White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-03-02
Henry F.. Kuhlmann, a Big Bend

Clarence F. Kuhlmann. He was SO
years Of age.
The Okanogan Commercial club
has decided to issue s756 worth o:
scrip. The club will buy carload OF
apples at 81 box, paying in scrip.
The scrip will circulate, costing 2
cents for each time it changes hands.
Money derived from the sale of the
apples will be used by the club instead
of making a special levy on members.
Warren Kirk, manager of the Ma
tional orchards, on the Douglas coun.
ty side of the Columbia river near
Brewster, reports the birth of rs pigs
during the recent cold spell. Only 18
were lost. All the neighbors' heaters
We're put into use to keep the pigs
warm.
Oliver Hall of Colfax, member Of
the state senate for nearly 40 years
until retired last year by the DEM
ocratic landslide, has received flow
ers and a congratulatory telegram
from members of the present legisla-
ture in honor of his 81st birthday.
An even 100 candidates for city
commissioner will appear on the bal
lot for the city election at Spokane,
March IA. This exceeds by eight all
previous records of the number Of
candidates in the race for city COM
missioner.
Benton county school directors in
dictate that unless financial aid is
provided by the legislature. school
districts of the county will have to
discontinue high schools for the next
year, and operate grade schools but
q short time.
Success was reported by Yakima
valley shippers in their effort to pre-
serve for growers the benefit of the
recent freight reduction. Nearly all
shipments are going at prices of 10
cents to Is cents a box higher and the
demand is increasing.
Enrolment figures for the second
semester at Washington State college
show decrease of between and Z
per cent. under those of the corre-
spending semester last year. The fl
nal count will show about 2750 stu
dents.
Mary Young, 12-year-old girl, Of
Seattle, who was bitten by a monkey
two years ago, has been awarded
$3.50 damages from the owner. An al
legation of her suit was that she has
had horrible dreams of monkeys ever
since she was bitten.
Growers in the Fruitvale district,
Walla Walla county, have started a
movement to get prune men in each
district to send delegates to a general
meeting to form a cooperative to
control marketing of this years crop.
Ocosta dairy COWS don't believe in
depression. One of John CHEESEMAN'S
cows presented him with a 11O-pound
calf. Cheeseman's herd consists of Hol-
stems and this calf is 20 pounds heav-
Ter than the average.
Representative Joseph Koehler OF
Snohomish county has introduced a
bill in the legislature taxing daily
newspapers for the purpose of raising
fund totaling 100000 to pay the
Eagles old age pension.
A large number Of taxpayers have
organized the Franklin County Tax
payers league. It is charged that the
county has as many employees as i,
had five years ago when times were
good.
1t is estimated that between IS and
SO per cent. of the soft fruit crop ir
the Charleston district has been killed
by the recent cold weather. Apricots
and peaches have suffered the most
w. L. Williams, an Omak druggist
has donated five gallons of cod live,
oil to the public schools. About 12(
children will be given the oil in dose
of two teaspoonsful daily.
Indians Of the Keller region have
begun their traditional tribal chinook
dances, but those in the Nespelen
valley are awaiting more chinooklik'
weather.
About five cars of apples are beinl
shipped from Oroville daily. Their
are Is in the warehouses, and man.
will be shipped before March to es
cape taxes.
Inability Of Chelan county to gel
100000 worth of bonds has givel
new life to tax reduction groups, VIII
last fall fought vigorously for lowe
levies.
The recent cold snap played havo
J with Clark county's strawberry croI
The loss may run as high as 65 pc
cent, according to some estimates.
About 200 deposito-s in the close
First Savings & Trust bank met a
the Temple at Colfax recently to dis