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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01
Some are Run-Aways

1t happens not infrequently, ac-
cording to the Commissioner, that
children reported as lost have really
run away from home, and in such
cases the policeman's difficulties
are doubled In the early summer
of the present year the parents of
Philip Black, an eleven year old
boy, came to the police with story
that their son had become separated
from them during the rush hour in
the subway and had not been seen
or heard of for twenty-four hours.
For two weeks, in spite of the
diligent search instituted by the po-
lice the boy remained lost" Then
complaints began to come in from
people living in the neighborhood
of the boys home that their milk
and bread were Being stolen. A
policeman was set to watch the
door-steps. In the dim light of the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01
A Busy Guardian
HUGE TUNNEL PROJECT THROUGH CASCADES
ANNOUNCED BY GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

nNE of the greatest engineering
~ projects in the history of Ameri-
can railroad construction work will be
under way about the first of the year
when work will be started on the new
eight-mile tunnel through the Cascade
mountains for the Great Northern
railroad.
The first announcement was made
by President Ralph Budd at Chicago
early this month and later confirmed
by w. P. Kenney, vice-president, who
was in the West recently and by L. G.
Gilman and Col. Frederick Mears,
Western officials of the road. The
contract has already been let to A.
Guthrie & Co., general contractors, of
St. Paul.
The tunnel will extend from Scenic
on the Western slope to Berne on the
east side of the Cascades. 1t will be
built on a grade of approximately one
and one-half per cent. Construction
crews will drill from each end and
also from shaft that will be sunk
near the middle of the tunnel to the
tunnel level. BY this method and by
the use of modern equipment railroad
officials hope to have the tunnel COM
pleted in three years.
1t is estimated that the new tunnel
will cut over an hour off of the run
ming time of passenger trains over
the mountains and considerable more
time from freight train schedules.
But the most important saving will
be the elimination Of about eight
miles of track which has been con-
sidered by some as one of the most
expensive sectiaFis, Of railroad right
of-way to maintain. The section that
will be eliminated is that now GOV.
cred by concrete and timber snow
sheds erected at an approximate cost
Of $1,000,000 per mile. Necessity Of
REPLACING ZIG Pioooht otoCi piiu5oo
above Scenic will also be avoided.
The famous horshoe tunnel wherein
the direction of the train is reversed
in the tunnel will also be eliminated.
The tunnel will save a total rise
and fall of 1,098 feet. 1t will be a
single track bore and will reduce the
summit elevation from the present
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01
GEODETIC HEAD ON
INSPECTION TOUR

Col. e. Lester Jones, director of U.
s. Coast and Geodetic Survey arrived
In Seattle December IA for a two-day
visit on an inspection trip of the sur
vey unit in Seattle. Colonel Jones
came to Seattle from California and
leaves here for Washington. This is
his first visit to Seattle in several
years and he is accompanied by Mrs.
Jones and his daughter
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01

the climb above Berne and a reverse
grade.
Trains through the tunnel will be
operated by electricity. BY the time
the tunnel is completed 1t is expect
ed that power will be available from
the power plant projected on the
Chelan River near Chelan on power
rights filed on by the Great Northern
some years.
Abandonment of the present route
of the Great Northern up Tumwater
Canyon may follow the completion of
the tunnel, it is understood, and a
new line constructed up Chumstick
Canyon. If this step Is taken a
straighter line with less curves and a
better grade would result The Chum-
stick Canyon runs into the Wenat-
chez River and the present line about
mile below Leavenworth and joins
the present line below Berne.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01
WiScoNSIN'S FARMS

According to the latest census Of
agriculture, there are 1926 farms
In the state of Wisconsin,; SOL per
cent of them have telephones and
1915 per cent have automobiles.
The number Of telephones on farms
In Wisconsin, according to this cen
sus, amounts to 111,7S9, which is
one and three-quarters times as many
telephones as there were In use in
the entire state in 1902.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01
Five Thousand a Year

The thrill of adventure seduced
Phil Black from his home. The
treachcrous lock of a closet door
was to blame for'the plight in which
Patrolman Mcclure found Alice
and Jane Paul. But the boy and
the two little girls are only three
of the 5000 children which on an
average are restored to their homes
and parents each year by the poicc
of New York.
To these five thousand modern
Babes in the Wood" the police
man is far more than the bulwark
against crime and the thief catcher
He is the never-t firing friend who
rescues them from the many perils
that beset those mites who are lost,
or who purposely lose themselves
in the man-made jungle of a grca
city.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01
Washington Farm Situation
For December
Poultry

The peak of egg prices are usually
reached in November, and we soon
can expect slightly lowered prices, al
though they are likely to be profitable
up into the early part of February. A
high production should be maintained
through this winter period by care in
watching the comfort of the birds and
the provision of an ample supply of
green feed.
The turkey crop in this state is
about normal, although much shorter
than usual in the Middle West
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01
Idaho's Basketball
Prospects Look Good

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow
Varsity basketball practice is I'M
der way at Idaho and big squad Of
candidates, including four letter men
is starting the seasons grind under
Coach David Macmillan. Eight letter
men will be available as nucleus for
the 1926 Vandal quintet. Preseason
prospects look rosy.
Only two men have been IL st from
the 1924-25 squad-Penwell, forward
and Greene, guard. To bal Lnce this
loss Coach Macmillan will have tried
veterans in Remer, Nedros, Miles and
Canine, forwards; Erickson and Mel
son, centers; Lamphere and Fields
guards. A host of last years fresh
men hoopsters including Boyer, Da
valid, Kyle and CLANCY, and later
Canine and Jacoby, are also turning
out.
Routine conditioning and floor work
is to be the diet of the squad for the
first few weeks. No games are SEIZED
uled until the regular ten-day barn
storming tour during the Christmas
holidays.
The Idaho conference schedule com
prises 10 games, including two
weeks road trip during which the
VandalSplay every team in the North
west conference. Home games listed
are with Montana, Gonzaga, Oregon
Washington, o. A. c., Whitman, and
W. S. G.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01
Poultry Association
To Build Warehouse

IA.-Announcement was
made here that directors of the Wash
ington Cooperative Egg & Poultry AS
sociation, meeting in Seattle, au-
thorized the expenditure OF $4,000 in
the construction of the first unit of
warehouse to be erected in Cen
tralia by the organization. Work will
start within month, it is said. The
site for the new structure consists
of seven lots recently purchased from
the city.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01

early morning he saw small boy
stealthily climb fight of nearby
steps, scoop up the bread and milk.
and then run up a narrow alley.
The policeman followed the boy
up the alley, UP the fire escape OF
ten-story building, and across the
roof to a large water tank raised
upon iron supports. Underneath the
water tank he found the boy hud-
died in shelter of blankets, clutch
ing the bread and milk under his
arm, while the forehnger of his right
hand was held ready to press the
trigger OF an air-rihe.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01

two and half miles tunnel at Tye of
1886 feet to 1850 feet above sea
mel will eliminate the greater part of
level On the East side the new tun-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01
Governors Statement.

A formal statement issued by Gov.
ernor Hartley covering the confer
ence, said that Representative Moul-
ton, acting as spokesman, asked the
governor ito consider, during the
legislative recess, the proposal that
an effort be made to agree upon a
working program" covering the bal.
ance Of the session whereby neces-
sary legislation could be speedily en-
acted without controversy" Governor
Hartley said he had told the legisla-
tors he was willing to cooperate in
any effort to bring about harmonious
relations between the two branches OF
government" adding, according to
the statement:
Cali want or expect is that all of
us do our best to give the state OF
Washington better government for
less money. know we hold different
opinions but there is no reason why
proposed legislation cannot be con
sidered upon its merits and our de.
alterations kept free from personal
antagonism and bitterness"
The visit of the house leaders to
the governor was the most peaceful OF
series Of passages between the gov.
ernor and the legislature, governor
and other state officers, and between
majority and minority leaders of the
legislature that marked the last day
before recess for Christmas. And very
little of the spirit Of peace on earth
good will to men, marked most of the
passages.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01
Thousands of ''Babes in the
Streets" are found each
year by New York
Police.

THE low, heart-broken sobs OF
! an exhausted woman, and the
steady tramp, tramp of disraught
man broke the midnight quiet OF
the police station. For a day and
half Alice and Jane Paul, the two
little daughters of the couple, had
been missing lost somewhere in
the great jungle OF the largest city
in the world.
Half a mile away, at the same
hour, Patro1man Mcclure was turn
ing into dim1y lighted street where
he saw, stretching away from him
on his right, long line of newly
constructed and as yet vacant
houses. Could the little girls, wan
dering into one of those houses,
have locked themselves in so that
they could not get out? The idea
flashed through the patrolman's
mind and was acted upon on the
instant.
What the Flashlight Showed
Into one house after the other
went Patrollnan Mcclure and the
Waterman on the premises. In the
fifth house Mcclure paused before
locked closet while the Waterman
fumb1ed with his keys and finally
swung open the door. The cleo
trio current had not yet been turned
on. Room and closet were as dark
as the bottomless pit. There was
no sound from the black recess be-
fore them.
But when the long finger of light
from the patrolman's fashllght
probed its way through the closets
cave-lile darkness the two search
ers saw a still breathing mass in
the far corner. There, clasped in
each others arms, just as they had
cried themselves to sleep, lay Alice
and Jane Paul. Half an hour later
the two children, still dazed with
sleep, and the terror. of their long
ordeal, were carried into the police
station in the arms of Patrolman
Mcclure and restored to their par
ents.
A Busy Guardian
According to Commissioner En-
right of the New York Police De-
partment, the policeman in New
York and in the other large cities
of the country, has many functions
to perform which are quite aside
from his duties as the maintainer
of law and order. One of the most
important of these functions is the
restoration of lost children to their
homes and parents. The policeman
is the official, even though largely
unrecogilized guardian of all the
children in the city.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01

LOS ANGELES DIRECTORIES

The new Los Angeles telephone di-
rectory lists 100000 subscribers, an
increase of nearly $4,000 names over
the previous volume. Over 100000
copies of the directory were printed
and it would take a fair-sized train
of box cars to move them all.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01

AT all hours.of

AT all hours.of
the day a n d
night" says the
Commissi o n e r,
"child r e II are
found wandering
t hr o II G h the
streets, in the
parks, at Coney
Island, and at
o t h e r beaches.
One Sunday last
August, 265 small
children w e r e
picked up by the
police at Coney
Island. For an
ordinary Sunday
at this pleasure
city the number
is about $50, and
the cases are so
numerous that we
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01

try to get married policemen for
the district in order that the chill
dren may be taken care OF in their
homes until their parents can be
found"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01
MAJORITY LEADERS In LEGISLATURE
OFFER ssOLIVE BRANCH TO GOVERNOR

+ 0LYMPIA.-A step looking toward
POSSIBLE peace between Governor
Hartley and the legislature, or at
least an understanding that will ell
able the extraordinary session to
wind up it's business and adjourn by
January Z, was taken by majority
leaders last week.
Immediately following the adj
journment of both houses for the
Christmas recess, which will extend
until December 81, eight members OF
the house majority, following
twenty-minute conference among
themselves, assembled the hill to the
ernor's office, where they spent an
hour and quarter with the execu-
tive.
sprig Of Holly
If not actually proffering the olive
branch, the legislature at least ten
dered sprig of holly to the governor
wishing him Merry Christmas, and
then suggesting discussion Of state
affairs with view of "expediting the
business of the remainder of the SEES
sion" A.
Varying opinions were expressed as
to whether the visit had accom-
plished anything.
The principal subjects discussed
according to the legislators, were
state printing and state timber, and
most of the discussion proceeded
from the governor, along the same
general lines of his first and second
and third message to the present ses-
sion
Reed Leader
Mark e. Reed Of Mason County,
majority leader, led the delegation
that visited the governor, and other
members were Pliny Allen and Jud-
son Falknor Of King, ]. G. Hubbell of
Kittitas, e. F. Banker Of Okanogan,
G. w. Ryan Of Clarke, d. F. Turnkey
of Whatcom and Mark M. Moulton Of
Benton.
Reed said following the conference
that he and the governor were in
agreement in regard to many pro-
posals regarding the sale of mber,
notably as to requiring logging rail
roads generally to haul timber prod
ucts from state lands other than the
timber bought by the railroads own
ers. Reed said he had always been
opposed to the method followed by
the state capitol committee Of selling
timber by sealed bids received at the
state capitol, and had favored instead
the method Of the state land board, Of
selling timber at public auction in the
counties in which is was located. This
method is also favored by Land Com
missioner Savidge
Reed further asserted that he had
no objections on his own part to the
governors proposal to make public
cruises on state timber. The major
ity leader said, however, that the gov
ernor did not indicate whether he be-
lieved the present legislature should
make recommended changes in tim
Der laws during the remainder of the
session, or leave it to the next legis-
lature in view of the action already
taken to provide an interim legisla.
tive investigation Of the entire sub
ject.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01

New York City has more telephones
han all Great Britain.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01

Be a hometown booster.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-01-01

Milk is better than sweets between
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-16
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-Receipts OF
50 900 hogs and 1900 left over was
hardly enough to meet the demand
today and prices we're strong to
Is cents higher Good hogs were
$11.5O@I1,60. but better hogs were
up to $11.70 later in the day.
Receipts OF cattle were larger
than needed and plain and medium
heavy steers were 10 to rs cents
lower Good yearlings were steady,
cows and heifers unchanged. and
bulls steady to strong.
Lambs sold weak to csc lower
because of the large supply.
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000: market,
10@15c higher top. $1175: bulk,
$11.25@11.65; heavyweight. 1880
1175; mediumweight. $1I35@11. 10;
lightweight. SI1.25@I1.65: light
lights. $11.25@1160. packing sows.
$40 25@11.10; pigs. ST 0f1.60
Cattle-Receipts. 10000: market,
10@15c lower Calves Receipts,
$500; market, steady Beef steers
Good and choice. $10011: common
and medium. $7@9.5O. yearlings, 81
OLA. Butcher eattle--Heifers, $3.50
W10:50: COWS. $4.7507. so; bulls, SIS
Q7.5O: calves. $lO.50@12: feeder
steers, $6@8.75; stocker steers.
$575@8.50: stocker cows and heif-
ers, .$4.50@6.50.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000; market,
Csc lower. Medium and choice
lambs, $12@13; culls and common.
$8W9.50; yearlings. $8.5O@10 so
common and choice ewes, $408.75;
feeder lambs. $10.5O@12.5O.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-16

N. Y. CLEARING HOUSE
NEW YORK. Dec. 16.-CIearing.
hoiise statement:
Exchanges. s1,753, 000, 900; bal
ances. $3.50, 100000 Federal Reserve
Banks credit balance, $157, 900. 900.
Enroll now with the Good Fellows
and enjoy yOuP own Christmas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-16
NeighbOrs Save Man
With Clothing Attire

While building fire in a small
stove in his home today. David Hen
son, colored, 20. living in Fort Pl
s. E.H fell against the stove and his
clothing became ignited.
Before assistance could reach him
the flames had covered his entire
body. Neighbors finally succeeded
in putting out the flames and he
was taken to Providence Hospital,
where it was said that his condition
is serious. No. 25 engine company
put out the fire in the building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-16
CHICAGO GRAMS

CHICAGO, Dec. rs. - Ora / 5
opened easier today with Decem'
Der wheat sharply lower. Wheat
was Is to lsc lower; corn uIchanged
to &c lower and oats unchanged 70
5sc lower. Opening prices:
Wheat--December. $1.3SA 81 1.og.
May, $1.39a W1.40: July, $l.S2% W
1.33
Corn-May S2ss @s2&c. July.
S5as
Oats-December. 46ss May. 5OA
050B: July. 1895.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-16
COFFE MARKET

NEW YORK. Dec. 16.-The coffee
futures market opened steady today.
Initial prices were from unchanged
to points lower. March opened at
$14.37. down s.; May 1890. I'M
changed. and July $13.41, down /.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-16
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, Dec. is. Wheat
opened unchanged to lac lower to.
day. with scattered selling OH the
disappointing cables.
Corn started unchanged to Ac
lower with a mixed trade.
Oats were unchanged to m.ac
lower early.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-16
TEST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS

YES. air--you can choOse your Cfifist
mas Gikts With ease and comfort by
reading the Shop-0-Acope Columns or
Times and Herald Classified Section
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-16
COTTON RANGE

FURNISHED by w. b. Hibbs & Col
NEW YORK. Dec 16.-ACotton range.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-13

York. Petrogad and Vienna contri-
butte to its effectiveness. Costumes
are. handled similarly. and leading
designers are employed, although
most of the work is done at what
10 known as the rag shop" or cos
tune manufacturing department
maintained by the opera company.
1t Is estimated that there are at
least 100000 costumes stored away
in the warehouses of the. MetropoIi-
tan. After being used they are clean
ed and pressed, then Eacked care
fuily away, and many have been
stored for years, with little chance
OF being used again.
Despite the large number Of CO.'S
tunes stored away the, rag shop"
Is always busy. Yard upon ward of
vari-colored materials flow into this
department, come out in fantastic
costumes of all sizes and descrin-
ions to be used once and then per-
haps be stored away for years.
scenery embracing everything from
d1gnlhed stone towers to primeval
forests Is also packed into these
warehouses;, and it is declared by ex-
perts that the Metropolitan owns
more scenery than any other fifteen
companies combined.
TO keep this great mass of eouin-
ment In order, corps of 90 stage
employed. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-13
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Addis Earrar

Mrs. Addie (Hoak) Farrar widow
OF the late Alonzo Farrar passed away
sunday night after an illness of only
lew days with catarrhal pneumon-
Ia. Funeral services will be held at
ner late home at Razorville wednes.
Gay afternoon at o'clock.
News reached here Of the death Of
EDWARD W. Farrar at Woodfords Sat-
urday. Funeral services will be held
at the home of his sister. Mrs. Car
RE Clark at Razorville, Wednesday
afternoon at half past two o'clock.
winter came in dead ernest Satur-
DAY when nearly nine inches of very
light snow fell and the wind was
very accommodating and let 1t lie
still thus far, but should the wind
take notion to blow it would make
sad havoc with the snow.
Missionary w. E. Overlook was at
the Murphy school house at Jeffer-
son last Sunday, made the trip by
auto.
Quite a company gathered at the
Pierpont Cemetery Friday at one
thirty to the burial of Mrs. S. T.
Overlook but was too late as the
burial occurred nearly an hour
earlier. The burial was set for two
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-13
County Real Estate
Transfers on File

The following deeds conveying
real estate were received and re-
corded on Tuesday at the kennepec
county registry of deeds:
Augusta-Charles c. Metcaif to
Frank E. Tracy, one-half undivided
of a parcel of land with buildings
on Oak street; Frank E. Tracy to
Lily M. Tracy, land and buildings on
Oak street.
East Pittston-Gilbert G. Cary
and Ida E. Cary to T. c. Ware, lane
on the East Pittsfield- Whitefield
road; Thorold c. Ware to Harold q.
Boyd, NJ. d. Dockendorff and wall
ter Dockendorff. all of Pittston. land
and buildings on the East Pittsfield-
Whtiefield county road.
Vienna-C. A. Hall of Mount YER
non to Easter B. Shibles of Vienna,
land on the road leading from Carr
Hill past the John Hughes farm.
Wayne-Mabel Lincoln of Wayne
to D. w. Budd of st. Petersburg,
land and buildings on the shore of
Androscoggin Lake.
Winslow-Fred B. Proctor and
Susie NJ. Proctor to John B. Martin,
land and buildings on Clinton ave-
nue..