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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
SOFT FRUIT IN BLOOM

By spreading old hay over her
asparagus bed the first of the week,
Mrs. Ira S. Jones circumvented the
frosty nights at that time and de-
livered some grass to the Spokes-
man Wednesday that was as fine as
any cut in midseason. The late
spring has been holding back the
crop but shipments are growing in
volume each day now. The tenn
pesatuae has not gone down low
enoughtany night to warrant the
growers in lighting their heaters.
although some have fired up few
times. Apricots, cherries and
peaches are in bloom but apparent
ly there has been no frost damage
so far.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
QUIT TEACHING FOR LAW

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Gellermann will be interested to know
that they are leaving the teaching pro-
'fession at the end Of the present school
year. Mr.. Gellermann's credentials
have been accepted by the Harvard
University Law school and he intends
to enter there this fall. Mrs. Geller-
mann will attend Boston University.
Owing to the fact that Women are not
admitted to Harvard.
The Gellermanns taught in White
Bluffs several years ago. They were
here five years ago when the White
Bluffs High School was first placed
on the fully accredited list. During
the last three years Mr.. Gellermann
has, been superintendent of the Oro-
vile schools and Mrs. Gel1ermann has
had a position in the Oroville High
School
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
INCREASE STRAWBERRY
ACREAGE IN VALLEY

The strawberry acreage at White
Bluffs is being increased this year by
approximately twenty acres. This
acreage is divided upyamong number
of growers, the plots ranging in size
from a few thousand plants to two
acres. Some of the plants come from
Richland but most OF them were fur
nished by w. H. Keal from his COM
paratively large bed The Columbia river
territory from White Bluffs to Pasco
and Kennewick is the earliest district
in the northwest and with the well
organized selling agency, there is no
crop raised in this territory that brings
the grower Larger returns than straw
berries. The Priest Rapids valley
should lave at least one hundred acres
of berries and it is probable that that
acreage will be reached in another
year.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
TO HAVE MUSICAL PROGRAM

Because there is no piano at their
regular meeting place in the assembly
room of the Lutheran Church, the next
meeting of the Woman's Club on
Wednesday, April 13, which features a
musical program under the direction of
Mrs. Alex Parke, will be held at the
home of Mrs. E. ]. O'Larey. Musical
talks will be given by Mrs. Parke,
Mrs. F. A. English, and Mrs. F. E..
Taylor; and Mrs. l. B. Burns will sing
two numbers, "Indian Love Call" from
the opera Rose-Marie, and From the
Land of the Sky Blue Water" by Cad
man. Hostesses for the Afternoon are:
Mrs. Edmund Anderson, Mrs. M. s.
Meeks, Mrs. o. F. Allen and Mrs.
O'Larey.
Besides promising an interesting pro-
gram, the afternoon is also Guest Day
and good attendance is expected.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
SIX FIRST GLASS SCOUTS

At the Court of Honor at the high
school Tuesday evening. the following
scouts successfully passed the tests to
pass them from second degree to first
degree scouts. Robert Remlinger,
Russell Blair, Donald Heath, Donald
Wheeler, Dudley Wilkinson and Jack
O'Larey. Those who passed from
tenderfoot to second class scouts were,
Philip Heath, Elmer Larsen and
George Hammer. The Court of Honor
was made up of o.. F. Allen, chair
man, assisted by Vernon Blair, D. S.
Wilkinson, M. M. Wiehl and William
Van Hoy.
In speaking of the Boy Scouts, Mr..
Allen said, "The scouts of White
Bluffs are surely a live organization
and I believe the community would be
astonished to know how much the
boys have learned along the line of
scout work"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
TO BROADCAST FROST
WARNINGS FROM KOWW

BY Albert w. Cook, U. S. Weather
Bureau.
Orchard heating can best be con-
Quoted if the growers understand what
is meant by frost. The terms frost"
or "hoar frost" are used to designate
the deposit of feathery, spine-like,
translucent ice crystals which form on
! the ground and other exposed objects
when the temperature falls. below
thirty-two degrees and the dewpoint
is reached. A more general use of the
term is the occurrence of any tempera-
ture of 80 degrees or lower, whether
frost forms or not. Hence frost is
simply cold, or absence of heat. 1t
will be readily seen that the only way
to prevent damage from frost is to re-
place the heat that is lost as the ground
and air cools after sunset. Heat may
be added in any way; by burning
coal, wood, brush, oil shavings, oil,
prunings, briquets, or anything which
will produce the necessary heat. How
ever, efficient orchard heating de-
mands an economical use Of both
labor and feul. To reduce the labor
costs of operating and to secure the
greatest possible heat from the fuels,
heaters burning oil and briquets have
been designed and are used almost to
the exclusion of all other methods.
The increase in temperature which
can be secured with a given number
of heaters is not always constant, but
varies from time to time depending
upon the atmospheric conditions pre-
vailing.
The chief consideration in orchard
heating is heat and not smoke. Smoke
plays an Insignificant part in prevent
ing frost damage.
Beginning Monday, April II, 1927.
forecasts for the following places will
be broadcast from Radio Station
KOWW, Walla Walla, Washington,
each night between seven thirty (7:3O
P. NJ and eight $500 P. NJ o'clock:
Kennewick, Prosser, Whitstran, Ben
ton City, Hanford and White Bluffs.
There will be no broadcasting on Sum
day night. Forecast may be sscnred
through the telephone exchanges as
heretofore.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
AID ELECTS OFFICERS

At the meeting Of the Ladies Aid at
the home Of Mrs. B. M. Dewey, on
March 81, TIE following officers were
elected to serve during the coming
year: President, Mrs. j. A. Johnson; !;
Vice-president, Mrs. H. H. Smith; I;
Secretary-treasurer, Mrs, Earl Soden
and board of directors, Mrs. c. l..
Sutherland, Mrs. w. c. Hills, Mrs.
R. d. Barge, Mrs. F. E. Blair, and
Mrs. r. II. Myers.
The financial report, which was read
at the meeting, showed the following
receipts and expenditures for last year:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
March 21, 1927.

w. d. Mackay,
538 First Avenue So.,
Seattle, Washington.
My dear Mr.. Mnckay:
Your favor of the 18th at hand.
called the protest of the property
owners in Benton County against the
extension of the permit to the Wash
ington Irrigation and Development
Company to the Water Power Com
mission before any action was taken
by it with reference to the permit and
it had the came before it when the ex-
tension was granted. The facts which
you set out in your letter have never
before been called to my attention.
/ do not see how the granting of
this extension, however, can affect the
rights of any of your people. If this
had been pointed out to me before the
permit was granted, certainly would
have been glad to have called the same
to the attention of the Federal Power
Commission and asked that it give the
same careful consideration.
Very sincerely yours,
w. L. ZONES
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
MARCH NORMAL MONTH

The warmest day in March was on
the 23rd, when the temperature rose to
70 degrees; and the coldest was when
it fell to 81 degrees on the 28th. Total
rainfall for the month was eighty-two
hundredths of an inch, nearly half of
which fell on the 10th. There were
IA clear days in the month, five being
cloudy and twelve being partly cloudy,
according to Cooperative Observer,
F. C.. Koppen, in charge of the U. S.
weather station at Wahluke.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
WRITES SENATOR JONES
REGARDING EXTENSION

Following the publication in the
Spokesman shortly after the first OF
March, of the action of the Water
Power Leasing board in granting a
two years extension to the Washing
ton Irrigation & Development COM
pany in which to begin construction
at Priest Rapids, w. D. Mackay, of
Seattle, associated with ]. F. Bleakley
in the Bleakley Fruit Company, took
the matter up with Senator Wesley L.
Jones. Mr.. Mackay was in White
Bluffs the latter part of last week and
in the belief that his correspondence
with Senator Jones would be of in
terest to Spokesman readers, both his
letter to Senator Jones and the Seria-
tors reply are published.
Seattle, Washington.
March Is, 1927.
Senator Wesley L. Jones,
Washington, D. c.
Honorable Sir:
Recently scme of our interested
property owners in Benton County
wired you in regard to an extension
being granted to the Washington Irri-
CATION & Development Company, and
/ enclose you a clipping from the
White Bluffs paper, stating that this
extension was allowed.
As you undoubtedly are aware, this
company is the old Hanford Irrigation
& Power Company, which filed on the
waters of Priest Rapids for the pur-
pose of developing power for irrigating
the lands in what is known as the
White Bluffs and Hanford district.
The Washington Irrigation & De-
velopment Company purchased this
company outright, and shortly after
wards threw the company into the
hands of the receiver for the purpose
Of getting rid of the water rights and
irrigation Afterwards carrying this
through endless litigation to the STU
preme Court, it was decided that the
irrigation and the power could not be
separated, and that water would have
to be furnished to the water right
owners. The company refused to
abide by the ruling of the Public Ser
vice Commission, claiming they had no
Jurisdiction, and recently, after having
secured the islands at Priest Rapids,
the shore lands, and the privilege of
developing the power, they have now
repudiated the old company once more
and have thrown the company into
the hands of the receiver, MARVIN
Chase having been appointed and the
property owners believe that their in
terests should have been taken care Of
at the time of the Federal Water
Power Leasing Board extending the
time to the company.
I am writing you in behalf Of a
number of water right owners and
would like to heir from you in regard
to the same.
Respectfully yours,
w. D. Mackay.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
RoDEo NEXT SUNDAY

The Indians are advertising a big
Rodeo to be held at Priest Rapids
next Sunday afternoon. The West as
it was known by old timers is rapidly
disappearing and these rodeos, furn-
ishing as they do glimpse into the
past prove interesting to old and
young and if the day is at all nice,
next Sunday, good many cars will
probably drive up from White Bluffs
and Hanford.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
LEGION Nr0FFIcIalsi 8 HERE

State Commander John T.. Raftis,
Roger Matson, commander OF the eth
district, Mrs. Claude Ferguson, dis
trict chairman of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary, and number of 9TH
er out of town legionnaires and AUX
iliary members met with John Lind
blad Post in Grange hall last Sunday
afternoon and steps were taken for
the organization of an auxiliary here.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
W. A. DANIELS

w. A. Daniels, age IS years, died
Tuesday at the home of his sister,
Mrs. John Dumert at Allard. Death
was caused by the after results of an
attack of the flu. Short funeral SER
vices were read at the Dumert home
before train time this, friday, morn
ing and the body is being taken to
Edison, Washington, to be laid to rest
by the side Of his father, mother and
five brothers in the family plot there.
Mr.. Daniels was the third Of the bro
theirs to die within the last year.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
BUYS HAWTHORNE ORCHARD

L. A. Codding last week purchased
the ten acre Hawthorne orchard. The
orchard was set out by Harry Enlow
several years ago. The place was
later sold to James Wilson, Of Seattle,
and still later purchased by c. E..
Hawthorne. It is set to solid wine
saps and has always produced good
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08

Rev. E. d. Robinson of West Berrie,
New York, brother Of the late n. E.
Robinson, will preach at the Presby-
terian church next Sunday at II a. m.
Everyone Ia cordially invited to come
and enjoy this service.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08

Mrs. F. ]. Bonn underwent an opera
ton in the hospital at Pasco, Tuesday
morning. Her condition at last report
was satisfactory.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08

STATION KGW
Sunday, April 10, 1927
Q:O0 To 1910 p M.

y:UU 70 IV'U =. WI.
/. Orchestra. Overture
Beautiful Calate;," (Suppe).
2. Contralto solo. ."Cross Your
Heart" from "Queen High
3. Orchestra ....... "Moskowskiana"
"A selection of Moszkowsli's
Melody Gems.
4. Contralto solo..... my Heart
is Weary" from "Nadescha."
(Coring -Thomas).
S. Orchestra. Selection from
"Kid Boots (Tierney).
6. Contralto solo. mighty LAX
Rose" (Nevin).
7. Orchestra. ....... Grand Opera
Selection "Die Miester-Singer
Won Nurnberg (Wagner).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

Radio Is becoming more widely USED
and more popular in Canada each
year. lust as ii is in the United states
although not to as large an extent
The annual report of Director {, T.
Eslwa ards of the radio branch of the
Dapartmen: of Marine and Fisheries
OF the Dominion shows gain in the
number OF transmitting and receiving
stations in the use OF radio compasses
and in revenue from licenses and fees
There were 9eS ira nsmitting and
l34,4s6 receiving stations in operation
at the end of the fiscal year. OF the
transmitters So were commercial
broadcasters. IL amateur broadcasters.
252 commercial ships, IS government
ghips. direction finding stations and
6 beacons. the latter two groups serv-
ing as navigational aids, distributed
or the coasts and the lake shores.
While licenses are required and fees
are collected even from the listeners.
they amount to only 8 year. and are
usually paid without argument. Broad
casters are required to pay $50 for
commercial licenses and $40 for anna
teur sending stations. Revenues FOR
the past fiscal year aggregated $780,
q40. being $2S,052 more than during
the preceding year. The increase from
licenses dtttlP Mas iltpi z ttlttAi F-'f"NN'
Despite bad receiving conditions dur
ing the early part of the year more
receiving sets were found to be in
oneration than ever before.
AS result of the breaking down of
the authority of the United states De
partment of Commerce TO regulate
radio broadca sting. especially the con
troll of the ether channels, Canadian
hroadcasting stations no longer ENJOY
freedom from interference on the SIX
exclusive channels set aside by Tor
mer interdepartmental agreement
However, Mr.. Edwards says that et-
forts are being made to remedy the
situation. This complacent view OF
the situation on the part of the cana
dian official does him credit, when
even the fans in the States are boil
ing with indignation over the many
shifts. of the American stations and
their trespasses into the ether terri
tory coded to the Canadians.
l1aving due authority, and also the
respect of the Canadian industry and
the broadcasters, the Canadian radio
ONCE has been able to reduce inter
ference considerably through the CO.
operation of the interests and fans.
Three more trouble shooting trucks
were put in service during the past
year, with headquarters at Toronto,
Ottawa and Montreal The original
radio truck operating In Ontario and
Quebec visited over 100 villages in
three months and located 203 sources
of interference, ia of which were
remedied or removed Immediately.
Among the evils practically abol-
ished in Canada is the radiating re-
ceiver, due to extensive educational
missionary work on the part of the
radio :plA.4, who have taught the fans
how to handle regenerative receivers
without letting them radiate. In n
special test conducted to demonstrate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
EXCESSIVE ACTIVITY
IN BROADCAST FIELD
Thirty-One New Stations Reported
to Commerce Department Dur
ing Late December.

Excessive activity In the broadcast
ield was noted by the Department of
Commerce during the last two weeks
in December. when there was gain
OF 81 new stations, construction on
rs more was begun, and 80 Joined
the proposed list of probable and pos
sible new stations to 5T4. besides the
676 now active.
The greatest interest was In the
Detroit district. rs proposed and 10
being built. In the Chicago district
30 more broadcasters are planned and
&c are being erected. The seven other
districts stand as follows: Seattle, 81
under construction and 10 pregpeCt 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

New Orleans, 16 being built and 26
proposed; San Francisco, IL being
built and "a with indefinite plans;
Boston. a building and IS proposed;
New York, under construction and
81 in prospect; Baltimore, being
erected and prospects. and Atlanta,
3 going up and 3 proposed
From list of 81 stations being
erected in 81 States. out of a total
of 1872 New York State leads with
s; California follows with and Ohio
has 3. Mississippi, Tennessee, Okla
homa and Colorado have two each.
The IA other States each has. one
station under construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
YACHT RADIO CALL.
vanderbilt's Ara Will Be Equipped
with New Apparatus.

William h. Vanderbilt's new yacht
Ara is to operate under the call letters
KFBO, as soon as the newly acquired
radio apparatus is installed and in
spected The latest increase in radio
euipment is an American made 2
kilowatt tube transmitter now being
set up while the Ara is lying in New
York harbor Mr. Vanderbilt's yacht
already has two transnitters of Brit
ism make. IL kilowatt Marconi
spark and a 500watt Marconi tube
set.
The ships receiver covers a wave
band from ESQ to Is 900 meters. Under
the tWo.year general public service
license just issued by the Commerce
Department, the normal wave length
TO be used is the ships wave of 500
meters, although others may be
,r,1a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
A Great Lunar Rainbow.

An immense lunar rainbow was re.
Gently observed over the crater of
the Kilauca Volcano in the Hawaiian
Islands. The arc is described as hav-
ing fared in a myriad of colors, its
brightest portion Being directly over
the fire pit of Halemaumau, where the
steam column from the grottos played
in The raHnotnd Jicbf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

interference among existing stations
on neighboring channels, but the de-
partment is powerless to do anything
except issue the license for the. wave
lengths selected by the new broadcast
interests. Colorado. North Dakota, IL
linois and Tennessee each gained
broadcaster during the first week OF
1927. station WTAB, at Fall River,
Mass, ceased broadcastinR.
Although the complete district re-
Dorts are not yet in the hands of the
chief radio supervisor, increased &C
tivity among those planning to enter
the broadcast field is reported from
most radio supervisory districts. A
gain of over 10 stations under con-
struction is indicated. while about "a
additional organizations are said to
be contemplating the erection Of sta.
tions. Boston and New York appear
TO be the centers of the greatest &C
tivity in this direction, although the
Southern states are also understood
TO be evinCing interest.
Five stations shifted their ether
channels. three reducing their wave
lengths and two going up; chiefly in
efforts to reduce local interference, 1t
Is understood
President to Broadcast Again.
President Coolidge will be heard
over WEAF and WRC January 20 at
100 pm, when he addresses the gov
ernmental business interests at the
semi-annual session of the Budget
Bureau at Memorial Continental Hall.
on this occasion the Marine Band
will play, and Director of the Budget
Gen. Lord will speak on The. Ma
tional Budget"
Nearly II. 900 husbands are report
ed missing frnn London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS

the extent of the interference which
might be caused by such n receiving
set, a standard 201-A receiving tube
was carefully hooked up to radlate,
and was heard at distance OF over
1000 miles, or from Alberni, British
Columbia. to Adelaide, Australia. Al
though this was operated to get maxi
mum radiation, II is reported that the
average radiating receiver is found OBJ
jectionable at distance of a quarter
of mile if not operated properly
Another development of the year
was the prohibition of direct advertis-
ing via broad casting, except with spe'
cial permission for charitable an
nouncemcnts. Previously direct ad-
vertising was permitted in the day
time. hut as no Canadian broadcastfng
stations took advantage of the oppor-
tunity IL was not believed desirable
and authority was withdrawn. An
other improvement in the general eff
ficiency of Canadian radio system was
the replacement of obsolete spark sets
with modern tube transmitters.
Bread asst Interest High.
Six new broadcasting stations, in as
many States, have been licensed since
the new year. and it happens that the
last of these newcomers carries the
call letters WSIXA The grand total of
active stations is now 676, the figure
6 seemingly is becoming a significant
one.
Cleveland, Ohio, and New York City
acquired new thousand walters, the
former on a wave length of 435.1
meters and the latter 442.4 meters
They probably will cause considerable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
President to Broadcast Again.

Nearly 1900 husbands are report
ed missing from London.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-02

user sees little of the intricate
system except the instrument itself
and the pole lines that stretch a.
long the highways, Mr.. Kinnard
pointed out, they are very much
interested in the organization and
the mechanism that makes the SER
vice possible. So many things are
going on at the same time in so
many places and so many elements
enter into work, he said, that it
would be impossible for the public
to actually learn what was happen
ing II the accomplishments were not
summarized and announced through
advertisements.
Comparatively speaking" Mr..
Kinnard continued, few people in
the United States have occasion to
call points in Great Britain, Mexico
or Cuba, but they know that the
service is available in case they
want to use it. People have become
so used to dependable telephone
service in all kinds of weather that
they would not realize that the COM
pany is spending millions of dollars
and indefatigable effort in protect
ing the system against the ravages
of sleet, storm and wind, if they did
not see these facts mentioned in ad-
vertisements. Such services as
sending pictures by wire, television,
talking moving pictures, public adj
dress system, network of wires con-
Meeting radio stations, improve
ments in the monograph and medi-
cal aids like the audiphone, audio-