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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-02-01
electricity Cheap Commodity

Measured by actual value to the
people utility service is the cheapes,
thing in the world
An illustration Of this is given in g
statement just published in the city
of Bellingham.
The local light company there has
6,977 residence light customers, and
l,O11 users Of commercial lighting.
OF the 6,377 residence users, 5,357
or S4.01 per cent use less than two
dollars worth of light per month, the
average being $1.02 per month.
Less than 16 per cent of the total
or only 1,020 of the 6,377 use more
than $1.5O of electricity per month
and the average of all domestic light
users in that territory is only $1.32
per month.
The average monthly bill Of the
1,011 store and sign light users is
only 1929 per month.
What, indeed, is cheaper than cleo
tricity? And why do light users per
NIT politicians to mislead them on
the costs Of utility service?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-02-01
WAsHlNGToNs NAMES
CALLED JAw-BREAkERs

Prof. Edmund S. Meany's recently
published book on 1.-THE Origin of
Washington Names" many excerpts
from which have been published in
newspapers of Washington during the
last year, has attracted attention as
far east as New York.
A recent editorial in the Brooklyn
Standard-U Union pointed it out as an
example for commission appointed
in that state for the preparation of
similar research on New York geo.
graphic names.
In speaking Of the University Of
Washington historians work, the
Standard-U Unions editorial said:
washington is rich in names Of
varied sources, smooth-fowing and
jaw-breaking, of historic and geo.
graphic Importance. In Professor
Meany's instructive and entertaining
work one may read of Spanish saints
and navigators, of British soldiers,
sailors and explorers, Of Yankee skip
pers, Middle West pioneers, railroad
engineers, army officers and Christian
missionaries, all of whom have in,
scribed their names on the map OF
the great and growing Northwestern
state. New York can readily find in
it's nomenclature counterparts for
every one of these types of which
Washington is so justly proud, and
which Professor Meany has so clearly
set forth with much collateral matter
of historic and personal interest.
Niagara, Ontario, Susquehanna
and so on will forever hold their own
against Washington's Skokomish, Kee-
cheles, Snoqualmie and others more
beautiful in meaning than in sound,
but who will deliver us from Schaghti-
coke, Poughkeepsie, Painted Post,
Households and other hoary abomina-
tions?"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-02-01
A Double Service

There can't be anything better for
this country than to have cross
section of this country the owners Of
these great public service companies.
We are doing not only service to the
individual in this properly conducted
customer-ownership policy, but we
are doing distinctly a service to the
nation. If somebody could weave a
magic wand and when all the people
in this country would become thrifty
and would start to save something ev-
cry year, thrift, thrift, and then intel
ligently invest that money and get
the habit of not wasting but habit
of saving and then putting that money
into safe investments where it was
producing service or producing for
the country, nothing more advan-
tageous could happen for this nation.
e. K. Hall, vice-president, Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-02-01
Arizona's Unique Copper Exhibit

Arizona's Unique Copper Exhibit
An extensive exhibit of products
manufactured from Arizona copper
was feature of the Arizona State
Fair. The exhibit was arranged in
front of large drop bearing the fol
lowing legend:
A r I q o N A
Largest Producer
of the
Most Used, Most Useful of
All Metals
OPP T
Copper mined in Arizona touches
the life Of every man, woman and
child in America a hundred times
daily.
Scarcely a thing used to clothe,
nourish, shelter, transport or amuse
us but what is made Of, in, by or with,
copper, or it's principal offspring,
brass and bronze.
These exhibits all told-show
just few of the $4,000 different uses
OF copper.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-02-01

France had said: "I'e for you, Uncle
Sam, but this is as far as / can go;
cannot afford to go up to the
trenches!"
Had that impossible thing happen
ed, where now would be the war
profits of American industry?
The American war veteran didn't
draw line on his sacrifices, which
were real ones; there's no sound rea
son why the American business man
or any one else should draw line
now against sacrifices which are
largely imaginary to help the veteran
recover his place in the sun.
Adjusted compensation will yet pre-
vail
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-02-01

Flowers in bloom! Trees budding!
Mountains without snow; lakes and
rivers without ice. Such is the tale of
Canadian winter related by news dis
patches.
Heavy-hearted are hotel keepers;
transportation kings, and others who
live partly, or entirely by ice and
snow-plus the tourist.
But what care the outdoor en-
thusiasts about localities? They are
steadfast in their love of winter.
What Canada loses, Switzerland gains.
And why not? Switzerland is the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-02-01

original domain of King Ice, and
Princess Snow. Winters are always
winters there. SO its winter flowers
are mainly of one variety pink
checked and healthy human beings.
The backward Canadian winter has
already added greatly to the large
yearly migration to Switzerland, and
inquiries for bookings at st. Moritz,
Kandersteg, Gstaad, and other re-
sorts, are unusually increased. The
season at these places is in full swing
with skating, skiing, tobogganing,
curling, failing, and the rest of win
ter sports.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

This picture calculated to annoy the average American
citizen It should do than annoy the President of the
United states and all others responsible for the SAFETY OF
THE UNITED STATES.
AL fighting hereafter will be done IN THE AIR Shipping
viii be destroyed from below the water by submarines Of
course
But the killing Of inhabitants the wpinR out Of entire
cities the choking by poison gas all the rest Of -that
Will pc the work Of AIR FIGHTERS
This picture has big meaning and shows you how the
world stands today in air fighting powers.
Drawn to SCALE correctly these three flying machines show
the air force Of France England and the United States
The little thing you at the bottom is the UNITED
STATES This country spends for flying machines three
times what France spends.
You judge Of the honesty and the efficiency with which
the peoples dollars spent in this country when you see
our magnificent MIDGET flying power at the bottom Of the
picture which costs three times as the great French
air fighting force at the top Of the picture
England in between France and this country ought to feel
pretty sick Also But that isn't OUR business The welfare
and safety Of the United States the business the United
StaGe and above all the business Of THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES who is responsible for the army and
navy.
Undoubtedly President Coolidge without waiting for the
election will interest himself in the fact that this nation is at
the mercy Of any other in the air.
Half dozen big freight ships coming across the Pacific or
across the Atlantic to within striking distance could release
from their holds knocked down. flying machines that could
simultaneously hold for the cities Of the Atlantic
Coast including Washington, all the great cities Of the
Pacific Coast And it pleased them they could choke
with poison gas the inhabitants Of those cities
What this picture represents disgrace to the United
States
we refused to spend the money that would be merely
petty meanness But spending the money without
getting the flying machines the protection that should
get.
That combination Of stupidity dishonesty and incompe
tency
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
A Fine Bit of Work
Forestry Bill Marks Forward Step.

One thing that Congress did just before the death rattle
was TO pass forestry BILL This stands as constructive
piece Of legislation It is the beginning Of national forest
policy in this country the only the world without one
National forest policy sounds as might be the child Of
some scientific body with long It only growing
Trees putting eghtyone million of idle land to work
Stra how little most Of think Of the part trees pav
In our day life and less of where they from For
example 81 per cent Of the timber Of the United States
is in Oregon and Washington and 80 per Of the total
cut comes from those two States.
Here situation not good for business Even now It
means long hauls and high freight rates to the industrial
ceners which depend upon forest products in way
another and all do
Charles Lahrop Pack Of the American Tree Association
challenges you to something into which the cost Of
wood does not figure before it reaches you Sounds easy but
think it over.
Pack has campaigned for forest policy long enough to
grow good size tree and knows what he talking about
He calls this forestry bill zone Of the constructive
pieces of legislation passed by this any othet Con
gres Sounds rather big but step and try to build
house and get quotations lumber Then compare them
with fifteen years ago.
The measure requires cooperation Of the States in voting
money for increased fire prevention methods among other
things and everybody says it great big forward step
Now let the States act Meanwhile The Washington Times
is glad to have cooperaed with the American Tree Assoca
tion in its educational campaigns.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
= By MARK STUYVESANT

For a time it looked as though
monoplanes might displace b.
planes. but, even in this. the
Wright brothers have been justi
fled and the biplane is the ideal
air machine today.
The United States has little
cause to be congratulated in the
development of the airplane, for
the Wright brothers got no Gov.
ernmental assistance in their series
of experiments. Even after they
had flown for half an hour in 1905,
near Dayton, Ohio, they couldn't
interest the Government in one
of the greatest and most valuable
inventions the world has cve-
known.
The French government, ever
alert to grasp weapons of defense,
appreciated the value of the
Wright machine, and 1t was in
France that Wilbur Wright wes
enabled to continue his work and
develop his invention.
The Wright boys were born in
Millville. Ind, Wilbur in 1867 and
Orville in 1871. Their father WIS
a bishop in the United Brethren
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

The progressive discovery Of
new inhabited lands and CONT
nents on our terraqueous globe
may also have had some effect
in spreading the idea that wher-
ever the physical requisites Of
life appear to exist, life itself
may confidently be looked for.
An isolated savage tribe might
well believe, without rejecting on
the subject at all, that it's mem
bers were the only human crea.
lures in the world. But, when
such q tribe found itself unex-
pectedly invaded from beyond its
borders by similar men, or when
some OF its wandering members
came upon another tribe in it's
distant haunts, a very different
conception would be formed, and
a single occurrence OF that kind
would be sufficient to reverse the
belief, so that henceforth wher-
ever they went they would con-
stantly be on the lookout for be-
Ing like themselves.
The discovery of America
showed the inhabitants of the
eastern continents that there
was apparently a principle Of ma
ture which spread. intelligent life
around all sides Of this planet;
and, that being SO, why should
not similar life exist on similar.
looking planets basking like the
earth in the sunlight?
AS said. astronomers have not
been as quick as other men in as
Stunning that every new planet
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

popular mind has shown itself
more ready than the minds Of the
majority Of astronomers to assume
that planets bearing life in its
highest forms exist wherever stars
shine.
This is what Giordano Bruno
taught in the sixteenth century,
until his teaching ended at the
stake in Rome in February, 1900.
It was not orthodox then to be-
heve that there was more than
one world on which the Almighty
lavished His care. Today the
idea Of brotherhood has widened
until 1t may be said that now
probably nobody hears with en-
vious misgivings the doctrine that
God has other objects Of solicltude
besides the inhabitants of this
puny earth.
This broadening Of the mental
and moral outlook may largely
account for the disposition to be-
ueve in the existence Of intelli-
gent life on the other planets Of
our solar system as we'll as gen.
orally throughout the universe.
AS our friend in Windsor says,
nobody nowadays thinks that
Mars, and the stars, were made
only to be gazed at by man,
though to some minds this rea.
soning becomes conclusive only
when they are confronted by the
fact that millions of the most
magnificent Of the celestial orbs
We're totally unknown to man un-
till he had invented the telescope.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Playing Politics.
By DR.. FRANK CRANE.

MIR. LODGE has introduced new bill for World
49, It is too much to imagine that Mr. Lodge expects
this program of his to be enacted.
It is playing politics Sometime ago. through the instru
mentality of Mr. Lodge and Others the League Of Ntions
elected by which nmated that he would father
association of nations which would take the place Of the
League and do all that the League supposed to have
done.
Mr. Harding and Mr.. Coolidge both in favor Of the
United States joining in the World Court with other nations
World Court and it only question Of whether the
United States would come into it.
Mr.. Lodge is triflng with the destinies Of mankind
The spirits of still raw and many Of them have
their bodies mangled from the conflict which they have
gone through The people tired Of War and those who
not insane worshpers of their country recognize
that War cannot be avoided by sort Of
agreement with the other nations
The only to stop War to recognize Law superior
to War and create sort Of in the place of
War.
This the other nanens nstigation Of the United
States have attempted to do Because of partisan politics.
the United States withdrew from the League But there will
be rest until in way other, cooperate wA
the other nations Of the world.
An example of the destrucveness Of Senaes action
and the constructive action going outside Of the Senate
the that has been made that Doctor Lloyd
FELTON, has discovered substance which will and
pneumonia Doctor Milton j. Rosenau Doctor
William 81 Park and other medical say that Doctor
Feon treatment will cut the death by pneumonia by
20 to SO per cent.
Ninety thousand people die of pneumonia in this coun-
try every Doctor Feltons discovery therefore If all
that said of is true, will from twenty foryvs
thousand lives year.
This shows how Of science steadily at work savag
ing the human tragedy while of politics are at work
making that tragedy more
Copyright 1924 syndice)
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL

clare them illegal, particularly IN
the District Of Columbia, and sub.
ject the offenders to a fine not
exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment
not exceeding one year, or both.
They also make it the duty Of the
district attorney, under the direc-
ton of the Attorney General, to
institute proceedings in the court
to prevent and restrain such vic,
lations. lSee 26 S. zoe, and SO s!
1879
The fate Of the Rent Commits
sion is in doubt, with a posi-
bility that the courts will hold
unconstitutional the law creating
it on the ground it is no longer
justified by an emergency; in
which event, and unless the
statutes mentioned are enforced,
a condition will at once arise here
that will be intolerable and likely
to lead to grave consequences"
The housing facilities in Wash
1ngton are ample to meet the de-
mand, as shown by a report to
the Senate by its 0uly authorized
agents; but because Of the crini-
nal conspiracy referred to, they
are not available, the landlords
preferring to keep their apart.
ments half or two-thirds' full Of
tenants at the high rentals, and
so maintain their grip on the sit
uation, than to fill them up at
the level Of rentals that would
prevail If there were unrestrained
competition among apartment
house owners, and the natural law
Of supply and demand were per.
mitted to function
With the enforcement OF thesS
statutes there will be no need
for the Rent Commission. And
now that the matter has been
thus called to your attention ID
is earnestly hoped that you will
direct the<District Attorney to pro.
coed without delay under these
statutes to dissolve this criminal
conspiracy and to secure the ap-
propriate punishment of its PRIV
moters.
In suggesting your Intervention
in this matter I am not unaware
of the difficulty of establishing
such a conspiracy as this. But
its existence to a moral certainty
is common public knowledge, and
its existence in fact can be estab-
lished by you with the resources
under your control, and the force
Of expert investigators at your
command.
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

II have just read that one
astronomer says it's useless to
look for signals from Mars, be.
cause he is sure she is not in.
habited. believe 1t is useless
to look for signals from Mars; but
believe she is inhabitated though.
I think planet so large as Mars
wasn't put there for us to look at
alone. You can bet the Almighty
put her there, and put life on her,
certain.-J. w. R., Windsor, On.
tario."
Ut is a curious inquiry, that Of
the origin Of the widespread
n belief in the existence of life
among the planets and stars. II
you inquire among your acquaint-
ances, I think you will find that
the great majority more or less
positively entertain this belief, al
though they may never have set
It distinctly before their minds
II seems to be an instructive faith,
often showing itself most strong
In those who have the least spe.
cial knowledge bearing upon the
subject.
AS the Investigations of as.
tronomers have pushed the boun.
daries of the known universe
further and further away, reveal.
ing range after range of more
and more distant suns, and prov.
ing more and more conclusively
that our sun and its planetary
system ranks among the least in.
stead OF among the greatest. the
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

out with various models Of wing
devices, propellers ana rudders.
These young mechanics, Or
WIG and Wilbur Wright, began
to putter with airplanes in 1900.
In three years they solved the
problem Of the ages. In 1908
they built a machine which kept
In the air for fifty-nine seconds.
BY 1905 they had a plane that
stayed up half an hour.
Man had learned to fly.
So perfectly did these Ohio
mechanics build that their early
planes remain, after twenty
years, the true standard for
heavier-than-air machines. I'm
provements are chiefly due to
the development of the gas en-
CINE, and for the comfort and
convenience II passengers.
Planes have been built large
enough to carry scores Of pas
sengers. The spread CT wings
has been increased enormously,
but the latest improved airplane
of today seen in the air, looks
like twin brother Of the ma
chine the Wright brothers ex-
hibited some twenty years ago.
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
To the Attorney General,
Washington, D. c.

To the Attorney General,
Washington, D. c.
TYPON your appointment as
head of the Department of
~ Justice the public believed
and hoped there would be a more
efficient, fearless, and impartial
enforcement of all laws within
your jurisdiction than had before
obtained.
Laxity and Partially of law en-
forcement are more responsible
than anything else for the ram
pant and alarming increase in
hwlessness, so prevalent through
out the country at the present
time; and which is undermining
the social order, and threatening
the security of our institutions by
! shaking the faith of the people in
the integrity of their Government
and its capAcity to effectively pro-
tect them in life, liberty, and
property, which is its primary
duty, and is the principal object
for which 1t was ordained.
The belief is growing, and not
without justification, that persons
OF wealth, or social, or political
influence can commit crimes with
impunity, or win little fear Of
conviction, or of serious punish
ment If found guilty.
Contempt for law, and the rights
of people under the law, are
manifesting themselves in many
ways, and by those whose very in.
terest should constrain them to
be exemplars in law observance.
We have an instance Of it here
in the city OF Washington, that
demands the immediate attention
Of those charged with the enforce
ment Of the laws. There exists
here so manifestly and notorious
ly that the courts would probably
take judicial notice Of it IN a
case before them, a combination
and conspiracy by tacit under.
standing among certain apart.
ment house owners and real es-
tate agents to maintain the ex-
orbitant apartment rentals that
now prevail, and to increase them
whenever opportunity offers. True
they deny this, but does the Grim
inal ever admit his guilt unless
the evidence Of it is so plain that
denial is useless and confession
may gain leniency from the court?
This criminal combination and
conspiracy is in fragrant violation
of the antitrust laws, which de-
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
FAMOUS FIRSTS

TyROM the beginning Of time
men have envied birds. For
= many thousands of years
the human race has been trying
to fly. Great scientists and
thinkers Of all ages tried and
failed. That it was possible. they
knew, for they had always the
example Of the feathered tribes
to prove it.
The century Of invention that
ended in 1900 was responsible for
many devices which were ap-
plicable to the flying problem,
and a host Of scientists in all
countries were attacking 1t more
hopefully than ever. Here and
there a model was invented
which would take the air long
enough to demonstrate that the
discovery was at hand.
And then two young men, who
had been operating a bicycle
store in Dayton, Ohio, began
amusing themselves in theic
spare time with flying machines.
They grasped the advantages os
the gasoline engine, then only
recently perfected, as a source
OF motor power, and they tried It
The Washington times., 1924-06-21

in Christ Their education was
secured at the high school in Rich
mond, Ind. They both had me.
chanical bent and opened a bicycle
repair shop in Dayton In the
early nineties.
That a pair OF American work.
men by their native genius should
have solved a problem which had
baffled the entire human race for
thousands of years, ana beaten
the corps Of highly trained special
lists all over the world who had
been working on flying machines
for half q century, at least, is one
of the proud ACHIEVEMENTS of the
American nation.
Today, in France and England
and Italy, huge passenger air.
planes are performing regular
service and carrying the mails.
In the United States small d.
visions Of the army and navy are
working with airplanes, handi-
capped by limited appropriations.
The commercial application of the
invention here Is tagging far be-
hind Europe.
Copyright. 1924. by Newspaper
Feature Service. lne.)
The Washington times., 1924-06-21
One of Germany's Problems
A Chance to Help Without Loss.

The biggest potash plant in Germany closes down partly
dschargng hundreds and cutting off the ferzng product
that raises crops and fights starvation Peasants have no real
money with which to buy fertilizer Their lands must starve
There ought to be way Of helping situation of that
kind, without sentimenta1ity or philanthropy.
Victor Berger Congressman from Milwaukee suggested
plan Of German credits that would work. the best plan and
showed profit But Victor Berger is Socialist and
that settles his pan although many intelligent bankers ap
proved Of il. =
The fact that he knows the worlds history and under
stands international affairs better than 80 per cent Of all Con-
gressmen, Of course makes no difference
It wouldn't do to accept an idea matter how good
from Socialist. 49,