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continued: State VS. Clarence w.
Jester, of Seaford, desertion and
nOn-support; Vernon Truitt and
Roosevelt West, Cedar Creek Hun
dred, larceny; Clarence Vent, of
Milton, illegal possession of liquor.
NEW CENTURY CLUB BOTH YEAR
The Georgetown New Century
Club entered upon the thirteenth
year October 9Th, the first meeting
of the fall and winter months. The
club was organized on November
16. 1896, and federated with the
Delaware State Federation on Jan
uary 10, 1897 The officers are:
Mrs. Julian E. Townsend, president;
Miss Julia F. Burton, first vice
president; Mrs. Lavinia Adams,
second vice-president; Mrs. Andrew
Marvel, third vice-president; Mrs.
George H. Short, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Frederick Walls, assist
ant recording secretary; Mrs. John
H. Hammond, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. George T. Lynch, treas
urer; Mrs. Edward c. Sudler, State
director. Chairman of the standing
committees follows: Club hostess,
Mrs. Alice Thoroughbred, Mrs. Anna
Beach; entertainment. Mrs. Norman
C. Jones; program, Miss Edith l.
Jones, Miss Maggie S. Wilson;
librarian, Mrs. Pearl Jones, Mrs.
Edward @. Sudler; education, Miss
Laura S. Richards; conservation
Mrs. George Elton Walls; COM
munity service, Mrs. James NJ. Tun-
nell; arts and crafts, Mrs. Andrew
Marvel; home economics, Miss Sadie
Guseman; Delaware Colony, the
States feeble-minded home. Mrs.
Benjamin Ableman; property, Mrs.
Lavinia Adams; music, Mrs. Cyrus
Hatfield, Mrs. G. Franklin NAPLES;
publicity, Mrs. Frederick Walls.
The calendar for the fall and
winter follows:
October 6-Reception Echoes OF
the State Federation.
October Columbus VS. Lind
bergh, Mrs. Thomas Robinson.
October 2O-Travel, Mrs. Fred
erick Walls.
October 28-Full for all (evening
meeting,) Miss Anna B. Moore, Sus-
sex County Club Agent.
November 3-Juvenile Literature,
Mrs. Pearl Jones.
November 10-Outstanding Books
of the year, Mrs. Julian E. Town
send, the president.
November Birthday Luncheon
of the Club, Mrs. Anna Beach, Mrs.
Alice Thoroughbred.
November 4-Thanksgiving Day.
No meeting.
December Evening. With Great
Musicians, Mrs. c. Franklin NAPLES.
December 8-Health as a State
Project, Mrs. Molly c. Vaughn, wife
of County Agent Vaughn.
December 15-The Dining Room,
Miss Sadie Guseman, teacher in the
Home Economics Department of the
Georgetown Public Schools.
December 22-No meeting.
December 29-Christmas Party,
Mrs. H. w. T. Tunnel, Mrs. Norman
R. Purnell, Mrs. Walter Townsend.
January 8, 1928-Achievements Of
1927, Mrs. Georgia FoOks, Miss
Pauline Godfrey
January 12-Delaware Artists,
Mrs. Sara Richardson.
January 19-Life Savers, Mrs.
James NJ. Tunnel.
January 26-Lecture, Mrs. George |
D. FearOn.
February 2-"The Cutters, Mrs.
G. Frank Jones. Il
February 9-Trees in History, Art |
and music, Miss Laura S. Richards.
February 16-Our Trees and Their
Care, Miss Maggie S. Wilson.
February 28-Tin-cSp Tourists VS.
he towns, Miss Rosalie Martin,
7ice-principal of the Georgetown
High School Debate by High
SCHOOL,.
March The Elimination of
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Daugherty.
Then one day, booklet was left
at her front door. Idly she turned
the pages. Soon she was reading
with quickened interest. The little
booklet was filled with letters from
women in conditions similar to hers
who had found better health by TAX
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
81 began taking the Vegetable
Compound" Mrs. Daugherty writes.
"and after 1 took the third bottle, |
found relief. 1 am on my eleventh
bottle and 1 don't have that trouble
any more, and feel like a different
woman. l recommend the Vege-
table Compound to everyone l see
who, has trouble like mine. am
willing to answer any letters from
women asking about the Vegetable
Compound. Mas. Ed. DAUGHERTY,
19GS Orchard Ave, Muscatine. Iowa.
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-14
Colds And Cleanliness

How many colds are you going to
"catch" this winter? And after
you have caught one, how generous
are you going to be in passing it on
to others? These are current ques-
tiOns at this season of the year.
The answer may be found, to a
large extent. declares DR.. w. w.
Peter, internationally known health
educator, in the careful observance
or neglect of proper sanitary and
cleanliness standalds. DR.. Peters,
who is noted for his graphic pre-
sentations of health problems, is
sues a warning against the walk
ing transmitters" who broadcast
this common infection in recent
bulletin publishedby the Clean
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-14

number of victims totals ten to
fifteen per cent of the general po-
pulation at one time"
One of the first rules of cold pre-
vention, DR.. Peter points out, is to
avoid infection, through the most
scrupulous cleanliness. If you
must shake hands with those suf-
fering from colds, be sure to wash
your own hands afterwards. Keep
away from common drinking cups,
dirty dishes, roller towels, pipes,
pencils, and other objects contami-
mated with fresh secretions. Main
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-14

Mosquitoes, Mrs. John NJ. Richard1
son.
March Education, Miss Eunice
Jones.
March 15-Reciprocity, Mrs. Ed
ward C. Sudler.
March 22-Education Locally Ap-
piled, charge of Mrs. Howard ]
Cooke. This will be a joint meeting
with the Georgetown Rotary Club
in the evening.
March 29-Afternoon of Song, Mrs
Cyrus Hatfield.
April 5-Nature in April, Miss
Laura c. Maull.
April 12-Children's Day, Mrs
George Elton Walls.
April ia Forward Look, Mrs.
George T. Lynch.
April 26-Election of officers.
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-14
SECOOO FLOoR PLAD

open fireplace. The dining room
open from the living room with a
double opening and the kitchen,
fully equipped together with dining
alcove and rear entry is at the back
of the house.
The stairs go up from the rear of
the living room, landing in a hall
on the second floor. There are
three bed rooms and tiled bath with
a sleeping porch off one bed room,
an unusual feature.
There are generous closets with
a special closets for linen in the
hall. And bed rooms have ample
light and ventilation.
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-14

More and more the trend of build
ing leads toward the English type.
And there is a reason, the Colonial
and Dutch Colonial houses are nu-
merous in many localities to an ex-
tent that is tiresome.
This little stucco house is English
in influence. The brick chimney
and vestibule extension add vari-
ETY. and harmonize well with the
dark rooE.
The architects have been worked
out all details with extreme care.
The entrance is in a yestibule
with coat closet on one side. The
living room is large and has an
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-14
liness Institute.

illness Institute.
"What isa cold?," he asks. "The
very word is a misnomer. We use
it because it was handed down to
us. and not because it is caused by
cold temperature, just as coughing
and sneezing may have led the
Chinese to say they have Caught
the wind"
Colds are communicable from
personto person. just as are typhoid
fever, diptherir, ,and host of other
diseases. Most persons indulge in
from one to three colds year. The
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-14

Throughout the plan arrange
ment, the architects have held to the
desired features of economy and in
convenience, essentials for any
house that is livable in the full
sense of the word. Acellar is pro-
vided.
The house measures 80 feet and
4 inches across the front so a lot
with a frontag of As feet or more
should be provided.
Cost obout $4,000.
Complete working plans and spec
ifications of this house may be OBJ
tanned for a nominal sum from the
Building Editor. Refer to House
H-A-116.
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-14

tain as high an internal resistance
against infectious agents as you
can by daily attention to bodily
cleanliness, exercise, rest and diet.
But if you do get cold, despite
all precautions, don't become a
walking transmitter of disease
germs by mingling in crowds or ap-
pearing in public places, particu-
larly in the sneezing and coughing
stages of the infection, DR.. Peter
warns. Be your own policeman.
Every human heart is human.
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-14
This WOMAN
FOUND RELIEF
After Long Suffering by TAX
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
In little town of the Middle West
was a discouraged woman. For four

months she had
been in such
poor health that
she could not
stoop to put on
her own shoes.
Unable to do her
work, unable to
go out of doors or
enjoy a friendly
chat with her
neighbors, life
S e e m e d dark
indeed to Mrs.
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-14
Always Stiff
and Achy?

Too Often This Warns of Sluggish
Kidney Action.
FAME? Stiff? Achy? Sure
II your kidneys are working
right? Sluggish kidneys allow
waste poisons to remain in the
blood and are apt to make one
languid, tired and achy, with
often dull headaches, dizziness
and nagging backache. That
the kidneys are not acting
right is often shown by scanty
or burning secretions. If you
have reason to believe your
kidneys are acting sluggishly,
use Doan's Pills. Doan's
stimulate the kidneys and thus
assist in eliminating waste inn
purities. Users everywhere en-
dorse Doan's. Ask your
1eighbor!
DOAN'S PILLS sda
StimuLant Diuretic to the Kidneys
Foster-MilburnCo Co. Mfg. Chem. .Bufalo.N.Y,
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-14

Every human heart is human.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-25
FREE CHEST CLINIC HERE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6

DR.. ]. ]. Markey, diagnostician of
the Washington tuberculosis associ-
alton, will be the physician in charge
at a free chest clinic to be held in
the Presbyterian church ia White
Bluffs on Tuesday, December 9th On
the same day DIR. Markey will give a
talk on tuberculosis and its problems
at tie high school auditorium, at p.
m. The student body is invited. DR..
Markey is convinGng speaker and
well informed on his Subject.
Clinic appointments will be limited
to ten in order to allew sufficient time
for each examinations This is very
necessary that good work may be
done.
Since T. B. is primarily disease
of young people, taking its greatest
toll between the ages of Is and rs
years, we especially encourage exam
inations in this age group if any
lyInptoms suggesting tuberculosis
are present.
This clinic service is put on through
state and local Tuberculosis Leagues,
the arrangements being made through
ANY one WISHING an examination
should communicate with the county
nurse by writing to her at Prosser.
Lectures and clinics Of this kind
are supphrted entirelW9 through the
annual sale of the Christmas Seals.
Miss Monica Weber,
County Nurse.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-25
DAIRY PROSPECTS GOOD

That the outlook for dairying in
Washington is very favorable is the
opinion of K. M. Turner, extension
farm management speciality: of the
State College of Washington. At pre-
sent there is shortage of about 22.9
percent of dairy products to meet
consumption of needs of the eleven
western states.
This shortage is largely in Califor-
mia which falls short about % percent
of having enough for its own demands.
Washington dai:ymen are also supply
ing the California market with their
surplus milk cows, where few heifers
are being raised in fluid milk districts.
This is favorable situation for those
sections of the state which have lower
costs
The fact that the consumption OF
total ciairy products has risen rapidly
during the past few years is also fav-
orable. 1t rose from SO gallons per
caoita in 1917 to III gallons in 1926.
Fluid milk consumption alone was
553 gallons per person in 1926.
There was general decrease of
about 5 percent in the number of cows
kept tor milk. in the United States in
1926. 1t will take considerable time
to catch up ON this decrease. This de-
crease is coupled with probable in
crease in per capita consumption cf
milk, and gain Of one and one-half
million people in the United States
each year.
Imports of butter have been low
during the last two years. as the diff
ference between the price Of butter
in Europe and New York cid not
justify the Importation of much butter
over the IL cent tariff wall. The price
of butter can get only about so high.
however, until either butter is imported
or many consumers turn to substitutes.
Consequently dairymen must look for
increased profits in lowered cost of
production.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-25
WHAT MAKES A TOWN

The small town merchants problem
was pretty thoroughly thresn out
at the September meeting of the Wash
ingte11 tress Association. Most of the
200 members of this organization aIe
publishers of small city newspapers,
and their prosperity. is inseparably
linked with the prosperity OF their
home merchants.
One fact stood out at the end of the
discussion, and tile substance of it is
this The successful town is the one
whose businesses combine to form a
complete shopping unit.
In these days of good roads and
fast automobiles {. prospective buyer
will often pass up town because 1t Is
deficient in some one or two minor
items. A town with good markets,
good department stores and progress
sive merchants may be pssssssed up be-
cause of poor restaurant facilities CT
the lack of a hardware store. The out
of-town customer usually comes to
town with list of things to buy and
do. If the town is able to fill every
need but one or two. it may be passed
up IOT lllC TOWN. W1AASh SoAA ooSASAy -.
these wants. Even thes barbershop and
the toothbrush must be reckoned in
with the rest of the business firms as
helps or hiEdrarces to the towns
prosperity.
The chain store, often regarded with
suspicic.l by ctl:er merchants, per-
forms it's part in bringing more people
to the small town instead of letting
them go on TO the big city. Other mer-
chants can profit by this new trade by
featuring items not sold by the chain
store. Several publishers at the Wash
ireton Press meeting testified that
when chain store opened all the rest
of tie merchants even the other gro
cery stores, had a record days busi-
ness.
The lesson on the Shopping Unit
idea is that every merchant is vitally
interested in seeing that his town Of
fers a complete answer to the buyers
needs. A weak spot in the business
center not cnly loses tusinese' tI7r
its owner but actually loses business
fer every other firm in that town:
Merchants could we'll take stock OF
tl.eir community and see wherein their
town is lacking as a shopping unit,
for Just SO sure as the town is de-
ficient in some cf1e or two lines the
business men can be sure that cer-
rain amount of all business is going on
10 Spokane.-Cheney Free Press.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-25
WAsKBoARD ROADS

Rythmic corrugations or wash.
boards" in gravei and crushed ROCK
highways Is the theme OF bulletiI
recently pupnsned by the engineering
experiment station of tine State Col
lege. Inc bulletin was prepared Jointly
| by Dean II. v. Carpenter ana n. j.
Lana.
Ihe work of the treatise has been
directed toward study aaid analysis
OF some OF the causes contributing to
rl.e formation OF washDoards anu 10
determine IN what way they are inner
ent in tie present design OF the auto =.
mobile itseir.
"Washboards in gravel and crushed
rock highways appear mostly during
dry seasons. he presence Of moisture
in the highway surface tenas to bind
the surface particles together, making
TIE formation of washboards less
likely. This condition prevails in the
spring of the year but during long,
ory summer the surface moisture
evaporates, leaving tie road mater
ial with weaker binding agent, and
therefore, subject to rapid ;, erosion
through impact and air sucticn caused
by passing tires.
The formation of washboards is
hindered by the maintenance of an
abundance of said or finely crushed
rock on the road surface. They arc
found occasionally in the surface Of
bituminous nlacadam where the more
or less soft surface material shapes ii
self into rhythmic undulations under
the influence of traffic.
An acknowledged cure for wash
boards is pavement, but it is quite
evident that all cases of washboard5
cannot be thus treated for many years
to come and that gravel roads will
continue to be subjected to abnormally
heavy traffic. Therefore, it is import
ant that effort be directed toward the
elimination or better control of this
nuisance"
In order to determine more defin-
itely certain phases of the formation
Of corrugations, further study will be
made by the experiment station, ac.
cording to Dean Carpenter. They will
consider the relative part played by
front s.,d rear axles in causing CORFU
cations; the value Of shock absorbers
in reducing the terdencv: the speed
obove which carr of various tvns do
ret cut corrugstions. the relation oi
air pressure and tire size to the fcrr-a.
tim of corruQations and the relation
Of axle wright and total car weight to
rate of cutting corrupations.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-25
JOHNNIE BROWN MEETS
DEATH BY DROWNING

Death in violent form has again
visited this valley, claiming as its|
victim this time John L. Brown, a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Brown,
who was drowned at Monroe. WASH
ington, about o'clock last Saturday
afternoon.
Ted Alderman, fellow workman
who accompanied tn. body from
Monroe to White Bluffs Monday,
gave the Spokesman the following
account of the fatal accident:
Johnnie, as he was Familiarity
known to his friends, was one of a
crew of workmen who were build
ing bridge across the Skykomish
river near Monroe for the Milwaukee
railroad. He was working under the
new bridge near the rivers edge,
helping to remove the old piling when
/ peavey that he was using slipped
out of his hands. When he attempted
to reach it he lost his balance and
fell into the river, which was about
ten feet deep at that point and very
swift and muddy. He came to the
surface. some little distance from
where he had fallen in and attempted
to swim toward pier out in the
river to where workmen above had
thrown down rope But after TAX
ing few strokes he suddenly dis
appeared under the water and about
five minutes later his botiy was washed
out on a bar about 300 fset below
the bridge. A small raft was hur-
riedly made and he was brought to
shore and although doctor with
pulmotor worked over him for twenty
five minutes, all efforts at resuscia-
tation failed.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon in the Presbyterian church
in White Bluffs. Rev. Gray, the pas
tor, officiating. The services were un-
der the auspices of the White Bluffs
Grange and the part at the cemetery
was very impressive. The floral
offerings were numerous and beauti-
full.
John L. Brown was born in Canada
and was forty years old at the time
of his death. He came to White
Bluffs with his parents about twenty
years ago. and has made this his
hcnae ever since, although he has been
away at WOIk dC ClucIGIlC IlIllSS.
He was at one time employed as
clerk in the old Produce company
store and 1ater in thu Wenatches
Valley Fruit Exchange warehouse.
He was one Of the charter members
cf the White Bluffs Grange and for
two years was its faithful and effic-
lent secretary.
OF generous and impulsive nature,
he made and kept friends easily. He
was devoted to his parents and had
d@eded) to them all of his property.
He had confided to his fellow work.
rnesssa sshDst lime Ago that he had
intended toN surprise his parents by
coming home to eat Thanksgiving
di--er with them. ~
HIS death was a severe blow to
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown, and the. SYM
psthy of the entire community goes
out to them in their hour of grief.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-25
A. {. BURDIN WAS A
PIONEER IN THIS VALLEY

| In the passing OF Adelbert E. Bur-
din, whose funeral was held at White
Bluffs last Saturday this valley loses
one of its earliest and ab.est pioneer
citizens, who after an abs ence of
several years, returned to White Bluffs
this spring to administer and manage
the estate of his sister, the widow o.
the late e. N. Love.and.
Mr.. Burdin's death was due 10
injuries received in an auto accident
on November S on the Columbia Riv-
er Highway near Portland. With Mrs.
Burdin and Mrs. Love!and he was re-
turning home from Portland where
they. had been on a visit since the
latter part of October. When about IS
miles out he attempted to pass car
ahead. Before the passing could b.
effected, however, the car skidded on
the black top pavement and in order
to avoid collision Mr.. Burdin ap-
piled the brakes causing his car to
skid in turn, and quickly slide from y g
pavement to the ditch where it crash
ed into telephone pole. All three
passengers in the Burdin car were
injured and Mr.. Burdin's injuries
appearing the most serious, he was
taken at once to the Good Samaritan
hospital at Portland, where an exam
ination revealed fractured ribs and
bruised lung. He was supposed. to be
making satisfactory recovery when
at 7:30 on the evening of November
II he suddenly grew worse and passed
away.
The autopsy revealed that death had
been caused by traumatic fracture
of the ribs, with rupture Of the inter-
costal artery and fatal hemorrhage
into the plsural cavity.
The remains were brought to White
Bluffs early Saturday morning and
funeral services were he'd at the
Presbyterian church Saturday after
noon, the pas or, Rev. DR.. Gray Of
ficiating. Interment followed in the
White Bluffs cemetery.
Adelbert E. Burcin was born in
Elroy, Wisconsin, August TO- 1856.
He was an artist by profession but
gave up the brush and palette to join
the gold rush to Alaska in 1898, going
in over the famous Chilkoot Pass and
afterwards becoming one OF the real
"sourdoughs" Of the Alaska country.
He was married to Eva Dexter,
mother of Mrsl Fred M. We'll, in
1902. In the fell of 1906 Mr.. and Mrs.
Burdin moved to the White Bluffs
county preceding tie general devel-
cpment that followed in 1907. They
settled on the Columbia River north
OF Wk:.s Bluffs, later disposing OF
part of their holdings to Mr.. and Mrs.
E, N. Loveland In 1912 the 2Mrdins
left the valley. that Mr.. Burdin might
resume his artists profession. He was
so engaged at Rochester, New York.
when Hs responded 70. atl,,sa. s1ster,s-
need following the death Of the late
Mr.. Love,and.
Besides his widow and sister and
other relatives, the deceased leaves
to mourn his loss a hos. OF friends
and neighbors. A life of usefulness
and rare accomplishment was that OF
Bert Burdin and in the sunset OF his
going, there remain 70 thoas who
knew him. treasured memories rf a
man whose life and deeds ever reflect
ed the sunshine and beauty of the
pictures he painted.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-25
WoMAN's CLUB NOTES

To all Members of the Woman's
Club:
The next regular business meeting
of the Woman's Club will be held
Wednesday, November 80, and it is
highly desirable that good atten-
dance be at hand.
With the acquisition of the pipe
now ready to be placed in the ceme
terry the object Of many years Of
work is realized. There is much more
to be done in this line and other ac-
tivities of the club, and the help and
Judgment, of many rather than a few
is necessary to round out successful
and useful year.
Mrs. F. E. Taylor, pres.
Mrs. Alex Parks, vice. pres.
Mrs. F. M. Wheeler, sec'y.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-25
HORTICULTURAL MEETING

A meeting Of the Washington
State Horticultural society will be
held in Yakima, December 1-3.
Horticultural problems Of all kinds
are discus ed by able speakers at
these meetings, and for that reason
they always attract large number
of growers. Several from White
Bluffs are planning to attend.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-25
WINS GOLD PEN

A gold pen was the prize award
ed to Miss Ellen Anderson of White
Bluffs for being first in class of
several hundred students who COM
peted in a y. A. M. contest con-
Quoted last week at the business
college in Portland which Ellen is
attending. 1t was not so bad as it
sounds, for the I'D. A. NJ" stands
for eDaltcn Adding Machine.
The contest was decided on speed
and accuracy.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-25

+ M. Hill expects to be be able
Monday to leave the hospital at
Pssco where he recently under
went an grafton, and return
home. His recoverv is said to
have been exceptional for he was
not sick, suffered no pain and did
not even run a temperature after
the operation.