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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

Miss Dora Helsom has received
her commission as postmaster of
the newly established office of East
Whitebluffs white Bluffs to be
written as one word.) She has al
SO received a great many of her
supplies and says she will open her
new office just as soon as she re-
ceives her cabinet.
The White Bluffs postmaster has
received instructions to dispatch
mail to the new Office by the carri-
er, James Shepherd, On the star
route between White Bluffs and
Hartford, every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. This means that
the mail that comes to the White
Bluffs office directed to East White
bluffs will be dispatched to the
new Office only by the regular car
rier on his regular tri-weekly
trips. The postal laws will not
permit a postmaster to give out
mail addressed to an office other
than his own; which means, when
applied to the local situation, that
the White Bluffs postmaster will
not be permitted.to pass out through
his office any individual mail d.
rccted To East Whitebluffs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22
Rural Free Delivery Service
Will Start Feb. 2nd

the afternoon instead of the morn.
ing. Under this arrangement the
r. F. d. carrier would take the
mail from both boat and train with
him every Tuesday, Thursday anG
Saturday afternoons.
The carrier on the route is auth
orized to carry stamps, money order
applications, to receive and distrib.
ute C. O. d. and insured parcels
and registered letters; in fact, he
is a travelling post office-you can
transact any business with him at
your gate that you can transact at
the post office.
Only the failure of the patrons
to have their boxes up in time can
prevent the service starting on Feb
ruary End. The Department must
have a certificate from the post
master that the boxes on the route
are up and this certificate must be
in their hands not later than Jan
uary 18th. To make this possible,
the certificate must leave White
Bluffs not later than January 10th
and, with the usual delay in mail
service at this season of the year,
it ought to go sooner. If the De-
partment does not receive the Ger
tificate by the date set they will or
der postponement of the date of
service. The Produce company has
ordered supply of mail boxes ap-
proved by the Postmaster General
They will sell this supply as long as
it lasts at $1.15. This is ten cents
less than the same box sells for
in Kennewick, and, incidentally, is
cheaper than Sears, Roebuck & Co.
will lay down the same box in
White Bluffs, and this price is
made possible because of the large
number who will take them now.
The rural free delivery is the
particular friend of the rancher
and whether it dubs along as a
three-times-aweek affair or soon
DlOSoOillo ouU INV q udlly SERVICE
will depend altogether on the bus
mess it gets from its patrons. At
present there is only one way to
boost it from tri-weekly to dali
ly and that is by the number of
pieces of mail handled and their
weight. This means the outgoing
as we'll as the incoming mail.
Being a patron on the route does
not prevent anyone from getting
mail at the postoffice any time it is
not in the hands of the carrier on
the route.
The establishment of this route
will be a material asset to the
community. Not only can it be
made great convenience but it
also adds real value to the land
in the territory in which it oper-
ates. 1t is the unmistakable and
evidence to the visitor
or prospective newcomer that this
is progressive, intelligent COM
That the route will be a success
is indicated by the large number
who have arranged to be on it
when service starts.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

nROVIDE for Christmas ere that it
do come
To feast thy meighbor good cheer to
haze some;
Good bread and drink, fire IN the
hall,
Braun, pudding, souse and good mas
tard, aUithal;;
Beef, mutton, pork and shred pies OF
the best,
Pig, zeal, goose, oapp1 and turkey well
drest;;
Apples and nuts to throw about the
hall,
That boys and girls may scramble for
them oil.
Sing jolly carols, make the .tiddlers
play
Let scrupatlous fanatics keep away;
For oftemtimes is seen no arramter
kndve
Than some aUho do counterfeit most to
be grave.
Poor Robins Almanac, 1864
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

Probably the most welcome new
received in this community for ;
long time came last Friday night il
communication from the Post Of
flee Department directed to the
White Bluffs postmaster, authoriz
ing the establishment of rura
free delivery service from this Of
flee, service to begin February 2
1917.
The Departments order is dated
December 9, 1916. Service will be
tri-weekly at first and the carrier
on the route will receive salary
of $576 per annum.
AS soon as the Department re-
ceives certificate from the White
Bluffs postmaster that the patrons
to be served have their boxes prop
erly placed along the route, an ex-
animation of the applicants for the
position of carrier will be ordered
by the Civil Service commission af-
ter due notice. The commission
will certify the results of the ex-
animation to the Department, who,
in turn, will advise the postmaster
of the name of the successful appli-
cant who will be the permanent
carrier. The Departments order
of December 9th, however, pro-
vides that if the postmaster is not
notified of the appointment of the
regular carrier prior to the date
set for the establishment of the
service that he shall appoint tenn
porary carrier to serve until the
regular carrier has been appointed.
The route established by the De-
partment is as follows:
Starting at the post office, west
on Federal avenue to Produce COM
pany corner, southeast to west line
of section SO, south to southwest
corner of section 80, east to south
east corner of section 80, north to
northeast corner of section 80, west
rs mile, north .25 mile, west .25
mile. then aorthaknly to Messer
corner, west to C. X. Dunn corner,
northwest and northerly to Cham
bers' corner, south to Chambers
southwest corner, west along north
line of section Is to its northwest
corner, south 5 mile and west to
southwest corner of Roberts place,
southeasterly to the southeast cor
per of MacDonell's, north to VIM.
Angle place, retrace from VIM. An
gle place to MacDonell's southeast
south to the south line of
section 10. east to the southeast
corner of Sprague's place, north
rs mile and cast to west line of
section 20, south to southwest cor
Ter of section 20, southwest on
Federal avenue to post office. 4
The order provides that the car
Ter shall leave the post office every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at
10 q. m. and return by 2::30 p. m.
A change in the days of service
IAN be had on request of the post
master, who will make such request
when satisfied that change is de- !
sired by a majority of the patrons,
md that it will result in a benefit
% the service.
The office now is receiving daily
,xcept-Sunday mail service one day
IN the train and the next day by
,oat. AS about four-ffths of the
nail comes in on the train on Mon
lay, Wednesday and Friday nights,
t is probable that the patrons will
lsk to have the rural delivery SER
ice on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
And as the mail on
)oat days arrives in the office at l
}. m it is possible that they will
lsk to have the delivery made in
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

The Spokesman wishes to
thank the large number of it's
subscribers who have volun-
tarily renewed their subscrip-
tons in the last month. These
voluntary remittances are &C.
corded a warm welcome for
two reasons; first, because of
the unusually high cost of
print paper, ink and all other
supplies that go to make up
the equipment Of a newspaper
shop, AMI second, because of
the little invisible world of
encouragement wrapped up in
each one.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

Not being satisfied with all his
other troubles, Sam Allard of the
city of Allard has added one more
to them by becoming the owner OF
a car. She is a new model Fore
and the purchase was made this
week from Fred Gilhuly of the
White Bluffs Garage. With the
same fear and trembling with
which a tenderfoot slips into the
saddle on a bucking cayuse, Sam
climbed into the drivers seat,
seized the steering wheel and tan
gled his feet up with all the other
contraptions. His pace was so slow
for the first hour or two that he
was constantly congesting traffic
on the street but as he gathered
confidence the car gathered speed
and before he departed
for home that night he
was whizzing past Oaklands, Paiges
Dodges and all the rest, like pas.
senger train going by a tramp
Along late in the afternoon he dis
appeared over the hill into the
west in perfect cloud of dust
and gasoline smoke.
The arctic owl, said to be the
forerunner of a cold winter when
seen in this section, according to a
local taxidermist, has ceased to
come down from the north, says
the Yakima Herald. Red foxes,
however, are to be found in larger
numbers, says the taxidermist, than
they have been known in several
years, and this he claims as a sign
of cold winter season. The abb
sence of the northern owl, however,
while the fox is making an appear
ance, he is at loss to explain.
The same paper says that more
than 20 arctic owls have been
bagged there this season, the cap
ture having been made within a
week, but none has been seen for a
number of days. One fox was re-
Gently killed in the Mckee and two
in the Ahtanum.
The owls left this valley appar-
emily at the same time they depart
ed from the Yakima valley, and
none has been seen here for some
time. There seems to be quite
little dispute as to whether the arc
tic owl is real or false prophet.
Some claim that the owl is seized
with the "wunderlust" every seven
years because the rabbits, which
make up the principal part Of his
bill of fare. die out every seven
years and it becomes necessary for
him to rustic his grub somewhere
else. Others claim that some of
these birds come in every year. In
any event, he is going to have to
speed up bit if he intends to pass
US hard winter this year.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-13
The Man Who Sticks

The man who sticks has the lesson
learned;
Success doesn't come by chance-it's
earned. .
By pounding away for good, hard
knocks, .
Will make stepping stones of the
stumbling blocks.
He knows in his heart that he can
not fail;
That no i'll fortune can make him
quail,
While his will is strong and his
courage high,
For he's always good for another try.
He doesn't expect by a single stride
To jump to the front; he is satisfied
To do ev'ry day his level best,
And let the future take care of the
rest.
He doesn't believe he's held down by
the boss
It's work, and not favor. that "gets
across"
So his motto is this: What another
Has been able to handle, I surely
can"
For the man who sticks has the
sense to see
He can make himself what he want!
to be,
If he'll off with his coat and pitcl
right in
Why, the man who sticks can't hell
but wini
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-13
Notice to Delinquent
Tax Payers

Upon all tax accounts that have
not been settled to November 1st, in
terest at the rate of per cent will
be charged from September 1st. On
the State Taxes, and the tax collec-
tors Of the various counties are re-
quired to collect such interest and to
proceed with the collection of the
taxes. Pay your taxes now, as the
first of the year is approaching. and
taxes not paid at that time will not
only draw interest. but will also be
advertised the latter part of January.
JAMES r. JONES,
Collector State and County Taxes.
Adv l-9-tf-
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-13
Do You Eno.y Thlt

A little cough often ends in a
large coffin?
Bodily vigor protects against
colds?
Careless sneezing, coughing. spit
ting spread colds? tA
Open air exercise cures colds?
Colds sometimes get well in spite
of the excessive use of alcoholic bey-
erages?
Overheated, air-tight rooms beget
colds?
Neglected colds often forerun
pneumonia?
Persistent, oft repeated colds, in
dicate bodily weakness?
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-13
Maipe'a Gum Industry.

Gathering spruce gum has long since
become one of the steady minor Indus
tries Of Maine, where every year about
$4,000 tons of crude gum, valued at a
third Of million dollars, are harvested.
The crude article Is formed as the re-
suit OF injury to red and black spruce
trees. Hedgehogs feed upon the inner
bark of .rees, and the injuries they
cause, known as hog cuts" are fruit
full sources of gum. Lightning scars.
frost cracks, old blazes and the abra-
sions caused by falling trees and even
sap sucker drills are other occasions
for gum formation. Around the edges
of such wounds little nodules appear
and gradually develop into Jumps or
teats A wide scar heals slowly and
may produce gum around the entire
wounded area, while a narrow seam
closes so quickly that only single row
of these nuggets" Is possible.-Argo-
aaut.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-13
CAPITAL Is STIRRED
BY PEACE TIDMCS
HIr. Wilson Silent, But Deeply In
t.lested''-Await Official Dispatches.

Washington, Dec. 12.-NeWS that
G efmany anu her allies were about
to en,er on peace negotiations was
immediately sent to President Will
son. Speaking tor the President, his
secretary, Joseph Tumulty, said that
'Mr. Wilson was deeply interested, but
could MAKE no comment, at least un-
IL it was learned what reception the
urOpoSaI received from the Allies.
he State department received It's
nr5t information OF Germany's pro-
pU6al through the Associated Press
CcapatcheS, from which Ohic1alS as
suIned that the offices of the neutrals
addressed are asked only to transmit
tie proposals. This will be done so
Tar as the United States is concerned
promptly on receipt of the Official de-
spatcheS in Washington. They Will
be forwarded to all the Entente
countries where the United States
regresents the Central Powers dip
loLlatically.
Whether the United States would
accompany the transmission with
ady comment or suggestion 1t was IN
u.caIed, depends entirely upon the
na.u ure OF the proposal and whether
it is considered likely OF considera-
ton. Ii the offer is deemed one
OF which all sides might negotiate,
the United States probably would
u.,5e that it be taken up.
n transmitting the proposals 1t
Was officially stated the United
/ states probably would follow the
Practice which has been invariable
50 far in acting as the medium OF
/ communication between the hostile
/ Governments and would not make
| them public. The terms would, OF
/ course, be known to President VIII
| son and Secretary of State Lansing.
" TO would examine them to deter
nine whether they should be &C
companied by any word from the
| United States.
The news was practically the only
| topic Of discussion among the mem
| Ders of Congress as they assembled
for the days session. The foreign
embassies and legations received
,heir information of the event thru
Associated Press dispatches.
On every hand the discussion turn
ed to what had moved Germany and
her allies to make their proposals al
this time. Although for many weeks
there have been persistent and Off
c:ally denied reports that some peace
proposal was about to be made By
President Wilson, there was no oper
Indication that the Central Power:
themselves were about to make one
Generally the announcement was s
distinct surprise through official ant
diplomatic circles.
One prevailing opinion was tina
the Germanic allies had brought ou
their peace offer at this time with the
expectation of making terms which
might be acceptable to the Allies ant
in effect might possibly cause thu
British Government to yield to th'
pressure of the nations fighting witt
her.
IN this connection, the recent cri
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-13
u " "1.7'I'' " TT puG anfOunC6.
NJ eza Iaade: &

vertising met the same fate as the
Romans did when the Huns came
sweeping down from the north. Until
the middle ages very little of 1t is
seen. But with the appearance again
Of the town crier, supplied with th
customary long winded declarations
ard choice supply of adjectives, All
veTtising began to make itself felt IL
the conduct Of business affairs. Th,
public criers began to organize them
selves both in France and In England
and they were persons with consider
able prestige.
From crying out the superior quail
ties of merchandise and all kinds OF
goods and wares the crier soon begal
to make announcement of things los
and found. Of sales, weddings. chris
Jennings and other interesting events.
Gradually as time went on inns be
gan to use distinctive signs and sym
bols to mark their hostelries. just as
individuals had employed coats of
arms. All kinds of devices were used
and are still used by inns to the pres
ent day. All such signs as the blue
anchor, the black dragon, the three
tuns, the boar's head, the red lion. and
so on, Diade definite representations
and implications.
OF, course with the development of
the printing press advertising took a
great spurt. The use Of posters came
Into vogue, and all kinds of pamphlets
were printed and distributed Printing
gradually began to supersede the hand
written manuscript. William CaXtOn
set up his press in Westminster abbey
| in 1471. and two centuries later. In
| 1922, d newspaper, believed to be the
first real newspaper. was printed. 1t
was called the Weekly News and pur-
poited to contain news of doings III
Germany. France. Hungary and Bohe
mia.
From then on newspapers, mostly
weekly publications. began to appear
from time to time in increas sing mum
bers. Advertisements of medicines be
! gan to be inserted In the newspapers
at an early date. The insertion of the
first real newspaper advertisements
however. is credited to Nathaniel But
Ter, who advertised books.
The first two magazines to carry ad
vertisements were Godey's Lady Boos
and Peterson's. but it was not until
1854 that magazine advertising really
began, and 1t was not until 1880 that
general use was made Of magazines
| for advertising purposes. - Philadet
ohia Press.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-13
i to prevent the Negotiation

~ ycparate peace with Germany,
Rvs recalled as an indication of
what the German Foreign Office
might be looking forward to in peace
negotiations. 1t has been generally
acknowledged in Entente circles tha'
he efforts would be made by Ger
many to conclude peace separately
With her enemies, but so far all the
Entente nations have reiterated their
mention to adhere to their agree
ment made early in the war not to
make a separate peace.
The recent death Of the Austrian
Emperor, Francis Joseph, and the
succession of King Charles to the
throne of the Dual monarchy also
was discussed as one of the consid-
erations which might have been a
factor in bringing out peace propo-
sails at this time.
The United States represents Aus
ria and Germany in Belgium,
France, Great Britain, Japan, Rus
sia, Serbia and Rumania; represents
Turkey in France, Great Britain and
Japan; has taken over Bulgarian in
terests nowhere and does not repre-
sent any of the belligerent Govern
ments in Italy, Portugal or Montene-
gro
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-13
Notice To Trespassers.

All persons are hereby warned not
to trespass with dog or gun, or in
any manner whatsoever, uron nv
lcnds of all kinds, in Lakes and
g rats districts.-Wm. c.. DEAN
Adv. 11-22-1m. o.a.w.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-13

Great men begin enterprises because
they think them great and fools be
ause they think them easy
Senargues.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-13
FIRST ADVERTISING
1t Was Done In Egypt, on Papy-
rus, Thirty Centuries Ago.
ANCIENT PUBLICITY DEVICES.

The Greeks Used Town criers and Mu-
sic, and Then Came Symbols and
Sisn5oares The Revolution That
Accompanied the Art of Printing.
The Egyptian gentleman who sought
a runaway slave 1900 years ago and
advertise On bit Of papyrus for his
recovery turned out the first piece of
advertising copy.
Whoever he was, he was a genius In
more than small way. His copy still
lives, preserved III the British museum
as an exhibit Of considerable archaeo-
logical impIr rtance AMI as an example
of what our advertising experts of to-
day would do If they, like the Egyp-
tian, did not have the benefit Of up tc
date information.
The Egyptians knew nothing about
the topography of advertising nor the
effect Of different colors. He didn't
know. for instance, that red is the
mdst effective eye catching color and
that green is second and black third.
OF these and n thousand other things
that influence the character of present
day advertisements he was totally In
/ ignorance. But he gets full credit for
making the first attempt at written
advertisement.
The Greeks. with q fine regard for
art, usually made music part Of the
advertising program. They gave US
the idea of employing bands to attract
attention. undoubtedly one Of the most
successful methods of drawing crowd
at any place and time.
! At first a town crier. accompanied
by a musician playing Tyre or a
harp, mingled among the Greek peo-
| pies and used only the best and choic-
| est Greek In his eXtrayagant praises
| of the product he was exploiting. Lat
er, however, private advertisements In
| writing began to be introduced, par
ticularly ON the whitened walls Of the
| homes, giving some information re-
garding the social standing and the
age Of the residents, their financial rat
ing and the family lineage.
The Romans advertised In many
| ways. They named their streets, ad
vectised shows, exhibitions and sales
op the terra Gotta walls Of public
bsths, acquainted the public with sales
of estates and absconded debtors anG
began the practice of notifying the
Romans of articles lost and found ant
houses for sale or rent.
The Romans are commonly credited
with the origin of the sign board. To
day we have the bulletin board, which
corresponds to the Roman tabella
a-s2 In the ruins of Pompeii ane