reclamation district has been promised
by the directors if the $4,000 re-
funding bond issue is authorized at
the special election.
The Walla Walla county commits
sioners have formally approved the
offer Of the Northern Pacific railway
to pay the county $57,662 in cash and
wave tax refund judgment against
the county for $19,215.
Yakima County Grange council
members was asked recently to in.
dorse resolutions asking legislation
cancelling penalties on delinquent
taxes and moratorium on mortgage
foreclosures for three years.
A fine violin, made in 1850 and
valued at $500, was reported stolen
from University Of Washington stu
dent at Seattle while she visited a
friends home. Miss Klemptner said
she left the violin in her car.
The sentiment of Wenatchee schoo!
authorities is that so per cent of the
school revenues should be supplied by
the state and that the money should
be raised by means other than taxes
on real and personal property.
Each vote cast in the November
general election cost Pierce county II
cents. This was disclosed when the
county election board reported to the
commissioners that the s8445 appro
priation for the election lacked $244.
of paying the bill.
Ralph Jackson, Of Walla Walla
went hunting with mechanic and ,
gunsmith recently. His car stalled
the mechanic fixed it. His gun jam
med-the gunsmith fixed it. On TIN
way out, he noticed that most duel
. ponds were frozen over. When he 60
to his pond, the ducks were swarmin.
down on it. A warm spring kept i
from freezing. Ralph and party cam
; home smiling with % ducks.
A recent dispatch to Wenatche
said that the sudden cold of last weel
had caught apples in rolling refrigers
for cars and frosted thousands Q
boxes and some entire cars, accordin
to claims received from eastern buy
ers.
Arrangements for the inaugural ba
and other legislative dance function
have been completed at Olympia. TIL
Olympia Chamber OF Commerce ha
fixed the price OF season tickets at 81
or 81 less than the charge In forme
! yearR