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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-15
Goodbye
Dyspepsia
No More GurEly Brash. LUMP OF
Lead" had Digestion. Heartburn
stomach Troubles.

The man who can't help making
faces at his stomach. the man or wom-
an with a grouchy digestion. or with
downright dyspepsia need fret no more
over stomach troubles
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-01-21

tn ereby hangs a tale. Somewhere,
l don't know where, the White
Bluffs paper had secured word that
we were coming but unfortunately
they expected us on the previous
Sunday. They suggested a very
warm welcome but as we didn t
get along there till Thursday Pm
afraid they got tired of waiting.
And the tragedy of it was, that
when we did get there we didn t
stop just the same as we didn t
stop at many town on the trip
for lack of time. And oh, the
roast that newspaper gave us in it's
next issue for passing up it's fair
little city. don't blame them,
for White Bluffs is nice place and
we would like to have stopped, but
time didn't permit. And so I'm
afraid we will never be welcome
in White Bluffs, even though we
might go there hat in hand and
beg forgiveness.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-01-21
Gee WhiZ,
d Below!

With the official government
thermometers at Wahluke on the
north and Hanford and Kennewick
on the south reporting a minimum
of % degrees below zero, and Yak
ina reporting as low as 28 below,
White Bluffs steps to the front as
the real little old banana belt with
minimum of II below, when the
whole northwest shivered with the
coldest night probably it has ex-
perienced since thermometers were
invented-the night of January Is,
or rather, the early morning fol-
lowing. There are those among
the inhabitants of this sizzling me-
tropolis who stoutly aver that tho
local government thermometer
must have slipped cog. but OBJ
server Rickard. who has long es-
tablished record for accuracy. says
it was read Alright. and that moth
ing is the matter with tfe ther-
mometer.
Anyway. it was some cold, IS
cold, if not colder than the previ-
Gus record of January, 1909. wi1en
temperature of % below wss
spread on the record. Sunday
night the mercury dropped to is
below and, in the opinion of those
who were awake, or could not
sleep during the night. Tuesday
night exceeded that in coldness by
several degrees.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-01-21

Surprising the Power company
by his 'thoroughness of prepara-
tion, M. M. Moulton, represent
ing the ranchers and land owners
in this valley, ably assisted by
Lon Boyle, presented remark
ably strong case before the Pub
lie Service commission at the hear
ing of the Hanford water case in
Kennewick, on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week.
Much of the evidence was Of
an expert nature. The State ev-
idence consisted of the testimony
of Accountant Simpson and Engi-
neer McCurrach. The Power COM
pany introduced but two witness
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-01-21
Motor Boat
Boost Bluffs

Through the New Columbia
Gateway" the feature article in
the current number of the Pacific
Motorboat, tells the story of the
launch trip taken last fall by A. v.
Comings, editor of Motorboat, and
Walter Miller, outdoor photograph
er, cruising from Priest Rapids to
the mouth Of the Columbia. Men
ton of the trip was made at the
time in the Spokesman, together
with some subsequent remarks
when the two adyenturers failed to
stop at White Bluffs as expected.
But anyway, Mr.. Con1ings did not
forget White Bluffs and gives this
place a fattering little notice and
an apology. The entire article,
ably written and profusely illus
trated, is extremely interesting.
Mr.. Comings' remarks concerning
White Bluffs follow:
with Coyote Rapids gradually
slipping astern, we look the big
bend of the river to the eastward
toward White Bluffs, which | had
seen in the far distance on one Of
my excursions +up into the noun
talns hack of the Diamond D
Ranch. We arrived at the head Of
the bluffs at 1890, and landed on
the edge of very large eddy just
above the highlands, to take some
pictures. The bluffs, of some pink
ish white, clay-like substance, were
a glare of blazing reflection in the
brilliant sunlight. They sweep in
a giant crescent to the southwark,
turning the river at this point at
almost a right angle.
Just below here. and opposite, Is
the village Of White Bluffs, and
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-01-21
Ice Cuts off
'ledric Juice

Territory served by the Pacific
Power & Light company in the
Yakima and Columbia River val
leys, have had interrupted light
and power service since last Satur-
day, owing to the freezing of the
hydro-electric plants. Steam plants
in the~Yakima and Kennewick dis
tricts have kept those places sup
piled, but it was only during the
small hours Of the morning that
any juice filtered up this way until
the company was able to adjust it.
self and service was restored Tues
day.
The cold weather caused break
in the Yakima water supply and
considerable difficulty was exper-
fenced in keeping the pressure up
to q safe point for fire purposes
with temporary service with boost
er pumps from the Fruitvale canal.
Wa(la Walla was without light.
power or street car service for a
time, but the capture of an addi-
tional amount Of water in the.
Walla Walla river Tuesday restor-
ed the service. Wednesday night
section of the Walla Walla flume
went out, again putt:ng the White
Bluffs Hanford district outside the
pale of those served.
>~
So far no depredations from
jack rabbits have been reported.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-01-21
Strong Case Made Out in
Hanford Water Rate Hearing

es, Chas. M. Sanford, local mana
ger, and Engineer Gray. Engi-
neers Burroughs and Hanson fur
nished the expert testimony for
the ranchers, and w. H. Keal
and j. F. Bleakley testified as to
the quantity of water necessary
and the price the rancher could
afford to pay. Both testified the
amount necessary was 48 inches
and the price for this quantity,
S4.00 per acre per season.
The Power company conten ded
that the maintenance charge should
be large enough to cover not on
ly the operating expenses of the
entire irrigation system and pow
er plant as it is to-day. but the
taxes, depreciation and a fair re
turn on the invested capital of
100000, and that this entire
charge should be placed against
the 1858 acres of land that their
books show now to have Han
ford water right. This would
bring the annual maintenance up
to trifle over $32. per acre for
the contract allowance of water
Of SO acre inches per season.
Mr.. Moulton's contention was
that the maintenance charge
should be whatever sum was nec-
essary for the operation of an ef-
ficient system apportioned equ ally
over the 5000 acres below the
ditch that the system was built
to water, taking into account also
what the land could afford to pay.
This, he figured would amount
to approximately 81. per acre for
48 acre sinches Of water spread
over an irrigation season Of sew
en- months.
BY agreement Of counsel, the
case will be submitted to the
Commission on briefs and Mr..
Moulton was allowed until Febru-
ary first to file his opening brief
and the Power company was CIV
en- fifteen days after service of
Mr.. Moulton's brief to file theirs
and Mr.. Moulton given ten days
to file his reply brief after SER
vice of the company's brief. If
the attorneys take the entire time
allowed, the case will be up to
the Commission for determination
by February Is. This, the Com
mission said, would give them
ample time to render their deci-
sion before the opening Of the ir-
rigation season on April l.
The Power company was rep
resented by Elmer E. Todd of
Seattle and Attorney Knowlton of
Colorado Springs. H. Alexander
Smith was sick and his partner,
Knowlton, appeared in his stead.
Scott Henderson, attorney for the
Commission, appeared for the
state and Moulton and Boyle for
the ranchers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-01-21

So far no depredations from
jack rabbits have been reported.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
For Square-Dealing Americanism.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Said Mr.. Hughes, in recent address:
"What | did in connection with my duty as
Governor involved principle which | should
continue to apply if | were President. This
is: | examined the proposals made as thor
oughly as | knew how, and what | thought
was right favored, and when believed the
measure was wrong did not attempt to gain
votes by ndorsing it,"
This clear-cut statement should have spe-
cial weight with every elector of this Republic
who does his own thinking by reason OF the
prominent character and calibre of its
author. If he were in the White House, Mr..
Hughes would not deviate hair in his APP
plicaton of the principle referred to in his
address. Such official rectitude and efficiency
could have but the one result-aye, the safe
guarding of the best interest Of the nation!
The writer, for one, believes that, morally,
intellectually and periodically speaking, Mr..
Charles Evans Hughes, should he be elected
to the Presidency, would so discharge his
executive duties as to occasion every genuine
American ctizen-native-born or naturalized
to feel proud Of his country. An over
whelming majority of the membership of the
great American electorate should come to
the front" in November and cast their potent
ballots in favor of Mr.. Hughes, would they
do the right thing at the right time for
Square dealing Americanism"! PIX p.
Woodhaven, n. Y, Sept. 80, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
Downtown Once More.

It NAV be that the subway commuter,
grown aweary of daily journeyings from
2OOth Street to Wall, voiced wish that
home and office were adjacent. Whoever
the snonsor of the idea, the firm which Is
drawing up plans for the erection of an
apartment house in Hanover Square, IN
the Wall Street district, is making an
interesting experiment, one which, mas
much as several applications are already
in for apartments, savors even now Of
success.
1t pleases us to let imagination wander
through the narrow downtown streets.
We think of a second apartment house, a
third. a hotel or two, and finally we
picture a residential section fourishing
again, decade hence, in lower Manhattan.
Will the dwellings be segregated, or will
bank or trust company, for instance, be
neighbored by an apartment hotel and a
white stone mansion? Is Broad Street to
look upon the sight of white capped and
aproned nursemads wheeling infants in
carriages in and out among its crowds-its
bankers, its brokers, its Office boys? Will
Battery Park become a second Gramercy
Park?
Such thoughts tax the Imagination. But,
calling to mind the fact that fifty years
ago a similar intermingling of business
and dwelling places existed, the imagery
is less difficult. Who cannot remember
the Astor House at Broadway and Vesey
Street (for years sole evidence that lower
Manhattan had once been a place to live
in) which was demolished three years ago
to make way for subway excavations? And
going back still further, we recall the
Stevens House in Bowling Green, French's
Hotel. where the World Building now
stands; the Cosmopolitan at Chambers
Street and West Broadway, the United
States Hotel at Pearl and Fulton streets,
the Merchants and the National in Cort-
l2ndt Street, the Howard House at Broad
way and Maiden Lane, Patterns Hotel in
Greenwich Street, and the old Fifth Ward
Museum Hotel at West Broadway and
Franklin Street, in front Of which stood
for years a statue Of George III, torn
away during the Revolution from its place
of honor in Bowling Green.
These hotels, scattered throughout the
lower part of the city, stood alone as re-
minders Of gay youth. Dignified private
dwellings had been the first to go, then
the old-fashioned business structures and,
lastly, the hotels, torn down one by one.
The past was forgotten.
But tickle little island is our Manhat-
tan. Can we be blamed for wondering
what her next mood will bring US?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
Some Pessimistic Reflections.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: II is a sad commentary on the depths
TO which our Administration at Washington
has sunk when the opinions Of the pro-Britlsh
interests as represented by your good selves
in this mornings editorial, without Coun-
try; the pro-Germans as represented by the
letter Of Max Nydegger, and the pro-Ameri-
cans as represented by the letter of X. ,.
Burdette, are placed in parallel columns.
1t is surprising, when rejecting upon the
above situation, to think that the men to
whom we intrusted the task of selecting a
standard bearer chose man whose father
settled in this country but five years prior to
his sons birth to oppose man whose mother
was born abroad. In these times, when a
strong American, and only American, stand
should be demanded by our citizens as the
aggressions of all the countries engaged in
the great war, against this nation, should be
repelled with vigor we have the spectacle
Of two men who, by all the ties OF nature
and breeding, are partisan sympathlzers con
tending for the Presidency, and deluding the
Americans Of other foreign stocks into think
ing they will be strongly American and
strictly neutral.
In a nation Of 100, 100000 people it should
have been easy to pick out one whose ancestry
had been American for at least 200 years, and
against whom no suspicion of Partially could
have been attributed. Such a one was
Theodore Roosevelt, but his associates of
the past few years being gentlemen" and
one could not doubt their word, and his
reading confirming his associates opinion
by courtesy of the British censor, has warped
his judgment, and he was noisy when he
should have been silent and silent when he
should have spoken.
Mr.. Hughes knows his public better, and
by silence fools them all. 1t is characteristic
Of US TO be impatient, to expect things to be
done on impulse, and to want change:
witness our automobiles, ragtime music.
movies, monographs, infantile paralysis
scourge, etc, hence exit Mr.. Wilson, though
his legislative record is excellent.
HARRY MASTERS BUCHLlN.
New York, Oct. 5, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU WORK
How the State Agency Is Building Up a
Valuable System.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: I note with interest your article on
the abolition of the City Employment Bureau.
I would have suggested that the bureau WORK
along the lines of the State Public Employ
ment Bureau. This agency realizes the splen-
did opportunity which is now theirs Because
of the abnormal economic conditions the stan
has less to do along the lines of placement
and is working to fruiton the other functions
of an employment bureau. They claim that
placement work is but one Ct the many phases
Of their "job" and that there is larger field
to be covered along constructive lines.
The time is utilized in visiting employers.
This leads to better understanding on the
part of the employer and gives the solicitor
a first hand knowledge of trade conditions,
both generally and as existing in each par
ticular case. The employe, employer and en-
ployment bureau are directly benefited be-
cause the placement worker has visual
image Of the process of work, and the right
man and right Job are connected without loss
of time.
In the Juvenile field there is unlimited
work to be done outside of placement.
would say that placement stands third IN
Importance. First and foremost would come
the study of the child; then industries would
have to be charted 20 show in which children
can be placed with advantage to them.
Follow up" can be done only with small
number at the beginning. 1t should be IN
tensive to the fullest degree and should blaze
the way to constructive cooperation with the
public school system.
The State Public Employment Bureau is on
the right track, and the time will soon be
here when the public (Which is supporting IT.
will realize that it stands for what is not
only commercial but educational in value.
VIOLA MANNHEIM,
Secretary Committee on Vocational Guidance,
United Hebrew Charities.
New York, Sept. 30, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
Reopen the Lighting Case!

When the New York Edison Company
in 1915 made a slight reduction IN lts
rates everybody thought this resulted
from an order of the Public Service Com
mission, following a long investigation
The public was grievously fooled. It now
appears that this reduction was merely
the price the corporation was wiling 10
nav for a three-year immunity from 1ur-
Their rate litigation and an appraisal OF
IFS property. 1t agreed with majority
Of the commission, Messrs. Mccall, Cram
Williams and Wood-all, happily now out
of the public's employment-that 1t would
not take an appeal from an order Tor such
reduction if the desired immunity were
assured by the commission.
The purport of that agreement is PLAIN
The company would, manlfestly, make
such a bargain only because 1T feared the
result of further inquiry into rates and an
appraisal of its property. Therefore the
making of this agreement was an offence
against the public, and additional proof
though not needed, of the low conception OF
their duty held by the four commissioners
IMPLICATED. 1t is significant that Commis-
sioner Maltbie, who was the one member
of the commission thoroughly familiar
with lighting affairs, was not let into the
secret. He stuck out for much lower
rate. and voted for the order In ques-
ton only when he found he could get
nothing better for the public from his
four colleagues.
Under the circumstances, 1t seems to be
merely fair and decent for the present
Public Service Commission TO reopen
this case, in accordance with the request
of numerous taxpayers and the desire OF
Mayor Mitchell and Mr.. Maltbie. No mat
ter what the former commissioners
agreed to do for the benefit of this corpora
ton, the present commission is not bound
by their acts. The whole proceeding was
against the interests of those who buy
electric current from this company, and
contrary to the spirit Of the Public Service
Commissions law. A reopening of the
case cannot damage the corporation beyond
the expense necessary to prove the justice
of its rates, and it may possibly be of
great benefit to many taxpayers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09

large enough to patrol our Southern bor-
der and TO give support to any demands
Of political nature which it may be nee
essary to make on Mexico.
The people of the United States are
being taxed at far higher rate than ever
before to support an army-ostensibly, at
loast-on a peace footing But they have
to-day no real army and no chance of get
ting one under the gold-brick, anti-pre-
raredness Hay law.
The President talks fuently about
having maintained peace with Mexico
But he has really made war-extrava-
gantly, fruitlessly, Observation-Disclosures
the guise of peace. The seizure and occu-
nation of Vera Cruz were acts of war.
The invasion and occupation of Northern
Mexico were acts of war; the American
soldiers killed at Parral and Carrizal were
killed as the result Of an open violation OF
Mexican sovereignty.
The "peace" with Mexico which Mr.
Wilson boasts about is sham and fraud
Even the law officers OF the war depart
ment repudiate the fiction behind which
the President has taken refuge. The coun-
try is paying a heavy war price Tor MT.
Wilson's "peace"-paying out millions and
getting practically nothing in return.
If the President and. Mr.. Mccormick
want to claim credit for keeping the coun-
try out of war let them call in and revise
the opinion of the judge advocate gen
eral of the army. Let them knuckle down
once more to Carranza and his bandit 1oi-
lowers. recall the Pershing expedition ana
end the estate of actual war; which now
visits between our government and the
Mexican government. To 90 on crying
peace when there is no peace is mere ou-
plicity and folly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
The Modern Stoics.

The American Indian probably deserves
first place among modern stoics. But
close second is the Englishman when I'M
contaminated by Celtic blood. His unex-
pressiye countenance is a triumph OF self
conscious repression. And this restraint,
amounting to an adherence of expressed
emotion, has taken rank as part Of
national philosophy. The stony British
stare is more than the mark Of social Gus
tom-it is an heroic ideal.
Take for instance the Jutland fight.
The recent awarding of naval Victoria
Crosses has stirred the British mind to
natural enthusiasm. Yet after comment
ing upon these acts Of bravery British
weekly, "The Outlook" is moved to put
forward with hardly less delight the story
Of another Jutland hero:
"By the side of that beautiful in
stance of discipline in one so young
may be set the story Of another SHIPS
boy-not mentioned in dispatches =
who in one of the light cruisers was so
enthralled in reading the exciting
adventures Of the hero Of a penny
dreadful that he never came up to
behold the greatest sea-fght in his
tory. Ludicrous as at first sight such
absorption appears, that boy yet
typifes one Of the valuable qualities
Of the British bluejacket, his whole
some nonchalance, which will pursue
undisturbed his own affairs though a
world cracks around him. His humor
and his nonchalance are great anti
dotes TO the almost unbearable horrors
of war"
Remaining undisturbed though world
cracks around them very accurately sums
up this ideal Of the English. Small wonder
that the franker and more natural French
man never has fully comprehended his
neighbor and present ally across the Chan
mel. Just where in the scale Of self
restraint the American belongs, it is a
little difficult 10 estimate. There is type
Of taciturn Yankee, Of the Wilbur Wright
cast Of countcnancc. who could rival the
most phlcgmatic Briton in the midst Of
a cracking world. But the average Amer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09

which has been restored after the adoption
of more approved methods of agriculture,
including the raising of stock and dairying.
The health regulations Of New York are
so strict--whch is ndable-that it is
not reasonable TO expect farmers to furnish
milk for prices that prevailed in former times
under the requirements of those times. We
believe in farmers organizing so far as pos
sible to conduct their own distributing, but
it is unfortunate that such extreme measures
should be necessary. The additional cost
must eventually fall on the consumer. This
situation illustrates the necessity of scien-
tifc agriculture to prevent higher prices in
the future. J. R. MORLEY,
President Minnesota Cooperative Diaries
Association, Owatonna, Mimi.
New York Oct. 7, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
Americans as Cowards.
DIR of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Yesterday | was talking with manly
little fellow about ten years old of an Ameri-
can father and Costa Rican mother, and |
asked him if he would not like to stay in
New York with me; but the little fellow.
who speaks only Spanish, answered, saying
that the Americans were towards and afraid
to go into Mexico, and that he preferred,
therefore, to return to Costa Rca. His
father said that the boy must have gotten his
idea from playing with the children in San
Jose, Costa Rica, and that the other children
must have gotten their idea from their
parents.
Even the foreign children despise our only
too evident cowardice. Is there man so
unpatriotic as to stomach and vote for the
one who has brought this shame upon us,
and who has the cheek to ask to let him con-
tinue debasing us?
A DEMOCRAT, BUT NOT FOR WILSON.
New York, Oct. 5, 1916.