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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-10
Happenings of Sixteen
Years Ago in the Valley

from w. Is. spokesman, Aug q, w
White Bluffs is the talk OF the
Northwest
An election will be held at the
schoolhouse north of town on
Tuesday Aug. 20, for the purpose
of voting bonds in the sum OF 3d.
800 to be used in erecting a new
school house at White Bluffs.
The body of Charles Hall, a
declkhand on the Mountain Gem,
who was drowned between White
Bluffs and Priest Rapids, July %,
was found two miles below town
last Saturday afternoon.
Irving Wright has leased the
We'll bungalow on Mob Hill for a
year. AS soon as the interior finish
iof the building is completed, Mr..
and Mrs. Wright will move into the
housel Mr.. We'll, who built the
house for his own use, states that
he purposes building another house
at once.
When the ball given by the
White Bluffs Mercantile company in
their new building last Saturday
night was opened there was COM
pany present which taxed the cap
acity of the temporary ballroom. A
Kennewick orchestra furnished mil
sic, and all enjoyed a merry time.
Messrs. A. r. Beycrs and A. N.
Maltbie, comprising the mercantile
company, made their guests feel
that their presence was appreciated
The store company has already be-
come we'll known to the people, and
their opening introduction was a
success in every way.
Last Sunday after the bali, Man
ager We'll of the White Bluffs Land
* Irrigation company hicd himself
to the wheat fields across the river
to view his handiwork here from
afar. He was attired in swell new
riding outfit and rode his $500
steeplechasc horse ST. When far
out on the plains, the rider and
horse became separated in some
manner unknown to the Spokesman.
All through the night Mr. We'll
kept lonely vigil in the foothills OF
the Saddle mountains. He sang
operate selections till the coyotes
howled away the melody Of his
Song The night was long and
weary and the next morning the
manager found ST and returned to
the sheltcring arms Of White Bluffs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-10
: TOWN AND VALLEY NEWS:


Try the Drug Store First. Phone
4O3.
Mrs. Fannie CIR iffiths is bust
ness visitor in Va kima this week.
...r rled M. We'll returned on
Wednesday evening from two
weeks visit in Seattle.
j. F. Bleakley has been absent
IN Seattle nearly all week on bus
mess.
Mrs. C. l.. McGlothlen of Han
ford is the guest of MIS-. S. A.
Brice this week.
G. A. Helm left on the Wenat.
chez stage Wednesday for Soap
Lake, for treatment ut the baths
there.
Mrs. Frank Smith of kelso,
Wash, is here this week visiting
at Locust Lodge, the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. r. ID. Barge.
"PoLLY PRIN" scour-
ing powder. Try 1t. Spec.
iaI. three large cans. 25c
6hc VALLEY GROCERY
W. b. Huey has moved his
family from the McCotter cottage
to the rooms over Leggett Mer-
camille company store.
Mrs. l.. w. Beldin left on the
Wenatchee stage Monday on her
way to Soap Lake for a few
weeks visit with her sister, Mrs.
Minnie Rollins.
Mrs. j. r. Tuttle arrived in
White Bluffs this week to join
her soldier-settler husband who
has started to improve his tract
just west of the depot at White
Bluffs.
Miss Erna Krug, who has been
spending the last two years with
relatives in Fond du Lac, Wis
consin, while attending school, re-
turned to White Bluffs last Sat
urday evening and will visit at
the home of her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. l.. G. Krug, until after the
apple pack-out.
---REGARDING Spices.
l just received a full line
. of Fresh Fairmont Bulk Spi-
ces---r e m e m b #, stri ;tly
fresh---also Fairmont high
grade vinegar. Buy the
best, at right prices.
| THE VALLEY GROCERY
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-10

l will always be glad to send in
new or renewal subscriptions to the
Seattle Times or any other daily,
weekly or monthly newspaper. per-
iodical or magazine. Just pay me
the regular subscription price and |
will do the rest. Will save you
time, postage and stationery. E.
j. O'Larey.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-10

FOR SALE-Early Crawford
peaches. plums, prunes and nectar
ines. F. M. Wheeler ltc
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-10
Want Ads

Try the Drug Store First. Phone
4O3.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-10

FOR SALE-Twenty Baldhead
Roller pigeons. $40 for flock. AL
so few Spotted Giant rabbits.
$l.0O each. This price for short
time only. E. N. LOVELAND.
Ate
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-10

The body of Charles Hall, a
deckhand on the Mountain Gem,
who was drowned between White
Bluffs and Priest Rapids, July %,
was found two miles below town
last Saturday afternoon.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-10
THAT SERVICE is

DOVER SERVICE and long years
If experience have taught the
general BODYBUILDING public that
when there is any building to
De done, D w Err Sc RVICE
should be used.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-10

FOR sALE-soy Beans deliv-
cred, six dollars bu.. twelve cents
pound. Plant now. Order Pedi-
greed Washington asparagus for
fail planting. HOME NURSERY
CO., Richland, Wash.
, 1923-01-07
DAM
ENDORSED HERE
Project Receives Support Of
Chamber of Commerce lrri-
CATION Committee.

Caspeu endorsement of the Guern.
sey dam project under which 1t is
proposed to bring thousands OF acres
Of land in Platte and Goshen counties
under irrigation. was given last night
when the irrigation COMMITTEES OF the
local chamber of commerce heartily
endorsed the plan. NJ. o. Houser
editor OF the Guernsey Gazette and
Irving DUNN, hardware merchant OF
the enterpr!s,ng Platte county town,
were In Casper in the interests of the
project and met with h irrigation
committee.
Following the meeting last evening
a resolution was framed which will be
sent to the United States reclamation
service asking for immediate action
in the matter and the state legisln.
ture at its session this month will be
also asked to forward an official en-
dorsement.
The irrigation committee will moet
again in the near future to discuss
further means to hasten action on the
dam.
The Casper project Is linked with
the Guernsey project TO a greater de-
gree than is generally realized. In
view of the fact that the latter is
considered highly feasible and some
scheme may be worked out whereby
It will be of untold benefit TO Casper.
1t has been suggested by engineers
that a dam at Guernsey would i'm
pound waters sufficient to irrigate
much of the land in the North Platte
project that now depends pm the
Pathfinder dam for its supply. In the
event the Guernsey dam construction
was rushed. water for the Casper
project might be available from the
Pathfinder reservoir. One advantage
in this arrangement. Il is said. hinges
on the fact hat the Pathfinder water
is Tour days distant from the lan1
which II irriEates. while the proposed
site of the Guernsey dam is but an
hour above the diversion dam.
There has been appropriated this
year for the North Platte project "a
total OF s 1890. 900. OF which 1000. 600
IL for proposed construction work on
the Fort Laramie unit canal. and
only SIS. 900 for the Guernsey dam sur
yeys. The estimates for the various
units OF the project are not final.
however. and the campaign of the
Guernsey interests II 10 secure tne
diversion OF additional funds to the
Guernsey dam. Congressman Frank
W. Mondell is authority for the state
ment that this a be lone before
final allotment of the total fund is
made between the various units,
There is no $ according to their
contention. for the expenditure OF
more than $500. 900 on the Fort Lara,
mie canal before tho dan is construct.
ed insofar as Wyoming interests are
concerned.
Congressman Mondell Is favorable
to a revision Of tentative allotment'
Il the attitude OF those interested IL
the project can he changed and the
support OF all Wyoming is being asked
by Guernsey in securing recognition
for the projected dam.
, 1923-01-07
DRYS STRIVE.
TO MAKE U. S.


Omitted Press stan Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, Jan. GA drive
to make tho United States really
bone dry" began in congress
today.
DryB answered the wet threat to
liberalize prohibition enforcement
by initiating legislative moves to
increase the penalties for violation
Of the dry laws.
At the game time. Wayne B.
Wheeler, Of the Anti-6aloon
League. attacked the proposed
liquor-tasting commission to deter
mine what is intoxicating liquor,
branding It a creation of the brew
ers and their supporters. He an
nounced the drys would unite in
opposing tho measure.
Senator Sheppard, Texas, author
Of the 18th amendment. announced
that he was working on legislation
to increase the severity OF the pro-
hibition laws, while Representative
UpshAw. Georgia, introduced a bill
to make the purchaser of Illicit
liquor equally guilty with the
seller.
Sheppard wants to add six
months in jail to the $500 fine pro
vided for possession and trans
portation OF liquors and increase
to two years the six months jail
sentence provided for manufactur.
ing and selling liquor. He also
proposes heavy internal
taxes on cellar stocks to strike at
the wealthy liquor holders.
Wheeler said hat the dry forces
would make an u~nrelenting fight
to prevent enactment Of tho bill
by Senator Spencer. Missouri, call.
ing for the creation of n commits
sion to determine how much
alcohol makes a beverage intoxl-
eating. No scientific commits
sion said Wheeler, can deter
mine accurately what 10 intoxicat-
ing liquor for a group OF 100000
900 people. Alcoholic liquor effects
people differently. according to
age. temperament. tolerance TO use
and many conditions"
, 1923-01-07
CHICAGO lid ON
FOR FIRST time
Police Buy Drinks at Bar and
Loiter in Gambling Houses"
Crusader Reports.
By R R. \

NShitSu 1IeSS oRAh
CHICAGO. Jah. 6-The lid was
clnmped down tight in Chicago to-
night for the first time in years.
Within a few hours the city had
been turned from the worst in the
world as termed by vice Invest.
gators. to a clean, moral town.
The change was made on the eve
of an investigation by a county grand
Jury into charges by cleanup leaders
that s25o.ooo weekly was being paid
by the vice kings to operate a wide
open underworld.
Crap and card games which flour
ished in every block. were quietly
closed as the dealers and croupiers
who had beer gathering here from
every gambling center Of the world,
made a silent xodus
A bet could o be mad on a horse
race. although formerly bookies
nourished In every cigar store and
saloon.
Houses of Ill repute were closed as
their inmates Joined in the treks.
Even the favorite bootleggers wouldn't
sell a drop.
Efforts of the grand Jury investi-
cation. instigated by the Juvenile
Protective association. will be direct
ed to learn the ans OF the vice
kings who operated a million dollar
graft ring to furnish protection to
the palaces OF pleasure.
Names and addresses OF hundreds
OF gambling houses, cabnrets and re.
ports are included In the report which
the association VIII lay before the
grand jury. The men Who furnished
a $4,000 bank roll at one of the most
notorious OF gambling houses. will he
named, Affidayits OF men who won
and lost as high as $50. 900 in a mig ht
Will be given the investigators.
DR.. Phillip Yarrow. chief of the
Illinois Vigilance committee, declared
in q statement to be presented to the
jury hat gambling, drinking and
women are easy to ind and hard 10
miss. We have the names OF oper-
ators of 800 houses in n district Of
the city, apparently under police pro-
lection. Houses OF Ill repute operate
with policemen at the doors solicit
ing. Police captains are seen Mt the
gambling tables Joining in the games
or at the BARS buying drinks"
Henry Z. Smoot. attorney for the
Juvenile Protective League. in an
interview with the United Press said:
THE public's passion for pleasure
is a to h younger enera
ton. The traffic in women is carried
on in the heart Of the business dis
t~ricts; under the shadow of school
houses and mex door to homes"
, 1923-01-07

TO Be ELECTED
Noblitt or Underwood Likely to
Be Spcaker-"Bloc" Pos
sible in Cheyenne.

CHEYENNE. Wyo., Jan. 6.-(Spe-
cial to The Tribune.E With many
members OF the legislature that will
convene next Tuesday already here,
and others arriving on every train,
indications tonight were that either
J. C. Underwood of Laramie county
or j. d. Noblitt OF Lincoln county
would be elected speaker OF the low
or house. and either Arthur X. Lee
of Hot Springs county Simon Skoy.
gard OF Big Horn county or II. S
Kirk OF Goshen county, president OF
the senate.
The Republican caucua at which
the selection OF presiding officers
probably will be settled viii be held
Monday afternoon. The Democratic
minority also will caucus Monday.
There is som.e discussion OF the pos
sibility. but not probability, that an
Agricultural Bloc" may be formed
which would result in a sufficient
number OF Republicans joining with
the Democratic minoroity to EJECT a
speaker of the house not approved
by the Republican caucus. To accom-.
plish this It would be necessary Thai
sever Republicans vote with the solid
Democratic membership OF twenty
three to obtain the required majority
Of Twenty-Five.
II such a coalition were formed II
is. regarded as probable that B. o.
Franzen, independent Republican OF
Platte county. would be the Bloc's''
choice. for speakership.
L. A. Ewart of Park county, w. f,
Hardin OF Fremont county. John w.
Stevenson of Albany county and p.
W. Jenkins Of subletts county arc
regarded se speakership possibilities,
m AID. Kelley OF Laramie county
as presidency ssibilities.
The governors message probably
will be read to the then organized
houses sitting Jointly, Wednesday.
Recommendations to the Legislature
included tho following; SemA-annual
payment OF taxes; primary Law
amendment to simplify selection OF
candidates and prevent electors Of
ono party from participating in pri-
mary OF another party: amendment
of workmens' compensation Law to
provide for classification OF Indus
tries according to hazards; reduction
of legal rats of interest; economy in
appropriation; authority to governor
to remove county officers who refuse
or neglect TO enforce all laws; iiber-
aiization OF law authorizing loans OF
state funds or farm property; ade-
quate financing for highway depart
mont; consolidation or elimination of
state boards where not Incompatible
with efficiency; revision Of irrigation
and drainage laws; state supervision
Of irrigation and drainage district
bonds; investment Of state perman-
emit funds in agricultural securities;
CONTINUED on Page Two)
, 1923-01-07
TORTURED DANIELS
MEN NAMED
IN HOODED
La. MOBS

COURT HOUSE, BASTROP, La
Jan. 6.|United Press)EF'or the
first time since the open probe
into Louisiana's most atrocious
murder began here. the names Of
men alleged to have been mem
bers OF hooded mobs have been
brought Into the testimony.
II came Just at the close OF the
hearing. a few minutes before
court was adjourned over the hol.
iday until Tuesday morning at 10
O'clock. The names were uttered
by J.. L. Daniel, aged father OF
Watt, who passed his sixty.sixth
birthday in Mer Rouge just two
days ago.
Tho names were these OF DR.. b.
NJ. McKotn, Captain j.. X. Skip
with, who is said to be the exalted
,yclops OF the Morehouss khan and
with. who is said TO be exalted
Larry Calhoun.
Tho reference was to an Incl,
dent that took place some time
before the actual murder.
According to the story, "old j.
L." as he Is affectionately known
to his friends, told on the witness
stand some two weeks before an
attempt IL alleged to have been
made TO assass.nhte DR.. Mckoin.
the mayor of Mer Rouge. Watt
Daniel. w. C. Andrews and a
young man named Nicely were
driving from Mer Rouge to Gal
lion.
watt told me they we're held
by a bunch Of hooded men and
they took guns AVA from the
Andrews and Neelsy boys" Dan
lei testified. when 1 asked him
did he recognize any OF the hood
ed men hat held him up. he said
he odd and he said he recognized
DR.. McKoin and Captain Skip
with and Larry Calhoun.
81 told Watt ! would speak tc
Or. McItoin and Captain Skip,
son, but DIR. McKoin said he wa.
not a Rlansman and said heIAt
not know anything about the kiar
at all"
, 1923-01-07
U. S. REPRESENTATIVE ON
PREPARATIONS BODY IS
MORE REMOTE THAN EVER

WASHINGTON. Jan. s.-American
representation on the reparations
commission became more remote to.
day as the Robinson bill. authorizing
President Harding to appoint an
American member to the commission.
was put to sleep in the senate foreign
relations committee.
While no official statement regard
ing the action was made. IT is under
stood that 1t was ordered by the sd.
ministration.
, 1923-01-07
MEN USE BOMBS
AND PILLAGE TOWN WHEN
IS wEXTlNGUIsHED

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa. Jan. 8.
Stink bombs, thrown into four
movie theaters sent HUNDREDS Of spec.
tators to h streets and holdup men
staged n carnival OF crime when all
electric lights were put out Of com
rlissson hero tonight. Investigation
showed that fuses had been removed
simultaneously from electric lines in
several places.
About twenty holdups were report
ed TO police within two hours after
the town was thrown into darkness.
Police charge union movie opera.
tors who have been locked out here
for several months removed the
fuses. Police reserves were rushed TO
guard banks and jpweiry stores, 20.
iiea fearing attempts would be made
20 rob them. Their fears were ground.
Jess. however.
, 1923-01-07
BY ROBERT A. DONALDSON
united Press Staff Cor-espondent)

United Pres Staff correspondent
LOS ANGELES. Jan. e.-Hollywood
started the new year by having rs
skeleton in tbs closet-the dope
evil-dragged out into full view.
And Hollywood has heaved a sigh
of relief. Stars and producers alike
had been on edge for months, fearing
that every rattle OF the skeleton
meant utter ruin in the industry.
Now that the worst is known. all
concerned are working openly TO
stamp out the evil.
Following the revelation Of Wally
Reds condition. given to the world
by his wife. the names OF three other
movie stars who are. or have beens
in the same predlcament have become
more or less public property. Two
OF these actresses are declared to
have taken the cure.
Several names were revealed In
raids on the dope" sanitorinms Of
pr" John Scott Barker and his as
ISOLATE. DIR" Charles Blessing. in
Los Angeles. One Of these names has
already found It's way into the public
print, and tho other two threaten to
follow. Names OF two big directors
are also connected by rumor with the
present cleanup, although nothing OF.
fic'al in regard to them has come TO
light yet.
The dope" specter first stared
Hollywood In the face at the time OF
the William Desmond Taylor murder
last year. Taylor vas reported 10
, 1923-01-07
UNWEDM MOTHER Of FIVE PLEADS
FOR Babes; TELLS OF ROMANCE
Dramatic Tale Of Love for Wealthy Coal Dealer I'm
yelled by Pretty Maron in Chicago Jail; Wife
Causes Arrest Of Youthful Woman

He Is not in love with his wife. and
and marry me TO give our children a
name"
Curtin failed TO appear in court to-
day when Miss Morreil was arraigned
on charges of child delinquency pre-
ferred by Mrs. Curtin. Unable to fur
nlsh bonds. the accused woman was
taken TO the county jail. Her five
youngsters were turned over to the
Juvanile Protective Home.
The Curtins. who have one son, 81.
had agreed TO separate. according to
Mss Morrell. who waited IN jan TO.
night for her alleged affinity to bail
her out OF jail.
She blamed the other woman for
her arrest. which shs said was
brought about for revenge.
Mrs Curtin knew Of my relations
with her husband when we first met
IL years ago" she said. when nv
first baby was born she came to my
home and complained bitterly. but I
reminded her Of my bargain with Cur
tin. which was to continue our mar
rage relation without a ceremony.
h should have arrested me then. not
now when I have five little tots ana
her boy ia a srown.up man"
81 was more OF a wife to him than
she was" the young mother continued.
"A mere ceremony couldn't have
made our love more pure"
The womsn's hearing was con.
t'nued to january IS. Meanwhile she
will be held in jail, separated from
her babies, unless the man she ella inn
al her common Law husband will fur.
nish her bonds for freedom.
, 1923-01-07

sIderation to orders for the return Of
the troops. and that the movement
may be started within the next tgo
weeks.
II France gives the order to Mar
shall rech to move into the Ruhr val
ley. tho american troops win be at
uisc- brought home from the Cob.cnk
| r~idgehead as a protest against such
drnFtic French action. one high ad-
min. stration official told the United
rreHs.
II the movement is not begun and
tb. nat is not assured that the
troops will be withdrawn. an amend
ment viii be intr ,duced to the army
appropriation bin which comes TO the
senate next week prohibiting the use
% government funds In maintaining
the army OF c,upet;cn, II is said.
Those SIX senator's who voted
, 1923-01-07
e MISSING in
COWLITZ RIVER
Yellow Flood Waters Refuse to
Yield Bodies to Dragging
Of Workers.

KELSO. Wash, Jan. 6.-(United
Press.Gwith the list OF persons
missing following the collapse of the
wooden suspension bridge here last
Wednesday evening now standing at
90. and know lead at ?. salvage crews
we're stin engaged tonight in the pre-
carious task of unravelling the
tangled wreckage in the roaring yell
low flood OF the Cowlitz river and
dragging the stream for bodies of the
estimated SO dead whose bodies have
not been found.
The river. which has risen five feet
since the wooden suspension bridge
collapsed and which now resembles a
gigantic mill race. so far has defied
all efforts OF salvage workers and
grapplers to o the bodies OF
those who have persisted.
Chris Hansen. driver from Kalama.
who made several trips to the bottom
OF the wreckage before the river rose
to its present dangerous stage, does
not believe tina bodies will be found
in the submerged debris. He believes
from his observations. that the cur.
REM was sufficiently strong at the
time of the disaster to sweep all
bodies far down tho river. perhaps
into the Columbia itself. int which
the CowIitz flows two miles south OF
Kelso.
Grapplers working for a mile below
the bridge have brought to the sur.
face clothing ard automobile curtains
and cushions which would Indicate the
presence of bodies along h bottom
Of the river far below the scene OF tho
disaster.
This is taken to strengthen Han.
sens theory.
, 1923-01-07
HORSES STOOD FOR week
IN same PLACE WHERE
B%O0TLEGGER LEFT THEM

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 6.-(United
Press.HFor a week E. A. Bassett
saw a team of horses n a wagon
hitched outside OF a New York street
address. The horses grew thinner
each day, and completely cropped
away all the meagre grass within
their reach. stiil no one came TO un.
hitch them.
Today he reported the matter to the
Humane society. It was found that
John Comstock. owner Of than team,
had been arrested OF a bookkeeping
charge. and taken TO jail, leaving tho
animals without food, water or shell
par.
Ths 8. P, C A, has taken charge Of
eAA hnrssa
, 1923-01-07

CHICAGO. Jan. s-United Press.)-
Miss Kathleen Morreii. 81, unwed
mother Of five children. sat in county
here tonight and pleaded for tho
honor OF her babies.
The dramatic story OF her romance
with John S. Curtin. so, wealthy coal
dealer, whom she said fathered her
five children. was unveiled by the
pretty little matron. who was arrest.
ed on complaint of the coal mans
wife.
Curtin and I have been in love Cor
II years" the little mother stated.
, 1923-01-07
d IS
SUPPORTED
IN CAPITOL

CHEYENNE. wyo.. Jan. g.
Especial to the Tribune)-Repub-
lean state committeeman. county
chairman and members OF the leg.
stature are in session here to dis
cuss methods for furthering the
candidacy Of Congressman Frank
w. Mondeli for the secretaryshlp
OF the interior. They viii make rec
lamentations for legislation TO be
sponsored by Republican members
of the legislature. State Chairman
p. c. Spencer is presiding.
A committee is drawing UP reso.
lutlons regarding the Monden can.
didAcy.