White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-04-27

MISS Maggie MOfken, VINO mas
been visitor in White Bluffs for
the past week, left for her Yakima
home Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Breede were
in Kennewick Sunday in attendance
at the flag raising celebration
They accompanied E. M. Sly on hi
return and came back with Mr.. anc
Mrs. L. C. Boutin.
Frank M. Spain, an accountant
from Yakima, who has been here
for the past week auditing the
books of the Growers Warehouse.
vas called home to attend the fed.
eral court Monday.
The Produce company has taken
over the stock of staple drugs now
in the drug store and has ordered
an additional supply from Seattle,
1t is their intention to handle
a full line of the staple drugs.
D. S. Wilkinson, manager for the
White Bluffs & Columbia River
Telephone company, returned home
Saturday after an absence of eight
months in Montana, wnere he had
been installing telephone equip
ment for the Mountain States Tel.
G. Tel. company.
There will be basket social at
the school house Saturday, May 9Th,
at $50 p. m. Every lady in the
valley is earnestly requested to
fix up basket. Other entertain
ment aside from the selling of the
baskets will be provided by local
and outside talent and seven reels
of moving pictures. Homemade
candies and ice cream will be on
sale. Proceeds will go to the ath-
letic association.
A meeting for the women of this
community has been called for Wed
nesday, May End, at the church at 2
p. m. for the purpose of organizing a
chapter Of the National Red Cross
society. Mrs. A. P. Hill of Hanford,
who was the prime factor in the
formation Of the Hanford society,
will be present to assist in the or
ganization. All the women in this
district are eligible and urged to
join this greatest, perhaps, of patri-
otto adjuncts to the nation during
war times.
The two-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Wilcox of Thir.
teenth avenue is recovering from
an eye injury inflicted few days
ago in an unusual manner. Tht
child was looking out of window
at her home when a stone thrown
by her brother, somewhat older
broke the glass in front of her
face. One of the fragments struck
the child's eye. The cut became
Infected and for a time it was
feared the sight would be de-
stroyed. Yakima Herald.
A great number of ranchers have
called at the Spokesman office dur
ing the last week and have taker
out a supply Of soya bean and cot
ton seed for planting. The seed'
were sent for distribution by Dan
Brothers of Seattle. The supply
of sugar beet seed sent did no.
reach White Bluffs until Thursday
They are here now, however, ane
may be had for the asking. There
is also a small amount of the
soya bean and cotton seed left
A bulletin touching on the histo.
ry and uses of the soya bean ane
cotton plants and the manner o,
planting and cultivation of each il
printed elsewhere in the Spokes
man and should be read and saved
for future reference by those max
ing the experiments.
The editor of this paper accom-
panied F. P. Rollins on trip tt
Yakima Monday, in Mr.. Rollins
Oakland. That is. we kept him ir
sight most of the time. We were
the only passenger in the back seat
going over and during the greater
portion of the trip were so busy
trying to keep some part of the ca,
between us and solid ground thai
we missed much of the scenery ex
cept, of course, the high peaks ii
the road. Being dressed in season
we had on our spring pants, too
but it did not seem to relieve the
situation very much.
Tn, trip was made in a little
over two hours and when one con