White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-02-16

Lambs - GOOD to chOlce, $o.2t ~
SOS.
The first off shore troll catches Of
the season, 16 chinooks averaging 20
pounds, was brought into Grays har-
Dor last Tuesday. Westport buyers Of
1ered 10 cents a pound, but the fish
Srmen brought the catch into Aber.
deem where it brought 10 cents. The
Columbia river trolling fleet of $50
boats is expected at Westport during
the next few days.
Yakima produce men checking the
produce sent to market last year re-
port that it totaled $4,000 carloads.
It is claimed that few districts can
show greater variety of produce.
Valley dealers shipped ~ kinds of
fruit, including melons; II varieties
of vegetables, four kinds Of livestock
and four kinds of poultry, besides
dairy products, eggs and wool.
Support for an orderly marketing
crop SO growers may obtain the max
lmum price possible in view Of the
supply and demand will be asked Of
the Reconstruction Finance corpora
ton by the Central Washington Crow
ers' association, its executive board
decided recently.
Charles c. Barth, 76, who helped
found Yakima, died at his home last
Monday. At the age of &c he carne
to Prosser with the Northern Pacific
railroad and then helped railroad men
lay out the site of Yakima a year lat
err, in 1884. Forty-nine years ago the
town was officially incorporated.
Residents of the Burbank irrigation
district, .Walla Walla county, are in
Btalling q large pump and pipe line
to produce water for 500 acres near
Snake river. This system is to re-
place individual pumps made useless
by the drying up Of wells.
Fruit and vegetable shipments from
Yakima county last week totaled 418
cars This exceeded the shipments Of
the corresponding week last year by
81 cars. Dairymen are planning to de-
ve,op strawberry clover as a forage
crop.
A second horse-racing bill, which
would permit 81 pari-mutual betting,
has been introduced in the legisla-
ture. The measure, proposes racing
only at state, county and interstate
Tiller Brothers of Highland Valley.
near Morton, are moving their mill
to Alex Justices place near Rife,
where they will have an extended cut
that will give employment to mum.
Der of men the next few months.
Wanted at Goldendale: A fighting
cat with lions heart. A large, in
eolent rate has been proving gro
Gerry. A cat was left In the store over
night. In the morning the cat, bitten
and clawed, was dead.
Rather than give Harper & Sons.
Seattle. an option on Chelan county's
$200,O 900 general obligation bonds the
county commissioners have readver-
tised the bonds and will split the issue
into $4,000 blocks. gr
Asparagus production in the Ken.
newick district is to be increased con-
staerably this year, say growers.
About 200 acres of new patches are
to be brought into production.
If tentative figures of the senate
appropriations committee are accept
ed, salary and operating expenses OF
duced S1,192,050.
Plans are being considered at Pas
co for the establishment of cooper-
alive cannery, for the benefit of res
idents of the Pasco region.
Spokane Will probably issue Aom
100000 to $4,000 worth Of tax an
ticipation notes during February to
supply funds for current expenses
For the last two years the city has
issued such notes. redeeming them
when tax payments are made.
The thousand or more ranchers on
the Tieton division of the Yakima rec-
lamation project have plan by
which thye can save $4,000 this year
but It depends on what reclamation
officials in Washington, D. c.. think
Of 1t.