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The Washington times., 1929-06-25
FAMOUS OLD SONGS

A PHILOSOPHER once said,
a in effect: II would care not
who wrote the laws of my coun.
try If / could but write its songs. .
DR.. Thomas Dunn English tried
his hand at both. and while we
hear of no particularly outstand.
ing achievement of his during the
time he was a member of Con-
gress, his song, Ben Bolt" is
familiar to everyone. When the
old songs are sung it invariably
comes to mind.
The career of DR.. English was
both varied and interesting. Born
in Philadelphia in 1919. he at.
tended the University of Penn.
sylvania, and was graduated in
1889. with the degree of M D,
Three years later he became a
lawyer. Then, in 1859, he went
back to his original vocation, be.
ginning in that year the practice
OF medicine at Fort Lee, New
Jersey. Before his death in 1902
he was elected member of Con.
gress from New Jersey.
During all these years he was
prolific writer. 'Ben Bolt" was
written when DR.. English was
% DR., N. p. Willis, who in
1912 was one of the editors of
the New Mirrow. in New York city,
asked the young doctor for a con.
tributon. preferably . song Of the
sea,
The Washington times., 1929-06-25

DIR. English promised. and the
poem, Ben Bolt" was the result.
The sea, however. is mentioned
only once. The line in which the
word sea" occurs, at the very
end of the poem, seems dragged
in by the hair of the head. The
author wrote the words ben
Bolt of the Salt.Sea Wave" ap-
parently, in a last desperate ef-
fort to carry out his promise to
the letter.
Various composers, including
DR.. English himself, wrote music
for the words after the publication
of the poem, but these efforts
were all dismal failures. 1t re-
mained for a strolling musician
named Nelson Kneass, to furnish
the music which assured the
songs success. He adapted the
poem to an old German air, and
the completed song was intro
duced in 1.-THE Battle of Buena
VISTA" a play produced in Pitts.
burgh, in 184S. The play failed
but "Ben Bolt" proved a tre.
mendous hit.
A steamboat, sailing-ship. and
a race-horse. it Is said, were
named after the song, The steamer
blew up; the ship was ecked;
and the race-horse never won a
race. But the popularity of the
song sailed on, and for many
years It was the favorite melody
both In this county AnA Abg0A4
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
LISTEN WORLD!
There Is a Pool
By Elsie Robinson

THIS is a real letter. 1t came
i this morning. 1t was al.
dressed to me, but its cry is for
you, too-for your love and under
standing.
Dear Elsie Robinson:
Is there any help for someone
like me? / am lame. But | can
SWIM, dance and take part in
almost every sport. Yet can
never forget that | am a cripple.
get almost crazy because walk
lame. l feel like killing myself.
Then, again. when see. myself
walk before a mirror don't seem
as lame as at other times. I'm
less you are lame you don't know
how a cripple feels. Whenever
l am in a crowd feel as If was
in the way.
Once ] heard a story about a
pool of water somewhere that il
you go in It. you will come out
straight and all right II there is
anything the matter with you.
Do you think there ever was q
pool like that, Elsie? / am in
much misery: l wish / could find
a pool like that. Tell me what
you think about my lonely days
and il / ever will have happy
ones. JERRY ANN.
Dear little girl, / would givo
so much to comfort you and I
am so helpless. l know hardly
anything about life-or why it
should be so terribly difficult for
some Of us. But stupid though I
am. ! can tell you one thing
truly, Jerry Ann-THERE Is A
POOL!
In an old book there Is story
of that pool There was a poor
man living in Jerusalem. His
trouble was worse than yours,
for he had been blind from birth.
One day while he was sitting in
the darkness Of his terrible lone.
liness he heard the feet of Jesus
passing by. Men had told him
that Jesus could heal, so he
arose, stumbling. cropping, crying
pitifully for help. And then Jesus
did a very simple yet strange
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
MEDITATTONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

THAT college professor who
L advised a graduating class to
be "snohs" and gentlemen"
simply got his words and music
mixed. As MIXED az a Satur-
day night crowd at a summer
resort.
You can no more be both q
snob and a gentleman than you
can be both a blonde and bru-
nette.
A gentleman has NO inferiority
complex. He KNOWS he's 1.-The
goods; and he doesn't have to
prove it by the cut Of his clothes,
the shape of his finger nails or
by snubbing the ashman. A
gentleman is a gentleman to
everybody-and a toady to. no.
body!
A snob, on the other hand, is
filled to the chin and brimming
over with an inferiority com.
plex, which he Is forever trying
to reduce by high-hattlng shop
clerks, bawling out the waiter,
up-staging his, old friends, toady.
ing to the mighty and stretch.
ing the broad "a until it cries
for mercy.
Advising college boy to ''be
a snob" seems like carrying
roses to the Vale of Cashmere.
or sending pretzels to Germany.
Not because he's college boy.
but because. at 20, we are all
wasting lot more energy on
putting up a front" than on
cultivating backbone.
At 20 we are all more intensely
interested in putting brilliantine
on our hair than we are in
what's under our hair.
Swank, swagger, toploftiness
and putting on dog looks to
young men and young women
like royal roads to success. All
you have to do, in order to make
a startling impression on the
world, is to high-hat 1t, bluff 1t,
stare it out Of countenance.
NOLu4lB " uO dLCSE Iho@ OOS
press a button at the side Of
your desk, marry the boss'S
daughter and pick out your
clothes for Palm Beach!
That's being a Snob, with a
capital "S." But being a gem
tleman is something else. When
the professor said. Dress, act
and speak like a gentleman" he
said a whole city library full.
What this country needs is
more POLISH-more polish on
its manners. not on its boots or
it's fingernails. What it needs is
more ornamental men, and fewer
money-grabbing machines. More
GENTLEMEN-and fewer snobs.
Just because you are democratic
and live in democracy, is no rea-
son why you should he a hoodlunl.
Or a roughneck. Just because
your father wore one suspender
and made his pile. is no reason
why you should use two mega
tives and shove women off the
sidewalk with your elbows.
Beautiful English, graceful man.
ners and good grooming are the
halImarks of a gentleman: and
they will get you an entire to an
office or a drawing room quicker
than all the push and nerve in
the world.
Snobbing your way up the lad
der OF success is the hardest
climbing on earth. But being a
gentleman brings the biggest re-
turns for the smallest effort. The
difference between good breeding
and snobbery Is the difference
between POLISH and VARNISH.
Try both-on your diningrOOm
tablA.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25

thing. He "spat on the ground
and made clay OF the spittle and
anointed the eyes OF the blind
man with clay. And said unto
him: Go wash in the pool of
Siloam.' He went his way, there
fore, and washed-and came see-
ing"'
do not know where that an
cient pool of Sloan was, little
sister. But / do know that there
is healing pool for each one of
us today. 1t Is not a pool OF
water. 1t Is a pool OF spirit
and it lies within each one of US,
in the secret places Of our hearts.
There, ready for our hour of
need, wait those things which will
heal us Of all our hurt If we will
but use them. They are very old
things-very common things.
They are as common as the water
that healed the blind man OF
Jerusalem--as common as the
clay Christ laid upon his eyes.
But they also are as mysterious
as that water-as mysterious as
that clay. Their names are Love
and Faith and Courage and Pride.
Deep in your spirit these things
lie, like a secret pool, and IL you
will wash your hurt spirit in
them, IL you will take them and
use them as you would use living
water. they will surely make you
whole just as the pool OF Sloan
made the blind man whole.
/ am not saying that your body
will be Strengthened, little girl,
but your spirit will be straight
ened, and that is what matters.
You viii come to see life straight
and instead of Hmping through IL
you win take part in its health
and happiness.
That is a mystery. cannot
explain it any more than ] can
explain the story of the blind
man, but know that it is true.
Thousands of cripples, thousands
of bent backs and broken hearts,
have found that it Is true. YOU
CAN BE HEALED If YOU
WILL BATHE IN THE CLEAR
POOL OF YOUR OWN SPIRIT.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis e. Bisch-

10y DIS AOubS Hs DsSGu
LIVERY person should try to
H prevent getting a high blood
pressure.
High blood pressure is not, Of
course. of and by itself disease.
High blood pressure is an indi-
Gator of trouble. however. and
often Is a sign of diseased or i'm
paired kidneys, heart trouble or
hardening Of the arteries.
Excessive use Of alcohol is one
of the commonest causes OF blood
pressure increased beyond the nor
NAL. Especially is this true in
these days of prohibition. when
the alcoholic beverages available
are largely of synthetic manutac-
ture, and therefore particularly
dangerous to all the vital organs.
Excessive food intake is another
cause of high blood pressure.
Eating too much-and most of US
do tnat-prOduce strains on the
digestive apparatus, while at the
same time the over-abundance or
food leaves behind poisons which
affect the body generally and in
deleterious way.
Too much hurry and the strain
Of working too long hours, or the
pernicious habit of never taking
a holiday or vacation, also cause
the blood pressure to rise.
Too much tobacco and coffe
and the daily use Of certain drugs
will produce the same effects.
Increased blood pressure may
also occur after change of life"
in women when 1t is due to dis.
turbance of the so-called glands
of internal secretion"
And. of course, certain diseases
may show high pressure.
What should the patient with
pressure do?
First of all he should place
himself in the care of a physi-
clan. The doctor will have the
urine tested and will order a
special diet, prescribing medica-
ton IL desirable, perhaps suggest
the use of the new lamp treat
ments.
In general, the doctor will tell
the patient how to live correctly
so that the pressure will not con.
tinue to increase and, IL possible,
may be decreased.
1t is important to emphasize,
however, that the high blood
pressure subject should not be-
come alarmed.
Although it is true that a very
high pressure may lead to a
stroke" and other serious dam
age besides that which may al.
ready be true of heart and kid
neys or both, fear never helped
anybody. particularly blood-pres-
sure cases.
A moderate amount of in.
creased pressure, if the kidneys
are working well and the heart
is unimpaired. does not call for
the stoppage Of meat, strict
diet, the giving up of ones busi-
ness, or a complete rest cure.
Don't be afraid, therefore, to
consult your doctor at least once
a year and have your pressure
taken. Your doctor will not scare
you. nor worry you, nor restrict
you unless 1t is absolutely neces-
sary.
TO be sure, sane, sensible living
in all respects helps to keep the
blood pressure normal.
We should not overdo, either in
eating, drinking, smoking, work
ing, in emotional expression, etc,
etc.
We should also keep the bowels
open. Now and again a good
sweat bath is excellent in elm
mating accumulated poisons fr m
the system.
Good, old.fashioned ''horse-
sense" applied to our mode Of life
is what helps most to keep blood
pressure Arcm mounting.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
COatIess Cops and Firemen

TN the swelterng days of Washington policemen and
firemen ought to be allowed to leave off their coats
The Washington Chamber Of has joined in the
movement to give these useful public servants chance to
work in humanity comfortable attire.
President Darr of the chamber, likewise endorses Sam
Browne belts for policemen thinks their use when
are minus would be most fitting cCaess cop would still
resemble real cop equipped with Sam Browne belt and
the handy police pistol that goes with it
Our women folks look tidy and attractive without heavy
coats It is universally admitted that they dress sensby in
hot weather Why fOOshy stick to old ways Of dress
past understanding.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
Only One Lindlbergh
Others Can Only Initiate.

NF Colonel Lndbegh whom the whole nation earnestly
~ admires, it may safely be said that his will live
long the world takes any interest human courage and
skill
No but Lndbergh can ever be "The first to fly
alone across the Atlantic Ocean,"
In aviation it will be said of him what Thomas Jefferson
said of Benjamin Franklin when jefferson followed Franklin
a American minister France The Count de vegennes said
Jefferson 80 it is you Sir who replaces Dr. Frankn!
''No SIR replied Jefferson 'I merely SUCCEED him
No one can REPLACE him"
The question that interest Lindbergh is this "What
else can I do l0Orth uUhile?"
Happily the question interests but does not worry him.
For Lindbergh who works steadily what he be-
leves his useful tasks finds his happiness
the work ITSELF Such men do not worry, they work.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25

Men are never so good or so
bad as their opinions.
Macintosh.
Be glad of life because it gives
you the chance to love and TO
work and to play and 20 look up
ct the starr. Van Dyke.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

You read Of but one wise man.
and all that he knew was that he
knew nothing. -Congreve.
There seems to be no part Of
knowlege in fewer hands than
that Of discerning when TO be
done Swift.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-09
FURNISHINGS

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Our Regular 25c Silk Lisle Hose; sizes 91z to 12-
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Mems full cut Blue Work Shirts
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Mems Rockingham Union Suits
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Your choice of our Mems Straw Hats
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-25
FIRE DESTROYS FRUIT
WAREHOUSEiN HANFORD


Fire of an unknown origin, early
Thursday morning, completely de-
stroyed the Horticultural Exchange
warehouse in Hanford The fire
was discovered about 4:30 in the
morning but was burning so fierce
ly when help arrived that nothing
could be saved, the building. equip
ment and about lO, 900 boxes of ap-
Piles, nearly 5000 of which were
packed, going up in smoke.
Z One refrigerator car, standing
on the sidetrack near the ware
house, was also burned and two
other cars near it were badly dam
aged before being rolled down the
track away from the blaze, by some
Of those who first responded to the
fire alarm. One Of these latter
cars contained between 200 and
300 boxes of packed fruit for ex-
port. The fire is believed to have
originated il, the packing room
where the Brogdex machine for re-
moving spray from the apples, was
located.
All of the office records were also
burned but it is said that this will
cause only temporary inconven-
fence, as all The records kept in the
house were carbon copies, most of
the original receipts, as we'll as the
records and books, being in the Office
of the Perham Fruit company at
Yakima.
The warehouse was built in 1922
and was owned by growers at Han
ford but had been leased and was
being operated this year by the
Perham company.
Insurance in the sum of $10,500
was carried on the warehouse and
equipment, while a blanket policy
Of the Perham company covered
the fruit stored in the Building,
but until the insurance adjusters
have made their findings it will
not be known how much of the
real value Of the apples the grow
ers will be able to recover under
this policy.
|, This is the second fruit ware
house in Hanford td be destroyed
by FIRE. The large warehouse built
a number Of years ago by the old
Spokane Fruit Growers association
burned in 1924. 1t was owned at
the time by the American Fruit
Growers of Yakima.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-25
woMAN's CLUB NOTES

The Club will meet next Wednes-
day, October 80, for the first bust
ness session for the year. All mem.
bers are requested to be present it
possible.
The Sind semi-annual convention
of the Yakima Valley District Fed
Grafton will be held at White Swan,
Friday, November 1, 1929, at 1880
a. m, in the auditorium OF the
school building. The executive board
will meet at 10 a. m.
The program, in charge Of Mrs D.
F. Odds, Of Wapato, is on the subject
of Fine Arts. Literature, music and
art will be featured with entertain
ment numbers by talented artists, as
we'll as discussions on the value OF
the Arts to communities.
The historical background Of White
Swan in itself will provide fasci-
mating interest for those able to at
tend.
Resolutions should be sent to Mrs.
o. K. .Krienke, Toppenish.
All clubs whether federated or
non-fcderated, are cordially invited
to attend, and are asked to notify
Mrs. E. ]. Truesdale, White Swan
as to the number coming from their
club
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-25
APPLE HARVEST OVER

The apple. harvest for the season
was over the latter part of last week
and the itinerant fruit pickers, of
whom there were a. larger number
this year, than eyer before, began
trekkirg put the first Of the week to
other fruit districts in the state
where the harvest is later than in
this valley.
All Of the warehouses are working
full time on the packout and it is
estimated that it will be three weeks
yet before the last box of apples is
packed and the warehouses close
down for the season.
The yields generally overan es-
Inmates and the packout Of the Wine
saps that have gone through the
warehouses so far shows. that the
worm damage is no greater in them
than in the earlier varieties and, like
those varieties, the bulk of the Wines
are going into the Extra and Fancy
grades with minimum percentage
Of Cs.
All of the warehouses report the
smalles. number of cuIls this year in
their history. The unusually clean
crop is attributed to the consistent
spray program that was carried out.
Ellis Van Alta radio trouble
shooter" for the Pacific Power &
Light company, was in White Bluffs
several days this week checking up
any radio reception disturbances that
might be due to the company's trans
mission lines or other equipment. Mr..
Van Alta covers the whole system
of the P. P. & L., Making periodical
visits to each locality and when he
finds any trouble or Disturbances
that are caused by the equipment of
the power company, he suggests
methods of correction to the coKi-
peny employees. >.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-25
the PUBLIC MUST Be
TOLD over AND over

Quite a little fund has been raised
this year by the Northwest apple
growers to advertise their product,
but considering the millions of dol
lars invested in the industry and the
magnitude Of the annual turnover,
their advertising campaign is still
far from what it should be.
Not many people not actually in
the business realize the part that in
telligent and consistent advertising
plays in craftsmanship today. They
don't realize 1t because they have not
given a great deal of thought to the
matter. But one has only. to look
around at the successful businesses
that depend on the public for their
turnover, and to scan their advertis-
ing appropriations, to understand
why they are successful. Take Gen.
eral Motors, Ford, Palm Olive Soap,
the various gas and oil productss and
the manufacturers of standard brands
of cigarettes, to mention only few
of the prosperous concerns.
The newspapers, magazines and the
radio are all used as vehicles to carry
the message Of each industry to the
public. Not only are large sums OF
money expended annually for this
purpose but the campaigns are in
charge of experts, men who have
given a great deal of thought and
tine to the subject and who hot1
their jobs on their ability to get
results. :.
To get look at the other side OF
the picture one has only to mention
two instances.
A generation ago. St. Jacobs Oil
was one OF the most widely adver-
tised products in America. 1t was
patent medicine, enjoying enor-
nous sales. When Charles Voge-
Ter, the head of this business died,
an expert" went over the balance
sheets and saw the enormous ad-
vertising appropriation.
The "expert' trimmed tho, ad-
vertising expenditure to little or
nothing, reasoning that St. Jacobs
on was SO well knowp that it was
unnecessary to spend money any
longer to advertise it. Orders dwin-
died as advertising contracts ran
out; business departed, never TO
return, and it is safe to speculate
that hardly one in fifty who read
this article remembers or ever
heard of St. Jacobs OIL one of the
best-known products on the conti-
nent 50 years ago.
A similar thing happened to
James Pyle's "Pearline"-a COM
pany which used 100000 adver-
Using fund as far back as 1904
and was one of the best-known
products in the entire. world. The
ad fund was Topped off," the bust
ness went dead. 1t tried unsuccess-
fully to make comeback in 1914
and, sold its. plant for Junk tosa large
soap manufacturer. KilliAe off re ad
appropriation wrecked both of these
prosperous businesses and it would
do the same thing to almost any
great advertising concern today.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-25

Exceptional interest is being taken
in the Grand Halloween Mask Ball
to be given by the White Bluffs
Commercial Club in the Community
hail at iHanford Saturday evening,
November 2.
This will be one of the big events
of the fall season and at the same
time will help ! the treasury of the
club in carrying on Improvement
work in the community.
Russ Brown and his Jazz-a-razz
bunch are on their toes and ready
to go; the decorating committee has
worked out many novel ideas; the
supper committee will have plenty OF
optimistic doughnuts, sandwiches,
coffee and other good things to eat.
DR.. Newton will be in charge Of the
cider barrel and will dispense the
liquid in most professional manner.
The cider will be made by one Of the
valleys hest cider makers, free from
all worms and is guaranteed to be
real Halloween cider,
The White Bluffs Drug company
will have plenty of masks, so get
yours and be with the bunch-you
may win one of the prizes that the
committee will give away.
Remember the date, Saturday, Nov
ember Q, at Hanford Community Hall
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-25
IHREE.FOURTHs Of
ACREAGE WITADRAWS

At the special meeting of the
water users under the White Bluffs
Water company plant, held at the
grade school Thursday evening, the
owners of lat acres of the 200 wa
tered by the company this year, an
nounced that they had made ar
rangements to secure their water
next year from individual plants.
The owners of the other So acres
under the project are undecided:
Some Of them are inclined toward
individual plants. while q few
would like to have some definite
figures on the cost of installing q
smaller unit in the plant to water
the reduced acreage, and the prob
able maintenance charge for oper-
sating such a plant. They plan to
get this information in the near
future.
The finacial statement that was
read showed that the company has
paid all of its obligations and has
cash on hand in the sum OF Sl52
and accounts still due it of around
s235 for water furnished. 1t was
voted to pay out of the funds on
hand one year Of the back taxes on
the plant to prevent it's being sold
for taxes, and it was also decided
to not disincorporate but to keep
the corporation intact.