White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-04-23

Earl Scden.
Robert Sutherland this week fin
ished the job Of painting the dwell
| ing and windmill tower on the E. N
Loveland ranch.
We have Mothers Day boxes o.
stationery. Send one to her, May 9th
WHITE BLUFFS DRUG co.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Jenkins ane
Mrs. w. H. Webb were Yakim;
visitors the latter part of last wee'
driving over Friday and returning
Saturday
Miss Margaret Jean Wheeler
George Wheeler and George Corwin
Reed College students, who spent The
spring vacation at the Wheeler home
in White Bluffs, returned to Port
land last Sunday, driving back by way
of Yakima and Prosser.
P. T. Cheerco was over from Seat
tie this week to visit the ranch he
purchased this spring from p. w
Steffen and which is being cared TO,
t,y E. E. Rhodes. Cheerco spent
quite a little of his time on this TRIP
interesting growers in the planting o.
early potatoes
Paul Austin drove up from Forest
Grove, Oregon, where he is a senior
in the Pacific University, to look after
some business matters in Connection
with the ranch at Vernita. He was &C.
companied on the trip by his mother
Mrs. Nettie Austin, who is a guest
this week Of her daughter, Mrs. Henry
Kirby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gilhuly, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. ]. Bonn and son, John, Mr.
and Mrs. E. ]. 0'Larey, Herb Hull
and D. S. Wilkinson were all business
visitors in Yakima on Monday. Mr.
and Mrs. Gilhuly and Mr.. Huff came
home during the Afternoon but the
others remained over to witness the
presentation of "The Gorilla" .tlle
comedy mystery play presented in the
Capitol Theatre that evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. R. Moore, H. N
Swartvood and Mrs. F. ]. Battig ant
children, left last Saturday morning
in the Moore car for Laurel Beach
Sanitcrium, near Seattle, to visit MIR
Rattig. Mr.. Battig has been confined
to the sanitorium for some little time
and the doctors have recently an
nounced that there was little hope
for his recovery
twenty-five ne:ghbors and friends
gathered at tie ]. H. Jones home
north of town on Tuesday evening
for a surprise and farewell party
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones have sold theii
state land settlement tract to r.
Roberts and expect to leave before
May LIST. They are undecided as tc
what they will do this summer but
are 10th going to teach school this
winter near Prosser.
During the first week in May, which
lis National Child Health week, there
will be health movie at Liberty hall,
sponsored by the Woman's Club. Dr..
L. C. Spau'ding of Kennewick, who is
bringing the movie, will also give a
talk on some phrase of child welfare,
and the children of the lower grades
will present program of health drills.
Watch for the date in next weeks
Spokesman.
Mrs. Arlie Hathaway and
little sen went to Seattle on Wednes-
day mornings train after short
visit here with Mrs. Hathaway S
brother, Glenn Dick. After a short
visit in the city they expect to re-
turn and spend the summer at tie
Dick home. Mrs. Hathaway is a
graduate of the Mime. Pateaud school
and may decide to open beauty
shop in White Bluffs when she re-
turns.
A total of three hundred acres in
the Priest Rapids valley has been
planted this spring to early potatoes.
This acreage is divided as follows:
one hundred and seventy-fve acres at
Cold Creek, eighty-hve acres at
White Bluffs and forty acres lat Han
ford. This acreage, it is estimated,
will produce about 300 car loads.
Those who are interested have made
something of a study Of the markets
and believe that this tonnage can be
moved at "a profitable figure.
F. J. O. Brien has traded his farm
near Richland for an improved hotel
property with confectionery and
lunch room in connection at Renton
and left last week with his family to
take charge Of his new property, ac-
cording to last weeks Richland Advo-
cate. Mr.. O'Brien was connected
with the Hanford Irrigation & Power
company in the early days and is
known to all of the old timers in this
valley. He went to Richland four
teen years ago to take charge of the
affairs Of the old Horn Rapids IT.
rigat.on comr.any.
The church orchestra of Hanford
will give concert in the Community
hall there next Tuesday evening, April
n, at s:l5 p. m. The proceeds
will be used to purchase new hymn
books for the Presbyterian church.
The following program has been ar
ranged:
Music by the orchestra.
Recitation, James Brown.
Trombone solo. B. Herring.
Reading, Miss Madeira Scrivner
Violin solo, Mrs Hostetter.
Character song. Miss M. TromaIl-
harcer