White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-02-04
BIG RADIO HooK-uP

The radio has passed the expert
mental stage and is now becoming as
much part of the American house
hold as the telephone or the family
car. The agricultural colleges are
making wonderful use Of the radio in
broadcasting interesting farm infor-
nation; the loud speaker gives you
the world series ball games and big
prize fights, play by play and blow by
blow, almost lnstantaneously, al
though the event may be taking place
thousands of miles away; lectures, po-
litical speeches, and music by the
worlds famous artists are brought
right into your home. Tuning in OIL
the dinner concert between six and
seven o'clock is becoming national
habit and no matter how isolated your
home you can help yourself to the
bGzt of entertainment that the world
can give.
Some unique uses of the radio have
come to the attention of the Spokes-
man lately. One evening this winter
Fred Gilhuly, with his receiving set
in the back seat of his sedan, brought
in stations 1900 miles away with
single piece of wire about four feet
long. one end of which was attached
to the receiving set and the other to
steel peg driven into tie ground
wherever he desired to park his car
Robert Barrett and Louis Krug on
different evenings provided entertain
nlents for skating parties on the river
with their sets installed nearby. Ac-
cording to last weeks Richland Ad-
vocate, sleighing rarty there was ac-
cornpanied with radio music. With
an 8 tube set, an aerial on one of the
cross pieces at the end of the hay rack
and the ground wire attached to the
runner of the sled, they reported won
derful reception from stations from
Canada to Mexico and as far east as
Salt Lake City.
Through a hook up of broadcast
ing stations including KOMO and
KFOA in Seattle, KGO and KPO in
San Francisco, KGW in Portland,
XII in Les Angeles and KHQ in
Spokane, radio fans this month will
sit in their homes and enjoy programs
direct from New York. The first of
such programs will be the address of
President Coolidge on February %.
Among the big attractions which will
thus be available to the coast are the
Chicago Opera and the New York
Symphony Orchestra.
Clerk your hands out of your peck.
cts and stick 'em up, quick" was the
startling command Arthur Anderson
heard behind him while walking dowr
the steet in Seattle Monday. Wher
he turned around, he was looking
down the barrels of couple of talk.
alive looking guns and he lost no time
in complying with the command
When he finally got his teeth to stol
chattering and his heart to beating
regularly again, Arthur wrote his fla
ther, he was able to convince tn.
cops that he was not the hold-up ma,
who had just pulled off job in tina
neighborhood and for whom the.
were looking.
The regular monthly meeting, O.
the Benton County Pomona Grang
will be held at the Grange hall il
White Bluffs on Saturday, Februar
IL. The local Grange is planning
rather elaborate program, includin!
music by the White Bluffs band, tn
members OF which arc all Changers
In the evening dinner will be give
for grangers and their families.
Wilt Brothers who have Tract Nc
OF the state settlement tracts ar
negotiating for the sale of the trac
and will hold pubic auction at tn
place on Tuesday. FEBRUARY 3. Horses
cows, farm machinery and hay ar
listed en- the sale bills.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Blair hav
received word that their son, Verne
PI4ir was operated on foy appendi
ct;s at the Tacoma hospital whsr
he las basn for scveral weeks, o.
Tuesd-y OF last week. At last report
Nf- Els'r was making a salts
f.c.cry recovery.