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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
WRITES MORE IN DETAIL

A second letter from C.. E. Barge
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. r. D..
Barge this week describes more fully
the work on which he is engaged As
miles from San Juan, Porto Rico.
"In the first place we are building
a complete hydro-electric station in
Guiding pipe lines, railroads, dams,
powerhouse and everything. The first
railroad goes up 1000 feet and it is
only 1000 feet up the side of the noun
tain, so you can see how steep it is.
From this point another railroad 1000
feet long with another raise of 1000
feet to the point where the dam is to
he built and this calls for a rock
crusher and sand rolls to be installed
at this place (for we have to make
sand out of pure granite rock.)
1.-THE big job, however, is building
and grading for the railway, or tram
way, as we call it, because in several
places we have to make cut of 19
feet in solid granite lodges; and the
next big thing is getting the electric
hoist up the railway after it is built.
This hoist weighs about six tons.
"There are the "Big Boss" and two
young engineers, (another fellow and
myself to handle about 600 men,"
Cecil Gays they have plenty Of rain
in Porto Rico, rim fact, at the top Of
the mountain they have ITO inches of
rainfall year, but down here where
the camp is we have only 81 inches. y
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
RRAMRI.E.REES AND OTHER.
j. HENRI FABRE
Rv Donald Wheeler
de and Hiah Schools

A scientists delight, is BrampAe-
bees and Others" Perhaps in none
other of Fabres translated works does
he SO clearly show those characters
tics wnSn 1l.ake MIN beloved, storned
at, and admired by all who know any
thing or tnn.K rney know anJtlilAie
about zoology.
The. book is primarily research
into the lives Of those facinating but
little known denizens of our fields and
hedges known as bramble-bees. Fabre
cannot resist taking little. dig. at
Darwin, and he mentions few OF his
boyilood exploits in connection with
some or his insect friends. he always
apologies for these little deviations, but
/ ENJOY them as much as I enjoy his
story Of his wonderfully simple and
conclusive experiments. When one
reaos of his ccld-plooded, lmpersonal,
conclusions one sometimes doubts that
the man is human, he is SO accurate,
but these give glimpse Of the human
Fabre, and we decide he is just a
regular fellow with gift Of .obser-
vat.on and glutton for hard work.
And we understand him better for it.
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stalk with cut or broken top, which
has heart of more or Less SOFT rpith,
Then she proceeds to, xcavate the pith.
she proceeds to excavate the pith.
Using her mand-bles for tools, she
soon clears a cylindrical passage down
the heart of the stalk. AT the bottom
of this she deposits small amount OF
honey, .bee-bread, and an egg. This
j done, she seals up the cell with more
y pith scraped from the wall mixed witt
saliva. Above this partition she repeats
the process, till she runs short of room
or has deposited about Is eggs. Then
her work is finished. In few weeks
! some of the eggs begin to hatch. II
the cell above or below contains a
Matched grub, they break the partition
! and exchange visits. If no cell, has
Matched, the grub patiently waits until
!; the stories above have Matched, broker
their partitions, and reached freedom
If grub should die, or an egg MOI
hatch, the grubs below would have little
chance for life. They are unable t
force their way through the rnoudly
honey in an unoccup.ed cell and they
will not touch cocoon not burst
). Some succeed in boring through the
tough side walls of their prison, blu,
most of them are doomed.
IT. This is merely one of the insects
whose life is linked with the plants
with the pithy stalks; he tells O
dozens as interesting. The book. is {
real contribution to science; it ii
doubtful if the average person woule
care to study the life histories which
heeso clearly brings out, in spite of hi
forceful lucid style of writing ard hi:
, extensive knowledge Of his subject.
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: Basketball for the girls of the higl
: school will be supplanted next weel
: by volley ball. The net will be pu
} up in the gym because the reignint
e gods of the weather are too vindictiv'
to permit the girls to play outside
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

A daughter was born January "a
TO Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Metcaf at
the Pasco hospital. The mother and
baby are doing nicely and the latter
has reservations in the incubator tor
a time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Lancaster
have returned to Hanford after visit
ing with relatives at Selah since before
Christmas. They expect to be IN the
valley another season.
Dave Hartman, L. T. Brooks, and
Mrs. ]. w. Fenley drove to Prosser
Saturday on business.
| w. S. Weber, ]. M. Clark and
the Luddington brothers are some
of tie ones taking advantage OF the
cold weather to put up ice from tine
river. ]. M. Clark has put up about
80 tons and says the ice is aDou,
eight inches thick now and the best
he has ever cut, owing to the steady
cold weather.
Vonivan Burley left Monday to-
Bellingham where he will make ms
home with his aunt, Mrs. A. H. Zane
Vonivan has been staying with MRS
Heather.ngton at the Planters hote
since last August, and has attend
ed high school since school started
Mrs. Frank Clark has received wore
that her sister, Anna Belle Stradlini
of Prosser was married on January =.
to. Mr.. Silas Yeager, of Marst1tleld
Oregon. Miss Stradling lived with he
parents in Hanford for number o
years and attended school here.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
SOON TO SEE "TRAlL OF So"

Some years ago when Robert w.
Service wrote "The Trail of '98, =
thrilling story of the Klondike gold
rush, he penned fervent prayer
which motion pictures have at last
answered.
In writing his description of the
battles between men and relentless
forces of nature, he modestly ad-
mitted his descriptive powers were
unable to cope with the scenes ne
witnessed in mans greed for gold.
In depicting the mad stampede
over the terrible Chilkoot Pass into
the Yukon he said:
ooh, for a medium to express it
all! Your pedantic poetry isn't big
enough; prose isn't big enough.
What we want is something be-
tween the two, something that will
interpret life, and stir the great heart
of the people" :.
His prayer is granted in the Trail
of o8" which will be shown at Liberty
hall some time in February.
The camera gives to the eye
picture faithful to descriptions given
by hundreds who participated in the
rush"
Brown has made this picture the
real epic of the north and has given
to millions an opportunity to see
exactly how thousands OF men,
lusting for gold, acted as they STAN,
peded over a trail which claimed
hundreds of victims. You actually
see the battle between man ano
nature; the great snowslides roaring
down the mountains and claiming tnef
victims; the gold seekers fighting
bravely in the teeth Of the icy gale
you see them dying of disease, star
walton, cold, as the survivors push on
lured by the glitter of yellow meta
in the creek beds in the shadow 0
the Arctic. =,
The leading roles of this great film
are played by Ralph Forbes, Dolore
Del Rio and Harry Carey.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
FAILED IN CALIFORNIA, TOO


Following conference here today
with Erie ]. Barnes. director of agfi-
culture, c. w. Cleary, chief of the di-
vision of land settlement in the Cali
fornia department of agriculture, left
for the White Bluffs-Hanford district
to inspect Washington's venture If
soldier land settlement.
California. is. now considering
methods of adjusting its relations with
persons on land settlement projects
officials said.
The Washington legislature during
the special session of 1925 authorized
adjustments of it's settlement projec
whereby the state was relieved from
further obligations with the individuals
involved. In some cases cash was paie
for the land, while in others deeds were
issued settlers on payment of nomina
sums. Yakima Herald
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

They came, but failed to con-
quer in a game of bridge-no
doubt because they failed to bring
a rabbits foot. The game took
place last week at the Zerwekh
home, to which four OF the Han
ford crack players had been invit-
ed to meet four White Bluffs play
ers. The Hanford contingent were
Griner, Yoder, Burford and Rollin-
ger, while the White Bluffs men
were Canedy, Hawley. Parke and
Ter wekh. The outcome can prob
ably be attributed to the fact that
the White Bluffs players held the
better hands.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
DON'T MISS THIS ONE!

It looks like big night at that
Old Time Grange Dance to be given
at Grange Hall Saturday night of
this week 1t is to be a lizard
Times" affair and anybody that
shows up with any fancy "fixin's"
on can expect to be fined. Prizes
will be awarded the most typical
old time farmer costume for both
men and women as we'll as for both
son and daughter and another for
the couple that can qualify under
that heads six in all. No two
prizes will be awarded the same
person. Ladies are expected to
bring lunch Tickets will be one
dollar. Committee
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
JAckRABBIr SPEED

How fast can a jack rabbit travel?
The question has been discussed and
disputed wherever western sportsmen
have ccngrcgated. Ira N. Gabrielson,
of the Biological Survey of the United
States Department of Agriculture, has
evidence that shows IS miles an hour
is safe answer.
he tells Oh an evening in western
hotel when tax turned to Jack-rabolt
speed anu the stage criver reported
that wt1le driving at thirty mnes an
nour rapolt ran u6wn the road ahead
OF the stage and o1stanced 1t.
'"Ihe neat morning. Gabrielson
says, my companion aid started
nortn in ABOUT a foot OF well-packed
onow through winch single set OF
tracks nau LsIn Lroken by lart1er scan
ty auto travel. About ~ miles out q
Jack ragDlr aafted from his shelter be-
meath the sage-Drusli, ilopped dowr
into tie traeA, and started on aneau
Expecting hi1n to run few feet and
then Jump to one side, we pad little
attention for some distance. But this
was an unusual raEb.t-he kept
straight ahead. A glance at the speed
ometer showed we were going ABOUT
80 miles an hour, and the rabbit with
out airy apparent undue effort was
running away from us.
Suddenly we remembered the stage
drivers remark of the night before
and increased our speed to IS miles al
hour before we were holding our own
| o.. went the rabbit for perhaps half {
mile with US slowly closing up on hin
by running a little over IS. Severa
times we brought the car to IS ant
each time our speeding friend held hi
own. 1t was quite apparent that eithe
it was the same rabbit the stage drive
passed, or one geared to exactly tn
same speed"
The above article reprinted from thu
Clip Sheet of the u. S. D. A. may no
have much of practical value but thu
question CT the rabbit problem is o
primary Importance to nearly ever.
farmer in the county. Rabbit poison
ing dore at this time of the year, w
must remember, will be more efficien
than summer poisoning since ever
rabbit killed now means at least o
less rabbits next summer A nurnbe
Of bats are being used and the Burea
of Biological Survey is still workin
in the county with communities reall
interested in rabbit control worl
N'vrors If large tracts or groups G
farmers interested in the problem. wi
individual farmers will be sent infol
nation from the office of the Count
be given the assistance of the me
from the Bureau of Biological Surve,
Agent.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

In The Superior Court of the State
Of Washington in and for Benton
County.
Edith Bean, Plaintiff, VS.. Herbert
Rockwell Bean, Defendant.
The State of Washington to the
said Herbert Rockwell Bean. De-
fendent:
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within sixty days after the date
of the first publication of this sum
mons, to wit, within sixty days after
the 18th day of December, 1928, and
defend the above entitled action in
the Court aforesaid.
And answer the complaint of plain
tiff, and serve copy of your answer
on the undersigned attorney for plain
tiff at his Office below stated; and
in case of your failure so to do,
Judgment will be rendered against
you according to the demand of the
complaint, which has been filed with
the clerk of said court
The object of the action is to obtain
decree of the above entitled court
dissolving the bonds of matrimony
now existing between plaintiff and
defendant, and for the restoration to
plaintiff Of plaintiffs original name
at and Immediately before the time
of said marriage.
JAMES COLLINS LLOYD
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Office and Post office address, White
Bluffs, Washington.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
NOTICE 70 CREDITORS TO FILE
CLAIMS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO FILE
CLAIMS
No.
In the Superior Court of the St.to
OF washington In and For Benton
County. Qn Probate) 'o"
In the Matter of the Estate &c
James E. Wade, Deceased. VI
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN.
That Letters of ADMINISTRATORS ~
the estate of James E. Wade. deceased
were granted to the UNDERSIGNED m
the 18th day of January, 1929. bv tho
said Superior Court.
That all persons having claims
against said estate are required rs
present them with the necessary Won.
cheers and verified as by law required
to me at White Bluffs, Washington
and also to file the same with the
Clerk of the said Superior Court with
! in six months after the date of the
first publication of this notice, or they
shall be forever barred.
Date of first publication, January
18, 1929.
A. C. WADE, Administrator
Bushnell g. Beardsley.
Attorneys for Administrator
Prosser, Washington
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

S. K. Webster left Tuesday for
Orovlfe, where he went to Gelp a
friend who is in the sneep business up
there. He expects to return to White
kluffs in March and is undecided
where he will be this summer.
The Robinson orchard that h man.
aged last season will be looked after
this year by George Lowering. Mrs.
Webster is visiting her daughter in
Portland at present.
Jesse Shelton has brought suit in
the Superior Court at Prosser against
Pa,l Sc:licka for S2752.50 for personal
injuries received in the automobile
accident at the cemetery corner last
fall. The amount named in the COM
plant includes damages asked by three
other persons, H. M. Morford, Otis
Skelt2n and Shaun Kelly, who were
in the car and WHO also sustained
injuries. Bushnell and Bea-dsley are
attorneys for the plaintiff.
When this spell of cold weather got
started it did not seem to know how
CI WITCH 10 stop. WHICH SIloWeC
UP for its engagement on January ID
nearly every one thought it would
be over in few days but it has beer
hanging on more or less tenaciouslJ
ever since. There will be days when il
seems the end is ir sight and before
we know it somebody throws in a few
more cakes of ice and down go ;hs
Thermometers. After several ambitious
efforts it is believed that old man
Winter gave us his masterpiece Tues
day night when all colo records of the
season were broken. The thermomet
ers around the valley registered al
kinds Of low temperatures but the
one at the government station at Wah
luke. which probably is the most re
1iab'a caid Is below, according to F
c. Koppen.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
CALL FOR BIDS

The Benton County Commissioners
invite sealed bids on Gasoline Service
Station delivery to County equip
1nent.
Said bids will be received until
2 o'clock P. NJ, February 4th, 1929
and then opened. Bids should be
sealed and marked Bids for furnish
ing Gasoline, and addressed to
Board of County Commissioners,
Prosser, Washington. 4
The right is reserved to reject
any and all bids.
E. o. KEENE, County Auditor
Benton County, Washington.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

r. G. Tom Clark
L. G. Jack O'Larey
Town team lineup: English, Barge,
Ralston, Blair, and Montgomery.
Substitutions: Barge for O'Larey.
Final score was 10 to rs.
Other games played Friday were the
seventh graders against the second
team (freshmen) in which the latter
won by a score of 8 to q; and the
Junior high school girls and the senior
high school girls in which the latter
won bv score of 80 to 5.
Dudley Wilkinson and Gilbert
Walker fenced during an intern1lssion.
Neither one mad to be carried OFT the
floor.
Eleanor Allen, who recently entered
high school in Kennewick where the
Allen family moved from White Bluffs
reports that since she has become
accustomed to her new surroundings
she is beginning to enjoy going to
school there. The subjects she is
taking are Home Economics and
Nv. Ciyics. and English Nv. She
was formally initiated into the school
by being called upon to give an I'M
promptu speech before the assembled
Student Body. She has entered into
the spirit of the school with the same
enthusiasm which characterized her
here.
The students of French II class
were given an opportunity last week
to win two free tickets to any show
Mr.. Edmund Anderson had received
letter from France, and he wished
to reply in French, he had the students
translate the letter. The letter with
the fewest mistakes was written BY
1 Elizabeth Angle.
Mr.. w. M. Underhill, superinten
dent of the White Bluffs Schools
took trip to Prosser, Monday
January %, at the invitation of Mr.
Olaf Stranwold, county superintendent
to discuss with other superintendent:
the effect CT the proposed Showaltel
education bill on the schools of Ben
ton County. The conferences between
the county superintendent and the
people interested lasted most of tie
day. Mr.. Underhill was accompanies
by Donald Wheeler.
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Charles English, graduate of 1926
reentered high school Monday after
noon, January %, to take a post
graduate course. He will study eco
Monies and tipping. Charles is tn
: second postgraduate student t.
, enter high school this semester, tn
other being Sadie Angle.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
At White Bluffs
Sunday School, GAS am.
Preaching, 10:45 am:
At Hanford
Sunday School, 1880 am;
Preaching, 11:45 am.
Christian Endeavor, $50 p. m;
Minister, Thos. ]. Gray.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

Greenville cloth and almanac cloth
are names given to a strong, durable,
cotton material known in the south
as osnaburg, which has many uses
for household draperies, couch covers,
chair slips, and other furnishings. 1t
is Inexpensive easily Numbered and
dyed to match other furnishings and
procurahle almost everywhere.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

Wilmot Morford. of Olympia. is
in the valley visiting at the home
of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
Morford.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

H. E. Foltz was a business Wis
itor in Yakima this week, driving
over Wednesday and returning
Thursday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

f. M. Hill and G w. Bradshaw
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Zerwekh at the Zerwekh
home last Sunday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

The Ladies Aid Society will
meet with Mrs. Ii. E. Foltz on
Thursday, February 7th. All la
dies are cordially invited.
Mrs. H. M. Morford, Sec'y
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

Order vegetable plants now. tomato,
cabbage, cauliflower, celery, pepper,
sage, giant Mary Washington as
paragus, grapevines. rhubarb. horse
radish special prices for commercial
planting Regal lilies. Hundred glad
iolus one dollar. Home Nursery. Rich
land, Washington.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

Cherries, peaches. apricots, Camp
bells early island belle all kinds fruit
trees, grape vines. Mastodon ever
bearing strawberries, special prices
for commercial planting, Chinese elms,
regal lilies, hundred gladEolus one
dollar. Home nursery, Richland
Washington.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

Chinese elm, w:ndbreak; thousand
feet ten dollars. Valuable timber and
shade tree. Windbreaks increase Idaho
crops twenty per cent. Illustrated
circular. Regal lilies. Hundred gladi-
oil one dollar. Home Nursery
Richland, Washington.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

The Misses Geraldine and Lorraine
Shanahan expect to leave Sunday for
Pullman, Where they Will enter as
students at the state college.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

Mrs. A. c. Wade, who had been
visiting in Prosser for few days,
returned home last Saturday, driving
ever with DR.. F. A. Wise
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

WANTED: Millions of jack rabbit,
domestic rabbit and other raw furs.
Top prices. Valcauda Fur Company,
2131 Western Avenue, Seattle, Wash.
4tp
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
St. Pauls Evangelical
Lutheran Church

Sunday School at 10 a. m.
II a. M, Divine Service
Rev. L. c. Krug, Pastor.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
, TOWN AND VALLEY NEWS$

w. M. Underhill was visitor ir
Prosser Monday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
Want Ads

Baled hay for sale. w. H. Fergu
son. etc.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01
White Bluffs School News
r., ,,,nns of the Grade and High Schools
By pupils of the Grt

A brilliant victory for the high
school was the outcome of the strug-
gle waged between the high school and
town teams at the high school gym
last Friday night. The lineup for the
high school team was as follows:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01

VIM. Van Hoy, local manager of the
Tohn Dover Lumber comp any lett
Wednesday morning for Tacoma to at
tend the annual convention of the
employees Z. the company.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01


A trapped skunk can be killed without
lnduly disagreeable odorous conse-
quences if it is approached slowly and
quietly and given sharp blow across
the back with a stick. Skunks killed
in this way, without being alarmed, do
not discharge their scent, according
to the u. S. Department of Agricul-
ture. Now, if you're convinced, go
ahead.
AS soon as child can do the nee
essary arithmetic he is old enough
to learn to keep simple account and
have a small allowance. He can then
be taught to spend wisely and save
for what he greatly desires. Training
in handling money will be help to
him all his life.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-02-01


employees r.. the company.
Mrs. Lila M. Johnson went to
Prosser last Friday, where with the
other members of tile county board OF
education she spent several days grad
ing the mid-year examination papers.
Doris He1nker, who has been quar-
antined at her home on the Burns
place for the last few weeks with
scarlet fever and who suffered a
relapse about ten days ago, is again
on the road to recovery, altho it will
b. another week before the quaran-
tine is lifted.
Mrs. c. II. Snyder received letter
Monday from William Kerr in which
the latter said that the condition ol
Mrs. Kerr was still very serious althc
she was under the care of four doctors
and a fifth was expected to arrive
from Seattle the following day. Mrs
Kerr who is in the hospital at Sky
lomish, was called to the Coast sew
eral weeks ago to help care for {
sister who was i'll with the flu ane
who later died. Mrs. Kerr contracted
the disease and has been having t.
battle for her life for some time. He
many friends in the valley hope sool
to near good news from her.