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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

Mrs. R. R. Woods went to Seat
tile Monday to visit friends for a
few days.
VIM. Lee, Jr., and C. A. Day
came over from Yakima Thursday
and returned the same evening.
A single application of very
small quantity of sodium fuorid,
says government bulletin, has
been found to destroy completely
all stages and all species of lice on
poultry.
County Assessor \. H. Wheaton
was in the valley few days this
week on work in connection with
his office. While here he appointed
C. A. Lehman as field deputy for
the White Bluffs Hartford territory.
For Sale-A good secondhand
Detroit S-horsepower gasoline en-
CINE and a 3-inch American centrif-
ugal pump with 4-inch pipe. This
is a good outfit and | will sell at a
bargain. J. White, near the Brick
Schoolhouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. E. Beach of
Lewiston, Idaho, will arrive in
Hanford on February 18th, to con-
duct series Of evangelistic SER
vices in the Christian church. Mr..
Beach comes with very good recon-
mendations. Everyone is cordially
invited to attend.
On Tuesday, February Goth, at
1880 p. M, will sell at auction to
the highest bidder, Is tons of good
alfalfa hay on the Charles M. John
son place, just south Of Brannick's.
| will sell by the ton, with the priv
ilege of taking as much as you
want. Terms cash. M. E. Houk.
27 ct
An interdenominational Sunday
school was organized a week ago
last Sunday by those living in the
vicinity of the Brick school house.
C. A. Perkins was elected superin-
tendent and Bert Reigle secretary
treasurer. Sunday school is held
at the Brick school house every
at 3p. m.
After several wce!:s lay-off, due
to cold weather and the frozen
ground, work was resumed Wednes-
day on the county roads in this ter
ritory. The crew is working at
present graveling the road leading
from the Sprague corner to town
There is probably a couple of weeks
more work on this road.
County Horticulturist Luke Pow
ell gave very interesting and in
talk to about 40 White
Bluffs fruit growers at the school
house Thursday evening. Mr.Pow-
ell talked principally about spray
ing and the different kinds Of spray
the difference be-
tween oil and lime-sulphur. He
gave out some spray formulas
which he has promised to send the
for publication in next
weeks issue. The oil spray has
never been used in this district but,
from the number Of questions asked
by the growers, it was apparent
they were quite interested in it.
Mr.. Powell especially recommends
the oil spray where the trees are
not doing we'll and need a slim
ulant.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

VIM. Lee, Jr., and C. A. Day
came over from Yakima Thursday
and returned the same evening.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

Several people in the community
have 4 few things to sell, but no
one enough to hold an auction Of
his own, so two or three are plan
ming or going together and holding
an auction the latter part Of the
month. Anyone having an item or
two they would like to sell should
notify j. F. Coleman at once so
that they will appear on the sale
bills when they areIprinted.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

NOTICE. have large number
of people who own Seattle resi-
dences who want to exchange for
White Bluffs and Hanford land.
Send me your descriptions. WI
Rutledge, 1909 Third ave., Seattle,
Wash. 25tf
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

will call for laundry every Mon
day morning at the White Bluffs
Inn. Mrs. M. E. Tromanhauser.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

Mrs. R. R. Woods went to Seat
tie Monday to visit friends for a
few days.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

Don't forget when you want
meat, to order from
&C. o. Wommack
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09
Hanford Ladies'
Aid Elect Officers

The Ladies' Aid society of the
Hanford Presbyterian church mel
at the home If Miss Mabel Haynes
on February LIST and elected the
following officers:
President, Mrs. T. E. Kamerer.
Vice Pres, Mrs. C. M. Rolph,
Sec'y, Mrs. John Conkle,
Treasurer, Mrs. Robert Nichols.
The society organized on Febru,
airy 9Th, 1911, with a membership
of 13, which has since increased to
81, 9 of the charter members re-
naming.
During the year a new members
were received into membership and
one member lost.
The receipts for the year,
through dues, socials, suppers, etc.,
$207.87, and paid out S180.25.
The members have worked faith
fully and tirelessly and wish to
thank their friends for their kind
ness and assistance in helping to
make the society a success.
Mrs. A. McConnachie, Sec'y
County Agriculturist Lee Lamp
son informs the Spokesman that he
has made arrangements with the
State college to have Prof. Leonard
Hagenaur, soil and crop specialist,
come to Benton county next week.
They will be in this valley Wednes-
day, the 18th. for two meetings,
one at White Bluffs at Codding hall
at 2:30 in the afternoon, and one
at Hanford in the evening. Every
rancher in the valley will find it to
his advantage to attend these meet
ings.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

WANTED TO BUY-Carrots-
any amount from five sacks to five
tons. Howard Nye, box sc, White
Bluffs, Wash. 26-2tp
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09
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: TOWN AND VALLEY nEWS

F. M. We'll drove to Kennewick
Friday evening on his way to Walla
Walla.
James Shepherd went to Ellens-
burg Friday morning and returned
on Monday nights train.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

Mrs. M. E. Houk, who was quite
i'll the first of the week, is reported
to be considerably improved.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

Notice for Publication
Not coal land.
Department Of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at
North Yakima, Wash,
January g. 1917
Notice is hereby given that secondo Garsi. of
Hanford. Washington who October 9, 1909
made homestead entry, serial No. 03441 for neM,
Section 10, township IL NJ, range 81 E., w. Meri-
dian, has filed notice of intention to make
fve-year proof. to establish claim to the land
above described. before w. j. Kincald u. S. Com
missioner. at White Bluffs Washington. on the
18th day of February, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Crudele Dergio. Joseph S. Pccatti Batesta
Bargagna- Henry A. Register, all of Hanford.
Washington,
l 1929 RICHARD STRoBAcH, Register. .
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

&c. Lloyd, a prominent attorney
of Ellensburg, Miss Anna P. Knaub
of Arrowsmith and Mr.. and Mrs.
F. E. Reynolds Of Priest Rapids
came down to White Bluffs Tuesday
in Mr.. Reynolds car to transact
some business.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

Richard Athow and Dick came
over from Schrag Friday and will
remain a few days.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09
CHURCH DIRECTORY
Presbyterian Church

Hartford Presbyterian church,
Sunday School at 10 a. m. Preach
ing services at IL a. m.
White Bluffs Presbyterian church,
Sunday School at 2 p. m. Preach
ing services, 8 p. m. All are cor
daily invited to attend. Young
peoples meeting at Z o'clock every
Sunday evening. Everybody well
come.
E. N. Quist, Pastor.
Evang. Lutheran Church
Services every Sunday at 1920
o'clock am. English every first
and third Sunday. L. C. Krug
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

Mr.. and Mrs. S. V. Tanning
went to Richland and Kennewick
Saturday. They took with them in
their car calf that Mr.. Tanning
had sold to parties near Richland.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

After several wce!:s lay-off, due
to cold weather and the frozen
ground, work was resumed Wednes-
day on the county roads in this ter
ritory. The crew is working at
present graveling the road leading
from the Sprague corner to town
There is probably a couple of weeks
more work on this road.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

TO LEASE 1o-acre improved
fruit ranch, rent reasonable. In
quire at Spokesman Office. 26-3t
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Whitney and
Mrs. M. E. Tromanhauser were
taken to Yakima Sunday afternoon
by T, P. Rollins in his Oakland car.
Mrs. Whitney was on her way to
California to visit relatives and the
rest of the party returned Monday
evening.
AGAR Of mixed varieties of ap-
pies was loaded at White Bluffs the
first of the week and shipped out
Wednesday morning, consigned to
Klyce & Co. of Seattle. The car
contained $50 boxes which were
gathered from several different
ranches. Another car will be
shipped out next week, which will
about clean up the 1916 apple crop
At White Bluffs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

A single application of very
small quantity of sodium fiuorid,
says a government bulletin, has
been found to destroy completely
all stages and all species Of lice on
no,1ltrv
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

Get your meat from the Home
meat market and get the worth of
your money. Delivery car will
run Tuesdays and Fridays at White
Bluffs and on Wednesdays to Han
ford. Chas. Eilertson. 22tf
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

e. j. O'Larey
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

An interdenominational Sunday
school was organized week ago
last Sunday by those living in the
vicinity Of the Brick school house.
C. A. Perkins was elected superin-
tendent and Bert -Reigle secretary
treasurer. Sunday school is held
at the Brick school house every
Sunday at 3p. m.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-02-09

Dave Chambers, former resi-
dent of White Bluffs, but who is
now located at West, CAL. has the
following to say about his new
home in a recent letter to the
Spokesman: II took up an s0-acre
homestead here a little over a year
ago. | leveled, ditched and put in
Is acres in barley and harvested it
as hay. I then leveled 80 acres
more and put the whole 55 acres in
dwarf milo maize. threshed 400
sacks and filled the grana,y with
headed corn for the chickens and
pigs. / sowed barley between the
corn rows and have the finest of
feed for my flock of 100 sheep and
the horses and COW. They do their
own feeding all winter long and
get tat. This is sure a good lazy
mans country. l don't have to
make hay all summer and work all
winter to feed it out"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19
NEWS OF Tie DAI.

The State Department announced
Yesterday that it had received te.s'
gram from John Ewing, the Minlstes
at Tegucigalpa, stating that the
President, at Honduras had broken
relations with Germany and an
nouncing chat Honduras had taken
her place beside the United States
An extraordinary meeting Of rne
Spanish cabinet was called yestcr-
day evening Immediately upon re-
ceipt of news of the sinking OF the
Spanish steamer Patricio, of $500
tons.
A dispatch from Rio de Janeirc
says it is believed that Brazil will
shortly revoke the decree OF neutral,
ity as affecting the war between the
United States and Germany.
The B:;<isi Transport Cameronia
has heen sunk. One Kindred ana
forty mer are missing.
For the first time in the war Brit
ish and Austro-Hungarian naval
; forces have clashed The battle,
which took place in the Adriatic
Tuesday, was reported by the admir-
atty today, though only scarce de-
tails were given. Austrian light
cruisers, it appears, descended in a
raid upon flotilla of British drift
crs," sinking fourteen of them. A
lively engagement between one or
more British warships and the Ais
trains cnsued. The British Light
cruiser Dartworth was torpcdo@i.
but reached port. There were e:sa-
teen casualties aboard the Dart
mouth.
Gonzalo C. Enrile, who was a col
onel in the Mexican army under
President Porfric Diaz, was arrested
yesterday afternoon in Fa5ana. The
police announce that documents il
his possession showed the existence
of German intrigue in Latin-Amcr-
lea and in Cuba in connection with
the recent revolution. The police
intimate that the contents of these
documents will create d sensation
along the lines of that brought
about by the note Of DR.. Alfred lin
hermann. the German fo.c'%l nil
is;cr. to the Mexican Govcrn.n y.
The following is printed in the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

New York Herald: "The first contin-
gent of Japanese troops landed at
Marzeille on April 20, according to
information which has reached this
city. The general belief in Paris, ac-
ccrding to the Herald's informant, is
that the Japanese will be assigned to
fight shoulder to shoulder with di-
vision Of their Russian allies, which
mas been holding a sector of the
western front for months"
The Lithuanian bureau at Laus-
anne has made public statistics re-
ccived from the region of Lithuania
cccapicd by the Germans. From
these it appears that 100000 civil
iaas are penniless and starving, lily
ing in cellars and dugouts. Four
hundred thousand farms in that re-
f! e,jan are reported to have been dew
| astated. The death rate is said to
be growing alarmingly on account of
the unsanitary conditions under
which the people are living.
Every unmarried man between p
land 80 in Port Oxford, Curry county,
Oregon. the westernmost town Of
the United States, already has vol
unteared for service either in the
arnv or in the navy. The volunteers
from the little town Of $50 people
! number about one-ttiird Of the adult
male population.
: After he had been taken 10 an I'M
dcrtaNing parlor in Macomb, ILL.,, and
preparations had been made to en-
balm his body, Walter Niles, who
had shot and killed Sheriff BARLEY
and then attempted suicide when
surrounded by mob yesterday af-
tcrnoon, showed signs of life. 1t was
discovered that he WAS not dead and
he was hastily removed TO hos
pital.
Private James Z. Hopkins, 10 years
old. and private Henry Hunter, p
years old, both of Company c, First
separate battalion (colored). District
of Columbia Nationa! Guard, were
drowned early last night in the
i.Anacostia River at a place known as
Devils Elbow. The beat in which
thcy were riding capsizod, according
to Fred Banton, who was with the
men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19
$4,000 FOR THE FRONT
Expeditionary Force of American
Troops Ordered to Leave 1mmedi-
ately for the Trenches in Northern
France.

President Wilson last night ordered
an expeditionary force of American
troops to the trenches in France.
In signing the CONSUMPTION bill,
which provides for the recruitment
of an army of 100000 by selective
draft, the President rejected the vol
unteer divisions offered by Theodore
Roosevelt for service in France, and
directed the War Department to
prepare force of 100000 regulars
for immediate dispatch to the battle
front.
They will be the flower Of the army
and will be led by General john j.
Pershing-"Black Jack" he is in the
camps and environments of the Phil
ppines and along the Rio Grande.
Gen. Pcrshing, accompanied by
his headquarters staff, will proceed
to France at once His command will
follow as fast as their organizations
are effected and equipment and
transportation provided.
The sentimental expedition is the
direct result of the representations
of Marshal Jolfrc and Vice Premier
Viviani of France. It has been OPP
posed by the General Staff of the
army.
Every bit of machinery at the
disposal of the government last night
was working with one object in view
TO start the troops who will carry
Old Glory overseas on their way at
the earliest possible moment and
with the very best Of everything the
nation affords.
Other troops to reinforce them
will be sent as rapidly as the general
staff believes advisable.
The National Guard was ordered
into the Federal service yesterday,
the mastering in to Jake place on
July Is, July %, and August >, res
pectivcly.
The President late last night is
sued a proclamation setting June 5
as The date for registration of all
men between the ages of y and y
for military service. Out of the
100000 who will register, 100000
will be selected for training to begin
about September !.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19

The Duane Chair Company Of DIAL
ton, Georgia, has completed q new
plant to take the place Of the one
burned last summer. 1t is a thor
oughly modern factory in every res
rect, and when running at full ca
pacity will employ POO people
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-19
$50, 900 FIRE IN ATLANTA.
Fcur-Siory Building 0ccunicd by
Cannon Hotel is Partially De-
strOycd.

Atlanta, Ga, May 12-l're of I'M
determined origin partially destroyed
a four-story building occupied by tie
Cannon Hotel in the business section
Of Atlanta late last night, causing
a loss estimated from $4,000 to
$150,000. Fifteen guests who were
in the hotel escaped. Several ad-
joining structures were partially
damaged The fire was under control
by midnight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-11

rocky, lonely shores, he knew mat at
last his time had come. His revenge
upon the race was ripening, and he
meant to exercise 1T to the full.
His first act was to explore the
island. He discovered with his plum
NETS that Masterman had been correct
in tracing the prolongation Of the
south spur of the continental shelf. He
discovered that Fair island was the
peak of subterranean range ascend
ing sharply from great depth.
At a distance of about three hundred
feet beneath the surface there was q
sort of cup or crater in the mountain,
teeming with unknown forms of sub
marine life.
He found the stores which had been
left by the oil-ship, but there was no
sign of any airplane. However, since
MacBeard did not know that one was
to have been sent, he did not expect
to find one.
Stocking a cave with provisions, he
made himself at home there, and at
once set out to investigate the pres
ence of Masterman's monsters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-11
CHAPTER TX.
On the Sea Floor.

He struggled for balance as the sea
depths envelOped him. He CROPPED
in the water as in a fog. The swirl Of
bubbling air from the oxygen appara-
tus in the lock carried him some dis
lance from the submarine, and then
he felt himself sinking.
lie sank very slowly, and as he sank
he CROPPED for Ida. He could not find
her. The submarine had disappeared
completely.
He waded to and fro -ciumSily. He
was like dead man who wakes in an
uninhabited purgatory Of desolation
There was nothing anywhere-noth-
ing. Only the yielding water, at which
his fingers clutched fruitlessly.
He began to walk for six PAGES in
every direction, calculating that in this
way he could bound parallelogram
and return to his starting point. Bul
he saw nothing, and he did not know
that he had returned to the place from
which he had set out.
He started wildly backward, believ-
Ing that the submarine lay behind him.
As he walked. dragging his weight like
q convict's chain and ball, suddenly
the outlines of the Foo appeared be
fore him.
He realized that she was lying with
her bow higher than her stern. At
once he grasped the situation. She
had sunk with her bow toward land.
ana from this end, therefore, ne must
start on the ascent of Fair islands
subterranean base.
And this discovery renewed his cour-
age. OF course, the others were en-
deavoring to make the ascent, while
he had gone fioundering in the wrong
direction, downward toward the heart
Of the crater.
He made his way parallel with the
sphmsgiDe's bow. keeping well within
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-11
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER NAVAL Lieutenant Donald
Paget, just given command of a subma-
rine, meets at Washington an old friend
and distinguished though somewhat &c
centric scientist, Captain MaSterman.
Masterman has just returned from an
exploring expedition, bringing with him q
member Of the strange race, the existence
Of whose species, he asserts, menaces the
human family.
CHAPTER Hat the club, the March
Hares," Masterman explains his theory
to Paget. The recital is interrupted by
the arrival of a lifelong enemy of Mas
terman, Ira MacBeard, and the former is
seized with a fatal paralytic stroke.
CHAPTER III-From Masterman's body
Paget. secures documents bearing upon
the discovery and proceeds to the home
OF the scientist. There he discovers the
specimen of the strange race which Mas
terman had described While examining
it Pdget is struck down by MaCBedrd,
who had followed him. MacBeard robs
Paget of the documents. and escapes. The
specimen dies.
CHAPTER IV-Paget proceeds to sea
on his submarine, the F-55. He enCOun-
ters and sinks a German cruiser which
had just destroyed the steamer BcOtia on
which Ida Kennedy, Pagets fancee, was
a passenger. Ida escapes from the BeOtia
in a small boat
CHAPTER V-Paget swims to the boat
and attempts to reach the submarine.
His progress through the water is
strangely impeded and he discovers that
a horde of the creatures which Master
man had discovered had surrounded the
boat They are invisible while alive. One
invades the boat and Paget kills it. At
death the creature becomes visible. Paget
and Ida are picked up by the submarine.
CHAPTER VI-The F-55 is invaded by
the swarm and all on board devoured eX-
cept Ida Paget a mdshipman named
Davies, and seaman, Sam Clouts, whose
hobby is the playing of the mouth organ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-11

sight OF the elusive craft, which would
disappear momentarily before his eyes
and suddenly appear again, almost
within arms reach. Suddenly he
stopped. He stared at the oozy floor
His light had cast his shadow in front
of him.
But that was impossible.
1t was no shadow. 1t was a fiat
tened man. a dwarfish figure, ridicu-
lousy misproportioned, resembling an
image seen in a curved mirror. 1t ap-
preached slowly and uncertainty. For
a moment Donald felt his heart stand
still with fear. 1t was a nightmare
flashed from its arm. They drew to-
gether.
They stood looking at each other,
peering through their thick masks.
But in that vague medium recognition
was impossible.
Donald saw only the blurred fea-
lures behind the thick glass that COW
cred the face, distorted and twisted
by the refraction. He surmised that
it was not Davies. Davies could have
made himself known by any of num-
Der of symbols of the seamans free
masonry. But then, 1t could not be
ClOuts either.
He caught at the figures hand and
raised it to his sleeve-light. 1t was
a woman's hand-it was Ida's.
IL oh oil
her fingers in his, and together they
started on the ascent.
To his horror, Donald perceived that
the water was becoming opaque.
1t presaged the appearance Of the
sea monsters. They were in this lair,
and this substance was no food, no
planktOn that those devils pushed
forth before them like a veil, but a
material designed to shield them from
the filtering sunlight.
Donald grasped Ida's hand and
fought his way through the clinging
mass. AS he swung his free arm.
appraised, it struck against rocky
barrier overhead. The Ooze underfOOt
had yielded to solid rock.
He thrust out his arms ON either
side, and still found rock. He realized
that they were no longer ascending
the mountain, but had struck cave.
Donald stood still, rejecting. Did
Ida understand? There was no way
in which to tell her.
Ito be continued)