White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-23

w. Dean Melville drove down 10
the ferry at Umatilla last Saturday,
taking George Wheeler that far on
bis way to Portland, where lie is a
junior at Reed College this year.
A sweet potato weighing four md
three quarter pounds, harvested or
the ]. E. Leander place this year was
mailed out Saturday by Mrs. Lean
der to l.er father, D. F. Cox, at We
natchee.
Mrs. Gladys Layton has filed suit
for divorce from Athol R. Layton in
Yakima alleging non-support and ask
ing custody of minor child and $50
month alirnony, according to the
Yakima Herald. The Laytons were
here last fall working in the apples.
George Heller and Paul Kemp of
Cincinnati, Ohio, are guests this week
at the home of Mr.. Heller's sister,
Mrs. w. F. Roberts. The young
men have been employed this sum
mer as forest rangers in Idaho and
are on their way to the Coast for
short visit before returning to their
eastern homes.
The entire crop of peppermint oil
grown this year in the kennewlck
and Sunnyaide districts was sold last
week for S2.25 per pound The crop
totalled around one thousand pounds.
The price received this year was the
lowest for many years, the average
for TIE last ten years being S5.25 PEI
pound.
R. D. Barge of White Bluffs and
w. A. Joyce of Hanford were among
those from Benton county who were
summoned to serve on the petit jury
in the Federal Court at Yakima for
the term beginning October 4. H. O.
Canedy of White Bluffs was sum-
moned to serve on the grand jury in
the same court for the October term.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Greenup of
Pasco drove IN to Wahluke Monday
afternoon for call at the Koppen
home. They were accompanied by
Miss Alice Aspinwall of Havana
Cuba, niece of Mrs. Koppen and
also a relative of the Greenups. Miss
Acrinwall is successful and pro-
minent business woman of Havana
Charles English and Carl Wagner
were taken to Kennewick Sunday
afternoon by George Wagner and
there boarded the Cougar Special,
1.-The N. P. train carrying students
from all over the state to the State
College at Pullman, where the two
boys have enrolled for the years
work,
Lee Land, government trapper,
with headquarters last year at Cold
Greek but located this year at Bickle-
ton, was head man among the 20 hum
tiers of predatory animals operating
in the state for the past month under
direction of Glenn r. Barth of the
Biological survey. Land killed 90 OF
the total of 4le animals slaughtered
during the month. Eight stock kill
ing bears were among the number
which included one cougar, % bob
cats and 1888 coyotes.
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Huestec
and family of Holley, Michigan
were guests for three days this
week at the Robert N,tzsche home.
Mr.. Huested is a cousin of Mrs.
Nitzsche. This is their second
visit to the West and they like the
Coast country SO we'll they may de.
eide to locate over there.
The Postoffice Department requires
periodical counts of all mail matter
handled on all rural routes in The
country. The last count was made
during the first half of September,
During the Is days in which deli
veries were made in that period. Ru-
raj Carrier w. S. Angle at White
Bluffs handled approximately 5000
pieces which is believed to be quite
a little above the average. The
average number of pieces of mail
handled daily on the local route is
between $50 and 500 pieces,