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been made.

been made.
Plans for improvements include the
construction Of several thousand feet
of sidewalk, installation Of new sew.
age lines, completion Of the new $780,
900 hospital. $4,000 dairy barn, and
$4,000 live stock judging pavilion.
Eight or ten cottages for instructors,
hot houses for the horticultural de.
partment. new fences and repainting
of old buildings are some other i'm.
provements planned.
The conege architects are busy with
plans for the 100000 assembly hall
and veterinary science building. which
are to be erected next year. II IL
planned to begin this work by Septem.
Der /.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-30
YOUNG MAYO At A. Z N.

II. M. Mayo. Jr., Of Houston, son Of
II. NJ. Mayo. industrial commissioner
for the Southern Pacific Lines. has
been appointed to q position In the
bulletin department OF the Texas Az.
ricultural Experimental Station. Mayo
graduated from the school Of agricul.
ture at A. & NJ. In the class of rs.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-30
GEN. sToppARp At HOME.
Has Returned From Grand conelavs
at Los Angeles.

Has Returned From Grand coneiavs
At Los AngsIss.
General H. B. Stoddard, looking as
fresh as q rose and in the best OF
health, has returned from the Grand
Conclave Of Knights Templar Of the
United States held at Los Angeles,
Cal. The general says he had splen.
did time and enjoyed every moment Of
his visit from the time he left Bryan
until he was again at home.
Every preparation possible had been
made by Los Angeles for the enter.
tainment Of the visiting Knights and
not one thing was left undone that
could possibly add to their comfort or
pleasure. On all the side trips and
excursions arranged for the visitors
they were shown the same courtesies
and the people Of California seemed
to vie with each other In showing
courtesy to the distinguished visitors
within their gates.
A trip to the San Diego Exposition
was one Of the many special features
Of entertainment provided, and the
San Diego Union published q splendid
cut Of General Stoddard ana spoke Of
him as follows:
Henry B. Stoddard Of Bryan, Texas,
the Oldest living grand master Of the
Knights Templar, was one Of the hon.
ored guests at the Exposition yester.
day, and every one was anxious to
favor this veteran. Mr.. Stoddard was
deeply touched by the consideration
shown him, and In addition to express.
Ing his delight with the exposition.
said:
Il desire to express my apprecia.
ton for the courtesies and kindnesses
that have been bestowed upon me dur.
Ing my sojourn here. not only by the
Exposition, but by my friend e. II.
Brewster. past grand master OF Mon.
tana, who has placed himself at my
disposal from the time l arrived until
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-30
PLANNING FOR FOURTH.
Summer Students at A. 4 m. viii
Have Barbecue.


Plans for q celebration. thoroughly
safe and reasonably sane. Of July
Fourth, are being made at A. & M.
College Summer School. A feature OF
the celebration will be q barbecued
feast at Dellwood, Q park near here.
Usual picnic stunts will be staged.
there will be swimming and dancing
and one or two brief patriotic ad-
dresses will be made.
There are about $50 students In at
tendance at the summer school which
Is considered o splendid enrolment in
view Of the fact that this II the first
year Of the summer school. Life Is
being made pleasant for the summer
students with picture shows and other
forms OF amusement. The enrolment
Is about evenly divided with refer
ence to men and women.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-30
BRICK WORK COMPLETED.

The brick work on Hotel Bryan an
mex will be completed this afternoon.
Contractor Hubbard stated this morn
Ing that II nothing unforeseen happens
the exterior work will be finished in
about thirty days and the building
will be ready for occupancy.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-30

ish dominions beyond the seas. but
have never had anything that B
touched me SO deeply as the courtesl
I have received here.
II am the senior Of the only q
past grand masters living. Last Thu
day l was rs years young q
four years service In the war betwe
the states and was captured twice.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-30
MUCH IMPROVEMENT
At A. & N. COLLEGE
Summer 10. Be Devoted to Work Pre-
paratory to Opening Session
In September
(By Associated Press.)

College Station. Texas. June 3d.
Summer improvements preparatory to
the opening Of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College OF Texas for It's
forty-first year on September 26 are
under way, and before the opening,
many changes In the campus will have
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-30

Fresh air brings health to your home
and health In your home makes happi.
ness. The Bryan and College Inter.
urban. beginning Sunday. gives you q
round trip from villa Maria to College
for 10 cents. Less than "a Of a cent
per mile. Take this ride every day
and you will be healthy.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-30
NOTICE.

Stockholders Of the new Country
Club are requested to meet at Car
negie Library Wednesday evening at
o'clock for the purpose Of electing
directors and perfecting organization.
J. w. BATS.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-30
FARMERS CONGRESS
AND SHORT COURSE
Representative Farmers From All
Sections Of Texas to Gather At
A. Z N. College.
tBy Associated prsss)

College Station. Texas, June 30
Hundreds Of representative farmers OF
Texas will meet at the Agricultural &
Mechanical College here during the
last week In July to attend the annual
short course for farmers and the
Texas Farmers Congress. q. J. Kyle.
dean Of the school Of agriculture, will
be In charge Of the farmers work.
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shall leave.

! shall leave.
II have attended these gatherings
from Maine to California, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific; I have had
Edward VII. king Of England. send a
delegation to the United States to con.
fer upon me the degree Of Knight
Commander Of the Holy Cross Of Great
Britain, the British Isles and the Brit.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10

The Spokesman has a good many
packages Of government seeds,
compliments of Senator Poindex-
ster. that will be handed out to any
one for the asking.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10
Water Company
Discusses Plans

Local stock holders of the White
Bluffs Water company met at the
school house Saturday evening to
talk over the financial condition of
the company and to discuss plans
for financing it during the coming
irrigation season.
To liquidate the $1,000 power
bill that the Water company now
owes, it was proposed that an
assessment of So per acre be levied
against the land to be paid before
April 1. There are approximately
SOB acres under the project, but
some of this land is not paying
maintenance. But with what will
be paid in assessments, in addition
to the back maintenance that has
been promised, it is believed this
bill will be cleaned up. The direc-
tors, at a meeting Tuesday evening
ratified this action by the passage
of a resolution.
1t is the intention of the direc-
tors to collect the 1916 mainte-
nance in monthly installments and
when these installments are not
paid promptly, shutsoff the water.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10
Dist. Hort. Luke Powell
Reports Much Damage TO
Soft Fruit and Fruit Trees

found the same condition on the
Patten place, where S. V. Tanning
is living. In the Agnew, Lemcke,
Loveland. Sprague and Robinson
orchards, very few. if any, of the
peach buds were touched.
Mr.. Powell is strongly of the
opinion that this valley should pro-
duce the things that nature evil
IDENTIFY intended st should. He
thinks we are foolisa to try to COM
pete in winter apples and other
late fruits, with $4,000 acres of
equally good land in Wenatchee; !;
$4,000 in Yakima; $4,000 in Ida
no; $4,000 in Montana and about
the same in Oregon, when by set
ting our land out to only the early
varieties, we would be producing
stuff that the other districts could
not produce, no matter how hard
they might try. This Columbia
river valley is the early fruit dis
trict of the state and Mr.. Powell
thinks we ought to take advantage
of it.
Mr.. Powell estimates there will
be about so per cehss of a peach
crop in Benton county this year.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10

District Horticulturalist Luke
Powell addressed a very interested
audience Wednesday night at the
school house. Mr.. Powell talked
principally on cherry pollenization
and subjects pertinent to the grow
ing of cherry trees and the hand
ling of the cherry crop, although
many other questions, incident to
the fruit business, were discussed.
Mr.. Powell has been in the val
ley most Of the week, having ad-
dressed the growers in Hanford
Tuesday evening. He reports find
ing some peculiar results of the
hard winter on the fruit and fruit
trees. At Hanford he found all
the peach buds killed. He was in
only three orchards there, howev-
er, and is spending Friday in that
end of the valley, in order to COM
plete his Investigations. He ex-
poets to--find that many orchards
there have escaped unharmed.
On the Clarence Hanford ranch,
at White Bluffs, he found all the
peach buds killed and the almond
trees frozen to the ground. He
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10
Bulletin on
Coal Lands

The United States Geological
Survey will shortly publish COM
prehensive bulletin on Washing
tons coal resources. bringing to-
gether in one report what has
heretofore been printed in frag-
ments. The bulletin is being pre-
pared by Dean Henry Landes, of
the college of science. during his
years leave Of absence.
New fields, such as the Whatcom
county anthracite and the Lewis
county Ignite beds, will be the
subject of discussion in the report.
in addition to the better known
King, Pierce and Kittitas county
fields.
Washington coal operators are
feeling the competition of the CAL
ifornia oil fields, according to Dean
Landes, but the mines are never
theless fairly prosperous.
The hard coal Of Washington
will draw only conservative COM
ment. Dean Landes describes it
as in the prospective stage, and
says that only development work
will tell the story of quantity and
quality.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10
Ice i'm River Dis
appearing Fast

The big ice jam at White Bluffs
that has defed navigation of the
Columbia since the first of the
year, gave up the struggle this
week, the big wedge in the center
of the jam going out Monday.
Once the channel was cut through.
the river made short work of the
rest, although the huge cakes that
were showed out on the bank any
distance when the different jams
lodged will remain until melted by
the warm weather or until they
are picked up when the river
raises. CAPTAIN Hellpenstell has
assured himself the river is really
open and began loading the Ellen
at Kennewick Thursday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10

marketing plan that was legal
and which they believed would
greatly benefit. if not cure, the
patient" Mr.. Bassett said: "We
now offer you this medicine. You
may take it or leave it alone. If
you take it. | believe the govern
ment will permit us to stay with
| you and help you to get we'll. The
medicine may have to be changed,
and we will do that. If you don't
want it, say so. The government
has many demands for our services.
The onion growers of Texas, the
potato growers of Maine, the can
teloupe growers of Colorado, the
citrus growers Of Florida and the
tobacco growers of Kentucky-all
are asking the department for
help"
The government plan provides
that the growers and distributors
sign a uniform contract for the
sale of the fruit. A copy of this
contract was published IN the
Spokesman two weeks ago. There
will be three separate organiza-
tions. one for the grower, one for
the distributor, and neutral or
ganization composed of both grow
ers and distributors. This organi-
zation will include five growers.
five distributors and one other
member who shall be elected by
the members. The idea, when
worked out to it's final analysis, is
expected to insure real cooperation
between the grower and shipper.
Any distributor who handles at
least 100 cars of fruit is eligible to
join the distributors organization,
and there are also certain restric-
tions to the membership Of the
growers organization, although
the grower is not compelled to
join to participate in the benefits
Iof the cooperative selling. All
tnat is necessary for him to do. is
to sign the uniform contract.
Judge Burns, who explained the
plan to the Prosser people, stated,
according to The Republican-Bulle-
n, that no one would be compelled
to go into the organization. How
ever, the bureau of markets had
spent good deal Of time in work.
ing out the plan, which was
thought to be good one, and the
bureau would like to have it tried
out. One thing would be insisted
on if the Northwestern growers
did adopt it, and that was that it
should be gone into on a large
enough scale to insnre thorough
trial.
There is only one salaried officer
in the whole organization.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10
Hotel To Be
On The Hill

The Armstrong house, which has
been loca ted on the White Bluffs
Water company's property, was
moved this week to the old White
Bluffs Inn location. Mrs. Cora
Warner, who, with her mother,
Mrs. Sam Schoonover, will conduct
it as an inn and rooming house,
says that five or six additional
rooms will be built on.and they ex-
pect to have as much room as they
now have in the Columbia hotel,
which will be moved to the new
town as soon as vacated by the
present tenants.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10
New Auto Stage
Now Running

The new White Bluffs Kennewich
Auto stage got away on time Mon
day on it's trial trip and arrived in
White Bluffs in the evening ahead
of the schedule. Manager Jack
King feels very optimistic over the
venture and believes he will have
all he can handle just as soon as
the travelling public knows Of it..
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10

Ferryman John Preston has
painted, tarred and otherwise over
hauled his launch, made some need
ed repairs on the ferryboat and on
Friday began ferrying band of
sheep across the Columbia, the
first work the ferry has done in
two months on account of ice in
the river.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10
J.A..Johnson
Wins by Two

]. A. johnson emerged a winner
by two votes over Rod Sprague for
school director at the election last
Satur lay. The result was sur
prise to many, as most people fig
ured Sprague an easy winner, and
for that reason several of his
friends did not get out and vote.
And as the law does not permit the
election board to count anything
but ballots the final result ohm
son, "a and Sprague, 80, will
stand.
The lesson was needed and salu-
tary.
If those who had promised to be
true, dear,
Had proved to be true in a
pinch,
The result would have been re-
versed, dear,
Sprague would have had a
cinch.
1t wasn't the votes that were cast,
dear,
But the voting left undone,
That brought that feeling of
"gone-ness,"
At the setting of the sun.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10

The armies Of spring are advance
ing. The fires of the outposts
have been seen for the past few
nights on Rollins island. Pete
is getting some new land ready
for seeding, and he never works
when it is either too hot or too
cold.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10

A ban1 Of Sd Indian ponies that
have been wintering on Locke's is
land with nothing to eat except
what they could forage, were
brought to the mainland Tuesday
by their owners. The horses were
driven into the Columbia and made
to swim to shore, but they all land
ed safely and apparently none the
worse for their icy plunge. Fears
that the whole band would starve
on the island during the long win
ter were entertained by those who
knew they we're there, but those
who saw them land say that every
animal was in fine condition. Sew
eral had young colts.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10
WenatChee Growers
DisapprOve Govern
nent Market Plan

That the plan for government
marketing OF the fruit of the
northwest is not meeting with the
universal approval Of the growers
was indicated at series of meet.
ings held last week in Wenatchee
While willing to accept many
features of the system, the growers
at that place are inclined to be
skeptical.
While the government represen.
tatives do not attempt TO gain the
opinion of tine growers by vote, the
tenor of the questions asked at the
final meeting there last Saturday
suggest that the growers are not
satisfied, especially with the meth.
cd of dealing with cash buyers.
They feel that the uniform con-
tract proposed by the government
would tie them to selling agencies,
while on the other hand, selling
agencies would not be effectively
curbed.
The campaign of the federal
representatives in the Wenatchee
district ended Saturday with a
meeting attended /. by more than
450 growers.
One report says that an open
break between the members of the
government delegation occurred
at the termination of the Wenat-
chez meeting, Judge Burns being
reported to have said that he was
tired uf "fourf1ushing and playing
to the grandstand" and was going
back to Washington, D. c., to tell
how matters stood out here. He
took the train en- route for Wash
ington; C. r. Bassett left for
Great Falls, Montana, and H. W..
Kerr and C. A. Moomaw for the
Spokane and Walla Walla districts,
where they will submit the govern
ment plan this week
w. \. Paulhamus who organized
the berry growers of the Puyallup
country and saved them from
disaster and who was at the
head of the Growers council last
year in an effort to solve the
end of the apple bust
ness, has given the government
plan his unqualified endorsement.
He admits the plan may have some
defects, but thinks these can un-
doubtedly be corrected if the
growers give the plan their sup
port.
C. f. Bassett, in addressing the
growers of the Yakima valley, said
that officials of the government, at
the urgent request Of the growers.
had been studying the fruit situa-
tion of the northwest for several
months with view of submitting
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10
Daily Including Sunday
Operating 7-passengerAuburns
White Bluffs-KenneWiCk Auto
c.. w. N. Brown Jack King
0eSA$3V ~xAAV

SCHEDULES: Up river, Leave Kennewick, $40 p. m,
Leave Richland $40 p M, Leave Hanfcrd ,740 pm.
Arrive at White Bluffs, p
Down river, Leave White Bluffs 8 a. M; Hanford
$3.50 a. :Richland 1880 kennewick II
FaresWhte Bluffs Kennewck White Bluffs
Hanford to Kennewck SIZE, Richland Kennewick, SO
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10
Gets
David Simon

David Simon, who shot and killed
his sister .in-law, Mrs. Lille Simon,
in North Yakima on the night of
March l, was captured last Sunday
at Beverly by Sheriff Murphy Of
Yakima county. Simon admitted
the murder, but said he did not
shoot to kill. A jury has already
been secured and his trial began
Wednesday in the Superior court
of Yakima county. This case is
interesting locally because a week
ago the woods around here were
full of deputies from different
| sheriff S offices looking for Simon,
who was reported heading this
way, and had been seen Friday
morning near Coldcreek.
A South Dakota county agent
has developed a trade in apples by
parcel post in his community,
which has resulted in material ad-
vantage to the producer, says a
bulletin from the Department of
agriculture at Washington, D. C.
He found that bushel crates of ar
pies could be delivered throughout
the second zone. at a cost of Ga
cents, including postage, packing,
and other necessary expenses. The
apples were sold to the consumer
at $l.64 box, 81 being paid for
the fruit at the point of shipment.
Apples had been selling at 65 cents
a box before the plan was put in
operation. The project will be
continued another year and plans
for a fruit growers cooperative
association are being made, so that
there will be system of grading
and packing, and reasonable prices
may be maintained.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-10

The Twenty-ffth Annual Report
of the Agricultural Experiment
Station of the State college of
Washington is issued, and should
be in the hands of every farmer.
The report gives the results of
all experiments carried on during
the year in all branches of the
work; horticulture, crops, soils.
animal husbandry, etc. Forty
three thousand two hundred and
eighty bulletins have been distrib-
uted upon special request; 5000.
600 pages of printed matter have
been distributed.
This report may be obtained free
by writing to the Experiment Sta
ton, State College, Pullman, Wash.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-25

Automobiles and six-horse teams have been driven up and down the fallen trunks of sev- eral great sequoias, and there are regular wagon roads running through gaps in the trunks of several others in our national parks. Two parallel street car lines and driveway might be run through the trunk of several of the very largest.
 But the age of the Sequoia is still more difficult to realize. It is beyond compare the oldest liv- ing thing.
 Several of the trees now grow ing in hearty maturity in the Se- quoia National park were wig orous youngsters before the py- amids were built on'the Egypt m desert, before Babylon reach d it's prime. Hundreds of them we're thriving before the heroic
 ge of ancient Greece-While, in act, the rough Indo-Gernanic
 ncestors of the Greeks were still warming from the north Thou iands were lusty youth through all the ages of Greek art and Roman wars. Tens of thousands were flourishing trees when Christ was born in Bethlehem.
 But with all it's vast age, the ,equoia today is the embodiment of serene vigor. No description, ,ays Muir, can give any adequate .dea of its majesty; much less $ beauty. He calls it natures .orest masterpiece. He dwells upon it's patrician bearing, its suggestion of ancient stock, its
 trange air of other days, it's thoroughbred look inherited rom the long ago. Poised in tthe ,fullness of strength and ,eauty, stern and solemn in ,llien, it glows with eager en- thusiastic life to the tip of every leaf and branch and far reaching .'oot, calm as a granite dome, the first to feel the touch of the rosy beams of morning, the last to bid the sun good night. ;
 fine sequoia is regular and symmetrical in general form. It's powerful, stately trunk is pur- plish to cinnamon brown and rises without branch a hundred
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-25
THE OLDEST
 LIVING THINGS

or hundred and fifty feet which is as high or higher than the tops of most forest trees. It's bulky limbs shoot boldly out on every side. Its foliage, the most feathery and delicate of all the conifers, is densely massed. The bright green cones are about two and a half inches long, gener- ating seeds scarcely more than ln eighth of an inch across. The wood is almost indestructible except by fire Fallen trunks and broken branches lie for centuries undecayed and almost unaltered.
 The sequoias are the glory, as they were the cause, of the Se- quoia National park. Scattered here and there over great areas, they cluster chiefly in thirteen separte groves, and it is in these groves that they attain their greatest size and luxuriance.