White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
THE MARKETS
Portland


Wheat Big Bend blHestem. hard
winter, Tic; soft white and western
white, 61hc; hard winter northern
spring and western red, 59hc.
Hay-Buying prices, +. o. b. Port
land; Alfalfa SIG; oats and vetch, SIS.
Butterfat-Pound 13@15c.
Eggs-Ranch, 11@12c.
Hogs-Good to choice, $3.75@4.5O.
Cattle-Choice steers, $6.25@7.
Lambs-Good to choice, s6.50@7.
Seattle
Wheat-Soft white, western white,
SIC; hard winter, western red, &c;
northern spring, 64c; bluestem, Tic.
Eggs-Ranch, 13@15c.
Butterfat-Pound tic.
Hogs-Good to choice, s4.5O@460.
Cattle-Choice steers, $6@7.
Sheep-Choice lambs, S5.5O@6.
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, $6@6.50.
Hogs-Good to choice, S3.S5@410.
Lambs-Good to choice, $5.5O@625
Reports from Yakima and Wenat
chez indicate that there are more thar
5000 cars of apples still in storage
there.
The Lewis County Garden club will
hold it's first annual spring flower
show at the Cheha1is auditorium April
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The unemployment relief bureau of
Chelan county, which cared for 1000
families during the peak period of its
three months existence, has been
closed.
Two 12-year-old boys, sons of mill
workers at Willards, were drowned
when they fell into a millrace and
were washed over a dam into the
Little White Salmon river.
James D. Nolan, of Vader, senior
in the college of veterinary medicine
at Washington State college. has for
the second time achieved the all-col.
lege high scholarship roll.
A reduction Of 10 per cent in the
pay of all city employees was voted by
the city council of Tacoma. The pay
slash became effective April Is for
the remainder of the year.
Moving to halt the immigration OF
heads of INDECENT families, the city
council Of Kennewick has directed that
all street workers must be able to
show one years residence.
Fire of undetermined origin destroy.
ed the Hooker hotel at Bick1eton. Tom
Hooker, owner of the building, esti.
mated the loss at $4,000 which was
partially covered by insurance.
Use of Longview fire departments
inhalator probably saved the life of
Ross Elmer Winans, g. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. H. Winans of Kelso when he
choked and went into commissions.
Punched in car of shifting lumber
Jared loose when a train broke In
two, four unidentified transients were
killed aboard Great Northern train
at Tongo, just east of skykomish.
Hundreds of Pacific northwest flor
lists were in Tacoma last week for the
ninth annual conventions of the North
west Florists association and the
Northwest Bulb Growers association
The Toppenish Commercial club
has decided to take action to preserve
Fort Simcoe. approaching the advan
tages of the old government post as an
historic center and an attraction to
tourists.
More motor vehicle licenses have
been issued in Yakima county the first
three months Of this year than in the
corresponding period last year. The
number is 21,975 as compared with
20,750 in 1881.
1ICCAoCo oOlu Ill DCAIOu
county the first three months of the
year totaled 3037, wEch is 1S9 more
than were sold in the same months OF
1881. Licenses sold during all of 1881
numbered 1926.
Quilts of many patterns and ages
were shown at the quilt show given
by the Presbyterian Ladies Aid so
ciety Of Okanogan. The oldest was
crib quilt made in 1897 and displayed
by Mrs. Mary Stowell.
A plan to make jobless men partly
independent by allowing them to raise
their own food is being considered al
Wenatchee. 1t Is proposed to start
100-acre community garden in which
half-acre tracts will be allotted to a
family.
A new use for old automobile tires
has been found by north central Wash
ington apple growers. Thousands OF
than cop ha qaap in many orchards