White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-01-12

be considered unless Endorsed by the
county committee, the Yakima county
Demo cratic central committee is de-
luged with 81 applications.
The city commissioners of Wenat-
chez are considering an ordinance to
permit druggists to sell liquor on the
prescription of physician and to
permit possession of liquor in private
homes for private consumption.
Axel Bruce, v ic e of man
slaughter of Newport, has been SEN
fenced to not less than two years in
the penitentiary. The charge grew out
of the death of a 6-year-old girl, Flor
ence Chase, run over by truck driven
at Usk by Bruce.
Scrip will become a medium of ex-
change in Toppenish If a plan started
by the Commercial club is realized.
Unemployed residents will be hired to
improve the parks, and be paid in
scrip.
has passed a resolution opposing any
expenditure Of state money for new
road projects or the purchase of toll
bridges, under present financial con-
ditions.
Leavenworth has one Of the few
school districts of the state free Of
debt. The district has s6,142 cash on
han dto cover $1,000 in outstanding
warrants. Delinquent taxes total
$4,000.
Applications for $4,000 in unem-
ployment relief loans have been for
warded by Governor Hartley to the
Reconstruction Finance corporation.
Snohomish county is to receive $780,
600 and Grays Harbor county $4,000.
State highway officers are enforce
ing winter speed rules in Snoqualnie
pass. Automobiles may not exceed 80
miles an hour and trucks may not
travel faster than Is miles an hour
loaded and 20 miles without load.
New legislation to provide for fore
closures on farms within the year
after failure to pay irrigation MAIN
tenance assessments Is being consid-
cred at Yakima. The present time
limit is three to four years.
Senator Smith, chairman Of the
0ny nf hn
lature, will recommend curtailment
to save $4,000 during the 60-day ses-
sion. The number of employees will be
about the same as last session.
The unemployed men at Omak are
being given an opportunity to secure
winters wood through the co-opera-
ton Of the county commissioners.
Each man is given eight days on a
shift and five cords of the wood he
cuts.
G. D. Stephens, newly elected DEM
ocratic treasurer Of Yakima county,
denies that he will make clean sweep
in the personnel Of the office. He
will discharge four clerks, but will
not fill their places. r. W. White,
defeated Republican incumbent, will
be retained as deputy.
While Byron Miller sits in his coun-
ty Jail cell at Yakima, Indifferent to
everything but the music of his vio-
lin, his attorneys have taken another
step in fight to save him from the
gallows. Miller, condemned to die,
has been in Jail since May &c, 1881,
when he killed George Warning, Nab
ton marshal. Delay was granted his
attorneys in preparation of state
ment of facts for appeal to the state
supreme court.
The state of Washington will enter
the new year virtually out of debt.
The state has $28,751,OO0 invested in
bonds, mostly municipals. Two years
ago the sum was $27,824,000.
Legislative measures to prevent the
FOLDING Of Coast and out-of-state
markets with poor grade fruit and
produce, through the regulation of
truck operations, have been approved
by producers and shippers from Yak
ina, Wenatchee and Walla Walla.
Yakima's plan to divert some of the
state gasoline tax revenue to cities
and counties has been adopted by the
mayors of six Yakima valley towns.
The plan provides that cities and
counties shall receive half the reve-
nue., to be used in the discretion Of
city and county officials.
Starting three months ago, with a
capital stock of $4,000, the CASH
mere Valley bank, in statement for
December 81, showed deposits total
ing nearly S150,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Benfield, VAL
ley, to whom a daughter was born at
1874 a. M, New Years day, will go
a long list of gifts from merchants
of Chewelah. for the first 1888 baby
attended by local doctor.