White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-03-30

r. D. Barge and sob, Atctn. were
Yakima visitors Tuesday.
F. A. English drove over to Yakima
Wednesday, having as his passengers
Mrs. Lille Robinson and Mrs. Ethel
Remlinger.
D. S. Baker writes from California,
where he has spent the winter, that
he expects soon to trek north again
and is daily expected at the Brown
ranch at Cold Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. E. c. Coleman, Miss
Virginia Coleman and little Miss
Betty McMicken, came over from Sc
attic last Monday and will remain in
the valley several months, making
their home in their old residence on
the Bleakley fruit company property.
Fred Gilhuly of White Bluffs and
Mary Kerr of Hanford were the only
two from this part of the county in
the list of thirty-six jurymen drawn
at Prosser this week by County
Clerk E. o. Keene to serve for the
jury term beginning April %.
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Jones and
family were visitors in the valley last
Saturday. They are still teaching at
By IN, in Benton county. where they
went two years age after selling their
state settlement tract here to K. J.
Roberts
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Mcfarland and
children and ]. X. Mcfarland, OF
Prosser drove over last Sunday. leo
and his father returned to Prosser that
evening but Mrs. Mcfarland and
children remained several days as
guests of Mrs. w. c. Hills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Vaulker and
family, John Vaulker, Miss Cook and
Miss La Frambree, all from near
Yakima, were weekend guests at the
R. ]. Roberts home. The visitors
were all old friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roberts when the latter lived in the
Yakima valley twenty years ago.
Lloyd Wiehl eturned to his stud
les at the state university last Sun
day after spending the spring vaca-
ton at home, where he lent help
ing hand with the spring work. Henry
Tigner and Winston Brown, who ac-
companied Lloyd over here will not
return to the university this spring
but will stay at home to work, both
Of them planning to re-enter the uni
versity next year.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Niemeyer left
last Saturday for Selah, where Mr..
Niemeyer Will have charge OF forty
acre orchard owned by the Big Y.
They were accompanied by Miss Alice
Soden who VIII make her home with
them. Mr.. and Mrs. Niemeyer made
many friends during their five years
residence here who regret to lose
them from the valley.
]. H. Gage who has been under
the care of Mrs. R. w. Gruenhagen
since he was seriously burned in a
brush fire two weeks ago, is recover
ing slowly though satisfactorily, ac-
cording to DR.. L. G. Spaulding of
Kennewick who was called last Sun
day to make an examination. DR..
.Spaulding also made call while here
on A. Koab, who has been ailing
more or less this spring.
Loyal Borden, who now owns the
island just north Of the M. M.
Wiehl place on the east side of the
Columbia river owned formerly by
his mother, Mrs. Peter K. Saith, has
bought new tractor and is getting
the ground ready for planting of a
large shipment Of fruit trees that
has already arrived. The island is one
Of the choice places in the valley and
with it's deep soil and unlimited water
supply will make ideal orchard
property. Because it's close prox-
unity to the river, there is little
danger of frost damage.
F. A. English expects to leave
early Saturday morning for Wen
atchee to attend Shriners joint
ceremonial between the Tacoma
and Spokane lodges, Mr.. English
being a member of the Tacoma
lodge.
Blaine johnson returned the first
of the week from Seattle. He re-
ports that his sister. Miss Edna
johnson, who underwent an opera
tion in the General hospital in Sc
attic last week. is making a salts
factory recovery and that as soon
as she is able to stand the trip she
expects to return to White Bluffs
to spend the summer while she is
regaining her health.
Walter Pitt of Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia, has been visitor in White
Bluffs this week, arriving last Fri
day. On his return to California
next week he will be accompanied
by his mother. Mrs. Addie Pitt,
who will take over the manage