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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17

A few days ago consular re-
port from London revealed that
purple fox-glove (digitalis), which
grows luxuriantly in a wild state
around Hobart, Snoqualmie valley,
and other parts of Washington, is
in great demand in England, the
leaves bringing 60 cents a pound.
At that rate, Professor Linton
estimates that AM acre of land
would yield $672, figuring 1920
pounds to the acre. An excellent
foothold is thus offered the pros
pector in plants.
Peppermint, belladonna, gin
seng, hydrastis and berberis are
grown in the Northwest now.
Oregon's peppermint oil is in
steady demand. King county once
marketed several tons of fox glove
seed, but low European prices
made the industry of little profit.
The work Of harvesting plant
leaves might be begun this sum-
mer, says Professor Linton and
as it is not hard. women and chill
dren could do the work with profit.
Professor H. K. Benson, director
of the Bureau of industrial Re-
search, strongly advises the forma-
tion of drug plant association to
determine the markets and plan
for the development Of the indus
try.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17
Bee
and Social

There is a challenge as we'll as
an invitation in the ad for the
Lunch Box social to be held at the
Brick school house the night of
March "a. They announce the
names of their champion spoilers.
What's the matter with some of
those White Bluffs spoilers who
covered themselves with SO much
glory not long ago on the night of
the Patriotic party-what's the
matter with them going down
and just bringing that champion
ship spelling belt up here?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17

Association

The Cemetery association will
hold meeting at the school house
Saturday evening. March 18, at 8
O'Clock. At this meeting the cem-
etery plat will come up for accept
ance or rejection. Election of off
GERS is also part of the order of
business.
There seems to have been some
objection to the acceptance of the
plat under consideration and for
this reason it is believed there will
be large turnout.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17
Heavy Snow
i'm Cascades

Yakima papers report six feet of
snow falling in the Cascades last
week. The Yakima river is on a
rampage, higher now than for sew
eral years. A. II. Zane started to
his road camp near Prosser Satur-
day, but had to turn back after
reaching the Horn, on account of
the water having overfowed the
roads to such an extent as to make
travel impossible.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17

contractual rights at that power
site at this time, and are interested
only in the passage of some law
that will permit the building of
the dam. Land owners in the
White Bluffs Hanford district are
interested also in the passage of
that kind of law, but those with
Hanford water right, in partic-
ular are asking that the rights Civ
en- them in the Rudkin decree be
fully protected:
Seattle, Wn., Feb 20, 1916.
HON. MILES PoINDExTER,
United States Senate, Washington,
d. c.:
The undersigned, acting under the
Instructions of the board of directors,
based upon the urgent and emphatic
appeals being received, and express
ing the unanimous Voice of the 1900
land owners of the Priest Rapids Land
Owners association, respectfully rep
resent to you that they are absolutely
dependent upon the development of
water power at Priest Rapids for the
purpose of making farms out of their
land no that it will support themselves
and their families, and thereby assist
in part in building up great state
here, and, furthermore that these set
tiers have waited for over six years for
congress to take some action that
would give them the facilities of de-
veloping their land, and they know
that it is impossible to secure water
power development at Priest Rapids
under the plans proposed by Mr.. Pinch
OF, and that the unreasonable and I'M
just restrictions are the only cause Of
the six-year delay in adding over 1900
productive farms to the resources of
the state Of Washington.
Therefore, this farmers organza-
tion appeals to you as one of our rep
resentatives in the United States SEN
ate to actively support the Shields bill
without any amendments, and in par
ticular to exercise the authority to pro-
tect our interests which the voters CT
the state have vested in you, by op-
posing any amendment which will i'm
pose charge, tax or toll upon power
manufactured by water power COM
panies, because such charge, tax or
toll upon power must inevitably and
be paid by US farmers; and
that this state has authority through
its public service commission to regu-
late and prohibit any unjust charge for
power.
We, therefore, represent that the
failure to pass the Shields bill or its
passage with similar restrictions to
those which now prevent us from OBJ
tanning water power development will
only cause us further delay and disap-
and will work an unjust and
unnecessary injury and hardship to
over 1900 of your constituents. You
are, Senator, our attorney at the court
Of last resort. We have every reason
to believe that when you realize our
extreme need, and that 1900 land own
ers are looking to the passage of the
Shields bill, that you will give US every
ounce of effort you possess.
(Signed) PRIEST RAPIDS LAND OWN
ERs' ASSN Inc BY Milton
Il. Dam, Vice Pres. and Gen.
eral Mgr.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17
House Nov
ers Get Busy

Now that the ground has settled,
the house movers are getting ready
for hard work again. The skirting
has been removed from the Malt
bic house and it will be taken out
to the new town the last of the
week-just as soon as the basement
walls are ready for it.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17
Annual Meeting
Water Company

| HOlueTS VI LHe NIllLe DlullS Wdlel
company was held as per schedule
at the school house Wednesday
evening. After the meeting was
called to order by President Kin.
caid, general discussion was had
of the finances of the company.
The trustees recently levied an as
sessment of 50 per acre to help Ii,
quidate the $1,000 power bill from
last year.
A motion which received
second was made by R. D.
Barge that this So per acre assess
ment be placed in escrow in the
bank and held until sufficient back
maintenance was paid in to cancel
the power bill; and that if there
was not sufficient back maintenance
paid in, that the money collected
in this way be paid back.
This, however, did not meet with
the approval of j. A. johnson, who
acting under instructions from his
employers, the White Bluffs Land
& Irrigation company proposed an
amendment to the motion, "that
the fund created by the So per
acre assessment be not available
for the payment of the 1915 power
bill until $3.50 of the $668.48 due
as back maintenance from those
actually using water, be paid in"
This amendment met with Wig
orous protest from several stock
holders on the ground that if one
water user failed for any reason to
pay his back maintenance. no one
under the plant would be able to
get water, although they be paid
up in full. But the company's
man stood firm and by voting their
stock of 1886 shares, which was
nearly half of the stock present
and voting, he was able to muster
sufficient stock on the secret ballot
to put his amendment across.
The original motion, with the
amendment, was then put and car
ried by even a larger vote than the
amendment.
However, neither the motion
nor amendment are mandatory, as
the bylaws place the levying and
manner of collection of the main
tenance absolutely in the hands of
the board of trustees. but it fur
nished an excellent opportunity to
bring OUT the interest the different
stock holders have in the success or
failure of the Water company.
The following board of trustees
was selected for the ensuing year:
James Armstrong, w. j. Kincaid,
A. r. Beyers. j. A. Johnson and
C. A. Whitney. The new board or
ganized by the selection of it's Off
GERS as follows: w. j. Kincaid,
president; A. r. Beyers, vice pres
ident; ] A. johnson, Secretary
treasurer.
Upon a vote taken before ad-
journment, the stock holders re-
quested the board of trustees to
appoint R. d. Barge water master
for the 1915 season.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17
Shields Bill Passes
Senate---HOpe for
Priest Rapids Dam

The so-called Shields water pow.
er bill, for the regulation of power
sites on navigable rivers, passed
the senate last week, by a vote of
46 to %, practically all of the con-
servationists voting against it.
The House some time ago passed
the Ferris bill covering the same
subject, but as the two bills are
hardly on speaking terms, so diff
ferent are they in character, the
Shields bill must be passed by the
house before it can go to the presi-
dent for approval.
1t is almost certain that it will
not be accepted by the house in the
form shaped by the senate. Con-
gresham Ferris has served notice
that it will have to be radically
amended to pass the house, as he
considers it too favorable to the
water power interests.
Members of congress from states
having no water power are grow
ing impatient at the amount of
time consumed on water power
legislation and have tried several
times lately to side-track it for
what they considered matters of
greater Importance. But there
seems to be some powerful inhu-
ence behind the water power ques-
tion and unless the unexpected
happens, this congress will bring
forth water power bill in one
form or another.
Every one interested in this val
ley and in the state generally, is
anxious that Congress pass some
law which will permit the develop
ment of the large power site at
Priest Rapids and numerous small
Ter ones over the state, and willing
that the concessions to the power
company be just as liberal as pos
sible so long as those having vest
ed rights are protected and prop
er regulation of service and rates
assured to the public.
To protect the lien of the Han
ford water right owners on Priest
Rapids, Senator Poindexter of this
state had the following amendment
attached to the Shields bill:
Provided: That no contract which
shall have been lawfully made, for
power, light, heat or water, or for
the service or delivery of same, to
be furnished from such structures
or their accessory works, to which
such structures or works, or the
person, company or corporation,
owning or operating the same shall
be subject shall be affected by any
permit under this act and no such
person association or corporation
shall be released from any lawful
by reason Of this Act or
of any permit granted there
under"
The following is copy of a let
ter received by Senator Poindexter
from the Priest Rapids Land Own
ers' association. This is an organ
ization of people owning land prin-
cipally on the east side Of the Col
umbia and was formed primarily
for the purpose of assisting in the
passage of a water power bill that
will permit the building Of the
dam at Priest Rapids in the hope
that thereby they can water their
land, most of which is at an eleva-
tion of 200 feet above the river.
These people have no vested or
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17
Daily Including Sunday
Operating 7-PassengerAuburns
White Bluffs fs-KenneWick Auto
G<.L Y.- W.. N. Jack King
SIu9V AXkxV
W. N. Brown, Jack King

SCHEDULES: Up river, Leave Kennewick, $40 p m,
Leave Richland $40 D. m Leave Hanford, ,7:4O pm.
Arrive at White Bluffs D.
Down river, Leave White Bluffs a. m.; Hanford
$3.50 a. m. Ricand 1880 m. arr Kennewick II a.m
SITS; Hanford
to Kennewk $I25, to Kennewick, SOC
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17

j. M. Johnson and family ar
rived from North Yakima Monday
night, consuming four days on the
trip, due to disarranged train
schedules. The family expect to
be here until March rs, when they
will go to Montana for the sum-
mer. While here. they will rent
their fruit ranch.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17
Delightful
$ ur ri s e

A very delightful surprise party
given by Mrs. Nelson Burley at the
Burley hotel on Tuesday evening,
in honor of Miss Theresa Murphy,
was one of the social events of the
week. Dancing was the enter tain.
ment of the evening, and dainty
refreshments were served.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-17

The baseball season is with us
once again. The first game will be
played on the Hanford diamond.
today (Fr;day), between the Han
ford and White Bluffs sch ool
teams.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-14
EIGHT GOOD COWS

the oldest only years old, all good
size and win freshen in the early spring
40 turkeys and II hens, S barrels OF
grated apples, 20 bushels Of potatoes, a
lot OF hay and other fodder, sugar tools
springtooth harrow, cultivstor, pillow, fan
ming mill, lumber wagon for or
horses, set Of traverse slcds for | or 2
horses, lot of carpenters tools and small
farm tools, such as bars, chains, hoes,
forks, rake, shovels, etc.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE - A full
line. consisting Of beds, bedding, tables,
chairs, stoves, couch, carpets, rugs, crock
cry. glas, iron, tin and wooden ware, with
many articles not mentioned. Good nice
lot Of turkeys and hens, hay, fruit pota-
toes. etc; good sale to attend. Every
thing to be sold as advertised for the rea-
son above given. Lunch at noon Terms
at time of sale.
o. FREEMAN, Owner.
C. F. SMITH, Auctioneer, Barre, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-14

hind movement to have bill present.
ed at the coming session of the legisla-
ture which will require five days notice
in this state before the issuing of mar.
rage license, the conditions in Bellows
Falls the past year being the cause for
the action. Since January /, 1916, 1888
marriages have been performed there,
and of these about 700 have been out
Of the state couples. In October there
were III marriage ceremonies there. The
club contends that the situation tends to
cheaper and lessen the respect for the
marriage ceremony and desires that the
Vermont marriage law be made to con
form with that of other states. A Bel
lows Falls attorney has been asked to
draw up a bill and DR.. +. l.. Osgood OF
Saxtons River will present it to the leg
islature. The Bellows Falls town clerk,
who receives 81 for each license issued,
and the ministers of the place have been
reaping harvest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-14
ESTATE OF OLA INGERMANsoN

State Of Vermont, District Of Washington. S..
The Honorable H-cbate Court for the Dis
trict Aforesaid;
To all persons interested in the estate OF
Ola Ingermanson, late OF the city Of Barre. in
said district deceased. GREETING
WHEREAS. said court has assigned the
2sth day OF November next for examining and
allowing the account of the executor
Of the estate OF said deceased and for a
decree Of the residue Of said estate TO the law
ful claimants Of the same, and ordered that
public notice thereof be given to all persons
interested in said estate by publishing this
order three weeks successfully pre,.ou to the
day assigned in the Barre Daily Times,
newspaper published at the city Of Barre. in
said district
THEREFORE. you are hereby notified to
appear Mt the probate Office In Montpelier, in
said district. on the day assigned, then and
there 70 contest the allowance Of said account
II you see cause, and to establish your right
ms heirs legateos and lawful claimants to said
residue.
Given under my hand, this 9Th day of No
vember, 1916.
FRANK J. MARTIN. Judge.
Nov. 7-lA-2l
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-14
MY HOME FARM

containing 200 acres Of land, be the same
more or less. suitably divided into til
lage, pasture and woodland; enough soft
and hard wood to more than pay for the
place; soft wood is mostly growing lum-
Der, and quite a quantity OF old growth
hard wood The farm is located n mile
from stores, church, postoHice and school;
in good neighborhood keeps rs head of
stock and team. New octagon shaped
barn with basement and tie-ups for %
head; hay drawn in at top. House con
tains 8 rooms and is up in fine shape;
heated by furnace and fixed up for
home. This property has always been
called the best farm in Orange. Terms
on the real estate, one-half cash; balance
on mortgage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-14
notice.!

Following a conference of the milk
dealers of the city of Barre, the follow
ing prices and conditions have been
adopted by them, to take effect on
Wednesday, Nov. Is:
/. The price of milk will be eight
cents quart in quantities of less than
five quarts, seven cents per quart in
quantities over five and under 10 quarts.
65 cents per can in can quantities.
2. The price of cream will be. One
quart, 60c; one pint, &c; one-half pint,
lee; one-fourth pint, Sc; and not less
than one-fourth pint shall be delivered
at any one place.
g. All customers will be required to
furnish bottle for each bottle received,
pint for pint and quart for quart
4. Each milkman's route will be COW
cred only once in "a hours, eliminating
the expensive double delivery system.
A number of things have led up to the
adopting of these conditions Reports
of the dealers show that at present the
margin of profit is not in keeping with
expenses. The higher prices of labor,
material and all commodities have in.
creased the cost of delivering milk Re-
ports from several of the towns gId
cities of Massachusetts, show that il
costs from pa to Az cents per quart
to deliver milk. The recent raise in
price asked for milk by the producers
naturally necessitates an increased cost
to the consumer. The large number of
milk bottles lost by the individual milk
men from one cause and another adds
large item of expense TO delivery. This
lpgS tho fpnGt has hapn gtanl
by the milkmen, hence the attempt to
regulate the bottle question by simply
asking the customer to furnish as much
capacity in bottles as he desires milk.
The custom adopted in this city of de-
livering milk twice day to the same
adds tremendous item of ex-
pense to the milkman's business The |
convenience which this method furnishes
to the consumer is very slight indeed. |
Barre stands practically alone in this re-
spect, being the only city of its size in
this part of the country where such |
method of delivery has been generally !
adopted. Customers are urged to accept |
these regulations in the light in which |
they are meant, which is that of merely |
conditions which will be of |
mutual benefit to the producer, milk |
man and consumer.
Respectfully submitted by the milk |
retailers of Barre,
c. w. Persons, VIM. T. Carley, R. L. |
Lawliss, f. c. Webster, w Camire. +. |
Tawliss, A. f. Rivers, A. Martinetti, C. |
II. Gordon, w. P. Mortimer, G. " Wen
G. H. Adams, Bert Pearsons,
Leon Webster.-Adv
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-14
80 HEAD OF STOCK

II eows-l2 Holsteins and 5 Jerseys
part fresh within about months, bal
ance to freshen in January and early
winter; all good ages and sizes and in
good condition; yearling heifer, ! sew
en- or eight months old calves, two
months old calves, -months-old sow.
Also from 25 to 30 tons of extra quality
hay.
FARMING TOOLS AND MACHIN-
ERY-Clark cutaway harrow. smoothing
harrow, cultivator one land side pillow,
moving machine, horse rake. , express
wagons, ! light and ] heavy pair trav-
erse sleds. pung. express sleigh, with
pole and shaft, grindstone, ehurn, bars,
forks. DeTaval cream separator. No. 10
new two years ago; caldron kettle,
tools. carpenters tools, l.
horse hay fork. set pulley blocks. milk
cans and pals, and a lot of small tools
Also a lot of household goods. Every
thing will be sold without reserve or
limit, as I want to clean out all this
property before | leave. Terms on the
property at time of sale. Lunch
at noon.
PAUL LePREE, Owner.
D. A. Perry, Auctioneer, Barre, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-14
MY HOME FARM

which consists of 81 acres of land suit
ably divided into tllage. pasture and
woodland; wood and timber enough to
pay for the place; sugar orchard and a
nice lot of grated fruit; farm is in a
good fair state of cultivation; comfort
able set of farm buildings; never failing
running water at house and barn; this
farm being located SO near the Twin
Ponds makes it an ideal place for sum
mer boarders, fishing and boating rent
ed boats last season to fishermen for over
$4,000; this is a good, medium priced
one-man farm. Personal PROPERTY:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-14
ANOTHER BARRE CASE
1t Proves That There's Way Out for
Many Suffering Barre Folks

1t Proves That There's Way Out for
Many Suffering Barre Folks
Just another report of a case
in Barre. Another typical case.
Kidney ailments relieved in
Barre with Doan's Kidney Pills.
C. A. Churchill, 35 Merchant
street, Barre, VT, says:
Zone box of Doan's Kidney Pills
benefited me so greatly that con-
tinued until all symptoms OF kidney
complaint had disappeared. On several
occasions since, have taken this medi-
cine with good results. ! have often
advised friends and acquaintance whom
| have heard complaining of backache to
try Doans Kidney Pills"
Price SOC, at all dealers Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doans
Kidney Pills--the same that Mr.. Church
i'll had. Foster Milburn Co., Props, Buff
falo. n. Y.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-14
% Head of Choice Stock

9 REGISTERED JERSEYS: Chancellor 5
Ruth, No. ?, No 3l0l07; Golden Lads
Laura, No. 300335; Chancelor's Ruth
Goldie. No. 309334; Dividends Ruth %,
No. 3l0l00; Chancellor's Star Goldie, No,
29Ss05; Chancelor's Star ID. No 3l0l05;
Chancellor's Star, No. 239593 All these
cows are young and are all to be fresh
this month except one, which win fresh
en- in January Especially good stock
and is worthy of investigation by any
one who is looking for extra fine regis
tered Jersey stock. Two II month old
registered heifers Papers go with this
stock Seven high grade Jersey and
Guernseys; some fresh now and all will
be before the SALE all young and in nice
shape. One 7-month-old bull calf.
yearling heifer, pair 7yearold stays,
weight about 5000 lbs, good workers.
The grades are the property OF Sherman
Chamberlain ana VIII be sold at the same
time.
ONE PAIR OF BAY WORK HORSES,
weight about $500 lbs; a good, rugged
team.
ONE PAIR BLACK WORK HORSES,
weight 1900 lbs; right in every way.
FARMING MACHINERY AND TOOLS
-Lilley wagon with Pin. axle and Gin.
tire, box body, hay rack and big exten.
sion body; set Studebaker farm trucks, A.
in. tire, hay rig, steel axle; OK cart, horse
cart with low trucks, moving machine, ted
der, manure, spreader, riding weeder,
wheel harrow, riding cultivator
horse hoe, Syracuse steel beam pillow,
spike tooth harrow, sets 2horse sleds,
set extra good traverse sleds, 2 buggy
wagons, crook sled runner plank, Sim
pick cream separator, No. practically
new; Eclipse corn planter. disc harrow,
5 logging chains, and all small tools
Everything will be sold without reserve
or limit, as have no further use for this
property.
About 60 tons of extra good Timothy
hay.
Lunch at noon. Terms at time of sale.
Remember the date-Friday, Nov II, at
10 o'clock a. m.
HARLIE wHITCoMB, Owner.
D. A. PERRY, AuctiOneer, Barre, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-14
TRY THIS TO DANISH
ALL RHEUMATIC PAINS

People who have been tormented for years
yes. even so crippled that they were unable 10
help themselves been brought back to
robust health through the mighty power Of
Rheuma.
Rheuma acts with speed II brings in a few
days the relief you have prayed for. 1t an
tagonizes the poisons that cause agony and
pain in the joints and muscles and quickly
the torturing soreness completely disappears.
1t Is harmless remedy, but sure and
certain, because 1t is one discovery that has
forced rheumatism and sciatica 10 yield and
disappear.
Try 50-cent bottle of Rheuma, and IL you
do not get the joyful relief you expect, your
money will be returned. The Red Cross Phar-
macy always has supply of Rheuma and
guarantees IL 10 you.-Adv