White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-03-02

| PaSco.
Persons desiring to reach Pasco
Kennewick and other points south u
the present are recommended to e,
to Ellensburg, Yakima and theme,
southeast to Kennewick.
Later: The Ellensburg- Yakim,
road is snowbound.
The figures regarding the power
developed by the big dam is nothing
less than Supplying. The dam will
develop 100000 horse power, about
| the same amount as is now used in
| the entire state ,of Warrington. II
| is stated on what purposesIto be good
authority that already $4,000 horse
power has been signed up. Wher
$4,000 more horse power has been
signed up, it Is understood the
money will be ready to go ahead
Many people from tho Cashmere
and Wenatchcc country arc heading
down toward the White Bluffs and
Hanford district.
ALI those living along the line be-
tween Trinidad and Kennewick are
watching with anxious eyes every
move looking toward the construc-
ton Of the Wenatchee Southern. For
the construction of this line will
mean more proportionately to those
towns and communities along the
Columbia river between the terinini
OF the proposed road than to the
termini themselves.
For White Bluffs and Hanford ere
now on the branch line of the Mil
waukee from Beverly south The
t,1iAWenatchee soutinssn will make o
great connecting link between fo,'r
transcontinental lines and vii
throw these places into closer touch
with ell tthe larger places in the
state All this should bring about g
constantly increasing influx Of set
tiers. For this part of the country
is UNUSUAL in many ways.
| While we were there on February
10 spring birds like the meadow lark
were talking to us when We arose
in the morning. For some reason
this particular district is much car
lier than any other part of the state.
Strawberries and cherries are tie
Northwest.
"Id tho big dam actually to be
built?" is the question that ono
hears constantly. or course no great
undertaking like this is built until
the dam Is actually finished. But
the fact that the head man IN the
General Electric Company is said to
he making n hobby OF this develop
mcnt and tile fact that $3,OO0,000
has already been expended and upon
the investment of which there can
lie no returns until the work is COM
pleted leads to the conviction that
the men at work on this project are
not 1ooling away their money for
nothing They certainly expect to go
through with 1t and they have the
means at their command to do 1t.
And where will ali this power be
used? The building OF IN indus
trial city is the dream OF builders.
Great wooden mills and other con-
Germs recurring great amounts of
power will be the kind that would
naturally locate here.
The gns wclf---you have been hear
ing OF these several years. Five are
developed and are now capped. So
great a volume of gas shoots UP that
1t will carry rock into tho air thir-
ty to forty feet. The large compan-
les seem to be waitig till some of
the smaller ones are ready to fzzle
out There is great reservoir of
natural gas that can readily be
piped to the new industrial city
when 1t Is built.
Among those from this section
OF the state who have gone to White
Bluffs are e. J. O'Leary. w. J. Kin
caid, r. d. Barge and Mrs. A. r.
Byers all of Waterville; E. r.
Kern Of Cashmere; e. r. Cranmer,
Steve Branch and Nj. j. Nelson OF
Wenntchee; r. d. E. Biart Of Win
tl1rop, Ira s. Jones OF Nespelem,
John dwight of Entiat, and James
A. Shull OF Monitor.
e. j. OLeary' formerly county
clerk OF Douglas county and former
owner Of the Vancouver baseball
club, is owner Of an orchard at
White Bluffs. He is also postmaster.
editor and publisher Of the White
Bluffs Spokesman.
White Bluffs and Hanford last
year shipped out 355 cars OF fruit.
Under the Hanford ditch there are
about 1000 acres of irrigated land.
by use of pumps which will lift the
water from the 225 shallow wells
that have been sunk there is being
irrigated 1000 to 3,000 acres more.
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Andrew Boag, who has been
quite i'll this week with a complica-
ton of troubles. is reported to be
very much improved. aitho he still
is very sick man.