White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-05-25


Lambs Good to choice, $500 q
$50.
"A bumper cherry crop, one of the
heaviest in years, looms for the Wen
atchee district, horticulturists agree.
"A heavy bloom and favorable pollin-
alton weather while the blossoms
were out were given as the cause.
Continued cool weather which is I'M
favorable to apple pollination, il
causing much concern among grow
ers, however, because apples are in
full bloom.
Frank Jacobs children are all for
digging up the Jacobs strawberry
patch near Elma right now. The
cause of their excitement is the find
Ing Of an 1883 shilling last Tues
day in the patch. The patch has not
been worked for six years and the
youngsters are convinced a pirate
treasure lies buried just below the
strawberry roots. s..,
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= CLANS poured into the Grays Har-
Dor canneries last Thursday as dig
gers had their bonanza day of the
season. Favorable tides resulted in
one of the largest single day catches
over recorded here. One digger on the
south beaches brought in total Of
175 pounds. Canneries were all but
swamped. Tides will remain favor
able for about week.
Bunch grass being hazard on the
golf clubs course the president of the
organization at Davenport has Sc
cured a band of several thousand
sheep which will be used to clip
the grass to the roots. The sheep will
be pastured on the golf course for
several days en- route to their sum-
mer pasture in the mountains.
At a cost of $2O48 less year
than the city is paying now for 40
per cent lighting of the city streets
the Pacific Power & Light company
has offered to give the city of
Yakima 100 per cent street lighting
with lamp at every intersection, IL
granted q 25-year franchise.
People who haven't paid their wa
ter bills may cancel part of them by
working for the city water depart
ment at $3.50 day. Superintendent
Fred Sharkey, Of Wenatchee, has adj
vised. A program of Improvements
for the city water and sewer systems
is being laid out.
A court suit challenging the au-
thority of the department of public
works to enforce an order prohibiting
irrigation power cutoffs in Washing
ton, pending a rate investigation,
has been instituted at Olympia by the
Washington Water Power company.
While hop prices are booming in
the Mckee district growers remain
firm in their decision not to sell at
IS cent offers. 1t is predicted that
quotations will go to Is cents per
pound. There only remain 1105 bales
in the Yakima valley.
A general investigation of irriga-
ton power rates in eastern WASH
ington has been instituted by the de-
partment of public works. The inn
mediate object will be relief for farm
ers facing power cutoff notices be-
cause of unpaid bills.
The Automobile club Of Washing
ton is arranging to erect signs along
the new Wallula Cutoff. A large
welcoming sign will be placed at the
washington boundary.
Although there have been numer-
GUS rattlesnakes killed on the Yaki-
ma reservation this year, the number
of reptiles seems to be less than at
this time last year.
Unusual planting of gardens this
year may cause a water famine at
Omak late in the summer. Mayor
Caldwell has warned residents that
unless they cooperate and conserve
the water supply the city may have to
impose rigid restrictions.
While the residents Of Grandview
commend economy in school admin
istration, they believe the school
board went too far when it proposed
to cut the salaries of several instruc-
tors to S35 q month for 10 months.