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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

The house and senate chambers of
the state legislature are located on
the third floor Of the old capitol
building. They are separated by a
large square rotunda in the center of
which is light well that opens on
the second floor. This light well is
surrounded by a balustrade or guard
rail of average heighth and around
it day after day during the legisla-
tive session gathers men and women
who are in Olympia seeking favor,
for the rotunda is common rem
devious where the lobbyists gather
to stalk their prey.
Doors open off Of the rotunda onto
both chambers. A back stairs leads
to committee rooms on the senate
side, but they are seldom used, ii
indeed, many of the senators know
of their existence. Because Of the ar
rangment of apertures which give in
gress and egress to the Legislative
halls 1t is difficult for a solon te
escape pursuer If the predatory
seekers of favors be patient-and
most Of them are.
The doors opening off of the huge
vestibule onto the chambers are sci
with glass. Years ago when the old
capitol building was new the cham
bers we're guarded only by one door
each, but with the passing Of time
the demands for positions in which tc
place faithful, decrepit party work
ers deserving of Jobs during legis
lative session became SO strong that
second door was added to each
house until now it is necessary fol
the solon and the visitor entering the
portals Of the lawmakers to pass two
sentries instead of one.
Old men are invaribly selected fol
these important posts, although nj
one knows quite why, except tina
there are always lame ducks, o.
party workers who no longer can re
turn to scenes of former success IL
Olympia unless positions are oh
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
21.DAY
FARM WORK PLAN
May WORK OUT

Henry Ford owns and operates one
of the largest farms in the United
States, more than 5000 acres. All
work on the farm is done in twenty
one days year. There are no farm
animals except saddle horses, for Ford
believes in the elimination of labor
producing animals with which the av-
erage farm is encountered. Farmers
today, he says, waste most of their
time taking care of animals and do
ing things by hand that should be
quickly done with machinery. He be-
lieves tractors are better than horses
and cost less: that better milk can
be and has been made out Of vege-
table products than any cow can
give; that the cattle needed for food
and the sheep for wool should be
raised on great ranges in the West;
that the heavy work farmers now do
should be done by machinery; that
all farm fences should be torn down,
for they interfere with the operation
of machinery and prevent some Of the
land from being titled.
Fords idea centers about the eman-
cipation of the farmer from his slav-
cry to his livestock; the reorganiza-
ton of farm labor so that the work
which now takes year is concentrat-
ed in one month, and the establish
ment of local village industries in
which the farmers Of the surrounding
country can be employed when they
are not at work upon their farms; of
farmers pooling their land, working
together and dividing the product on
/ the basis of the amount Of land put
into the pool and the number Of work
ers engaged. He expects to see farm
ing corporations in which one may
buy shares of stock just as people
now buy shares in manufacturing cor
porations.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
Tho Metaphysics Of tho Links.

Ino metaphysics OF emo Links.
Recently l made an important dis.
covery in social psychology, which 1
am glad to give unpatented to the
technical sociologists for further elu-
cidation. l have happily hit upon the
reason for the pre-eminence Of the
Scots as philosophers, statesmen and
theologians. This is due to their hav-
ing been golfers for sufficient num-
Der of generations to have inherited
large unearned increment from the
game. Nor is this result at all sur.
prising, for he Is singularly lacking
in imagination who is not prompted
to reflection as he observes the close
parallel between the vicissitudes of
golf and life. From such observations
and reflections the Scot has learned
to make those subtle distinctions be-
tween swans and geese, and other
confusingly similar entities, which
lift him to the high place he holds in
the councils of the thinkers and the.
ologians. If, on the other hand, such
a noisy and turbulent game as base.
ball, with it's swiftness of action so
Obstructive to meditation, had been de.
veloped in Scotland, doubtless they
would have been importing their
preachers instead of exporting arch
bishops and cabinet officers to Eng.
land, and like ourselves would have
been under the necessity of organ
izing chautauquas and inventing other
mechanics of culture-The Rev. ].
Archibald MacCallum, in the North
American Review.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

House building time will soon be
here and in order to help the farm
women plan real home, it has been
arranged to run a series Of house
plans on the convenient farm home.
These plans were secured from
Miss M. Minerva Lawrence, home
management specialist who, together
with Professor Rudolph Weaver, head
of the architects department and
Professor L. j. Smith, head of the de-
partment of agricultural engineering,
conducted a contest among farm
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

dent that their opportunity for reach.
ing the lawmakers will come when
the shadows of evening lengthen and
whistles are dry and the solons are
hungry for food and companionship.
But the lobbyists who frequent the
hotel corridors are less interesting
to watch than are those who lean
over the balustrade surrounding the
light well in the corridor, for they
resemble nothing so much as gigan-
tic spiders lying in ambush for the
innocent fly. AS class they are men
accustomed to the ways Of the world.
At home and abroad they live we'll,
draw large salaries and seek only
one thing-results. AS class they
are possessed of good minds and be-
cause of their experience in business
and politics they are inclined to be
contemptuous Of the men and women
sent to the legislature by the people
Of the state, but unhappily, 1t Is
dangerous for them to allow this con-
tempt to register on their facial fea-
lures. That is why they are inter
esting to watch. The clever fellows
always carry few cigars which they
hand out freely enough with word
of greeting and smile, all the while
swallowing pride and dulling their
sensibilities to a distasteful, but
necessary job that must be performed
with alacrity If they. are to live by
their wits.
Solons coming from the legislative
chambers are buttonholed, led away
to a corner and flattered,. cajoled.
threatened or entreated as the indi-
vidual case may require. Nearly al
ways the lobbyists win concession,
but not always. Sometimes the fly
turns on the spider, spurns Its ad-
vances, laughs at it. On such occa-
sions wheedling is vain and nattsry
worse than useless. But the lobby
list dare not take offense or appear
piqued for to earn the large returns
that lobbying pays he must obtain suf-
ficient votes to pass or kill mea-
sure with no thought of personal feel
ings.
Now and then house or senate
member becomes bored with the con
slant attention which the seekers @.
favors are ever ready to shower down
and threatens to introduce bill COM
polling all lobbyists to register, but
the flash Of anger passes and the
lobbyists laugh and forget.
| No one class in the state seems free
of favor seeking in Olympia this
winter. The large power companies,
the real estate men, labor, the
farmers, the motor buss line owners,
the railroads, the dentists-these and
many more daily try for legislative
ears in behalf of pet measures.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

fer poultry house 20 feet wide and
40 or so feet long. A thin cloth that
the poultryman can see through can
be tied over the eyes, nose and mouth
to prevent the lime dust from getting
into them. The house should DO
closed again for "a hours to allow the
lime dust to settle.
The house should be brushed out
and swept clean. All litter should be
taken out and moistened with kero-
sene and burned Any that will not
burn should be buried deep in the
ground.
Using Liquid Insecticides.
After 1t Is cleaned, the house should
be sprayed both inside and outside
with some good liquid insecticides
similar to Creosote. Purchased at diff
ferent times and different places this
will not always be Of the same thick
ness or viscosity. 1t should be thinned,
however, SO that 1t will spray easily
through an ordinary sprayer, usually
with from two or four parts of kero
sene. Another mixture consists OF
two and a half gallons of Creosote
two and half gallons of water and
one pound of washing soda.
A second application of the liquid
insecticides should be made to the
interior of the house and nest boxes,
roosts, ETC., before the fowls are al
lowed to return.
The fowls should be thoroughly
busted with insect powder immediate
ly before they are put back into the
house. They should be returned al
dusk with the powder in their plum
age so that they can rest the first
night covered with the powder.
After this treatment the house
should be sprayed about once month
with some good liquid insecticide anG
kept as clean as possible.
The insects commonly attacking
chickens that will be eliminated by {
campaign of this kind includes thu
large chicken louise, the variable
chicken louise and the common chick
en- louise and the Red mite.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
silver Production Ria.

World production and consumption
of silver in 1922 was the largest In
many years. due to heavy demands
from Far East which took approx
mately 218,OOO,00 ounces. Consump-
ton estimated at 307,OOO,O00 ounces
and production at 207,000,0O0 Esti-
mated consumption does not include
many millions of old coins reminted
and put back into circulation in de-
based pieces by British and Dutch en-
pires. Shortage in silver expected in
1923.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

women for the best plan on farm
homes.
The competition was divided into
three groups, three or four room
bungalows; five, six and seven room
bungalows, and two-story houses Of
six, seven and eight rooms. Each
plan was to include bath and mems
wash room. Plans were sent into the
college from farm women all over
Washington, and from the great num-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
HOMEMAKERS' CORNER
Conducted by
Alice Lindsey Webb News Editor, and
Lincoln r. Lounsbury Agricultural Extension Editor,
State College of Washington.

Der received the best were picked.
House plans which will be run in
this series will include, two different
house plans of the best three-room
bungalow, a five-room bungalow and
a twostory house, giving plans made
to scale.
Miss Lawrence has prepared a few
points on each house plan, showing
the good parts which are especially
recommended for us in planning the
home.
The house at the top Of this article
is an example of what 1t Is possible
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
Bee Club Holds School.

The Yelm boys and girls bee club
reorganized for the year and selected
A. H. Scott of this place for their To-
cal leader. They have arranged to
hold bee school for two days under
the leadership of B. A. Slocum, ex.
tension bee specialist from the state
college.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

The largest sun-dial in the world is
nearing completion at Washington,
D. G. This will mark, not only the
time Of day. but the time Of the year.
1t is to be used to demonstrate astro.
nomical problems.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

to have on the. farm. Just because
you are living on the farm, is no just
reason why the house should not be
as good and as convenient as If It
were built in the residential section
of a city. This home was planned
and built by J.. A. Adams and Is To-
Gated on the west side of the state.
Next week we will run three
room bungalow plan.
ITO be continued.)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

Some experts seem to think that
the only active volcano in the United
States may start an eruption In a
short time. The craters are steaming
This volcano is Lassen Peak, in Las.
sen Volcanic National Park. Calf.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

The first year any record was ever
taken of postage stamps sold In this
country, the total was 1.540.545. This
was in 1850. The last statistics. those
of 1920, show total Of 1919, 1905
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
WASHINGTON NEWS

one or the biggest dope hauls in
this district in recent months vas
made at Pasco, Wash, when A. E..
Gatens, federal narcotics agent in
charge Of this office, arrested Rem
Wong, an American-born Chinese
who served with the A. e. F., and
Mack Wong, his father. Between
5000 and 10000 grains of cocaine,
morphine and opium was uncovered
in a garden at the rear of the Wong
establishment in Pasco.
At prevailing prices this repre-.
sents between $4,000 and 100000
Pacific northwest products will be
used In the $2,SOOOOO Olympic hotel
in Seattle, construction of which
starts April Is. 1t will be completed
May II, 1924. If the products pro.
duced in this state are as good and
as low in price as the outside com
petitive commodity, the Washington
material will be bought
knights of Columbus have started q
campaign to build million dollar
auditorium and art museum In Seat
tie.
The Blue Mountain Baseball
league was recently organized at q
meeting at Walla Walla The SEIZED
ule calls for season of 15 games
opening on April 1 and closing July
4. Six teams will comprise the cir
cult, including Pendleton, Echo, Mil
ton.Freewater, Walla Walla, Pascc
and Kennewick.
A deed to the old court house
property in favor of Chelan county
was filed in the auditors office at
Wenatchee by the Wenatchee Devel
opment company Of Seattle. The deed
conveys to the county all rights tc
four lots, tract 10 feet wide and
120 feet deep. The conditions of the
deed given the county by the devel
opment company in January, 1900
stipulated that the county should
have a right to the property SO long
as 1t was to be used for county
purposes.
Plans for the construction of new
power line from Moses Lake to
: Quincy in Grant county, west of Spo
kane, to furnish power for irrigating
the Quincy orchards, were announced
recently by the officers Of the Wash.
ington Water Power company. Work
will start Immediately.
The publicity committee of the
various commercial bodies between
Spokane and Nelson, b. c., met re
Gently in Colville for the purpose OF
organizing publicity work for the
coming year, according to reports re
ceived in Spokane recently. Definite
plans for the work will be outlined
at the next meeting which will be
held shortly in Nelson.
The Yakima Wool Growers Ser
vice corporation has selected a ware
house formerly used by the Yakima
Valley Fruit Growers association. for
its bonding warehouse. It has sent
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
Busy Line.

Anthony-Have you see Shakes.
peare's telephone play?
Adele-Not that I recall. Name It.
Anthony--"O (t)hsllo!"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
Growing Sugar seets on West Side.

At meeting of the farmers OF
Skagit county, interested in the grow
ing of sugar beets, fifty acres were
pledged for trial during the coming
year. County Agent G. Fl. Bergstrom
reported that each farmer signing up
acreage agreed to keep cost accounts
in cooperation with the agents sfiee.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
Not Listed.

Art-Do y know any Of Sht kes-
peare's quotationsf
Artful-No; I never knew he was q
stock broker.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
WORLDS NEWS
BRIEFLY RET0LD
Important News of Both HEM
spheres Boiled Down to
Last Analysis.

General Degoutte has decided to
dlsarm all German police in the
Ruhr to avoid repetition of the in
cident at Gelsenkirchen. where two
French officers were shot.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

Guy Anderson, graduate Of the
State College of Washington has been
appointed tester of the new Whatcom
County Cow Testing association. This
association differs from the regular
associations by reason Of the fact
that the farmers take samples from
their own herd and these are collected
by the tester and tests run at cen.
trail station.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

A plan whereby the department Of
navy and that of war would be
grouped under the single portfolio Of
the department of defense" is said
to have been given the approval Of
President Harding. The plan is being
prepared for submission to the joint
congressional committee selected to
consider the changes.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

A three hundred million dollar
wheat sterilization board to guaran.
tee a fair wheat price for American
farmers would be set up under a
bill introduced in the senate recently
by Senator Gooding, Idaho, republi.
can.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

an application to the federal govern.
ment for license and asking the sta
tioning of inspector, according to re.
ports received recently at Spokane
Judge Charles B. Dunning. resi-
dent Of Spokane and the Inland En-.
pire for 81 years. we'll known in
business and in G. A. R. circles, died
recently at his Spokane home. Judge
Cumming was 81 years old and has
lived In the west since 1880.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

The Skagit Valley Cow Testing as
sociaion of Skagit county began
work last month with 500 cows signed
up for testing.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
DAIRY

At recent Holstein consignment
sale. conducted by the Lewis County
Holstein Friesian club, 40 head were
sold at an average price Of $138.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

The Yakima Wool Growers Ser.
vice corporation has selected a ware.
house formerly used by the Yakima
Valley Fruit Growers association, for
its bonding warehouse. It has sent
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

Government agents recently opened
the grave of James Jones at Brook
Ign naval cemetery, but failed to find
the four million dollars worth Of Ro-
manoff jewels rumored hidden in the
sailors coffin. The grave had been
guarded for weeks by squad of sol
diers. When the grave was opened the
guard was tripled. every entrance to
the cemetery blocked by soldiers with
fixed bayonets, and every precaution
taken as the coffin was opened. There
were no jewels inside.
Continuing their campaign Of arson
against property of Free State SYM
pathizers, Irish insurgents fired and
destroyed Castleboro, Lord Carew's
historic residence near Enniscorthy.
Damage is estimated at half mil.
lion.
A plea for an inter-church move
ment Of all Christian churches and
Jews to act together in Kidding Chi
cago and rotten politics, bad govern.
ment and commercialized vice" was
made by Bishop Charles P. Anderson
Tuesday In an address at the annual
convention of the Protestant Episco.
pal church. He said the conditions
in Chicago were no worse than In
other cities, but were merely sam
pie of nation. wide conditions.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

Farmers in the Thrift district of
Pierce county finished a survey Of
all livestock and have agreed to form
a purebred bull club. Three Of the
local dairymen decided to use the
Holstein breed and will purchase a
sire comparatively.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

The Clallam County Guernsey club
is arranging to foster boys and
girls calf club. Mr.. J. L. Keeler Of
fered $40 as prizes for members Of
the calf club while the Guernsey club
has agreed to duplicate the offer.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

quarantine by themselves while the
house Is being cleaned.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
Recent Reports Say
Aloe Sold Again

Another important acreage
deal was comsumated lately,
with the organization Of t h e
Canadian-American Oil company,
with headquarters at Sweetgrass
by Calgary and Toole county men
John Decker of Sweetgrass, is
president. H. L. Wilson, of Sweet
Grass, is vice-president, Willard
Richards is secretary, and John
w. Meyer, attorney of Calgary,
will serve as treasurer.
The company has taken over
the Aloe we'll and hold ings in g.
34-2 w., and 1-34-3 W., compris-
ing $50 acres. A well down to
the depth of $50 feet was includ-
ed in the deal. The new COM
pany is Montana corporation,
capitalized at 100000. This
group of men sees a great future
in the Kevin field, and are willing
to spend a great deal of money
in developing same.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
N1c whorier Becomes
Owner Of Kelvin Hotel
Big Real Estate Deal Closed
Tuesday Starts The Ball
Rolling In Kevin

In deal consumated Tuesday, E. L. McWhort-
er, who recently returned from Alabama, becomes
the of the Kevn Hotel and the four lots adjoin
ing purchasing same from A Goeddertz, Jr., closing
one of the biggest real deals that has been put
across in some time
1t is the intention of Mr. McWhorter to thor
oughly remodel the building from bottom to top and
add fixtures throughout the entire hotel making
It upto-date in every way, whereby filling long felt
need for the many people travelling into Kevin.
Mr.. McWhorter is not new member of Kevin,
as it will be remembered that he of the main
clerks in the office of Campbell & Stevenson during
their time here. Later Mack resigned his position
with this company and engaged in the royalty and
leasing business which it is claimed he cleaned up
nice sum of money. Mr.. McWhorter still retains
several good holdings in the Kevin field, and togeth
with the establishment which he has just pur
chased makes him of the fixtures of the growing
Oil town.
Mr.. McWhorter left Wednesday for Great Falls
and eastern points to purchase the Necessary equip
men for the hotel and is understood that he will be
back to take active charge by the first of next month
The people of Kevin very glad to see this
big deal starts the ball rolling for spring activities
with the refinery, bank, hotels and other added
adjustments that will appear soon Kevin is coming
into its 0wn-but why not? Kevin is the only town
in Toole county located right in the center of Oil.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
GeOddert2 Sells
CambeH Bldg.
Another Real Estate DeuEJust7
Closed Shows Kelvin is Co
ing Ahead Each Day

In a deal closed the first of the
week, E. L. McWhorter purchas.
ed what is known as the Coed
dertz building, formerly occupi-
ed by Gordon Campbell as his
office, located just north Of the
Green Billiard Parlors. With this
building goes two Of the finest
lots in the city. The purchase of
this property by Mack, goes to
prove beyond doubt that Kevin
will be the town, for Mack knows
what he is doing, he has had eX-
perience in this field and heknows
where to place his bets. In an
interview with Mr.. New horter
he stated, "that as yet he did
not know just what the building
would be used for, but he thot
that the future of Kevin better
than any other town in Toole
county. and that he had purchas-
ed this property more for specu-
lation than any other cause and
that it was a sure bet that he
could not lose."
More and more each day the
public are beginning to realize
just where the big pool lays
the refinery, the large number Of
contractors and other movements
that are on foot will put KEVlN
in line for the spring rush.