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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-06-26
HANFoRD WINS 3 TO 1

Whether it was the heat last Sun
day or whether the helders were all
having off day, the fact is there
were nearly as many errors in the
ball game between White Bluffs and
Hanford as there were hits. Hanfccd
won by score of to l, largely be-
cause they were on the bases more
frequently and in position to score
when some one made boot. Not one
of Hanford's thee runs were earned.
Swanson let the first one in when he
over threw first for what would have
been the third out, runner from
third scoring. And the other two runs
were directly due to errors. Dick,
Coleman and English all dropped fys
in the outfield, an unusual occurrence,
and another fly dropped safely in
short left while English, Knaub and
Dick did an Alphonse CASTOR stunt.
A number Of ground balls were also
either booted or missed at short and
second that should have been easy
outs. The fielding OF the Hanford
team was not good either although
it was somewhat better than that fur
nished by the home team. Adolph
Swanson scored the lone run for
White Bluffs, coming in from second
on ground hit ball that was just
out Of the reach of the second base
man.
Both Swanson and Cords pitched
good ball. Swanson yielded nine hits
but was credited with twelve strike
cuts Hanford filled the bases in the
eighth with none down, due entirely
to errors of both omission and COM
mission. Swanson struck out the next
two batters and Hedge Swanson
caught the runner off third for the
last out by quick throw to Morford,
Immediately after the second strike
OUT.
N. R. Officer, recent arrival in
White Bluffs, played second in place
of Zerwekh, who had his finger brok-
en- at Connell a week ago Sunday.
Officer used to play in the city league
in Denver but he has been out of the
game for thee years and was plainly
out of practice.
The game at Pasco between Pasco
and Kennewick resulted in S to S
tie, the game called in the 18th inning
on account of rain, while Richland
won over Connell by to Q score.
White Bluffs plays next Sunday at
Kennewick.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-06-26

Everything in connection with the
Fourth of Junly celebration in White
Bluffs this year is working along
nicely and all the details will be
worked out before the morning of the
big day. The committee that has the
affair in charge says that from the
beginning of the progiam at 10 in the
morning there will be something
doing all of the time.
The entire sport program, with the
exception of the baseball game, will
be carried out on Federal Avenue in
town. Arrangements will be made for
those desiring to do so to eat their
picnic lunch in the shade of the trees
that line the avenue, and if possible,
tables will be provided.
In addition to the regular program
the committee expects to have other
featu.tes, one of which will be a
balloon ascension by Andy Gump,
ard another, clown band from Bar
NUNS circus is coming and will do its
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-06-26
coNFERs WITH SETTLERS

c. w. Kearney, of the state depart
ment Of conservation and development
was over from Olympia last week
going over the needs of the settlers
on the state project here. He gave
orders for deepening wells on seven
of the tracts and arranged with others
for their needs. Mr.. Kearney said that
SO far as he knows the state has not
yet mapped out its policy regarding
the land settlement project here,
either in the handling of the tracts
taken or the unsold tracts, but that
he expected the governor would have
concrete plan when the legislature
meets this fall. Mr.. Kearney is now
chief assistant in the department, a
position formerly held by Fred Agate
under D. A. Scott.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-06-26
COMMITTEE TOURS STATE
FOR new HIGHWAY

D. S. Wilkinson returned Friday
morning from a tour of the state
Mr.. Wilkinson had been one Of a
delegation of men representing the
Benton County Good Roads associa-
tion in the interests of the North
and South highway. Included IN
the party were M. M. Moulton and
D. G. Rodgers of Kennewick; d.
S. Wilkinson representing White
Bluffs and Hanford; B. E. Nc.
Gregor. E. w. Fry and E. j. Mil
Ter of Prosser; A. M. Haylett of
Pasco and T. j. Chalcraft of Rich
land. The party left Kennewick
early last Sunday morning and re-
turned to that place late Thursday
night. They drove first to Van.
eouver. Wash, then on to Olym-
pia. Tacoma. Seattle. Wenatchee,
Davenport and Spokane. They
talked principally to men who were
either representatives in the legis-
lature or representatives of good
road organizations and cInhs.
Mr. Wilkinson says their recep.
ton everywhere was cordial; they
found no opposition anywhere and
at at least two Of the places they
received promises of active sup
port. The road they were boost.
ing begins at the state highway at
Vantage ferry and follows the Coll
umbia river down through White
Bluffs, Hanford, Richland and
Kennewick to Plymouth. and from
there on down the north side of the
Columbia to Vancouver, Wash.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-06-26
PLANS FOR FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
NEARLY COMPLETE, SAYS COMMITTEE

stuff on the street throughout the
day. Other features are in the making
and more than likely will be added to
these attractions. E
Contributions will be secured from
the business houses in town to pro-
vide substantial prizes for the various
contests:
The band concerts to be furnished
by the White Bluffs Band in both the
morning and evening will please the
music lovers and will give that touch
to the celebration that only band
can.
The baseball game between White
Bluffs and Hanford will draw lsrg,
crowd as the clubs are about evenly
matched and always provide an inter-
esting contest
The proceeds of the dance to be
held in the high school auditorium in
the evening will go to the White
Bluffs Band to compensate the boys
in small way for their efforts duang
the day. 2"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-06-26
ROLL FIRST CAR OF FRUIT

The first solid car of fruit to be
shipped from the valley this season
rolled Monday. The car was filled
with carly apples, eaty peaches, april
cots, potatoes and few crates of
cherries. The car was assembled by
s. H. Andrews for c. w. Chamber
lain Of Seattle, although there were
consignments in the car fot three or
four other commission houses on
Western Avenue. Another car was
loaded Wednesday and rolled Thurs
day for SO. Dakota, where IT bad been
sold the day previous by Mr.. An
drews.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Shanahan and
their daughter, Miss Geraldine, and
their hous: guests, the Misses Mar
gsret and Crimort Stewart, drove
over to Yakima last Saturday, where
Mr.. S.::a-,.a!iaa had some dental work
done.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
Laughter a Lou Thing"

According to one authority, Moltke,
the famous German general, only
laughed twice after attaining years Of
discretion. The first occasion was when
he heard the news Of his mother-in-
laws death; the second, when some one
told him that a military construction
just outside Stockholm was considered
by the Swedes to be strong fortress.
Moltke would have Endorsed Lord
Chesterfeld's Indictment Of laughter
as "a low and unbecoming thing, not
to mention the disagreeable noise that
it makes, and the shocking contortion
Of the face that it occasions. !
am sure that since I have had the full
use Of my reason nobody has ever
heard me laugh" Charles Sumner,
the American statesman, could make
a similar boast; while, according to
John Martineau, who was for some
time a pupil at Eversley, Charles
Kingsley never laughed.-Family Her
aid.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
Matter Was Obviously
Question for the Deer

Representative O'Connor was dis
cussing in New York his plan for an
investigation of telephone and tele-
graph companies. :.
These companies need investigat-
ing, if only for their own good" he
said. "They have such a bad habit,
when questioned Of giving naughty
and evasive answers.
They're like Colonel Carter Of Car
tersville. The colonel sat in the lounge
of a New York hotel one evening with
a New York banker
YES he was saying, it's a power
full fertile country down round Carter
hall. Why, sab, know woods down
there where the trees grow so close
that you can't shove your hand be-
tween the trunks And game. Why,
sab. I've seen deer in them woods with
a ten-foot spread of antlers. Yes, sab,
a ten-foot spread
"'But, colonel said the banker,
how can the deer get those antlers
between those trunksP
Colonel Carter drew himself up.
THAT, sah,' he said, is their bust
ness"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25

IF SEEING is believing, it is surely a
= jubilee year for buttons Not only
buttons by the hundreds serve az trim
ming, but buttons with sure enough
old-fashioned (now new-fashioned)
hand-worked buttonhoIes, have come
into smart use. There is no longer a
mystery as to button, button, who has
the button" Our new cloth frocks give
the answer.
At this moment the mode calls for
one-piece dresses which button along
the underarm seam just as the pic
ture shows. Two buttons are also
placed at the V-neck opening of this
swagger frock Of kasha cloth il the
new blonde shade.
Stylists are using buttons, positioned
closely, mind you. all the way down the
front Of satin frocks which describe
a slim silhouette until within a few
inches Of the hem, where godets are
inset for proper flare. Sometimes
rows Of buttons are repeated even
down the sides and back. In fact. the
INSTRUMENTATION frock Is quite
the popular idea this season There IL
nothing quite so en- mode for street.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25

MARROW ribbons, both the novelty
! kind and plain, are challenging
deft fingers to ply them into intrica-
cies which make millinery thing of
beauty and joy-if not forever, then,
at least, for this spring and summer.
In the manipulation of little ribbons,
our chapeau fashiOnists must have
caught the vision" from the curious
folding, banding and basket-weaving
which children accomplish with bright
colOred paper in their Kindergarten
work; not implying, if you please, the
least hint of the amateur in the finesse
of these intricate looking ribbon CO.
cardes, motifs and such. On the con-
trary, they are the pink Of perfection"
in their tailored aspect.
There is a wave of enthusiasm this
very moment for prim ribbon fanta-
sizes on smart cOlorful felt shapes for
the trig felt shape is more of favor
tie than ever. The newest idea is to
begin at the tip-top of the crown with
a ribbon idea" and then work down
one side and let some loops and ends
fall over the brim in a fiattering man
ner. A acknowledgements scheme is
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25

20 cut slot at one side of the felt
crown, passing loops and ends Of the
ribbon through this.
The Partisan vogue calls for narrow
velvet ribbon.
The hats illustrated in this group
are all featured with narrow ribbons.
The chapeau first in this collection
makes its plea of attractiveness
through a contrivance Of ribbon wheels
(each a different COLOR, which cover
the entire crown.
To the right, one notes a motif
formed of silver gun-metal and black
velvet ribbon, the same basket woven.
Ribbon intricacy gives distinction to
the model centered to the right. Knife
plating and braiding are applied to the
grOsgrain ribbon for the crown, with
the narrow brim picoted about the
edge.
White and black ribbon girdles and
cravats the hat to the left center.
Narrow ombre ribbon, in variegated
cOlOrs with tinsel, lends it's fascination
to the model shown last in the group.
JULIA BOTTOAILEY.
%. 1925. Western Newspaper Uhion.)
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
Beauty at Least Had
Her Interest Aroused

They were dancing lightly and he
held her tightly in his manly arms.
He closed his eyes for time and
danced here and there in ecstasy. She
looked up into his face and suddenly
his eyes opened. The music stopped.
Come, let's 60 out on the porch, "
he muttered thickly. He stole a glance
at his partner. Never had he seen
so ravishing a beauty. He could re
sist no longer. He took her in his
arms.
"Oh, darling. / love you so. Say
you will be mine" She looked again
into his eyes.
I'm not rich like Jawn Brown, and
haven't a car, or home. or cellar like
his, but l do love you and want you
terribly"
Two soft, snow-white arms reached
around his neck, and two ruby lips
whispered in his ear: Where is this
man Brown ?"-Boston Beanpot.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
Ancient English Custom

The term "Trial of the Pyx," is ap-
piled in Great Britain to the official
inquiry annually made to determine
the weight and fneness of the standard
coins issued from the mint during the
preceding year. 1t is SO called from
the ''pyx." that is, the box or chest in
which are preserved the specimen gold
and silver coins Of the realm. The first
trial Is said to have been ordered by
Henry Ii (115411SS). The earlier tests
occurred at irregular intervals, but
since the passage Of the. coinage act in
1870, the examination has been an
nually made at Goldsmiths' hall, by a
jury Of goldsmiths presided over by the
kings observation-disclosures City
Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
CeLibates BY Choice

I think that it is true there are men
and women who wisely realize that,
having reached the approach of middle
age, it is better to remain unmarried
rather than marry from any but the
most serious reasons.
Marriages made in middle age may
be extremely happy. But there are
women. as there are men, who have
through experience, through adversely,
through the need Of self-dependence,
attained so great a degree Of individu-
ality that they feel that in marriage,
with its enormous need Of adaptability,
they would become lost.
We ought not to dismiss such people
as necessarily selfish and self-centered.
Probably they know that their capacity
for friendship, their ability to be Of
real service to many widely differing
types Of human nature, their wider
leisure, makes 1t possible for them to
express themselves more generously as
unmarried peOple.-Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
PicktUick Not Entirely
Creation or Dickens

Among the great humorous charac-
tiers Of fiction. which include such
world-famOus creations as Mr.. Pick
wick, Dominic Sampson, and Falstaff,
there stands grocer-Sportsman
whose acquaintance many of the pres
ent generation have never made, ex-
cept by name. Mr.. Jorrocks "of st.
Botolph Lane and Great Coram
Street" was created by Robert Smith
Surtees, who died 60 years ago.
Not liking his profession Of the law,
Surtees took to editing a sporting pa
per, and later to writing sporting nov
els, BY far the best known OF which Is
the famous ''Handley Cross" He in
troduced John Jorrocks to the public
In a volume called "Jorrocks' Jaunts
and Jollities, being the hunting, shoot
ing, racing driving, sailing, eating. &C.
centric, and extravagant exploits Of
that renowned sporting citizen. Mr..
John Jorrocks."
The success Of Jorrocks led other
publishers to look for similar mate
rial, and we find Charles Dickens con-
Tossing that a proposal was made to
him to write about a certain Nimrod
club, whose members were TO 20 out
shooting, fishing, and so forth. and get
themselves into difficulties through
their want Of dexterity."
The book which Dickens wrote was
entitled 1.-THE Posthumous Papers Of
the Pickwick Club" and it Is unlikely
that ii would have been written had
not Surtees made such a success with
his immortal JorrOcks, the Dickens OF
the hunting field.-London Answers
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
South African Tells
of Odd Sea Monster

One morning saw what I took to
be two whales fighting with some sea
monster about 1900 yards from the
shore. 1 got my glasses and was sur
prised TO see an animal which resem-
bled a polar bear. but in size was
equal to an elephant This object
observed to back out of the water
fully 20 feet and strike repeatedly at
the two whales. but with seemingly
no effect"
So writes II. c. Balance Of Natal.
Africa, in a Natal newspaper. Con-
tinuing. he says: After an hour the
whales made off and the incoming
tide brought the monster within sight.
and | saw that the body was covered
with hair eight inches long. exactly
like a polar bears and snow white"
Next morning Mr. Balance found
the carcass lying high on the beach.
He measured il and found it was AZ
feet from tip to tail The tail was
ten feet long and two feet wide. and
where the head should have been the
creature had a sort Of trunk IA inches
in diameter and about five feet long.
the end being like the snout Of pig.
The backbone was very prominent and
the whole body covered with snow
white hair.
For ten days" said Mr. Balance,
this mass lay inert. on the elev-
elth day there was not sign Of the
creature. | met some natives. who
told me that while fishing they had
seen the monster out at sea, going up
the coast and that is the last we have
seen Of it."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
Mdn-Mdde World

If / believed in change, should
sketch a world where women would
live upon shelves. shelves without lad
ders. One would take them down
when one wanted them. They would
be delighted to be taken down, clap
ping their little hands, Growing like
babies, and yet understand ones
deepest thoughts.
One would also take them down in
the morning to do the homework. At
other times one would live sternly and
bravely with other men as stern and
brave, until one came to need again
the women who would be akin to
those very expensive dolls who say
papa" and mama" when you press
a spring.
When one got tired Of their roper
tory, one would send them to the shop
to have a different record put in
From 'The Triumph Of Gallo" by w.
l. George.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
FerO People Really
Not "Marryinr Tyne"

doubt If Lucy win marry; she IS
nj Of the marrying type" "Of course
John will not marry; it is impossible
TO imagine him as a husband"
These are the remarks that most OF
rs hear made sometimes of certain of
our friends.
1t Is taken for granted that Lucy.
happy in her work. a delightful friend
with many interests, has decided that
marriage Is not for her; that John,
pleasant person. popular with men as
vel as with women, enjoys being
bachelor.
We believe that there are certain
people who might even be spoiled by
marriage, and it Is always with sur
prise, and occasionally with q little re-
gret, that we hear that, after all, they
intend to embark upon the great ad-
venture.
Are there any men, any women, Of
whom it can be accurately said that
they DO not belong to the marrying
type?
Behind the Il am really rather glad
am not married" Of the spinster, or
the Il think perhaps 1t is a good thing
did not marry" Of the bachelor the
penetrating observer may detect a
little usefulness. The brave gayety
Of the unmarried woman, the philo-
sophical Indifference of the unmarried
man, may conceal a sense that the
sweetness Of life has not been fully ex-
perienced.--Sarah Speed, in the Cont
mental Edition Of the London Mall.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25

school, and business wear as a wool
jersey, fine wool twill, kasha cloth, or
extra heavy crepe de chine one-piece
dress, which fastens with tiny pearl
buttons from neck to hemline down the
front, the same having long tight
sleeves and the inevitable yoke, for
yokes are fashions special pride this
spring. To this demure costume, pre-
ferably in Quaker gray. string color,
beige, cocoa or, if one chooses, pastel
shades, dainty lingerie cuffs and col
lars add the feminine touch.
1t is interesting to know that il one
plans to trim with buttons, such as
bordering the edge Of cuffs, collar, or
revers, treatment very popular, but
tons can be bought by the yard-that
is, they are sewed on an almost in
visible tape. This saves time, labor
and assures an even placement which
has much to do A'ith appearance.
Tinted pearl buttons find favor and
an added establishment IL supplied In
that they are often sewed on with
thread Of contrasting color.
JULIA BOTTOAuEY.
0A lnaE waafA-n TAwHDaDer UnIon.D
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
Haze Faith in Time

Tennyson once wrote this wise line
wait: my faith is large in time"
Well might it be. If we work faith
fully, time will bring good results. If
we have sinned and repented, time
will remove the consequences of our
sin. If some great sorrow has come
to us, time will heal the wound. II
we are misunderstood, time will show
of what sort we are. Time is the
great healer. Time brings results
Time has done so much that it may
be trusted to do much more. Have
faith in time
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
Old Wedding Customs
HoUe Kindly Meaning

The throwing Of rice as the happy
couple who have just been married
emerge from the church, or set out on
their honeymoon journey, has almost
given way to the throwing of the more
harmless confetti.
The custom Of throwing rice prob
ably came from the East, where rice is
the staple food and where plenty Of
rice means comfort and prosperity
Thus, to throw rice means: May you
never lack a good meal !" or, in other
words. May your married life be pros
perousI''
The Romans used to scatter corn in
a brides path. and in Poland the neigh
bors throw handfuls Of wheat, barley
oats, or even beans, at the brides door
In Italy nuts take the place Of
cereals, and one can imagine that the
Italian children have a happy time
picking them up, just as German chill
dren, in country places, pick up the
cakes and tiny buns flung from cottage
windows at a passing bride
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
The First Circus

The travelling circus originated In
London and was kept by a man named
Philip Ashley, who lived at the end of
the Eighteenth century.
From the very beginning, the circus
was held in tent, the center Of which
formed the arena where the perform
ance took place. The seats for the
spectators were arranged in tiers as
cending from the central space.
The same exhibitions which char
acterized our own circus were found IN
the first one. There we're feats Of
Craftsmanship, such as leaping through
hoops from the back of a galloping
horse, standing with one foot on each
Of two horses, as they gallop side by
side.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
UnaDDreciated ChiUoIrv

He had been reading knightly TO
mances and grew dissatisfied with the
present unromantic state of the world.
He believed it his duty to inject some
romance into the daily grind
On a rainy, muddy day he sailed
forth to perform some knightly errand.
He beheld a bewitching girl about to
step from her car onto the dirty pave
ment. Fastening forward, he spread
his coat under her dainty feet.
She looked at him in surprise.
swell, Of all the darned fools r. she
exclaimed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-04-25
Actor Badly Ratified

A young man had 10 take part IN
some amateur theatricals. His part
was quite a minor one and there was
really not great deal for him to do or
say.
After the shooting scene the young
man had to enter the wings and say:
"HarkI IT'S the pistol r.
Now, during rehearsals a real pistol
was never used. and the youth, on re
ceIving his cue, walked In and per
formed his part quite efficiently.
On the opening night, however, a
real pistol was substituted for the cue,
and this apparently took the young
man by surprise, for as the pistol went
off he rushed on and gasped:
aye gods What on earth was thatY'