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

j. A. Blake. Mrs. F. E. Blair's
father, who lives at Camas, WASH,
is recovering from broken leg re-
ceived about two months ago while
working in a paper mill at that
place. Mr.. Blake visited here
about year ago and is we'll known
to good many at White Bluffs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

Christmas is here. Buy a tree
for ONLY TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
at the lumber yard.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

Someone left new pair of
wooden gloves at the postoffice one
day this week. Owner may have
by calling for them.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

FOR SALE-A light buggy, sin
gle harness. Also a good milk COW
your choice of three.
19tf u. S. Agnew
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re BLUFFS SPOKESMAN John McFee is building barn
on his ranch tn
DECEMBER %. O. ~. ,.s.
@ sa @ a tbs tree at the lumber yard IS cts
---- - Mr.. and Mrs U. s. Agnew made
gsaRa3N Hss the round trip Kennewck Mon
day in their Be
E.J. o'LAREY -
Editor andPr W. H. Kea drove overland to
Yakima Thursday, and will eat his "a
Christmas with friends there 10
WIN AND VALLEY NEWS ~. ,,.- Co. c... no
happy anticipation of holiday
Krug Vernita visit from their SON. James no
esday Shaw of Spokane. ~
ristn,as trees rs ..o ,a. 4oa Wa
uFiDei y"ia' nesday from KennevicS, where he
Cord Taylor to Seattle ,4e1 1. ILL.,. da
esday, spend the Christmas by
ys with friends Malcolm McFee left Wednesday
for his Seattle home after spend
Mt forget when you want week at Coonsay ranch ~
o from guest of his son John and family =
&C. O. Womrnack ~
j. L. Anderson, who has been
he Brown went to Cold spending several days visiting his
Friday morning to spend brother Edmond left Wednesday W
with his family that for his home IN Clear Lake. Wash
Mr. and Mrs f. j. Rider were IN
v r. ochuz VIII c0houcU passengers Wednesdays
lie the Brick for Evorett whore ev will snond
house. Saturday, December tho csa HOLIDAYS and y;si+ pa
at 10 g. friends for q month Ao
lf'"uS lof lD0".n ag
liam Mckay spent Monday in i, ~ p. ., ,. , fo
haus Oh business gong up back Walla Wala. His Ell
'"s ''"i" anu ~ mer will continue to make his res
wy e'e"N's' idence here, however, and look aft m
j. S. Moreand family = ~ ~ - 49,
my S'i' o lii' Ne The Christmas dance at Codding BI
~ ~ 10000 C,L;. hall has been postponed. Messrs. TO-
Boag and Ghuly big
nn.4 49,, ~ , dance for New Years night, with !,
- 80 ~ wy the best music in the country and W.
completed, the building will ~ pf wi
SUBSTANTIAL Improvement BY banding subscription ri
ranch the undersigned you receive pc
and Mrs Anaro po have the weekly Oregonian for only
having quite usse o' " Se"1 A"o oei appee da
Tho nno for 40 + ~ to both renewals and old subscrib- "
dave hut owe onar+ad w This offer holds good until ~
ably Improved. n"ic'' - i'l' - or, ro
= q A"eS TIL
and Mrs. f. |. Badger x
mod . s, ort 80 49, DR.. l. G. Holland who returned mi
folks OF the neighborhood 'N ' eso 'i oi''"n''
1odnosd., ouonina - where he had been called by the
,n+ +ioo woo aad b m illness of his mother, "
ceved telegram Sunday morning w
c,ln, o,+ ~ that his mothers condition ~
~ and brought back another was "oe asa' anu ei' ST.
7ord which h hoe f , ately. AS he took his and the "
ciln1, 1,aon ~ 1;n rest of his belongings it is pre-
for the few like su'"eu NC VIII no' ie'oii'
the past few he will have
hole country all W.T. and Mrs raul Schcka re- Ut
them turned Friday night from Seattle SE
where they had gone the week be- a
r. Roberts left to spend honeymoon
forming for Butte Montana On the night of their they
visit with her sister, Mrs treated to old fashioned we
ory whom she has not harva but they had evidently WI
Mrs Jory and her family been slipped the and fri
guests at Shawnee Fruit pared with etc. the TIL
five Mrs Rob- earthly band
xpects to be gone therefore long
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

The High school pupils enjoyed a
holiday Wednesday,, Prof. Perry
being i'll and unable to be in the
schoolroom that day.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

Clate Grewell, who received a
bad fall last week and was laid up
for several days, started to work
again this week and had the mis-
fortune to sprain his ankle the first
dau
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22
Notice for Publication

North Yakima List No. 1884,
United States Land Office, Norh Yakima Wash
ington.
November ID. 1916.
Notice is hereby given that the Northern Pa
cific Railway Company, whose postoiice address
is st, Paul. Minnesota. has this 14th day of Nov
ember. 1916. filed in this office it's application to
select under the provisions of the act of Congress-
approved July l. 1898 go Stat. 597. 62O.)
l. NWh of SWA Sec. S-14N-23EWM no. 90 acres
g. SWA of NWA Sec. 90 y 1000 -
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

Don McFee left for Seattle Fri
day morning to eat his Christmas
turkey and stay for the holidays.
The Christmas frolic in the upper
room was accordingly given on
Thursday instead of Friday, to per-
NIT Don to take part.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22

F. M. We'll came in from Walla
Walla Tuesday bringing with him
j. B. Valentine, a former prom
inent resident of Douglas county.
but who for the last ten years has
made his home in Spokane. Mr..
Valentine was sizing up the valley
for himself and others. He ex-
pressed himself as being very much
pleased with the outlook here, be-
ing particularly impressed with the
development in the gas field to the
south and the great power site at
Priest Rapids.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-22
5000 acres

Serial No. 08378
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
the Mineral character of the land, any other
reason. to the disposal to applicant should file
their afdavits of protests in this office, on or be-
fore the 14th day of January. 1917.
IL liz 90 RICHARD STRoBACH. Register.
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Simplicity.

MFRS. EVERETT NJ. RAYNOR of New
4V4 York, who has been elected presi-
dent general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, said at lunch
con:
There are many anecdotes in illus
tration of the simple living of the
fathers.
One of our country's pre-revolution-
airy fathers had occasion to call on the
governor of his province, and was in
vited to stay to luncheon.
Luncheon began. and liveried serv-
ant moved busily about. serving the
wine, carving the fowl and so forth.
The guest watched the servant for
some minutes, and then said to him
irritably:
what are you dance, dance, dancing
about the room for. man? Can't you pull
up a chair and sit down? Surely there s
enough room for the three of u.s."
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FACTS ABOUT MUSHROOMS

foodstuff. in dealing with the question
that a man may cohfound pun balls
and mushrooms gives the assurance
that none of the puff balls are poison
Gus. though they are not all edible He
says that there are many less attrac-
tive eatables than a pun ball in prime
condition fried like an omlette or
stewed with sweetbreads. Then there
is the Pleurotus ostreatus, found on
certain kinds of trees. and the Pleu-
rotus ulmarius found on the elm. and
the delicious Lepiota procera, broiled,
is calculated by nature to tickle the
palate. But it would seem to be COM
mon sense to leave the selection of
epicures and botanists, if mushrooms
are truly and scientifically included
under the head of botany.
Some men have come to grief and TO
an untimely end through mistaking
Amanita muscaria for the highly priced
Amanita caesaria, but it is admitted
that only a mushroom expert of rare
attainment and discernment should at
tempt this selection, and even he with
scrupulous care.
The mushroom most largely consum-
ed in Washington, as well as in all
parts of the United States, is known as
the meadow mushroom, or Agaricus
campcstris. There are close relatives
of this species which the casual observ-
err would take for the meadow mush-
room. They are all good to eat and all
10 De from Afndn1ta pnal-
loides by the color of the gills, by a
person who really knows his mush-
rooms.
1t is explained by a mushroom ex-
pert that the glis of the meadow
mushroom are at first pink. and as the
plant becomes older the color changes
to purplish brown and at last to almost
black. Amanita phalloides, a violently
poisonous form. shows gills which are al
ways white, no matter how old the
plant is. The stem of the meadow
mushroom is not Dubious at the base
and shows sign of the sheath. while
the stem is almost always free fra-D
any evidence of what is called tina
veil" Amanita phailoides has stem
dubious at the base, set in a kind of
sheath which is popularity called the
poison cup and the stem carries the
disrupted veil in the shape of a collar.
AS a matter of fact. no matter how
often the distinguishing features Of
poisonous and non-poisonous mush-
rooms are described and given public
ity, there are persons who will con-
found them with fatal results. Amani-
tine poisoning is rather slow at first,
the symptoms manifesting themselves
about twelve hours after ingestion:
then the progress is as rapid as strych.
nine poisoning, which 1t resembles
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lamps to the most practical of uses.
Life-saving guards patrol the coast
line at all hours of night and day and
are on the qui vive every minute of
the twenty-four hours for a life in
peril.
While they are on the lookout a pre-
scribed duty consists in tramping
miles along a given stretch of beach
Two life guards. for instance. will
start at the same time from different
stations and walk toward each other
until they meet. AS these guards
travel along their designated routes
they are able to communicate with
each other and with their respective
stations by means of signals. When
the new electric lamp is furnished them
the lightness of the equipment will
make it easily possible for a guard to
strap it on his back and so take ii
with him on his jaunt. His work will
be more efficient, so authorities con-
tend. He will be able to send a mes
sage on a great many nights that were
before impossible for signaling. Each
station will also be provided with the
lamps.
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pioneers have expanded naturally into
Lower California, and there is little
physical resemblance between the pc
ninsula and the great fertile region
this side of the Rio Grande. Yet there
are geographical and political condi-
lions which give rise to the reports
of prospective secession of Lower
California from Mexico, and the set
ting up of republic.
Anti-expansionists and anti-impe-
rialists will see in any move of this
kind a plot originating on this side of
the border which has for it's purpose
annexation. Mexican patriots-and
there are some Mexicans who are pa
triotic-will also see the same thing.
Believers in manifest destiny will
merely have a vision of expectations
realized.
Developments must be awaited to de-
termine what the future of Lower Cali
fornia is. and what may come out of
the Mexican chaos.
Some of the news dispatches have re-
ported that the republic of Lower Cali
fornia is to be set up by the present
military governor declaring himself
dictator That is not an unusual be-
ginning of Latin American republics.
Vague notions prevail of what con-
stitutes Lower California. Physically,
IT is peninsula 700 mHes long and a
hundred miles or so across from the
Pacific to the gulf. The peninsula is a
jagged one with a mountain range
paralieling the Pacific. The sterile
heights are not inviting, nor is the
cactus-covered tableland. Few passes
bisect the mountain range. There is
little timber and less water, but the
peninsula is not all barren waste.
There are regions in which the wealth
of tropical vegetation is riotous. and
there are great stretches of land which.
by means of irrigation. can be made
the sources of productive agriculture.
II is the coast. however. that Is of
chief international Importance. This
was charted by Admiral Dewey when
he was Capt Dewey. 1t has also been
charted by other officers of the United
States Navy. and its characteristics
are not unknown to the Japanese navy.
There are few good harbors either on
the Pacific side or on that of the gulf.
and that is another reason which makes
those that do exist of such interna-
tional Importance
A wealth of romantic tradintion clus-
tiers around the peninsula. 1t has been
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Washington administration, occasional
ly sought to invoke the possibility OF
Japan as an ally of Mexico, and this, OF
course. meant Magdalena bay as jap
anese naval base. Gen. Huerta's knowi-
edge of Mexico, which enabled him to
sustain himself SO long against Wash
ington, was almost eoualed by his ig-
norance of international affairs: Had
he been less ignorant he would have
known better than to put himself In a
position where disclaimers from Japan
became necessary.
Magdalena bay itself is thoroughly
known to the American navy. When
President Roosevelt started the Amer
lean fleet around the world. Porhrio
Diaz seized the opportunity to show
his friendship for the United States and
to demonstrate that he had no fears of
Interior purposes on our part He ex-
tended the hospitality of Magdalena
bay as a naval station for three years.
The fleet, under Admiral Evans. maneu-
vered there in 1908.
La Paz, which is on the gulf, has
been used as a coaling station by the
United States. The station is not far
from the old cove which was the rem
days when the Gulf Of California was
known as the Sea OF cortez.
La Paz Is actually the metropolis of
Lower California. The United tSates
maintains a consulate there. and there
used to be small American colony
engaged in business. There were also
some adventurous Americans who did
not know just why they were there
Should the military leaders Of what
exists of the Mexican army in Lower
California decide to set UP a dictator
ship and call 1t a republic. La Paz
would be the center of a good deal of
interesting news. But there would also
be interesting news from Ensenada. on
the Pacific coast, which is much nearer
to American territory and with which
communication is much easier.
Lower California, however. is not
likely to become another Texas.
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Is situated near the gulf coast 1t is
controlled by the French branch of the
Rothschild family, and the majority of
the foreigners there are Frenchmen.
Santa Rosalia has been described as a
French municipality in a Spanish and
Indian environment.
The pearl fisheries of the gulf at one
time were quite valuable, although the
reports of the revenues which the
Spanish crown derived from them were,
as usual, wildly exaggerated. The CEN
ter of the pearl fishing industry Is at
La Paz. 1t has dwindled a good deal
in recent years, but Is still a source OF
revenue to the government.
The agricultural resources Of the
peninsula never have been systemati-
caly exploited. This Is partly because
it only could be done on a scale reQuir-
ing a large amount of capital and part
ly because of the political uncertain
ties. The country itself Is not such as
United states, though there have been
a few adventurous spirits who took
their chances What Is needed in or
der to insure colonization Is irrigation:
Just after the civil war a number OF
capitalists and public men in the
United States formed company FOR
the colonization of Lower California.
The company included August Belmont,
the banker, and Gen. John A. Logan.
Like many companies of the same sort.
it's projectors had only the vaguest no
ton of what they were undertaking.
Their engineers, however, reported
facts regarding the necessity for a
large expenditure of capital.
This colonization enterprise lapsed.
but along in the eighties it was revived
under the form of a Connecticut cor
poration with s20.0oo.00o capital, on pa
per. Nothing practical resulted, and
later a European company Is said to
have taken over the concession OF the
American company. 1t, too, failed to
secure results.
The relation of Lower California to
the United States always has been d
source of anxiety to Mexicans. with
the possible exception of Pornrio Diaz.
He did not seem to fear that the
United States had any designs on the
peninsula.
Physically, the peninsula is the ex-
tension of California, and geographi-
cally 1t is a part of the Golden state,
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a Separate Republic in Lower California

and the negotiations had to be aban-
doned. The civil war in the United
States ended all further discussion of
Mexico.
During the last hfty years there
have been some mild movements for
the acquisition of Lower California,
and also occasional efforts at filibus-
tering. apparently under the impression
that this was the way to get the PENN
sula. The American people, however,
have shown very little interest in these
projects, and the government, where
ever it could. has got after the filibus-
tiers.
Attention has been conferred on the
proper interest OF the United States
in Lower California through the Mag
dalena bay incident That was a case
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notwithstanding the boundary line. Its
complete isolation from the Mexican
mainland and its physical connection
with California render it Independent
should really choose to set itself up as
a republic. A considerable army would
be necessary to keep it attached to
Mexico.
During the anarchy OF the last five
years Lower California has been sub
stantialiy Independent Of any authority
at Mexico City, and, SO far as known,
has never given more than the most
perfunctory allegiance to any Of the
military factions which claimed to
be the de facto government of Mexico.
On two or three occasions it has de-
clared that it was neutral as between
the factions.
Because of the geographical situation.
1t would seem that Lower California
should have become American territory
when Upper California was annexed as
the outcome of the Mexican war. This
was proposed. but the representatives
of such authority as could be called
Mexico refused to consent to it, and
the United States did not press the
point.
reached California by way of the
peninsula, but they did not become i'm
pressed with it's value so as to stay
there. instead of going on, although
some of them afterward returned and
met with disappointment
The failure of the United States to
insist on the cession of the peninsula
was resented by the lawless southern
element of California, and various pdoj-
ects: were formed for Selling the
peninsula. These finally crystallized in
the Walker filibustering expedition,
which had for it's object the creation of
slave states out of Lower California
and Sonora
Physical courage was the only thing
which distinguished the Walker fill
busters of 1853. They destroyed
priceless historical documents at La
Paz, and gave other evidences of
wantonness. The expedition was such
a complete failure that the forcible
seizure of Lower California ceased to
have many advocates on the Pacific
coast.
During Buchanan's administration eff
forts were made through diplomatic
negotiation to obtain the peninsula by
purchase. Minister McLane negotiated
several treaties with the insecure gov
eminent of Bonita Juarez One of these
treaties gave the United States the
right of military intervention in Mex
leo in certain contingencies. This
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suspicious OF the nature of the pro-
posed land and colonization scheme
around Magdalena bay.
The Investigation made by the State
Department under the direction of Sec
rotary Knox did not disclose that any
foreign government was directly in
terested in the project A full report
was made to the Senate on the subject.
Nevertheless, the Senate thought IL
wise to pass the resolution introduced
by Senator Lodge, which was in sub
stance a declaration that the United
States would regard the establishment
of any foreign power at Magdalena
notice to Mexico, as well as to Europe
and Asia.
Cen Huerta. during his duel with the
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No Complaints.

G EcRETARY DANIELS was talking
~ about the splendid morale of the
American navy.
Take the matter of work." he said.
THE men work like Trojans. Nowhere
does such an endless round of work
go on as In our navy.
II asked a boy apprentice once il he
had any complaints to make.
mo, SIR the boy answered, looking
up from his work. No. sir; no COM
plants. Only it's like this. sir-they
keep on making you keep on"
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the new lamp can be neatly packed and
transported over mountains without in
convenience to the bearer. The lamp it
self. an ammeter. a rheostat and a switch
complete the outfit. When the entire ap-
paratus is packed in its case it weighs
but 231s pounds.
The bulb Of this signal electric lamp
looks like an ordinary electric light bulb.
and the novice in electrical fields could
not tell wherein i; differs from the usual
bulb. But comparison between the two
will quickly divulge a difference The
tiny. fine wire in the signal lamp bulb
is wound much closer and tighter than
that in the bulb generally used. and
therein lies the magic of its light The
bulbs provided for surveying parties are
not all OF the sagse degree Of intensity;
there aIe -..2-: -. i.,'s. short and me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09

will be easily possible to increase the
number of observing nights rs per
cent when the new lamp 10 employed.
Previous experiments had been made
with a calcium light, which threw
brighter light than the original lamps,
but whose apparatus was too heavy to
be feasible for practical service.
Other experiments were tried with the
storage cell and II was believed for
time that this could be utilized. depend
ing upon electricity to supply the light.
Here cost and weight proved to be in
surmountable obstacles, and this
scheme was abandoned. The electric
generator was tested, retested and
studied from every possible angle in
hope of putting II into service, but
here again weight was an important
objection and considerable doubt was
entertained as to the generators
continuous efficiency
The lamp which has finally been
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A Grim Outlook.

MWEN WISTER, the author, said at
W a dinner in Philadelphia:
I'm the position in which militarist
Germany has put herself, the very best
outlook is grim and tragic.
Germany. in short recalls. when
she puts her best foot forward. the
consumptive criminal in the dock, who
said:
Ten years, Judge? Thank you.
Thank you, heartily. My doctor only
gives me ten months.
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1t Engenders Optimism.

a CONGRESSMAN was talking about
q u certain underhand influences that
had been at work upon the shipping
bill.
These people," said Mr.. Kitchin,
have a very philanthropic. cody air.
but when 1 consider the work they're
trying to do l am reminded of the old
mans definition of an optimist
IAN optimist,' the old man said
grimly, is Teller wot has just sue
ceeded in gettin' the best Of his nsisa.
boz" -.
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THEATER AT LA PAZ.

in which Washington could not afford
to view the international situation with
unconcern.
Naval officers know the harbor as
one of the finest in the world, just as
the old-time New Bedford whalers
knew it, They knew that the United
States, in due regard for it's own
rights. never could acquiesce in any
arrangement by which any Asiatic
power, or, for that matter, a European
power, would be allowed to convert
Magdalena bay into a naval station.
For that reason they. perhaps. were