White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-17
Memorial Day
1.-THE KING OF KINGS

Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Luddington
and son Ora drove down from Ephra-
ia Saturday and visited over Sunday
at the nome Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.
Luddington, Sunday being Mothers
Day" and to celebrate the occasion
MIR. and Mrs. L. T. Brooks and Keith
and Lewis Brooks were also guests OF
the Luddingtons for that day.
MI. and Mrs. Edmund Anderson
drove over to Yakima On Thursday OF
last week and on their return came
home by way of Kennewick, where
they attended tbs graduation exercises
Of the Kennewick high school, one OF
the members OF, the graduating class
being Miss Eleanor allen formerly
OF White Bluffs.
MIR. and, Mrs. H. r. Sanderson o,
Seattle were visitors the latter part
Of last week at the horne of Nv. San.
derson's gister, MRS. r. S. Melon
nell, driving ever Friday and return
ing Saturday. They came by way Of
Snoqua:rnie Pass where they report
the snow to be six or seven feet deep,
and returned by way Of Portland
Daily except Sunday service will
be reestablished on this branch OF
the Milwaukee beginning next
Wednesday,, May %. The incoming
train from Beverly will arrive about
$50 P. M. and on the outgoing trip
will leave White Bluffs about 8 P. M
The exact hour Of arrival and de-
parture will be announced later.
According to letter received by
Mrs. Lucy c. Willis from her daugh-
ter Mrs. Roderick Sprague, the Spra-
CUES lett Cincinnati, OHIO, Thursday
expecting to drive through to Man
haitian Kansas. where Mr.. Spragus
will he stationed for several months
doing research work for the Bureau Of
Pathology at Washington, D. c.
When this work is completed he and
Mrs. Sprague will establish their
home in Corvallis, Oregon.
C.. w. Miller returned to his home
at Allard the first of last week from
few weeks visit with brother near
Parma, Idaho. Ie brought back with
him some mineral wool Asbestos
in its raw state with which the rocks
in that country abound, ard some min
eral ore which he said would run
about $3.50 in gold and silver TO the
ton and which is causing quite a little
excitement there. Mr.. Miller said that
on his visit he saw 1500-acre apple
orchard, the largest he had ever seen
which was in full bloom at the time
In contrast to this he said he also
saw hundreds Of fruit trees uprooted
because the growers said that on &C,
count Of their long distance from mar.
ket, they could not make q fruit crop
pay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Parsel arrived
Thursday from Portland and will
spend the summer with Clate Grew.
ell, Mrs. Parsel's father.
Mrs. i. e. Ferguson drove up from
Pasco Thursday to spend few hours
visiting at the A. B. Peck home.
A Legion dance, sponsored by John
Lindblad Post will be given Friday
evening. May "a. in Liberty Hall,
White Bluffs.
w. c. Carpenter Of the Federal EN-
ployment Bureau of Spokane, was
in White Bluffs last Saturday on a
tour OF Benton and Franklin counties
He was particularly interested in when
tie strawberry crop would be ready
to harvest and what the help situa-
tioil was in each community, and
named in each place some business
house where growers could list their
help requirements and where workers
could leave their names. He desig-
mated the drug store at White Bluffs
for this community.
In detailed bulletin issued Monday
FROM the Spokane office, Mr. Car
penter estimated that the first pick
ing of berries would he made between
May Is and 20 and that the wages
ranged between 90 and 50 crate for
picking and about rs cents a crate for
packing; and said that workers should
be prepared to furnish their own hous-
ing and cooking accommodations and
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