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WHITE® BLUFFS SPOKESMAN
VOL. 24, NO 8
Gran ge Lauds
Co=operative
Movement
Pomona Meeting Sept., 13
At Finley Attended
By Good Crowd
Benton County Pomona Grange
met with the Finley supordinate
Grange Saturday of last week with
a good attendance. Most of the of
ficers were present which always
helps to hold the interest at these
meetings,
Reports from the various
Granges show that on the whole
the Granges have been active dur
ing the summer months.
Gilbert Clodfelter reporting for
Locust Grove reported upon their
activities for the construction of a
new Grange hall and the general
good interest and attendance dur
ing the summer months.
Percy Sellick, reporting for Fin
ley reported good attendance and
successful candidate in the Queen
contest held for the benefit of the
Kennewick Fair association.
Mrs. Swayze, reporting for Ken
newick Valley, reported very good
interest and. considerable attend
ance during the summer, which has
enabled them to put water in the
hall.
Practically all Granges reported
activities on the Power bill ag well
as general activities toward de
velopment of more interest in the
Grange in the community, through
various activities. Pomona Grange
voted to donate twenty-five dol
lars toward the district Power Bill
fund.
The question of continuation of
the Kingley Memorial fund and
it’s use eventually for the purpose
of benefiting a farm to be used
for an old Granger’s home, was
brought up thyough correspond
ence from _Granges in Kitsap
county. After some little discus
sion it was moved that the matter
be laid upon the table to be brot
up for discussion from time to
time before the next State Grange
meeting.
The question of cooperative or
ganization and the general coop
erative movement was brot up be
fore the meeting by Master Royer.
Several ideas appeared in the
“Grange Facts,” which has been
given rather large circulation over
the state, was the occasion for re
marks by Mr. Royer, as statements
in this publication were rather de
picting this cooperative movement
as supported by Granges. Mr. Roy
er pointed out that since the es
tablishing of the Feed Mill by the
Washington Cooperative Egg and
Poultry association in Yakima on'y
a few months back, that feed sales
had doubled; and he pointed out
that farmers were getting a bet
ter quality of feed through this
source than had usually been pos
sible previous to this time. Other
members present also stressed the
fact that Granges were able to
benefit themselves considerably
here in the county through organ
ization to various commodities by
group action. The question of gas
contracts was brot up and the Po
mona secretary instructed to con
tinue his investigations along this
line with the idea of extending the
advantages that some Granges now
have in gasoline contracts.
The lecturer’s hour program was
under the direction of Mrs. C. Pu
derbaugh. .
E. C. DURDLE, County Agent
In the jury list drawn at prosser
last Saturday for Jury service for the
October-November term of court, be
ginning' Monday, October 27, were the
following from the northern part of
Benton county: J. /S. Picatti and A.
M. Rollinger of Hanford and A. B.
Peck, Edmond Anderson, Mrs. Ellen
Anderson, Maude Coleman, W. F.
Shaw, and Julia GlanZman'of White
Bluffs.
ENTERS WHITMAN COLLEGE
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Wilkinson drove
to Walla Walla Monday morning
accompanying their son Dudliy, who
entered Whitman College as a fresh
man that morning. Dudlyy was one
of the outstanding members of the
White Bluffs high school graduating
class last spring, having been awarded
the honor of having his name engraved
on the Senior Honor Plaque, an
annual award to the student who in
the judgment of the faculty has, dur
ing his four years of high school,
stood highest in scholarship, cooper
ation and citizenship.
JONATHAN HARVEST IS
NEARING ITS END
The Jonathan harvest in this vallez
will be nearly completed this week.
number of growers, in fact, finished
with this variety last week, The pick
ing of the Delicious, Spitz and Romes
started Monday and will continue,
probably, through next week., @ The
harvesting of the Winesaps, which
variety makes up about half of the
apple tonnage produced in this district,
will start either the last of this month
or the first of October, ' the exact
time being somewhat influenced by
;he. weather and the coloring of the
ruit.
Due to a general all-around better
job of pruning, thinning, f{ertilizing,
and spraying, the apple crop here,
both in size and in quality, will av
erage better than in previous years
and the total tonnage, it is believed
now, will equal if not exceed that of
any other season.
BUREAU ADVERTISING
JONATHAN APPLES NOW
Backing the Washington Jona
than apple deal by laying down a
barrage of wires and letters to brok
ers and dealers in the cities select
ed for the release of advertising is
urged by William Horsley, secretary
of the Washington Boxed Apple
bureau, in a circular letter to the
‘shippers in Yakima and Wenatchee.
He suggested that every shipper
wire his broker in the cities selected,
notifying him that the advertising
will be released in those markets
and urging purchases to build the
business which the advertising will‘
stimulate.
The cities selected to carry the ad
vertising campaign on Washington
Jonathans are New York, Philadel
phia, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis,
St. Paul, New Orleans, Los Angeles,;
Pittsburg, Houston, Fort Worth,
Dallas, San Antonio, Waco, Austin
and Beaumont, Tex., Tulsa and
Oklahoma City, Okla,, Aberdeen,
Mitchell, Huron and Watertown, S.
D., Fargo, Grand Forks, Mandan,
Minot, Bismark and Devil’s Lake,
N. D., Sioux City, Iowa; Butte,
Billings and Great Falls, Mont.,
Lincoln -and Notfolk, Neb.,, Mems
phis and Nasheville, Tenn, Chey
enne, Wpyo., Shreveport, La., and
Crookston, Minn.,
CIRCULATE.PETITIONS FOR
U. 8. RECLAMATION;AID
The petitions directed to 'Congress
man John W. Summers soliciting his
help in interesting the U. S. Recla
mation Service in this project have
been prepared and are being circu
lated this week among the water
right owners. If these petitions are
quite generally signed it is felt that
the chances of success are good.
The final hearing in the recciver
ship is only three weeks away and
‘most of the water right owners have
expressed their intention of attending
it in person. It is to be held ir Yak
ima, October 11. 5
Manager Edmund Anderson of the
Liberty Theatre provided an extra
treat for his patrons Wednesday ev
¢ning when he showed the Byrd pic
tures taken at the South Pole. These
pictures are in great demand now and
in order to get them for White
Rluffs Mr. Anderson had to promise
to take them to Othello after the
Wednesday night show and express
them to lone, Washington.
SUNDAY SCHOOL FINDS
MORE"ROOM NECESSARY
A committee consisting of S. V.
Fanning, ]J. E. Leander and Edmund
Anderson, has been appointed by the
White Bluffs Presbyterian Sunday
School to look into the feasibility of
putting a concreted basement under
the Presbyterian church building for
the use of the Sunday School. Regular
weekly attendance at the Sunday
School during the winter months runs
around a hundred and even in the
hottest part of the summer has not
dropped below sixty, according to one
Sunday School worker.
ARCHIE BORDEN TO
- SING OVER RADIO
Archie Borden, who has long been
one of White Bluffs’ favorite singers,
left today for Seattle where he has
an engagement to sing over one of
e radio stations there, Saturday.
Two weeks ago when Archie was in
the city, he was given an opportunity
to try out his voice over the air and
his songs were as well received by
his city listeners as at home,.
" Dr. E. F. Newton and R. F. Gibbins
went on a fishing trip Sunday to
Moses Lake, but found the sport
poor there and drove back as far as
Goose Lake, northwest of ‘Othello.
They returned home with a nice catch
of perch and many words of praise for
the nice fishing and the natural
beauty of the spot. The fish, they
raid they caught, not bought. This
is not a fish story.
WHITE BLUFFS, BENTON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
White Bluffs School Notes
1930-31 High School Orchestra
To Be Up to Standard :
Friday, September 13, the High
School Orchestra met for the first
time this year under the direction- of
Mrs. Underhill. - Those turning out
are as follows: Violins, Miss March,
Ethel Woods; saxophones,, Floyd
Barge, Walter Myko], Marguerite
Oilver; drums, Karl Becht. William
Shelledy; cornet, Max Richmond;
piano, Ruby Penn, Carroll Meeker.
Cleo Parsel and Catherine Fry are
going to work hard with their man
dolins in hopes that pefore the year
is over they may have the opportun
‘ity to play with the orchestra. |
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Sophomores Elect Class Officers;
Freshmen to be Initiated
The Sophomore Class held a meet
ing Sept 15th and elected class of
ficers as follows: president, Rosco
Ray; vice-president, Maxine Scoval;
secretary-treasurer, = Doris Hemker.
The class has charge of the fresh
man initiation which will be held
next week, Friday evening there will
'be the Freshman-Sophomore party,
at which the freshman will furnish
most of the amusement of the even
ing under the direction of the sop
homore class. Of course this party,
is for all members of the High School,l
who assist the Sophomores and Fresh
man to enjoy the evening to the ful
lest extent. After this party, Fresh
man are full fledged members of the
White Bluffs High School and are
treated as such by all members of the
school for the remainder of their
school life. This year, as has been the
case in all other years, parents are
always invited and are always wel
come to all school parties.
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The grade school is indebted to Mr.
Anderson for a treat’ * “With Byrd
at the South Pole” given free to the|
grade school pupils, Wednesday'
evening. The picture is interesting|
and of high educational value. The
students appreciate Mr. Anderson’s
treat very much and the community |
as a whole are grateful to Mr. Ander
son for his interest in the school
children.
PAVEMENTS DANGEROUS
WHEN WET SAYS CHIEF
By
WILLIAM COLE, CHIEF STATE
HIGHWAY PATROL
To the motorist, the approach of
the rainy season spells constant dan
ger and frequent disaster. The high
ways of this state are reasor.ably
free from old blacktop, so “dangerous
when wet”, but there still remain a
few stretches of this kind of surfacing
upon country roads and there is plenty
of it on the city streets—just as dan
gerous as ever. Then there are many
places where concrete an brick pave
ments have been repaired with the
black top material, and the sudden
changing from one kind of surfacing
to another tends to increase the dang
er of accidents. Then, upon all pave
ments, everywhere, there is to be
found a constantly increasing film of
motor oil. In wet weather the Oil
soaked pavement becomes exceedingly
dangerous, especial'ly on curves and
at high speeds. A wet pavement IS
many times more dangerous than a
dry one. This has been demonstrated
by the increased number of accidents
at the begining of every rainy season
since motoring began.
The constant aim of the highway
patrolman is, of course prevention
of accidents, and thus, the conserva
tion of life and property. We would,
therefore, aqain appeal to all motor
ists as we did last year and to which
you so considerately observed, the
increased hazards of driving, as we
pass from the drouth of summer to
the rainy season of the year,
Ofii fée Concrete
Written :By Students.
Junior Hi Girls Win Fair Awards
Several of the Junior High School
| Girls came to school Wednesday
.| morning exhibiting ribbons won at
{the fair at Kennewick.
| Awards were won by: Aileen Stod
dard, for plain cookies, First award,
|blue ribbon; Evelyn Kelly, Second
award, Red ribbon, cookies. These are
all the girls at the High School. At
the grade school, Jean McFee won
First award, Blue ribbon for biscuits.
If there were other awards, we have
not heard about them, but will report
them later if the children will let usl
know. We are very proud of these
young people and the school wishes
to offer their congratulations to them
upon their success.
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Student Body Holds First ;
Meeting of Year |
| The first student body of the year
|was held Wednesday morning with
| the President, Floyd Barge, presiding.
| New officers were elected as follows:
Ruby Penn, treasurer; Karl Becht
Vice-president; Ethel Woods, secre
tary, The matter of the Sophomore-
Freshman party was taken up and
the following committees were ap
pointed by the President to assist the
Sophomores, Refreshment, Aletha
Hemker, Evelyn Richmond, Elton
’Meeker; Decorating, Earl Wade, Alta
Wright, Maxine Scovel, Gertrude Tip
‘ton, Bill Shelledy. i
The president gave a nice little talk
recommending the co-operation of the
Student Body as a whole with the
Sophomore Class in making this party
a success. |
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. The Senior Class held a class meet
ing Sept. 12 at which the following
officers were elected: president, Alvin
Anderson; vice president, Floyd !
Barge; secretary-treasurer, Earl
Wade. |
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The zoology class are still chasing
hoppers, which they claim is as good
exercise as their gym work. They
hope %o be through with them soon
and try out honey bees, and other
insects. |
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Mr. Underhill is back on the job
again, returning Monday. |
BUILDING ACTIVITY IN
WEST IS PICKING UP
Plans for 75 new buildings in the
Pacific northwest, to cost $12,162,-
499, adding to the winter construc
tion program, were announced by
the Pacific Builder and Engineer, con
struction news weekly. The projects
were listed between 'August 2 and
September 9.
The total value is virtually double
that of building announced during
July, almost four times the June
figure and lacks half a million dol
lars of equalling the May forecast. |
Principal new projects listed in
clude a $1,500,00 pulp mill at Ho
quiam, a half million dollar expan. |
sion of a Bellingham paper plant, a
half million dollar cold storage
plant in Olympia, and in Seattle, a:
$2,000,000 expansion by the Fire-|
stone Rubber company, a 31'»5000'0001
hotel in the Denny regrade district
and a $750,000 hotel at Alki point. !
In Idaho, Twin Falls plans a|
$350,000 hotel and theater building,
Boise a SIOO,OOO office building and}
Caldwell a SIOO,OOO creamery. |
A Great Falls junior college, to
cost $250,000 is the leading Montana|
project and a $150,000 aviation'
school at Alaska college, Fairbanks,
is the principal Alkaska project. A
Hill military academy expansion
and a new bakery, both in Portland
and each listed at $500,000 lead in
Oregon.
Thirty-eight pojects at $8,552,499
are ‘listed for Washington, 19 at $2,-
243,000 for Oregon, seven at $647,000
for Idaho, nine at $580,000 for Mon
tana and two at $140,000 for Alaska.
DAY INSTEAD OF NIGHT
TRAIN SERVICE SOON
The order has been made for
the new schedule, effective
Monday, September 22. Under
it the train will arrive in
White Biluffs on the incoming
trip at 6:30 a. m. and Han
ford at 7a. m. On the out
going trip it leaves Hanford
at 7:30 a. m. and White
Bluffs at 9 a. m.
| While in the valley Tuesday, R, V.
| Cummings, division freight and pas
'senger agent of the Milwaukee rail
'road, with headquarters at Seattle,
| said that another change in schedule
'on this branch was in contemplation.
If this change becomes effective the
train will arrive in White Bluffs
| from the main line at Beverly, daily
| except Sunday, between six and seven
la. m. and will leave here on the out
‘going trip at about 10:30 a. m. Under
'such a schedule the incoming train
| would meet both east and west
'bound night trains on the main line
:qnd on the outgoing trip would make
| connections with both east and west
| bound day trains at Beverly. In in
jterviewing shippers and others here,
| Mr. Cummings said that the pro
posed change met with almost unan
imous approval. ‘Shippers generally
favored the change as the bulk of
shipments from here now are apples
in carlots, a large percentage of
which are going East and under the
new schedule would make direct con
nections at Beverly with the daily
through freight on the main line. |
IRRIGATION DISTRICT
DIRECTORS REAPPOINTED
. W. S. Webber, W. J. Kincaid and
L. N. Fry drove over Monday to
Prosser where they tendered their
resignations as directors of the Priest
Rapids Irrigation District to the
board of county commissioners and
were reappointed by the board. This
action was taken to clear up any legal
defects that might exist because of
the fact that the district has held no
elections for several years, or during
the period of its inactivity.
The move was also another step
toward getting the district in shape
to be used, in the event it is needed
to save the irrigation properties at
the receivership sale.
WASHINGTON HIGHWAYS
A SOURCE OF PRIDE
Although this particular locality can
not boast yet of any paved or even
oiled roads, Washington’s highway
system is rated among the best of
iny state in the union.
Begun many years ago and pro
moted steadily by generous appropria
tions, it now covers the state with a
network of roads, tying together the
county seats of every county and
providing broad thoroughfares across
the state from north to south and
east to west.
Supplementing the state system
are the county and local roads, and
‘hose provided by the forest service
so that every nook and corner of
he state is now easily accessible, ac
cording to the Washington State
Chamber of Commerce.
Expenses Total $15,000,000
| It is estimated that there is being
iexpended upon. Washington. high
‘ways, for construction and main
‘tenance, upwards of $15,000,000 an
‘nually. As a result the mileage of
concrete surfacing is constantly in
creasing.
In recent years oil is being applied
to the surfaces of earth and gravel
roads as a dust preventative, and
before the close of 1930 most of the
main roads of the state will be dust
less.
Highway Scenic
Washington’s roads are not only
utilitarian, for the transportation of
the tonnage of a rapidly growing
state and for quick travel between
communities by residents and vis
itors, but they are superbly scenic,
traversing mountain passes, and
skirting rivers, lakes and ocean.
Already two fine highways cross
the Cascade mountains, another will
he completed this year, and two
more already are in prospect. In
addition a marvelously scenic high
way follows the gorge of the Colum
bia river from central Washington
to the sea.
Coast Route Skirts Sound
The Olympic highway encircling
the Olympic peninsula is nearing
completion and a marine view road,
skirting Puget sound and the Pacific
ocean from Canada to the mouth
of the Columbia, is being developed.
These present scenic attractions that
are unsurpassed.
Washington has good reason to be
proud of its highways.
In reporting a near accident when
a car ran into a power line on the
White Bluffs-Hanford road last Sun
day, the Spokesman last week,
through an error, gave the names of
the parties in the car as Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Cooper when as a matter of fact
it was Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Gooch,
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19, 1980
F. J. Bonn Is
Boosted For
State Job
Appointment As Fish
Commissioner Urged
By Oregon Friends
~ The many friends of F, J. Bonn in
this valley will be glad to learn that
he is being boosted for appointment
to the fish commission of Oregon.
During his residence here prior to
his removal to The Dalles, Mr. Bonn
took a great interest in hunting and
fishing and he is a real sporgman-
He is particularly fitted for the pos
ition for which he is being boosted
and his friends here hope he wil} be
given the appointment.
Regarding the effort that is being
made to have Mr. Bonn named on the
commission, The Dalles paper of Sept
ember 12 said:
- F. J. Bonn, for many years one of
the most active men of The Dalles
in affairs of sportsmen, is receiving
the unanimous support of sportsmen,
individual business men and civic and
service clubs and organizations of The
Dalles for appointment to the Oregon
Fish Commission to succeed L. A.
Wright of Union, who recently re
signed. The move to seek the appoint.
ment of Mr. Bonn to a place the Fish
commission was started here the first
of the week, following action of M. R,
Mathew in declining such appointment
from Governor Norblad.
Mr. Mathew last spring had prac
tically the unapimous endorsement of
sportsmen of eastern and central Ore
gon who sought that he be appointed
on the commission to succeed Ben
Dorris. At that time Governor Nor
blad declined to appoint Mr. Mathew.
Mr. Bonn, who is in Ccharge of the
sporting goods department at the
Stadelman & Bonn Hardware and who
is an experienced hardware man, is
actve as a sportsman. He makes trips
to the Deschutes frequently on fishing
excursions. No one of the community
has been more enthusiastic than he
over the steelhead fishing at the mouth
of the Deschutes. He has been a con
sistent booster’ for the Oak Springs
trout hatchery and kas worked inde
fatigably for betterment of the road
down from The Dalles-California
highway to the hatchery. Mr. Bonn
has been active in securing China
pheasants for distribution in Wasco
county.
Mr. Bonn is now secretary of The
Dalles-Wasco Rod and Gun club. He
’has always taken an active part in
trap tournaments of the club and has
’attended shoots with local trap dele
gations at various points in the state.
PAJAN:A DAMCE DRAWS
CROWD, NETS S6O
The Pajama dance in the Hanford
Community hall last Saturday eve
ning drew a large crowd of gaily clad
‘young people and the affair was,
‘without doubt, one of the most en
joyable of the season, The size of the
crowd was remarkable when one con
siders that the dance was given at
the busiest time of the busy season,
some of the young folks who would
have liked to attend being prevented
because of the warehouses in which
they are employed, worked that night
to finish up on the Jjonathan packout.
After deducting the hall, orchestra
and other incidental expenses, the net
receipts were a little over S6O, which
will be used in providing a building
to house the fire equipment,
SPRAYING SHADE TREES
FOR RED SPIDER
The shade trees along the avenue
in town are being treated to a
lime-sulfur bath in an effort to rid
them of the red spider with which
they have been badly infested for
for the past two years. The work
is being done under the direction
of the Commercial Club.
KNUTE HILL TO SPEAK ON
DISTRICT POWER BILL
Knute Hill, democratic candidate
for state representative, will discuss
the merits of Initiative Measure No.
1, known as the “Grange Power
Bill,” at Liberty hall in White Bluffs,
Thursday evening, September 25. The
meeting is being held under the aus
pices of the White Bluffs Grange.
TWO GIRLS TO UNIVERSITY
' Miss Lillian Shinn and Miss Louise
Paschen expect to leave next week
for Seattle, where they will enter the
University of Washington, as fresh
men, Miss Shinn expects to major in
home economics and Miss. Paschen in
physical education, both with the idea
of becoming teachers. The former was
valedictorian of the 1930 graduating
class of the White Bluffs high school
and the latter was salutatorian.