White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-07-24
Washington News

mato for canning, with the hope that
cannery will be located near Ket-
tie Falls in the near future Tomato
growers in the county plan tour OF
the Keremeos and Oroville districts
in August or early September. This
is an irrigated region around Kettle
Falls where the tomato crop is being
raised.
YAKIMA.-Members of corn clubs
in Yakima County have adopted as an
aim the building up of good 90-day
corn for use of the farmers of the val
ley. Seed selection in the field will be
carefully conducted. The boys and
girls have obtained some good Yellow
Dent seed that has been grown in the
valley for about 20 years, but with
which no care has been taken to build
up the strain.
Excellent premiums are being of.
fered to corn club members this year
by the Yakima Valley Bank and the
Toppenish Commercial Club.
EATTLE. Nine. Schumann.
Heink, world famous contralto, has
been secured as a feature entertain
ment attraction for the Pacific North
west Merchants Exposition, held in
Seattle, August 1922, under auspices
of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
Alvin X. Matzger, general exposition
chairman, has announced. Nine.
Schumann-Heink will sing in the Uni
versity of Washington stadium the
evening Of August 90, and out-of-town
merchants will be guests at the con-
cert through their exposition coupon
book, which they will receive after
registering at Smith Cove, the scene
of the exposition.
PROSSER.-Farmers in the lower
irrigated valleys of the state have
planted this year more than rs acres
to sweet potatoes, as compared with
only - acres last year. This sub
stantial increase, coupled with re-
suits shown from sweet potato expert
ments at the Irrigation Branch Elk
pertinent Station at Prosser, Wash,
indicate that the crop is well worth
further investigation. According to
Harry Jensen, horticulturist of the
experiment station at Prosser, re-
quests for information on this new
crop prompted the beginning Of vari-
ETY. tests and studies of the irrigation
and cultural need of sweet potatoes
last year, together with the expert
ences Of majority of the growers,
are very favorable. This year 20
varieties Of sweet potatoes are being
grown at the station. Five methods
of irrigation are being, tried to deter.
mine the water needs of the CROP
The general study of plant develop.
ment as affected by irrigation is be-
ing continued.
KELSO-Several Cowlitz county
farmers have planted small plots of
flax to determine its relative CONNER
cial value in this district. It appears
to be successful crop in neighboring
counties. Quite an acreage has been
planted in Longview. There are small
plots at Castle Rock, Kalama and
Woodland. Trial plots have been
established on diked bottom lands as
we'll as on the uplands.
WENATCHEE-A dream that took
place Is years ago when a group Of
prominent Snohomish County resi-
dents stood on the old Great North
ern switchback topping Stevens Pass
and expressed desire for modern
highway, was realized last week when
Governor Roland H. Hartley officially
opened the road to traffic. Close to
5000 persons we're in attendance at
the dedication program, which was
held under auspices of the Stevens
Pass Boosters Association and par
ticipated in by Chambers of Com
merce and commercial clubs along the
route of the road.
Governor Hartley spoke on Estate
Progress" and other speakers were:
William Brown, commissioner of King
County; w. w. Morgan, commissioner
of Snohomish County; William Long,
commissioner of Chelan County; M
j. Carrigan, publicity director of Sc
attic Chamber of Commerce, and O.
G.. Gardner, Leavenworth, prominent
business man.
The Stevens Pass Highway cuts off
nearly A miles of the distance from
Spokane to Everett and Seattle, and
the easy grade will reduce the run
ming time to Wenatchee, it is believ-
ed. The road is 140 miles long and
boasts 70 miles Of pavement. A guest
of honor today was Mrs. Frank Ha-
vens, who lives near Everett, said to
be one of the first white women to
cross the pass on horseback before
the Great Northern forged it's way
through the Cascades. Mrs. Havens'
husband was messenger for Engi-
nerr John Stevens, in whose honor
the pass was named. Mr.. Stevens
hui1t the Cascade Tunnel and enpi.