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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-07-11
PLANS FOR Big RABBIT DRIVE

From present indications, the
rabbit drive next Sunday will be
one of the biggest things of its
Kind ever attempted in this valley.
Those participating are requested
to gather at any one of the follow
ing places R. j. Roberts, Albert
Moede, Robert Nitzsche, W. F.
Shaw or the Pool hall at 1 p. m.
Captains will take charge at these
places and men on horseback will
guide the men and keep taem in
line so that there will be no acci-
dents. The women are expected to
drive the4cars and park them at
the E. w. Steffen place to bring
the men home after the drive. Ar
rangements have been made with
the John Dover Lumber company
to sell ammunition for the drive at
cost and every man taking part
should have at least 100 rounds.
The rabbits this year have be-
come real menace and have al
ready destroyed number of melon
fields and gardens 1t is therefore
hoped that every grown-up who
can will turn out Sunday and do
his part in helping to rid tine dis
tfict of as many of the rabbits as
possible. Those in charge fully
expect that 5000 of the bunnies
will be SLAUGHTERED Ice cold lem
onade will be served at Chambers
bar. where the drive will termin-
ate, the business men in town con-
tributing a part of the lemons, su-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-07-11
GOES ON RAMPAGE

Evidently crazed from the drink
ing of moonshine liquor. f. j.
Coyle, manager of the. Won Herherg
ranch at Vernita last Friday after
noon chased the woman cook and
his wife from the ranch with a
cleaver and raised a general dis
turbance at the place. The women
went to the Otto Jaeger home.
where they stayed until Mr.. Won
Herberg's theatrical manager from
Yakima came over Saturday and
took them back with him. Sheriff
James Shepherd came over from
Prosser Sunday and took Coyle
back with him and placed him in
the hospital in Prosser for treat
ment. He left the hospital Thurs
day morning and is said to have
come over TO the ranch to get his
personal belongings, Mr.. Won Her
berg in the meantime having
placed another man in charge of
the ranch.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-07-11
We'll TO WORK FOR y
CLIFFORD FOR GOVERNOR

Fred M. We'll returned Thursday
evening from the Coast to spend a
few days at home. Mr.. We'll has
recently been selected as assistant
manager in the Clifford for cover
nor campaign and expects to be
actively engaged in that work from
now until primary day. September
9th.
In giving his reasons for enlist
ing under the Clifford banner, Mr..
We'll said:
''In the course of my work 1
have frequently consulted Mr..
Clifford regarding the problems Of
the farmer, irrigation and land set.
tlement, and although outside the
scope of the department he direct
ted. always found him familiar
with them and anxious to help.
For the past three years, in my
| trips about the state l have come
in contact with MIR. Clifford's work
as director of labor and industries,
and everywhere he holds the re-
spect and confidence of employers
and workers alike. AS governor, l
am convinced that what he has
done for labor and industries he
will also do for the farmer.
Throughout the state he is the
strongest candidate in the field.
Mr.. Clifford has prepared fear
less and progressive platform
which will be released shortly, and
copies distributed to every news
paper and to the voters in every
precinct ia the state, and his cam
paign vigorously placed before the
people. A veteran with All excel
lent war record. progressive, and
an executive of proven ability. he
is the kind of man the people need
for governor.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-07-11

Try the Drug Store First. Phone 4o3.
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SURVEY NEW POWER LINE

A crew of Pacific Power & Light
company engineers under c. O. Bur
nell has been at work on the east
side of the Columbia river for the
past two weeks surveying a route for
high power Inc to be run from
Hanford to Taunten on the north
side OF Saddle mountain to connect
up the p. p. & L. company $4,000
volt line with that of the company
furnishing power for the main line of
the Milwaukee railroad. The new line
if built, will be approximately IA
miles long and will serve for an ex-
change of power between the two
companies.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-07-11

Those who attended the two picnics
on the Fourth, one on the lawn at the
r. d. Barge home and the other un-
der the trees near the ferry landing,
report an unusually pleasant and rest
full day. There was no sport program
whatever at either place and the day
was spent in resting in the shade of
the trees and visiting. A picnic dinner
including lots Of ice cream and lem
onadc also had its part in making the
day one to be remembered. Approx
ustely i25 people were at the Barge
place and Mr. Barge says he plans to
make Fourth Of July picnic at his
place an annual institution.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-07-11

Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Johnson and
daughter Edna drove over to Odes-
ga to spend the Fourth at the Fl. II.
Strate home there. Edna re.
mained over for visit while little
four year old Erma Strate accom-
panied the Johnsons home for a
short visit. Mr.. Strate is a broth
er Of Mrs. johnson.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-07-11

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Bradley were
up from La Grande, Oregon, few
days the first of the week lookrg
after their tract of land. Mr.. Bradley
said he was "glad to get back in
Gods country, # only for a few
days" He has been employed at his
trade as plasterer almost continuous
ly since he left here last fall and he
says as soon as he saves up enough
20 put his place under cultivation he
will be back to make White Bluffs
his permanent home.
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DIVORCE DECREE GRANTED

After listening to arguments of at
torneys for both sides in Prosser on
July 3rd, Judge Truax granted a de-
cree Of divorce in the O'Brien case.
Mrs. O'Brien was awarded cash
Judgment of approximately $71o0,
$41O0 in cash and $4,000 in 8 equal
annual payments and was given real
estate, including the ten acre peach
orchard at White Bluffs, in all valued
at between $4,000 and $4,000. 1t is es-
simated that the total value of the
property and money awarded to Mrs.
O'Brien is between a fourth and A
third of the property aand money Of
the couple.
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nouncing that her own little revolt
ton had achieved success. She and
her father would be taking ship for
Boston in December. Jack had urged
that she try to induce him to start at
once, fearing that December would be
too late, and SO it fell out. When the
news Of the congress reached London,
the king made new plans. He began
to prepare for war. Sir Benjamin
Hare, who was to be the first deputy
of General Gage, was assigned to 4
brigade and Immediately put his reZi-
ments in training for service overseas.
He had spent six months in America
and was supposed, in England, to hare
learned the art of bush fighting. Such
was the easy optimism of the cheer
full young minister of war, and his
confreres, in the house of lords. After
the arrival of the King William ct
Gravesend on the eighth Of December,
no English women went down to the
sea in ships for a long time. There
after the water roads were thought 10
be only for fighting men. Jacks hope
was that armed resistance would con-
vince the British of their folly.
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lea and the proposal TO try tne DoIuer
critics for treason were read and dis
cussed in every household from the sea
to the mountains and from Maine to
Florida.
The young mans work had set the
bells ringing and they were the bells
of revolt. The arrival Of General Gage
at Boston in May, to be civil governor
and commander-in-chief for the CONT
nent, and the blockade of the port
twenty days later, compelling its pop
ulation who had been fed by the sea
TO starve or subsist on the bounty of
others, drove the most conservative
citizens into the open. Parties went
out Tory hunting. Every suspected
man was compelled to declare himself
and if incorrigible, was sent away.
Town meetings were held even under
the ewes of the kings soldiers and no
tribunal was allowed to sit in any
court house. At Salem, a meeting was
held behind locked doors with the gov
ernor and his secretary shouting a
proclamation through its keyhole, de
claring it to be dissolved. The meet
ing proceeded to it's end, and when the
citizens filed out, they had invited the
thirteen colonies to a general congress
in Philadelphia.
1t was Solomon Binkus who con-
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CHAPTER XIII
The Ferrnent.

On his voyage to New York, Jack
wrote long letters to Margaret and to
Doctor Franklin, which were deposited
in the post office on his arrival, the
tenth Of March. He observed a great
change in the spirit of the people.
They were no longer content with
words. The ferment was showing itself
in acts of open and violent disorder.
The statue of George III, near the
battery, was treated to a volley Of de-
cayed e & in the evening of his ar
rival. This hot blood was due to the
effort to prevent free speech in the
colonies and the proposal to send
political prisoners to England for trial.
Jack took the first boat to Albany
and found Solomon working on the
Irons farm. In his diary he tells OF
the delightful days of rest he enjoyed
with his family. Solomon had told
them of the great adventure but Jack
would have little to say of it, having
no pride in that achievement.
Soon the scout left on a mission for
the committee of safety to distant set
Elements in the great north bush.
I'll be spendin' the hull moon in the
Wilderness" he said to Jack. Coin
to Virginny when I get back, an I'll
look fer We on the way down."
Jack set out for Philadelphia the
day after Solomon left. He stopped at
Undertook on his way down the river
and addressed it's people on conditions
in England. A young Tory interrupted
his remarks. At the barbecue, which
followed, this young man was seized
and punished by a number of stalwart
girls who removed his collar and jack
ct by force and covered his head and
neck with mOlasses and the fuzz of
cat tails. Jack interceded for the
Tory and stopped the proceeding.
my friends, we must control u
anger" he said. LET us not try to
subdue tyranny by using it ourselves"
Everywhere he found the people in
such a temper that Tories had to hold
their peace or suffer punishment. At
the office he learned that his most
important letters had failed to pass the
hidden censorship of mail in England.
He began, at once, to write a series
Of articles which FASTENED the crisis.
The first Of them was a talk with
Franklin, which told how his mail had
been tempered with that no letter had
come to his hand through the post
Office which had not been opened with
apparent Indifference as to the evil
dence of its violation. The Doctors
words regarding free speech in Amer
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CHAPTER XII


The Girl He Left Behind Him.
After Jack had been whirled out of
London, Franklin called at his lodg-
ings and learned that he had not been
seen for a day. The wise philosopher
entertained no doubt that the young
man had taken ship agreeably with
the advice given him. A report had
been running through the clubs of
London that Lionel Clarke had sue
cumbed. In fact he had mad a bad
turn, but had rallied. Jack must have
heard the false report and taken ship
suddenly.
Doctor Franklin went that day to
the meeting of the privy council,
whittier he had been sternly sum
moned for examination In the matter
Of the letters Of Hutchinson ct al.
For an hour he had stood unmoved
while Alexander Wedderburn, the wit
test barrister in the kingdom, poured
upon him a torrent of abuse. Even
the judges, against all traditions of
decorum in the high courts of Britain,
laughed at the c%leverness of the
assault. That was the speech of
which Charles James Fox declared
that it was the most expensive bit of
oratory which had been heard in Eng
land, since it had cost the kingdom It's
colonies.
1t was alleged that in some manner
Franklin had stolen the letters and
violated their sacred privacy. 1t Is
1-1-.- 49,. +I,4 -, TN,,rIfc1 71nh1oynop
had put them in his hands to read
and that he was in no way responsible
for their publication. The truth, if it
could have been told, would have
bent the proud heads of Wedderburn
and the judges to whom he appealed,
In confusion. But Franklin held his
peace, as a man of honor was bound
20 do. He stood erect and dignified
with a face like one carved in wood.
The counsel for the colonies made
a weak defense. The triumph was
complete. The venerable nan was
convicted of conduct inconsistent with
the character Of a gentleman and de
prived of his office as postmaster
general of the colonies.
But he had two friends in court.
They were the Lady Hare and her
daughter. They followed him out OF
the chamber. In the great hallway,
Margaret, her eyes wet with tears. en-
sraced and kissed the philosopher.
81 want you to know that 1 I'M your
friend and that l love America" she
said.
my daughter, 1t has been a hard
hour, but 1 am sixty-eight years old
and have learned many things he
answered. thine is the only avenger
{ need. 1t will lay the dust"
The girl embraced and kissed him
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This was the first time l saw him in
the uniform Of a general. He wore a
blue coat with buff facings and buf
underdress, a small sword, rich epau-
lets, a black cockade in his three-cor-
nered hat, and a blue sash under his
coat. His hair was done up in a
queue. He was in boots and spurs.
He received us politely, directing a
young officer to go with US to the
powder house. There we saw a large
number of barrels.
"tAll full of sand the officer whis-
pered. we keep 'em here to fool the
enemy
mot far from the powder house 1
overheard this little dialogue between
a captain and a private:
"Bill, go get a pail O. water said
the captain.
az shan't do it. 'Tain't my turn
the private answered"
The men and officers were under
many kinds of shelter in the big camp.
There were tents and marques and
rude structures built of boards and
roughly hewn timber, and of stone and
turf and brick and brush. Some had
doors and windows wrought out of
withes knit together in the fashion of
a basket. There were handsome
young men whose thighs had eve
felt the touch of steel elderly men in
faded, moth-eaten uniforms and wigs.
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I-Solomon Binkus, vet
eran scout and interpreter, and his
young companion. Jack Irons, passing
through Horse Valley, New York, in
September, 1853, to warn settlers of an
Indian uprising, rescue from a band OF
redskins the wife and daughter OF
Colonel Hare Of England. Jack and
Margaret fall in love. On reaching Fort
Stanwix Colonel Hare says both are too
young to marry, but that If they are OF
the same mind after one year he VIII
ask Jack to come to London. The Hare
family sail for England, and the Irons
family move to Albany.
CHAPTER II.-Unrest grows in the
colonies because Of the oppressive
measures of the English government.
Solomon and Jack visit Boston and wit
ness a fight between a mob and a squad
of British soldiers led by Captain Pres
ton, a friend of Solomon's. Later they
return to Boston to testify in Prsston's
behalf.
CHAPTER HIN November, ITO,
Jack goes to Philadelphia and works
in Benjamin Franklin's printing plant.
Nearly three years later Margaret
writes hin from london reminding him
that her youth is passing and saying
she has appealed to Doctor rankl
Binkus has received a letter from
Washington to be carried across the
ocean, and Jack sails with him.
CHAPTER Iv.-Arriving in England,
Binkus is arrested, but Jack has the
letter and proceeds to London.
CHAPTER V.-Jack delivers the pa
pers to Franklin in London. Binkus
is released and joins them in the great
city.
CHAPTER VI.-Jack and Margaret
meet and are more in love than ever,
but Colonel Hare is not eager for the
marriage.
CHAPTER VII-Franklin's efforts to
obtain better treatment for the colonies
are futile. He evades the attempt of
the kings men to tow him into port"
Wal becomes imminent.
CHAPTER VIII-General Clarke, a
crotchety old man, calls the Yankees
towards in Jacks hearing. The young
American demands a retraction. Lionel
Clarke, the generals son, and a rival
sutton for Margaret's hand, takes up
the quarrel and a duel is
CHAPTER IX.-Jack and Lionel fight
with pistols and the latter is
CHAPTER X.-After a secret meet
ing with Margaret, Jack again demand
her hand from her father. Hare re-
fuses after young Irons declines to ap-
prove and aid the plans of the king
concerning the colonies.
CHAPTER XI.-Lured to GraVesend
by a ruse, lack is drugged and put
aboard a ship sailing for New York.
CHAPTER XII
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thunderbolts, some Of which had fallen
aear them. Mr.. Lockwood directed
them to leave their wagons on a large
empty barn floor and asked them in to
supper.
eff you'll bring suthin' out to US, |
guess we better stay by her." said
Solomon. "She might be nervous
DO you have to stay with this stuff
all the while?" Lockwood asked.
might an day." said Solomon.
Don't do to let 'er git lonesome. To
day when the lightnin' were slappin
fhe ground on both sides o. me, l
wanted to hop down an run off in the
bush a mile er so fer to see the ken
Try, but l jest had to set an hope hat
she would hold her temper an not go
to slappin' back"
"She," as Solomon called the two
loads, was a most exacting mistress.
They never left her alone for a mo-
ment. While one was putting away
the horses the other was on guard.
They slept near her at night.
Israel Lockwood sat down for a
visit with them when he brought their
food. While they were eating, another
terrific thunderstorm arrived. In the
midst of 1t a bolt struck the barn n
rent it's roof open and set the top OF
the NOW afire. Solomon jumped to
the rear wheel of one of the wagons
while Jack seized the tongue. In a
second it was rolling down the barn
bridge and away. The barn had filled
with smoke and cinders but these
dauntless men rolled out the second
wagon.
Rain vas falling. Solomon OBJ
served a wisp of smoke coming out
from under the roof of this wagon.
He jumped in and found a live cinder
which had burned through the cover
and fallen on one of the barrels. 1t
was eating into the wood. Solomon
tossed it out in the rain and smooth
cred "the live spot" He examined the
barrels and the wagon floor and was
satisfied. In speaking of that Incl
tent ueAJ udy HS ooAd ~ OoSh
eff 1 hadn't "a had purity good con-
troll O. my legs, 1 guess they'd "a u
erway with me. 1 had to put the
whip on 'em to git EN- to step in
mnder that wagon roof-you hear to
me-"
While Solomon was engaged with
this trying duty, Lockwood had led
the horses out of the stable below and
rescued the harness. A heavy shower
was falling. The flames had burst
through the roof and in spite Of the
rain, the structure was soon de-
stroyed.
'"The wind was favorable and we all
stood watching the fire, safe but help
less to do anything for our host" Jack
wrote in a letter. fortunately there
was another house neal and / took the
horses to it's barn for the night. We
slept in a woodshed close to the
ago We slipped out of trouble by
being on hand when it started. If we
had gone into the house for supper,
I'm inclined to think that the British
would not have been driven out of
Boston.
"We passed many companies of
marching riflemen. In front of n of
these, the fife and drum corps play
ing behind him, was a young Tory,
who had insulted the company, and
was, therefore, made to carry a gray
goose in his arms with this maxim Of
Poor Richard on his back: Not every
goose has feathers on him.
"On the twentieth we reported to
General Washington in Cambridge.
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veyed the invitation to Pennsylvania
and Virginia. He had gone on q sec
ond mission to Springfield and Boston
and had been in the meeting at Salem
with General Ward. Another man car
ried that historic call to the colonies
farther south. In five weeks, delegates
were chosen, and early in August, they
were travelling on many different roads
toward the Quaker city. Crowds gath-
cred in every town and village they
passed. Solomon, who rode with the
Virginia delegation, told Jack that ne
hadn't heard so much noise since the
Injun war.
"They was poundin' the bells, an
shootin' cannons everywhere" he de-
clared. Men, women and children
crowded round us an split their lungs
yellin'. They's a streak O. sore Threats
all the way from Alexandry to here.
Solomon and his young friend met
John Adams on the street. The dis
tinguished Massachusetts, lawyer said
to Jack when the greetings were over:
young man, your pen has been not
writing, but making history"
Does it mean WARP" Jack Queried.
Mr.. Adams wiped his brow with his
handkerchief and said: people in our
circumstances have seldom grown old
or died in their beds"
1--WE ought to be getting ready" said
Jack.
Sand we are doing little but eat and
drink and shout and buster" Mr..
Adams answered. "We are being en-
tertained here with meats and curds
and custards and jellies and tarts and
floating islands and Madeira wine. 1t
is for you to induce the people OF
Philadelphia to begin to save. We
need to learn Franklin's philosophy of
thrift"
Colonel Washington was a member
Of the Virginia delegation. Jack wrote
that he was in uniform, blue coat and
red waistcoat and breeches; that he
was a big man standing very erect
and about six feet, two inches In
height; that his eyes were blue, his
complexion light and rather horid, mis-
face slightly pock-marked, his brown
hair tinged with gray; that he had the
largest hands, save those of Solomon
Binkus, that he had ever seen. His
letter contains these informing words:
at never quite realized the full
meaning of the word dignity until |
saw this man and heard his deep rich
voice. There was a kind of magnif-
cence in his manner and person when
he said:
"T will raise one thousand men
toward the relief of Boston and sub
sist them at my own expense
"That was all he said and it was the
most eloquent speech made in the con
vention. Thereafter, he was the cen
tral figure in that congress OF trusted
men. 1t is also evident that he will be
the central figure on this l q OF the
ocean when the storm breaks. Next
day. he announced that he was, as yet,
opposed to any definite move toward
independence. So the delegates con-
tented themselves with a declaration
of rights opposing importations and
especially slaves"
When the congress adjourned Octo-
her tv~enty-sixth to meet again on IKE
tenth of May, there was little hope Of
peace among those who had had a
part in it's proceedings.
Jack, who knew the conditions in
England, knew also that war would
come soon, and freely expressed his
views.
Letters had come from Margaret
giving him the welcome news that
Lionel Clarke had recovered and an-