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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29
Our Enemy
The Fly

We should have begun in March and
organized the community to prevent
the breeding Of flies. 1t can be done,
but requires cooperative effort. The
flies bred in my neighbours garbage
can, or manure pile, or slop pool will
swarm over the fence and crawl upon
the bread l am about to put into my
mouth.
Each of us owes duty to the COM
munity to keep his own premises
clean. Flies do not love clean prem
ises.
Screens, tight-fitting and in good
repair, constitute our first line of de-
Tense against the invader. Warmth
and odors from the kitchen draw flies.
For this reason it is we'll to have the
door to the screened-in porch at the
side, out Of the direct line of these at
fractions. Then the flies will light on
the screen but not find the door. 1t
is economy to buy galvanized or cop
per screening for long service.
Fly traps, which may be bought in
the stores, are serviceable. The days
catch is killed by being immersed in
hot water. Sticky fy-paper, although
unsightly, may be resorted to in need.
Care should be taken to place it where
no one will step on 1t or clothing be
laid on it, or it will not blow on the
floor. Fumigation destroys flies, but
is often expensive and inconvenient.
AS last resource and continual
process there is the "swat the fly"
method. Swatters should be conven-
iently at hand during the fly season,
and the labor should not be mothers
especial prerogative, but everybody's
job.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

Company. The committee on the con-
ditions of the competition consists Of:
Thomas Fitzgerald, chairman, vice.
president of the Pittsburgh Railways
Company; H. X. Bennett, safety man
ager, United Electric Railways Com
pany; G. H. Evenson, superintendent
of transportation, Chicago Surface
Lines.
"The decline in the number of acct
dents on street railways in recent
years." Mr.. Williams said, "can only
be attributed to the excellent safety
work done by the street railways
This includes not only the promotion
of the use of safety devices wherever
possible, but also the education of en-
plOyees to proper understanding of
the Importance of safety and caution
at all times"
Concerning the award of the Brady
medal, Mr.. Williams said: 1--WE be-
lieve that, while an enviable record
in accident prevention among electric
railways has already been accom-
plished, a still finer record can be
made in the future. The very fact
that the suggestion for resuming the
Brady award came from the railroads
themselves shows their willingness to
respond. 1t is the purpose of the An
thony N. Brady Memorial Medal to
provide an incentive for safety work
by rewarding the best achievements
each year and giving them the recogni-
ton they deserve"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

No words are minced by The North
American Review in editorially dis
cussing the record of the late Con-
gress, especially the attempt of the
Senate to impose its own arbitrary
qualifications for membership in that
body in addition to those prescribed
by the Constitution, and the refusal of
the House of Representatives to fulfill
the constitutional duty of reapportion-
ment. In so doing, it says, "both
houses Of Congress are playing with
fire in a reprehensible If not an omi-
nous fashion, and are bringing upon
themselves measure of reproach not
to be greatly differentiated from that
which has in so many European coun-
tries brought parliaments into dis
credit and given opportunity for dicta-
torships. And they are doing this by
fouting and violating the very Consti-
tuition to which they owe their exist
ence.
These things are, to our mind, i'm
measurably more serious and detri-
mental than all the filibustering, and
pork barrel grabs, and enactment of
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29
IDAHO ATHLETES RESTRICTED TO TWO TEAMS

es of sport in which they will partici-
pate by next fall, the coach has ruled.
The choice will be left entirely to the
athlete.
Smiling Bob" Fitzke and other Ida
no men who have made more than two
letters in recent years were Super
men" in sense ,Erb declared when it
was pointed out that Fitzke had gone
into professional football, baseball and
basketball and had madeenviable rec
ords in each branch. The ordinary
athlete, believes the coach, cannot
stand up we'll under the gruelling
strain demanded of participants in
nearly every branch of major varsity
Intercollegiate athletic competition.
Rather than to injure possibilities of
success Of his "boys" later in life,
Coach Erb has chosen to dispense with
their services on all but two Of his
teams.
Two men are now rated above the
"two-letter" status at Idaho. They are
Ralph Erickson, Pocatello, and Glenn
Jacoby, Bonners Ferry, both of whom
have letters in football, basketball and
baseball. Neal Nelson, Rupert, who
was graduated last spring and is now
football coach at Lewis and Clark high
school, Spokane, won letters in foot
ball, basketball and track.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29
Box Office Causes
New Football Rules

That the football mentors change
the rules each year with one-perhaps
both-eyes on lucrative box office is
charged by the Sportsman Magazine.
"Our criticism" says an editorial in
a recent issue, "is not concerned with
the specific changes in the thick book
of rules; 1t is confined to a plaintiye
moan that game already 80 elaborate
ly developed should be constantly al
tered. primarily, one fears, to suit the
demands Of the public.
"Other games go on from year to
year following their ancient patterns;
players adjust themselves to uncom-
Portable, illogical traditions and accept
them as part of the game. But foot
ball must be changed and tinkered
with every year. The best brains of
the rules committee in congress as
sembled face every year the problem
Of making football the perfect game.
1t must be made more open, more spec
tacular, more safe, more this, more
that
However" concludes 1.-THE Sports
man." I'VE have no quarrel with the
particular batch of changes introduced
into the game on this occasion except
that the timing Of shifts and huddles
promises to cause certain amount of
grief to the coaches and more to the
officials. Besides being walking law
libraries. they must be human stop
watches"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

season. The mango, the avocado,
the pineapple and the guava are
already ripening. Making the
most Of these sunshiny days, Ha-
waiian boys are weaving the big
hats that are to protect them from
the summer sun to follow. Girls
with baskets Of fragrant ginger
blossoms and lavender jackaranda
string leis which they will take to
the beaches to sell.
There they will join the jovial,
jostling lei-women vending arms
full Of vari-colored flower wreaths.
The beaches are a glorious place in
May. Brown-skinned Hawaiian
boys ride the surf boards alongside
Of sugar-kings and coffee-mag-
mates. Women from all parts Of
the world sport in the surf with
Hawaiian maidens, whose 1.-THE
bodies are the envy of all. A
charging platoon of native girls,
standing erect on racing surf
boards, propelled shoreward by
no other power than the force of a
giant wave, is sight worth
watching.
Life everywhere seems to be
lived in the open. Even the dane
ing, with native orchestras is out
side on the broad lanais or veran-
das. Here tables are set at tea
time and one enjoys delicious foods
strange to most visitors, such as
the papaia, a delicious golden
meated melon that grows plenti-
fully on trees the year around.
There are, in season, luscious
mangoes, passion fruit and avo-
cado, and pineapple every day in
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

Observation-Disclosures Of the Univer-
sity Of Idaho hereafter will be allowed
to participate in only two branches Of
major athletics in one year, according
to dictum issued by Charles Erb,
football coach and director of ath-
letics. The new ruling will go into
effect next September with the open
ing Of the fall semester.
Coach Erb explained that men who
are allowed to participate in more than
two branches generally wear them
selves out physically and "are on a
ragged edge" when they are gradual
ed from the university. He pointed
out further that scholastic standing,
the main object of the students mis-
sion is injured by too much participa-
ton in athletics.
An exception may be allowed in case
an athlete has an extraordinarily
strong physique and is above the aver
age in scholastic ability. Then, by
special permission Of Coach Erb he
may participate in three branches.
The rule was made not because any
men have been injured by over-parti-
cipation, but because Of the possibility
of injury presented, with several of
the best athletes now in school at
tempting to win letters in more than
two branches. "Three-letter men" now
in school must choose the two branch.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

A mountaineering windshield that
will kill not only the glare of ap-
headlights, but Of seashore
sunshine as well-a powerful backing
light that really Eliminates when the
car is in reverse-balloon tires that
won't shimmy when slipping along at
high speed--a two-toned horn with a
gentle, musical note for use in the jam
of city traffic and a raucous, full
winded, warning blast that will clear
the open road of the numbering truck
"a built-in auxiliary tany for a re-
serve of gasoline and oil as insurance
against shortage on extended trips
into the wilds. These are but few
of the refinements that the sportsman
afield is looking for in his next car
From The Sportsman.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29
Plaster Cracks Can Be
Mended by Home Owner

Cracks in plaster are bane to ev-
cry home-owner. Fortunately, most Of
such cracks can be repaired by the
home-owner himself with no more
trouble than is expended on any of the
average jobs that he does around the
house. Care should be exercised, how
ever to use a regular patching plas-
ter which has been manufactured spe-
cially for such work. This will insure
good job. Such patching plaster
can be purchased in 2R- and 5-pound
packages and requires only the addi-
tiop Of water to make it ready for use.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

| Cne year.
Out on the hills of Oahu and
Maui, the new crop of pineapples
are ripening in the sun. On the
distant slopes the plantations re-
semble magic carpets whose per-
feet tapestry patterns stretch
away to the sunset. Closer in
spection reveals these patterns
to be symmetrical rows of spike
edged plants-armored to protect
a rare treasure within. This
treasure, few weeks before,
was blossom, not unlike our pur-
pie thistle. But the magic Of
April breezes, and tropical sun
shine are slowly Transforming it
into fruit.
By July, the treasure which
has been so stoutly protected by
the spear-pointed leaves and so
carefully tended by brown-skinned
workers, will be transformed into
a golden pineapple, such as only
Hawaii produces. Eighteen long
months of ripening, unhurried, nur-
tured by tropical sun and salt-la-
den breezes from the sea, have
stored away wealth of health
giving riches. To retain these
riches the pineapple will be quickly
put into cans and shipped to ports
in every part of the world.
It is only at the harvest season
when the fields are golden and the
verdure densely green. that the Nor
therner can reaiize, as the Ha-
waiian does, that spring-time in
Hawaii with all its foliage is,
after all, only promise Of the
fullness Of summer.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

~ YER in Hawaii, where morn
ing-glories bloom all day
- long and the night blooming
cereus lives but one glorious
moonlight night to die with the
first rays Of the morning sun,
spring-time is a very different af-
fair from our northern spring.
In land of perpetual summer,
naturally the role of spring seems
q bit difficult. To the Northerner,
who has left the land Of tiny buds
and pale green grass to get off the
steamer at Honolulu, some April
morning, it seems that all Hawaii
is in bloom. Large trees are dotted
with the brilliant red of African
tulips; golden-shower trees vie in
splendor with red and white gin
ger blossoms; red and purple bou-
gainvillea cover the high fences,
and the salmon and white Of olean-
der is everywhere.
Yet to the Hawaiian this is
epring-a promise Of greater full
ness to come.
The native guide cautions the
tourist not to pick the flaming red
lehua flower for then the day will
be rainy. If the temptation is too
great and the tourist plucks the
flower, the shower inevitably fol-
lows, according to the guide, and 1t
in then necpaearv IN return IN the
tree and take another blossom to
avert more rain.
The rainy season has just ended
and the natives have no desire to
prolong It, knowing that May, June
and July constitute the fairest
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29
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Miss Margaret Gray, 23-year-old
Wells College graduate and grand
daughter of Elisha Gray, is now an
employee of the company which her
grandfather helped to found more
than half a century ago. She is
assistant librarian in charge of tech
nical reference books at the Western
Electric Company's Hawthorne Works
in Chicago. AS such she is one OF
$4,000 employees, the outgrowth of the
mere handful of men over whom her
grandfather ruled.
She has definite ideas about women
in industry.
women have distinct and we'll
defined place in the affairs of the in
dustrial world" she said, when she
entered upon her new duties. "The
time is not far distant when they will
be accepted in this sphere on the same
plane with men.
II specialized in mathematics while
at college and every scientific subject
holds the greatest interest for me. 1t
is not true that women do not have
a practical, scientific mind. That accu-
sation has been allowed to go I'M
challenged too long. The best answer
is the remarkable work women are
doing in the various laboratories over
the world, contributing to every phase
of scientific endeavor." !.
Miss Gray's grandfather invented
the printing telegraph for private line
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29
Safer to Walk Than
To Ride Says Report

NEW YORK CITY.-It is far safer
to ride in street car than to walk.
This was revealed in an analysis OF
recent accident statistics, the result of
which were made public here by the
American Museum of Safety and the
American Electric Railway Associa-
ton. The analysis shows that only
one passenger out Of every 100000
900 passengers carried by electric rail-
ways has suffered fatal accident in
recent years. Despite greater traffic
problems, there has been, since 1928,
a decrease of 16 per cent in all acct
dents on electric railways.
This fine record of accident proven
ton by the electric railways Of the
country was reported here today by
Arthur Williams, president of the
Museum of Safety, in announcing
that the Anthony N. Brady medal, dis
continued during the war, will be re-
sumed this year. The Brady award.
given for outstanding work of the cleo
trio railways in accident prevention
and health promotion, was found to
be so effective in maintaining eff
cheney and safety that the American
Electric Railway Association has
asked for its resumption, and Mr..
Nicholas F. Brady, at the request of
the American Museum of Safety, has
consented.
The rules of the competition, form
ulated by a committee chosen from the
industry itself, were sent today to
every electric railway company in the
country. Gold, silver, and bronze
medals are to be given as first prizes
to railway organizations making the
best safety record in the following
classes respectively.
(a) Electric railways operating
more than 100000 vehicle miles.
(b) Those operating between l.
100000 and 100000 vehicle miles.
(c) Those operating less than :
100000 vehicle miles.
The award was established in 1914
by the family of the late Anthony N.
Brady, the medal to go to "that Ameri-
can electric railway company which,
for the year of the award, shall have
done most to conserve the safety and
health of the public and its en-
ployees." Past wards have been made
as follows:
1914 Boston Elevated Railway Com
pany.
1915 Union Tranction Company of
Indiana.
1916 The Connecticut Company.
The present competition will be
based on the promotion of safety and
health during the year ending Deem.
Der 81, 1925, and statistics must be
in the hands of the American Museum
of Safety by August /, 1927.
The committee of award, headed by
Lewis Gawtry, president of the Bank
for Savings in the City of New York.
includes Colonel A. B. Barber, Cham
Der of Commerce Of the U. 8. A.;
Lucius s. Storrs, managing director of
the American Electric Railway Asso-
citation; and James H. McGraw, presi.
dent of the McGraw-Hill Publishing
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

color and decoration that every room
needs on the walls Lovely wallpapers
do much to bring this color and in
terest into the nursery. Their de-
signs are so numerous that it is pos
sible to create almost any effect, and
to insure durability it is a good idea
to varnish them after they are hung.
This makes them waterproof so that
finger marks and spots may be washed
off them with damp cloth and soap
if necessary.
Early surroundings influence the
temperaments of small children ire
mendously, so it is most important
that they be thought out carefully and
made as attractive as possible.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29
FERTILIZER MATERIALS AND
WHAT THEY CONTAIN
LEONARD HEGNAUER
in Soils and Crops, State College Of Washington

rVERY year more and more CONNER
~ cial fertilizers are used in this
state This is particularly true OF
Western Washington. More questions
are being asked about what kind OF
fertilizers to use, what each kind con-
tains, on what kind Of soil to use them
and how much and how often to apply.
There are ten chemical elements
which every plant needs in order to
grow and come to maturity in nat
ural, healthy way. There are only
three that are involved in most of the
ordinary fertilizers, as they are COM
monty sold on the fertilizer market.
Sometimes all three are found, and
then the material is called a complete
fertilizers. Sometimes fertilizers are
sold with only one of the elements con-
tanned. This is then know mas a sin
gle element or straight fertilizer.
The three elements commonly COM
bined are nitrogen, phosphorus and po-
tassium. Calcium is also sometimes
considered. Calcium is theelement
found in different forms Of lime. When
mixed or complete fertilizers are made
up, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium
are combined in certain percentage
combinations The percentage combin-
ations and sources from which the ma
terials come may vary greatly.
Farm manures contain these same
three elements mentioned before, and
for that reason are Regarded as the
basis Of soil Fertilization. Manures
should never be wasted, but returned
to the soil before there is any chance
of loss through careless handlig and
poor storage. Farmers cannot afford
to waste these by-products of the farm
and then proceed to purchase CONNER
cial materials Supplement farm ma
ures, however, with purchased mater
ials in order to increase the supply of
fertilizer and balance up the efficiency,
which these manures often contain.
The common materials that are
bought as nitrogen fertilizers may be
listed as nitrate of soda, sulphate Of
ammonia and dried blood. These are
sold on the basis Of the nitrate that
they contain.
The carriers of phosphate may be
listed as follows: superphosphate, ire
BILE phosphate, raw phosphate and bone
meal.
Muriate of potash and sulphate Of
potash are the two commonest forms
in which potassium fertilizers are sold.
These potash fertilizers are high in
percentage composition. They contain
at least so per cent Of potash and are
flor that reason considered Of high
grade. Some of the mixed fertilizers
are made out of various combinations
Of materials that have just been indi-
Gated.
Questions are frequently asked as to
whether the use of fertilizers should
be varied for different crops. The COM
mon belief is that fertilizers should be
varied depending upon different crops
rather than upon differences in soil.
Experience, on the contrary, shows
that differences in fertilizer ingredi-
ents must be made upon the basis Of
soil rather than upon crops.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29
DR.. Bryan Honored by\N
State College StudehIs

PULLMAN-H onoring Dr. E. "a
Bryan, president of the State College
frmo 1893 to 1916 and research pro-
fessor of economics and economic his
tory in the institution at the present
time, the senior class has voted to pre-
sent the school with a life-size bust
Of the former president. The bust is
being made by Oscar Yampolsky, in
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

The c. F. Osborne herd of Brown
Swiss, at Hampton, Iowa, has the dis
tinction of holding FIVE class leaders
for the breed at one time. The latest
addition to the list was Nancy May
1888, that as 5-year-old produced
656.27 pounds fat from 14,s7O.7 pounds
milk in 3o5 days.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

A. e. Boyd, who operated the first
telephone service in Nome, is now de-
veloping a graphite deposit near Sau-
gus, in Southern California. He claims
to have. the makings of the greatest
graphite mine in the United States.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

work, the needle annunciator for
hotels, elevators, ETC., the telautograph
"a machine for the electric transmits
sion of writing) and the answer-back
call-box of the American District
Telegraph system.
In 1869 Gray and his partner, Enos
M. Barton, started the firm of Gray
and Barton, which was destined to
develop into the largest telephone
manufacturing company in the world
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

The new Connecticut car markers
are crimson and white. Apparently
the Connecticut motoring authorities
must have wanted to patch up any i'll
feeling between Yale and Howard
The Sportsman.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

1t seems odd to read one Of the pres
ent-day divorce scandals and reflect
that only few short years ago people
thought the dime novel degrading.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

A squeeze Of lemon juice and quar-
ter Of teaspoonful OF olive oil added
to the water with. which pastry is
mixed will make 1t light and fiky.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

structor in art, who expects to have 1t
completed by the last Of May.
The gift will stand as memorial
from the class of 1927 Elwyn Green,
Spokane, is chairman of the commit
tee which chose the unusual remem-
brance.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29
By A. Louise Fillebrown
THE playroom should be full Of

NE PIdyIOUW bHOuIu DC IuII OI
color and sunshine, CHEEKY, in
yiting place for the young men,
bers of your family to spend their
time. 1t should be large enough if
possible to allow room for their tea
table so that some of their meals may
be served away from the rest of the
family. 1t should hold books and
toys, we'll lighted desks for study,
and comfortable cushioned window
seats for story book hours.
The big windows should be simply
curtained so that light and air may
inter freely, so it is wise to put the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-29

change or fade due to the action of the
weather.