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VOLUME 31, NUMBER 22
Valley Is Best
Grape Section,
Coneerns Say
Fik !
Processors Anxious To
Secure Concord Ton
nage In Valley. =
Viewing the Priest Rapids valley
as the ideal grape-producing sec
tion of the northwest, wineries and
other processors are anxious to se
cure as large a tonnage of that
crop from ' this district in the fu
ture as possible. '
In a letter received this week,
B, V. Wyant, district manager of
the Tea Garden company, Pacific
coast manufacturers of Syrups,
jams and other products, states
that this district 'has' almosi no
competition in the marketing of
grapes, - due to the ‘early- ripening
date, . .
Mahbagers of both the Seattle and
San‘ Francisco offices of that con
ogrn, have stated that they ate de
gfimo?ggkcm ‘a4 very consider
able tonnage of Concords from the
Priest Rapids valley, says Mr. Wy
ant..
“We would like to see from 25
to 40 acres of Concords planted this
year, as the company’s program
calls for 150 to 200 tons by 1940,
incre4sing annually.”
Mr. Wyant and W. B. Bridgeman
of Sunnyside, operator of the Up
-land Wineries, are planning to come
to the Priest Rapids valley on Sat
urday, January 8, when they hope
to meet all growers interested in
planting grapes in 1938. Unless ex
tremely bad weather prevails, the
two men will be at the Commercial
hotel that day and will discuss their
proposals with local growers
Christmas Seal Sale
Returns Are Gratifying
Although the total amount re
ceived in the annual Christmas
Geal Sale so far this year is net
as large as that received at the
same time last year, the results
of the sale are very pleasing, says
Mrs. Frank Clark, publicity chair
man of the Benton County Tuber
culosis League, since more people
have purchased stamps this. | year
‘than for several years, showing that
the work of the league is appreci
ated.
Receipts in the White Bluffs dis
trict to date are $44.69, with a
fourth of the returns yet to be
made. In Hanford, with one-third
of the returns still out, $22.20 has
been received, and in the Cold
Creek-Vernita district, $lO has been
turned in, with a fourth of the
stamps still out.
“The Tuberculosis League is
highly gratified at the results of
the sale,” says Mrs, :Clark, “and
wishes to thank the people for
their generous response. Those who
still have stamps which are not
paid for are urged to turn in the
money, or the stamps, as soon as
possible, in order that. the cam
paign can be closed.” -
White Bluffs Spoliesman
Benton County’s
Tax Bill Reduced
__Benton county’stax “bill for: 1988
will total S3OB 552.59, a decrease of
$4414.13 compared with the 1937
bill, Ben Knox, treasurer-assessor,
announced last week.
The reduction is accounted for by
the removal of automobiles from
the personal property rolls, he ex
plained. The 1937 assessed property
valuation was $8,957,845, compared
with the 1936 figure of $9,132,630.
Taxes assessed in incorporated
towns amount to $36,425.05. The
figures for next year compared with
the current year are: Prosser, $15,-
278.86 and $15,81894; Kennewick,
$20,394.18 and $21,457.16, and Rich
land, $752.01 and $606.95.
' Other tax levies for the two years,
with the 1938 figures listed first,
are: Schools, $120,461.77 and $123,-
043.79; state, $35,383.48 and $31,-
342.92; county, $89,67845 and $91,-
326.30; road district No. 1, $6799.79
and $722291; No. 2, $6430.11 and
$6310.49; No. 3, $825141 and SB,-
220.53; public utility district, $4,-
031.03 and $7032.11, and port dist
rict, $1191.50 and $602.62..
A A e MMM*ufi“’ T
Wahluke Ferry To
Undergo Repairs
The Wahluke ferry will be closed
for a period of several weeks on
and after Tuesday, January 4. Ben
Moede, operator, announced this
week.
The ferry will be taken from the
water next Tuesday and given a
thorough overhauling in prepara
tion for the coming year. Unless
extremely cold weather should in
terfere, the ferry will be back in
operation within a few weeks, he
says.
Masons To Install New
Officers On January 12
Incoming officers of the Hanford
Lodge, No. 256, F. & A. M., elected
Wednesday, December 22, will be
installed January 12. Those who
will ‘head the lodge during the
coming year are: =
Worshipful master, E. J. O’'Larey;
senior warden, H. H. Boie; junior
warden, ILeo Wgebber; treasuver,
George McConnachie, and secre
tary, J. H: Evetth.
The appointive officers of the
lodge will be named by the worsh
ipful master next week.
Band Gives Dance
On New Year’s Eve
Horns, hats and other New Year'’s
Eve accessories will be on hand for
the merrymakers at the White
Bluffs Band's annual New Year's
Dance at the community hall Fri
day night, New Year's Eve.
The dance is a homecoming for
college students as well as a New
Year’s Eve celebration and an an
nual affair of the band. Lunch will
be served during the evening by
the girls of the drum and bugl(;
corps. Music will be fumisheg.,;b‘y
“Al and His Pals.”’ /é" :
WHITE BLUFFS, BENTON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Valley Enjoyngild Weather While o
Storms Sweep Other Northwest Districts
While torrential rains and gales
lashed the coast and heavy snows
blanketed eastern Washington, ty
ing up ftraffic and crippling com
munication, the Priest Rapids val
ley this week enjoyed mild, spring
like weather which was marred
only by strong winds and moderate
rains.
The lowest temperature recorded
here was 24 degrees Friday night.
A strong, chill wind made the wea
ther seem colder on Christmas Day
and Sunday, but on Monday the
wind shifted to the south, raising
temperatures to between 50 and 60
degrees during the day.
Rain, which began falling Tues
day evening, totaled .18 of an inch
by Thursday morning. Some Snow
‘had fallen Sunday night, but melt
ed soon after it fell. v
Other sections of the northwest
were in the grip of a severe storm
during the week, Astoria, Oregon,
receiving nearly five inches of rain
Hanford Young People
Attend Xmas Conference
A large group of Hanford young
people, members of the Christian
Endeavor, drove to Grandview last
Tuesday to take part in the Pres
byterian Young People’s Christmas
Conference. The local group was
the largest delegation at the con
ference, which was attended by
members from Walla Walla, Pres-~
cot, Wapato, Yakima, Grandview,
Sunnyside and Bickleton.
Following an address of welcome
by Professor Allan of Whitman
College, chairman of the confer
ence, and a cheer by the Hanford
delegation, the group was divided
into three sections, led by Rev. Van
Nuys of Portland, Rev. Isaac Bru
backer and Professor Allan. The
subjects discussed were of an ins
teresting and practical nature, elic
iting many comments from the
members of the various delegations.
The Hanford group consisted of
Louise Mculster, Wilma Cox, Ruth
Larson, Ruby Hoover, Geneva Cur
tis, Dorothy Pierson, Edith Carry,
Lois Heard, Lois Larson, Jack Cur
ry, George Needham, Bob Carry,
Vernon Van Zant, Bob Battig and
Rev. John Pate. :
The members of the society wish
to express their appreciation of the
kindness of the school board in
granting them the use of the bus,
and to Lester Brooks for his cour
tesy in arranging for the trip.
Maximum and minimum temper
atures recorded by observer MofTitt
at the Hanford weather station:
December 23 ..........42 28
December 24 .........42 24
December 25 ...........50 33
December 26 ...........50 B
December 27 ..........57 33
December 28 ............62 46
December 29 ..........52 40
Precipitation amounted to .26 of
an inch, including a trace of snow,
on the 26th, .09 of an inch on the
28th and .09 on the 29th,
The Weather
in one day and- being cut off from
all“communication with the outside
as a strong gale lashed the coast.
Portland had the heaviest rain in
26 years, and a blizzard raged in
the Oregon highlands. Western
Washington communities also re
ceived the heaviest rains in many
years, together with snow and sleet.
Heavy snows in the mountains
blocked traffic on Snoqualmie pass
and the Columbia River highway
Sunday and Monday, and caused
the wreck of four trains, an S. P.
& S. near Washougal, a Great
Northern near Merritt, and two
in Canada.
Telephone lines and power lines
were down in the mountains and
communication between many cities
was seriously hampered.
Spokane had a heavy fall of snow
over the week-end, making travel
in that area very hazardous, and
Yakima, Wentachee and other dis
tricts were blanketed under heavy
SNOWS. :
Irrigation Tax: .
Ligke Pate 16 9Set <
The irrigation sale for the cur
rent year's assessment and maint
enance charges, which became de
linquent November 30, will be held
at Prosser on January 22, County
Treasurer Ben Knox announced to
day. :
All districts of the county are in
cluded in the sale, and certificates
will be given for the amount of
the back tax. A year is given the
original owner in which to redeem
his property, after which the sale
is final,
Certificates given last January
will be subject to deed on Jan
uary 24, property owners having
until that date to redeem procerty
which became delinquent on No
vember 30, 1936.
A list of delinquencies in the
Priest Rapids and Riverland dis
tricts are posted in the boards' of
fices, the legal notices in this issue
of the Spokesman listing other lo
cations where the lists will appear.
‘“‘Roses In December’’
Is No Myth Here
~ The songwriter who turned out
the recent song hit, “Roses in De
cember,” must have been thinking
of the Priest Rapids valley at the
time, says Paul Schicka, who has
a rose bush which is just coming
into bloom, believe it or not.
While it is not unusual for roses
to remain in bloom through the
month of November and into De
cember, Paul believes that his bush
is setting a record for late bloom
ing. .
The bud was just a little too late
for Christmas, swelling into bloom
on Tuesday of this week.
K. E. Serier, Prosser attorney
who has an office in the Lloyd
building here each Tuesday, will
not make his regular trip to the
valley next week, as he has been
called to Walla Walla,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1937
Walker Gets
Contract For
Hanford School
Rushlight Co. Is Low On
Plumbing; NePage To
Do Electrical Work.
With a bid of $36,122.80, more
than $2,000 below the next ‘lowest
bid, the Walker Construction Co.
of White Bluffs was awarded the
contract for general construction
work on the new Hanford grade
school building Wednesday after
noon. ’
Contract for the installation of
plumbing and: heating eguipment
in the building was awarded to the
Rushlight company' of Portland on
. bid of $8,500, and the contract
?br electrical work to NePage-Mc-
Kenny company of Seattle, whose
bid was $2,380, bringing the total
cost of construction to $47,002.80.
Eleven bids for the ‘three con
tracts were opened by the directors
‘of the school district, under the su
ipervision” ‘of OVI THOMAs e the
lPublic Works Administration. Al
ternate bids were submitted on the
basis of elimination of several
rooms in the building but were not
;considered, as the basic bids came
within the estimates prepared by
the board. ; ]
"Work on the building willl be
started on Monday, D. @." Walker
states, with a crew of eight .or ten
men to be employed. The contract
calls for completion of the building
by June 8.
Unsuccessul bidders in the three
classifications and the basic figures
they submitted were:
General contract: West Coast
Construction Co., Seattle, $38,480;
Wm. Yeaman, Yakima, $39436;
Wim. McCulloch, Yakima, 1$40,618;
Ekrum Construction Co., Yakima,
$44,850. ‘ :
Plumbing and heating: Ogden
Company, Walla Walla, $9;087;
Johnson Leichnetz Co. Yakima,
$10,150.
- Electrical work: Estep Electric
Company, Yakima, $2,398; Tennent
Electric Company, Yakima, $2,657.
Trade Magazine Tells
Of English’s Hobby
F. A. English, White Bluffs drug
gist, received prominent space in
this month’s “West Coast Druggist,”
western trade magazine, as lead
er of the White Bluffs band and
prominent member of the North
west music world.
Accompanying the story was a
picture of the band and drum
corps, taken at the Wenatchee ap
ple blossom festival last spring.
The story, headed “A Construc
tive Hobby,” read:
“Frederick A. English, druggist of
White Bluffs, Washington, has a
real hobby. It is teaching children
to play band instruments. For 15
years Mr. English has kept up a
band of from 30 to 40 members,
many of whom have become promi
inent in the Northwest music world.
“He donates his time and also
assists the undertaking financially.”