White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1922-12-01


W, j. KINCAID, Clerk.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. f. Gibbins
spent Sunday in Kennewick.
the guests of Mrs. Gibbins' par
ents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nuk, and fam
fly left Tuesday morning in
their car for Helix, Oregon,
where they spent Thanksgiving
with Mr.. and Mrs. M. ID. Smith,
old time eastern friends. They
expect to return Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Van Hoy
returned Friday from Yakima,
where on Wednesday they atten ded
as invited guests the wedding Of
Frank Poor and Miss Mary Coogan,
two young people who made their
home this summer with the L. Bou-
tin family on the de Veuve ranch.
The Spokesman has received
shipment of beautifully engraved
! Christmas cards with envelopes to
match. Will sell them plain or
wi h your name and greetings
printed. Also few cabinets con-
tanning $50 sheets of high class
Bond paper with envelopes to
match. These will make unusual
gifts.
The high school correspondent is
out of town this week and the
Spokesman is therefore unable to
give full account OF the debate
last Saturday evening between the
! Hanford and White Bluffs high
schools, which was won by Han
ford. A full account will be given
next week.
The White Bluffs Woman's Club
last week received an urgent call
for funds from the Washington
Home Finding ASSOCIATION. and on
Saturday evening put on cake
and candy sale at the picture show,
that netted S15.75. The money
was sent to the Home Finding So
ciety on Monday.
The Camp Fire girls are going
to send away a box about Christ
mas time and they would like to
ask everybody who has any old
toys in the attic or cellar-toys
/ that have apparently outgrown
their usefulness but that still
might be furnished up to bring
happiness to some youngster on
Christmas Eve-to bring them in
and leave them at the drug store.
A jury in Justice Court in
prosscr. Monday. brought in a
verdict of assault. and assessed
a fine of $1,00 and costs against
David Zerwekh, ST., and brought
in a verdict Of petty larceny, and
assessed a fine of $3.50 and costs
against Vernon Zcrwelh, The
cases were the outcome of Il
difficulty between O. b. Gwin
and the two Zerwekhs over the
mutilating Of a large galvanized
iron pressure tank belonging to
Gwin, and eliminating in an
assault on Mr.. Gwin by the ell
der Mr.. Zerwekll at the Ter
wekh home in September. Mr..
Zerwelih says that both cases
Will be appealed to the Super
ior Court. y
R. j. Miles passed away in St.
Elizabeth's hospital in Yakima at
{ o'clock Tuesday morning. The
deceased cane to White Bluffs last
spring with c. H. McCready from
Selah, and the two have had charge
of the Showalter orchard south of
town during the past season. Mr..
Miles had been suffering from Sc
we're headaches for some time and
he was taken to Yakima three or
four weeks ago. where an opera
ton disclosed a stoppage in one of
the small canals at the base of the
nose. The operation failed to re-
lieve the trouble. which finally re-
suited in brain fever. He was bur-
led Friday at his old nome in Selah,
the funeral arrangements being in
charge of the Masonic lodge, of
which he was a member.
! Mr.. Miles was a great booster
for this valley and by his CHEEKY
and happy disposition made many
friends during his short stay here.
C. I. Wright hid a birthday last
Saturday. Now Of course. to a
: youngster birthday is real
event but this was not Irvy's first
one by-well. by quite a number.
But his friends and fellow employ
ees in the White Bluffs Warehouse,
just to show that even in this ma.
terialistic age, all the niceties of
life have not been entirely forgot
ten, "chipped in" and purchased
him a gift box, or maybe you
would call it ''hope chest" con-
tanning many articles. both useful
and ornamental. and presented it
to him. The Spokesman was not
furnished detailed list of all the
"presents" in the box. but we have
hoon inforpood {hot tho foIloxu;yor