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WHITE BLUFFS ' SPOKESMAN
VOL 16. NO. 21
We Wish
Our friends
And patrons
A Merry Christmas
And Happy New Year
The
White Bluffs Warehouse Co.
merry Christmas
' l’tO Everybody!
Leg’g’ett Mercantile Co.
We Wish You
merry Christmas!
THE WENATCHEE VALLEY
FRUIT EXCHANGE
51:30“: nun
, 59.25"”
f; f a hrzstmas Przces
P 32“ fling? ' ~
. on Sound Tzres
35.5.5, \“ ..; ‘
souuo'h LAfiéuuo '
Size Retail Price My price
till Dec. 25
30x3 Fabric $ll.OO SIO.OO
30x3; Fabric 12.50 11.25
32x36 Cord . 22.95 20.26
31x4 \ Fabric 21.35 17.50
32x4 Fabric 22.45 , 20.00
32x4 Ccrd 29. 15 ' 26. 00
3'3“ Fabric 23.65 21.00
34x4 Fabric 24 15 22.00
34x4 Cord ' 30. 70 , 27,00
82x“. Fabric 30.05 26.50
And like reductions on all other sizes.
PAUL SCI-IICBIA.
WILDER MEDAL WON
' BY RAINIER APPLE
The American I’omological
Society, at its convention recent
ly held at Council Bluffs, lowa,
awnrded'fihe “Vilder Medal to
the Rainier apple, according to
a. letter just received by the
“’ashington Nursery Company,
of Toppeni‘sh, ‘Vashington. ‘
The \Vilder Medal is the No
bel Prize of the fruit world. It
was provided for by a. trust
fund left in 1886 by the late
Marshall P. Wilder, scientist.
and ponlologi'st, with instruc
tions that it: was to be awarded
to a new fruit only after ex
haustive investigation hud pro
duced proof of that fruit‘n su
preme merit. ' '
The Rainier Apple originated
in the Yakima Valley. It in a.
new yet an old apple. Old be
cause there are at the present
time a number of trees in heavy
and continuous bearing. It is :1
new fruit in the Sense that its
commercial importance, its dia
tinctive features, and its un
usually high quaiityhs a fruit
have but recmttliv been apprec
iated and made known to the
public at large.
During the past four years
the ,r’Wnshington Nursery Com
pany has carefully investigated
mid closely checked upon the
Rainier, which has resulted in
much valuable data.
Rainier apples of the 1920“
crop were kept by the Nursery
in storage an entire year. Three
boxes of the 1920 crop were ex
hibited at the \Vashingtou
State Fair at Yakima late ,in
September, 1921, and the Rain
ier attracted much attention
and comment on its unusual
quality and perfect condition.
Fruit of the Rainier picked
during October 1912 was placed
on the table at the banquet of
the International Refrigerator
Congress, Chicago in Septemv
her 1913,' in perfect .scondition.
“grille [qualitymafmgthfe frireit
much resembles‘the MKiel (flout-5‘
but is of finer texture and bet-W
ter flavor. The Rainier is an ex-‘
eeptionally long keeper and
does not Show a, tendency to be
come mealy. It in a dessert; ap
ple of the highest order. I
The \Vashington Nursery is»l
the exclusive propagator of the
variety. All propagating ma
terial is obtained‘direot from
the original bearing,r Rainier
trees, thus insuring genumeness
and quality of the future Rain
ier plantings. ' 1
J. C. Lloyd. who with Fred M.
Wcil ind Charles M. Sanford of
the Executive committee of the
Priest Rapids Valley Progressive
League. has been on. the Coast for
several days. working on the prop
osition of increasing the state land
settlement project in this valley to
a 100 unit project, returned Thurs
day evening. Mr. Lloyd says the
committee is very much pleased
with the progress so far made, and
although handicapped somewhat hv
lackof time, is confident: that; by
hard work they will be able to put
it over.
James Shepherd, who was in
White Bluffs this week, said that,
weather permitting. he expected to
move his familv to Presser next
week. They will live in the house
now nccunied by Sherifi‘ Ralph.
Mr. Shepherd says he will retain
the present office denutv. Mark
Ferris. and that he has apnoiniad
C. L. McGee of Cold Creek field
deputy. and C. E. Dufl'v deputy
for the Kennewigk‘dijlrict.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Bontin and Mrs.
Edmund Anderson went to Yakima
tnday. Friday. tn bring back Lila
'Mav Boutin and Marguerite An
derson. both students in St. Jo
.cenh’s Academy, to spend the
Christmas holidays at home.
IN BETWEEN
K. E. Grant had a telenhone ln
stalled in his home on Thursday,
and his number is 428.
A. H. Rates of Spokane is a
guest at the M. E. Maser home
this week.
Miss Zella Ferauson. who has
been teaching at Omak, Wash,
came home on Tuesdav and wlll
spend the holidavs with her parents.
Miss Selma Lehmann and Miss
Lena Brown of Kennewic'x were
week-end sweats at the Hurrison
‘Brown home last week.
E An “Old Folks’ Party” was giv
lpn at the heme of I). J. Burch on;
IHidden Treasure ranch last Satur-i
‘day. A large crowd was present
,and the evening was spent in play-l
'imz cards, and several musical se-‘
lectlnns were rendered by Mrs. W.
H. Ferguson and little dauehter
Madeliane. A delicious gunner was
‘se'ved at midnlszht and the partv
broke up in the "wee. smu' hours"
to! themornlng. ._ .. j
WHITE BLUFFS, BENTON COUNTY. WASHINGTON
m REDUCE LIBHIINB
, nms mum mm
The Pacific Power and Light
Company annouutges that; a sub
stantial reductidli: has been
made in its rateß’finr residential
Lighting service} The , new
rates are to become effective
on all meter readings taken on
and after January 10, 1923 and
will result in material reduction
of monthly charges to most
customers. In announcing the.
new rates ‘Mr. ‘Sutford, district.
manager for. the company at
Kennewick,. made the following
statement: ‘ ~, '
“This reduction comes as a.
result of an exhaustive investi
gation which the‘r'feompany has
been carrying on for several
months in an endeavor to find a
means of adjusting its resident
iul rates so as to merit'eustom
ers to make more liberal use of
the service forlightlng purposes;
and for the operation of house
hold appliances without the
danger of. prohibitive hills. Un
der the new rates probably 95
per cent of our-customers will
enjoy reduced'ymrly charges
for electric service in their
homes and the $115111“) will con
sist of custome' W having limited
consumptions “Lien: the cost of
service ,does 11 justify reduc
tions. Inflathe new rates the
monthly' minimum charges re
main the same. The present
tOp rate is retained but: for a
much smaller number of K. W.
H. The rate of 6.660 introduced
for all use over a limited amount
is much lower than any rate
available in the old schedule.
This very low rate becomes ef
fective at a point in the monthly
consumption which will make
it available to the average cus
tomer for the uSe;of appliances
or for more and better lighting.
He can obtain more service‘for
the money he has heretofore
paid and can obtain any amount.
of additional service at . this
low rate of: (inflemer IL. Wan,
The new rates reduce the com
iuany’s revenue in the Yakima
flValln Wnlhi territory about
1550.000.00 per year. At the
wrerxent time the earnings of the
‘eompnny from its electrical bus
:iness are no more than sufficient
‘to pay operating,r expenses, de
preeiation. taxes, and a fair
rate of interest or return on the
value of its property, as fixed
by the Department of Publir‘
Works. It is imperative thm:
this level of u'rnings be main
tained if the -4_-dit of the com
pany is to b( u‘utected 'so that
it can cor ? 2to borrow the
large amo of new capital
required Eten pace with the
growing demands for service in
thin territory.
Although. ltho data reduction
which is being made will pro
duce a largo. immediate drop in
revenue, the company home that
the customers will avail them
selves of the opportunity to use
1110 marviée mnro liberally and
that the increased sale of energy
under the lowm- rate will event.
unlly realm-o tlm company's rev
enues to u ronsnnuble basis. The
present reduclinn is prompted
largely by tho lwlief that it its
sufficient to stimulate increased
man of se’rvico. ‘
The Pacific Company has now
been doing business in this terri
to'ry for about 'l2 years. Starting
with a number of isolated and
relatively small plants it has
gradually built up a compre
hena-iive interconnected system
of generating and transmission
facilities‘whieh practically guar
anteeb continoun and adequate
service at all parts of the terri
tory, and which is of a capacity
and flexibility readily adapted
to meet, economically, the
growth of’ business in any part of
the territory. Until 1920 the
rates were kept at about the
some level as before this com
pany acquired the property. By
constant eil'ort every possibly
economy in operations has been
realized and it was not until
in 1920, after the war peak of
prices. that the company was
forced to increase its rates and
then only to the extent, of about
20 per cent. ‘
One of the direct causes of
that. increase was that the com
pany then had to go out of its
territory and purchase power
from the W. W. P. Co.‘ at Lind,
Washington. We have in op
eration every efficient hwlro
electric power project nvnilablo
for economical development
within our territory at the pros
ont time and with future growth
of the business, the added dc
(Continued on page Four) ...-
FRED MYERS BUYS
' CITY DRAY lINE
W, G. Bennett. who has been
conducting u'draying and trucking
business in White Bluffs for the
pest year, sold his business the first.
of the week to Fred Myers of the
Service Transportation company.
Mr. Bennett left Monday for the
Coast expecting to go back to his
old work as relief agent for the
Milwaukee railroud. As soon as
he gets located he expects to send
for his family. Mr. Myers, who
came to White BIL-ff; from Vl’yo
mini: about the time of Mr. Ben
nett’s arrival. has also been in the
trucking business, having been in
partnership for a time witn -W. J.
Huber. Mr. Myers takes over the
larger of Mr. Bennett's two trucks,
as well as the local agency for the
Union Oil company and the con
tract for carrying the mall be—
tween the depot and postoffice.
NEED MORE BAKERS T 0 '
FURNISH THE DOUGH
The Land Settlement committee
that has had charge of all the de
tail work in securing the state land
settlement project for this valley
and in providine the state _with the,
necessary land. has about finished
everything except payinn‘ the ex
censes incident to the work. Much
of this expense has been borne by
local people, but there is still quite;
a deficit. to , cover. ' _
As the benefits to the non-resié
dent who has property interests"
here are almost as great as to
those living in the valley, the com
mittee has, during the past week
or two, by circular letter. asked
these non-residents to help with
this expense. And if all of thcm
are us alive to and as appreciative
of the work being done. by the lo
cal people as is J. E. Baker of Mc-t
Murry, Wash., the committee’s la
bors will soon he over. In a letter
enclosing his contribution, Mr. Ba
ker said: I wish to anv that I am
always ready to heln in any wnv I
can in 'tbebuilrling up of the Val
leygand .fipu can always count on
meto'bear my part of the expense
”111-I.t.'a'~--ti'e?veloprrientlh ,‘ " ~
RADIO OUTFIT NUW WBRKING
l R. R. Woods, from the first. has
Ibeen one of White Blull’s' greatest
ra"h enthusiasts. He has given
‘the subjectagreat deal of study
and last summer erect d an aerial
on his ranch south of town. He
has gradually been adding other
oaris to the anoaratus and now has
it. practically complete. On Thins-l
dav night he picked up mpssazrs‘
from points as far away as Salt.t
luke City and Los Argeles. Hci
intends to continue adding up-to-l
date attar-hmonts until he has 11‘,
serviceable and efficient radio out-i
fit Mr. Wood; says he will be;
glad to explain how to construct 81'
receiving! station and its cost to,
any one interesfed. E
Cecil and Loyal Borden arrived
home this week to spend Christmas
with their mother. Mrs. F. P. Rol
lins. '
High School Notes
The girls’ and hoys’ basket ball
teams went to Benton City last Fri
day. Dec. 15th, and played against
the Bergen City high school teams,
In the first three quaitnrs of the
girls' game. the White Bluffs team
led, but the Benton City team won
with-a score of 21 to 14 The
score for the hoys' game, was 35 to
13. also in favor of Benton City.
The Benton City hlvh school girls
served a delicious hot lunch at the
conclusion of the games.
A Christmas party was given
this, Friday, afternoon, Dec 22m1,
in the high school gymnasium. The
party began with a. short program.
after which amusing gifts were (x
--changcd and games were played.
Refreshments consisted of peanuts
and candy.
I
Program
It is our sincere wit-h that all
our f i(fl|B and patrons in th: en
tire l’riest Rauids Vallcv may have
a happy and joyful Christmas. .
This week
Saturday and Sunday
December 23 and 24
WALLACE REID
m
“Always Audacitus"
And a Mack Sonnett Comedy,
"His Wife’s Friend” ’
Next Week
December 30 and 31.
WILLIAM S. HART
in
“The Tcsting Block"
and “Sonnet! c9llO. 1y;
The
Season ’3 Greetings:
FRED NL ‘WEIL
W e Wish You a Merry Christmas
and invite you to come in
and receive one of
Our 192.3 Calendars
FIRST BANK of WHITE BLUFFS
WHITE BLUFFS. WASHINGTON
" IN THE ‘4'ALLEY'?’A’" LONG TIME
0. B. GWIN
General Building Construction
The Only Carpenter in Town Who Has No Side Lines
WHITE BLUFFS. WASH. ,
Residence Phone 256
A Joyful Christmas
For all our friends and patrons
is the sincere wish of
C. B. LUHMANN (9 CO.
We plan to carry at all times a full line of
BEEF PORK MUTTON VEAL
Fish in Season
Prices reasonable Sanitary Shop
Am in the market for cattle, hogs, sheep,
hides and pelts.
The Valley Meat Market
____. ~J 93.19 ‘FP.E'.:'.Es‘.:___~..W-__.---
A large 13-plate battery
for your Ford---a nice
Christmas gift at $22.00
W. H. WEBB. Mgr.
A Merry Christmas
and
Happy New Year!
Authorized Ford Sales and Service
White Blufl‘s Motor Co.
Our Motto Is ”SERVICE" Phone 167
FRIDA Y. DEC. 22, 1922