White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
Coming!
To Hanford October 1st,
and to White Bluffs, DC.
tober End.
DIR. J. ]. KowALsKT

The pail Of smoke that has envel-
oped this valley, with the rest, Of the
state, for the past two weeks, has
cleared up, although until today,
Friday, it has been very nearly i'm
possible to distinguish objects few
hundred yards away, The warm dry
weather has been ideal for forest
fires and many of them are now
raging in nearly every tiu,bered Sec
ton in the state, destroying millions
Of feet Of timber. The almost total
absence Of any wind during the past
couple Of weeks has allowed the
smoke to accumulate and it covers
every part Of. the state like 4 heavy
fog. Although this valley is at least
hundred miles from any place
where forest fires are burning, the
smoke here is. apparently as dense
as where the fires are burning.
Besides being depressing and
uncomfortable, the blanket of
smoke has almost completely shut out
the sun and some of the growers are
complaining that the lack Of sun
shine is interfering with the coloring
Of the apples.
William Knight, age SO years, and
Robert Marshall, age 81 years, two
itinerant fruit workers employed in
one of the fruit warehouses in Han
ford, were arrested in White Bluffs
on Wednesday Of last week on charges
of drunkenness and disorderliness and
resisting an officer. At a hearing
before the Justice Of Peace in Pross-
er last Thursday they pleaded not
guilty to the charges of drunkenness
and .disorderliness, which were not
pressed, but were sentenced to 90
days in Jail for resisting an officer
They are serving their sentence in
the Yakima county Jail.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Boyce Of Big
Lake, Washington, were guests two
days this week of Mrs. G. w. Shaw,
arriving Tuesday and leaving Thurs
day. Mr.. Boyce; has been postmaster
at Big Lake since 1914 and Mrs.
Boyce was an oldtime friend of Mrs.
Shaw back in Wisconsin. Mr.. and
! Mrs. Boyce are also friends Of the
w. A. Barnes family, Mr.. Barnes
having, acted as deputy postmaster
for Mr.. Boyce lat Big Lake several
years ago. a
Mrs. Gertrude Searles and her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Smith, drove
over from theits home at Kelso the
first of the week for a visit at the
home of Mrs. Searles' sister, Mrs.
r. D. Barge. They came by way of
Portland where they were joined by
Alvin Barge and Bud Paschen, the
party arriving in White Bluffs SUM-
day evening.
Mrs. D. A. Brown Of Cold Creek
and sons, Winston and Russell D..
S. Baker and Miss Cassie MCGEE
made trip Monday to Prosser and
Kcnnewick, visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c.
L. MCGEE and family at the latter
place.
Mrs. ]. e. tLarichiliere and her
mother, Mrs. SD Brice, returned to
Gyandview the latter part of last
week after having spent several
.ssosths this summer on the old Brice
homestead.
Miss Anna Knaub and Miss
Marguerite Knaub of Verrita spent
Tuesday III WHITE Bluffs, guests at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c.
Lloyd. -,
Cecil Barge is expected in White
Bluffs some time rext week from
Porto Rico, recent letters to Mrs.
Barge having announced his sailing
date as September IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Melville Of
Sprague were guests for a few
hours Thursday at the home Of Mrs.
G. w. Shaw.
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