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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
TO START CONSTRUCTION

The construction crew that is to
build the new high line for the p.
P. & L. Company between Coyote
Junction and Mayboors, half way
between White Bluffs and Yakima,
are expected to start the work next
week The wire, poles, and other mat
erial that will be used in building
the line have begun to arrive and
are being unloaded at Riverlands
and Haven near where the extension
is to start and where a temporary
camp is to be cstablihed.
The new line will be about 20
miles long and it is expected il will
be COMPLETED and ready for service
before the first Of the year. It will
pass through the Cold Creek dis
trict and residents there have pet
itioned the company for service but
it has not been determined yet
whether there would be sufficient
business there to justify the expense
of sub-station and the building Of
the feeder lines that would be nee
essary.
f When the extension is completed
it will link up the company's lines
without any connection with Priest
Rapids save from the latter point to
Beverly. At present the Company is
using the Black Rock line from Co.
vote Junction to Priest Rapids and
its own line over the hills from there
to Mayboors. This latter line may
be abandoned when the new one is
built.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
ROBERT NITzscHE. HOME

Mrs. Robert Nttzsche and son,
Robert, surprised Mr.. Nitzsche and
all their friends by returning un
exrectedly Monday evening from
Kellogg, Idaho, where they had been
for the past two weeks since Robert
was pronounced able to leave the
Wallace hospital. The young man,
who was seriously injured in an
auto accident in Idaho nearly three
months ago, has made remark
able recovery and apparently suf-
fered no i'll effects from the trip
home, which he made in his own
car, his mother, however, acting az
chauffeur.
For short time after leaving the
hospital Robert found it necessary
70 use crutches but is able now to
navigate under his own power. He
will not try to attend school for
few weeks yet but is ambitiously
studying at home in order to keep
up with the members Of his class in
high school, with whom he expects
to graduate next spring.
1t goes without saying that both
Robert and his mother are glad to
be at home and that every one is
GID to have them back again, safe
and sound.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
HARTLEY PROCLAMATION
CLOSES HUNTING SEASON

z. The hunting season for water fowl
in Benton county for the season HAS
opened and closed. That sounds a
little ambiguous and needs a little ex-
PLANTATION. The season opened official
ly last Sunday September Is This
was two weeks earlier than the Ben
ton county game commission wanted
but the state game commissioner had
fixed that date and he refused tic.
change it. But the great fire hazard IN
the state at this time, came to the res
cue. The long dry spell has resulted
in innumerable fires. wherever there
is standing timber and has greatly in
creased the. chances for. grass. and
and brush fires in the grain and fruit
sections Of the state. This condition
caused Governor Hartley to issue a
proclamation on Monday closing the
hunting season in all counties in the
eastern part Of the state. This pro-
clamation will stand until revoked by
the Governor, which will probably
rot be done until weather conditions
change and the fire hazard is lessened.
Those who have been observing
the ducks say that September Is
was too early date to begin open
season. Most of the birds are this
years hatch and nearly all of them
still have their pin feathers and have
not yet attained their growth, and
because of these FACTS they are, not
very desirable for food. Two weeks
more would improve their condition
wonderfully. ss, /.
The open date in Benton county
on upland birds, pheasants, cartridges
and quails, as fixed by the commits
sion, are as follows: 'chinks and huns,
October Is, IA. l6, 20, %, 81 and 80
quails, October 81 and 80. The bag
limits are: chinks, 8 per day; huns
and quails, 4 per day; with a total
mixed bag of 7 birds per day. The
ceason in Benton county on native
pheasants and blue grouse is closed
this year. There are few, If any, Of
the game birds in Benton county.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
SHIPS ALMOST PERFECT
CAR OF DELICIOUS APPLES

One Of the finest cars of apples
ever to leave the valley was car
of Delicious shipped by Miss Knaub
from Vernita Monday evening. All
three grades were included in the
car but the percentage Of the better
grades was exceptional Eighty-one
per cent of the apples were Extra
Fancy, sixteen per cent fancy and
only three per cent Cs. The car was
consigned to Fred Rea of Seattle,
who handles all of the fruit from the
Knaub ranch.
The White Bluffs Warehouse has
rolled two cars of Delicious this
week, the first car going out Mon
day evening, and also loaded four
cars Of Romes. Two cars Of Romes
were rolled by the Horticultural Ex-
change and both houses also rolled
some Jonathans.
The Horticultural Exchange, that
handled the ions purchased by the
Perham Fruit company, finished
loading the last of this variety on
the 10th. This is said to be the earli-
est date in the history of the valley
for the Jonathan cleanup. The
White Bluffs Warehouse is still pack
ing some ions but expects to roll
the last car either the last of this
week or the first of next.
Failure of the Romes and Deli
cious to take on color as rapidly as
expected is delaying the picking Of
these varieties in some orchards
but the harvest is expected to be-
gin in earnest next week.
The apple crop of the state Of
Washington is the lure that will
attract 43 steamships to Puget
Sound ports between September l6
and December /. That many re-
frigerator boats were scheduled to
sail from these ports during that
4 period, loaded with apples for Eng
| land, continental Europe and South
Africa, according to announcement
made this week.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
wEHATcHEE EDITOR sTops

Rufus Woods, editor of the Wen
atchee World. stopped a short time
in White Bluffs Thursday on his
way home from ennewick. where
the evening before he had attend
ed a boosters meeting for the Ben
ton County gas field. He suggest
ed the necessity Of the residents
here advertising better the carli-
ness of this valley and showed con-
siderable interest in the move for
a permanent north and south high
way acrrss the state from the Can
adian boundary through Wenatchee,
Vantage, White Bluffs and Kenne-
wick, to connection with the Col
umbia River highway at UmatiIla.
Mr.. Woods was accompanied by
Mr. Sexton, a member of his staff.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
AT IT AGAIN

Hanford water right owners this
week received circular letters calling
a meeting to be held Saturday, Sep
TENDER 81, in Community hall in
Hanford. The letters were signed by
C. F. Wooten, and w. L. Enyear.
as secretary of the Wooten COM
lnittee.
The letter quoted part of At
eorney Ben Kizer's speech, made at
the general water right owners
meeting in Hanford last spring, in
which he advised the formation Of
some organization to bid in the ir
rigation properties at the receiver
ship sale; but failed to mention that
the program proposed by Mr.. XII
ser, and unanimously approved by
the water right owners at the meet
ing, provided that all future steps to
be taken in perfecting an organiza
ton should be taken by sub-com-
mittee composed of an equal numbe,
from the committees representing the
two factions and that Mr.. Kiser,
himself, would decide any disagree
ments that might occur.
John McFee, w. ]. Kincaid and
D. S. Wilkinson, members of the
subcommittee representing approx
mately half of the water right own
ers, say they had no knowledge that
such a meeting was being con-
templated, and as Mr.. Kiser was
apparently not even consulted on the
matter, it is difficult to understand
how any good can come from it and
it might do considerable harm in re-
viving the old discord that was sup,
posed to have been buried at the
meeting Last spring. Harmony and
cooperation are the two elements
most necessary at this time and they
can not be promoted without al
parties being consulted. Mr.. Kiser
was appointed by Judge Webster as
special counsel in the case, with
duties somewhat similar to those Of
an umpire in a baseball game, and
under all the circumstances, it would
seem that if there are to be any
meetings, he should be the one to
call them.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
THIS STATE PRODUCES
0NE.THIRD OF APPLES

The Washington apple, always 4
reliable entry in the national fruit
production derby, took the lead in
the home stretch this month, the
Federal Department of Agriculture
has said, and was speeding down the
track, 100000 barrels ahead of all
other states. 49,
The estimated harvest from this
state was put at 100000 barrels
for 1929, as compared with 4,230,000
for New York, in second place, and
100000 for Virginia, in third. These
figures were estimated as of Sep
TENDER l, and were subject to re-
vision in December.
This compared with an estimated
production from conditions Septem-
Der l of 8,225,O00 for Washington
and from conditions August / the
approximation was $4,000. The
harvest estimated for this year is
almost 100000 barrels ahead OF
1927 in this state.
Washington came in second in
estimated pear crop, with total
Of 3,500,OOO bushels, as compared
with o,126000 for California, the
leader, Oregon was third, with g.
100000 bushels.
In potatoes, Washington was well
down the list, having an estimated
crop of e,O45,0o0 bushels, as COM
pared with 3S,940,0O0 for Minnesota,
the state topping the list.
The department estimated Wash
ington's peach harvest at 100000
Bushels, while California led with
25,752,0OO. This was big gain for
Washington, however, for the 1927
figure was 100000.
Nationally, the harvest of apples
for the country was estimated at
IS, 5000 barrels, SO Washington
will produce slightly less than one
third OF the apples in the United
states, unless the figures are re-
vised considerably.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
BENTON COUNTY FIRST

Samuel J. Hurnes, state highway
director, says that Benton county was
the first county in the state to COM
plete Its master plan" of road con-
struction under the farrn-to-i,arket
road act passed by the 1929 legisla-
ture. According to the provisions
Of the act, each county must prepare
these master clans, based on con-
Etruction for ten year period, and
send them to the director of high
ways for approval. The plans for
Benton County reached the state
capitol on September IL.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
SERVICE STATION SOLD

=
r. e. Gibbins has repurchased the
service station in White Bluffs from
Henry Allard, to whom he sold it
about year ago, the transfer taking
place last Sunday. Mr.. aGibbins has
leased the station to William Schwis-
ow of RitEville, who moved his fami-
ly to White Bluffs this week Mr..
Schwisow is brother-in-law of Loyal
Borden. Loyal had charge of the
station from Sunday until Mr.. Schwis-
ow took charge.
Henry Alard has accepted a posi-
ton in the construction department
Of the Pacific Power & Light COM
pany and expects to be employed tie
next few months in building a line
from Coyote Junction to Mayboors.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
WOMAN's CLUB NOTES

The Woman s Club ex tends cor
dial welcome to all women who
wish to join this year. The year
book for 1929-3O will go TO press
next week. All those who wish to
become members are asked to hand
their names together with their
annual dues, to Mrs. F. A. Eng
lish, secretary Of the club, within
the next few days, in order that
their names may appear in the
year book. The dues are $500,
to be paid in advance, annually.
An unusually interesting and at
tractive program has been arranged
for the coming year.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
MISSION SUNDAY

Sunday, September az, will be
Mission Sunday for st Paul's Evan
gelical Lutheran church. This time
the celebration is to take place at the
home of the Rev. and Mrs. L. c.
Krug. The Rev. Arthur Sydow OF
Tacoma will be the speaker OF the
day. The morning service will begin
at 1880 and that of the afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. During the noon hours
the ladies will serve lunch and the
rest of the time will be given to
visiting. Guests are being expected
from Yakima, Ellensburg, Kenne-
wick and Cornell. You, too, are well
comet
REV. L. c. KRUG, Pastor
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20
"rry tn. Drss stor. rirs"
CHE SOclETE Chocolates are here.

Buy her a box Of these delicious
i chocolates.
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20

N. F. Tower, who recently pur-
chased the McCord and Henry tracts
south Of town drove over from
Seattle : last Saturday, accompanied
by Mrs. Tower and their daughter,
and remained here until Sunday
afternoon. There are about rs acres
in the two tracts, Of which about 20
acres are in bearing apple trees. Mr..
Tower said he plans to return 'i.is
winter or next spring and build a
house on the place and otherwise
improve the property.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20

On his visit to White Bluffs
Thursday, District Manager r. n.
Skill of the Pacific Power & Light
company, was accompanied by Will
T. NeilI, of Portland, one of the
assistant general managers of the
company. This was MIR. Neills
first visit to this valley.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-09-20

Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. English, Mr..
and Mrs. r. A. Hauser and daught-
ers Phyllis and Zoe, and Mr.. and
Mrs. D. S. Wilkinson made up a
party that drove up into the Wen
atchee country last Saturday. They
drove up to Lake Chelan Sunday
and back to Wenatchee Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkinson and the
two Hauser girls returned home Mon
day evening but Mr.. and Mrs. En-
glish and Mr.. and Mrs. Hauscr did
not return until Tuesday evening.
They report lots of building activity
in Wenatchee and both that town
and Cashmere seem to be enjoying
steady growth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10

Pres. Hoover appears to be picking practical men
as members of the federal farm board created by the
new administration farm relief act. James G. Stone
Of Kentucky is the founder and president of the Bur-
ley Tobacco Growers association. He will be desig-
mated as chairman. His association was organized
In 1921. He is a leader among the cooperatives and the
organization Of which he is the directing head is do
ing a business Of $50, 000yO 900 yearly.
Charles B. Denman is president Of the Livestock
Producers association; he IS the owner Of a big stock
farm in Missouri. His association Is a farmers CO.
operative. functioning in IL states and doing a bust
ness Of $780, 10000 annually.
Carl Williams of Oklahoma will represent the
farmers. He knows all about farming and irrigation
work. He has been identified with cotton producers
movements for years. He is affiliated with many
nationwide agricultural associations. He is the own
er Of farm newspapers. He is a writer and a talker
and a thinker and a student.
There are nine members Of the board. James c..
Stones surrenders a position with a salary attached Of
$4,000 a year to accept the chairman ship of the farm
relief board with a salary of $4,000 attached.
He was drafted for the place one of his hackers
was Frank o. Lowden Of Illinois, and it is significant
that Stone defended the equalization fee proposal I'M
til it was ditched and then buried by a republican
congress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10

can get your divorce there while I
show you the town and have you
meet all my friends"
1t sounded gloriously exciting. Not
very conventional, though. But,
Vivian thought, I trust him. He has
proven to me that he really loved
me Why shouldn't I trust him?
Celeste was sitting up for the first
time when they arrived at the hos
pital. Her big black eyes lit with
happiness when Vivian bent and
kissed her:
How is my little heroine? You'll
be back with us before you know
it."
Hopes to tell EN-" Celeste Wrin-
kled her pretty nose and beamed.
She vas bandaged so that her black
curls hardly showed, but a few of
them played around her piquant
little face.
Bark looked around at the flow
erS. He saw a large jar Of lilies.
Whose trying to make you think
you're dead, Celeste-with the Ill:
ies?"
She looked thoroughly ~displeased,
and a little flush came into her pale
cheeks.
mon, eet ees not so-make like
funerals. They are lovlee."
"Ah-ha," he nodded, knowingly to
Vivian. Celeste has a boy friend"
who sent them, Celeste-I'm a
good secret keeper" Vivian bent for
the little maid to whisper in her
ear.
Kippy! Well. for goodness sake.
The wooden soldier chauffeur that
looked about as romantic as a head
Of cabbage. Vivian wanted to
shrek with laughter at a vision of
Kippy, red of face and clustering,
buying lilies in a flower store. But
she did not want to hurt Celeste's
feelings.
"And who are the old-fashioned
flowers from?"
From my sheiks-my big so-good
Iockin' sheiks," she rolled her eyes.
Both suspected very strongly that
It might be Geek. So-the ice ma
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Chicago Negro a West Pointer

Alonzo S. Parkman, a Chicago negro who entered
the United States Military academy at West Point
on opening day, will be treated in exactly the same
manner as the white members Of his class. Com
mandant r. c. Richardson made the announcement.
Parkman received his appointment from Congress-
man De Priest. De Priest represents the black belt
district of Chicago. There are many black belt dis
tricts in the cities of the north and the east.
In round numbers there are 100000 negroes in
the United States. If permitted to cast ballots on
election day in all states these negroes would repre-
sent a voting force of ~3,50O.OOO. That is, they would
cast that many ballots for the nominees of the party
Of their choice.
Today the black voter holds the balance Of power
in the cities Of st. Lotus, Louisville, Indianapolis.
Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Baltimore, Kansas
City and perhaps a dozen other fast growing cities of
the west and the east. They hold the balance of
power in the state Of Massachusetts,. There is a black
belt in the city Of Detroit. There is a huge bloc of
black voters in the nation. To a man the negroes
vote the republican ticket in northern states, mid
western states, border states and if a division of the
white voters comes in southern states the brother in
black is going to be the master Of the situation on
election day.
There is a 14th amendment to the constitution
There is a 18th amendment and the day will come
when the battle for the enforcement of these amend
ments will make it a paramount issue in national as
web as state elections. 1.-The ballot is the thing" In
all the northern states, in all the border states, the
negro voter realizes it and in the coming campaign
for the control of the state of Virginia, the negro
will hold the balance of power.
Practical politicians Of the republican party know
how to play the game. They are going to play it
where votes count and votes count in the border states
and all the states of the north and the east and the
west.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
An Important Oil Lease Decision

This Is a supreme court decision: The oil and gas
lease ordinarily used in Texas is executed for the sole
and only purpose Of exploring for and producing min
erals. and conveys a determinable fee to the mineral
IN favor Of the party promising to drill the well, and
the requirement that lessee use reasonable diligence to
explore for and produce the minerals is not a condi-
ton subsequent but a covenant, and that a failure
Of the Lessee to reasonably explore the leased premises
or to produce the oil when discovered does not give
the lessor, or land owner, a right to forfeit and can
eel the lease.
According to the opinion handed down by the SUI
preme court OF Texas If reasonable diligence were the
test used to determine whether or not a lease is for
feited neither the lessee nor the lessor could ever
know when the lease comes to an end. A lease can
be forfeited and cancelled only when the lessee aban-
dons the premises or fails to drill or produce oil as
required by the lease or ceases to use the land for the
purpose defined in the lease. Texas is an oil produc-
ing state. 1t would be well for those engaged in the
leasing industry to read the opinion Of the high
court Of Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10

eyes, Vivian admitted to Bark,
you owe all this to Celeste, old
dear. I had stage fright"
He bent calamity and kissed the
little white hand that lay on the
~coverlet.
"Mademoiselle! Command me. /
am your humble servant. Hence
forth and forever more"
When Vivian got back home she
found Kent, thrown dejectedly
across the couch in the living room.
"Oh, WV" he greeted her with a
petulant air, II thought you'd never
get home. The last thing has hap
pened that could possibly happen"
THE insurance does not include a
cyclone clause. 7 will have to fight
it through the courts, and it may
take years. I haven't even a nickel
to put into business. Ill have to
find a job"
Nothing surprised her any more.
She put her hand up and brushed a
curl from his brow tenderly.
We'll, you know the old chest
nut. Its always darkest just be-
fore dawn" You're safe now. Moth
ing else can happen"
He buried his face in a cushion
with a groan. She got up and went
into the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Perhaps it was the best thing that
could have happened, after all.
There was no chance under the
sky Of his marrying Dovie Jansen
now. She smiled as she worked.
And the next day Cromwell, the
lawyer, returned.
CTO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10

had had his moments of tenderness,
too.
I'm afraid you're a flirt, Celeste.
They'll be fighting a duel over you
next.
1000, that would be wonderful"
Celeste clapped her little hands.
Celeste should marries with ze hero
zen. Re one Eat did not get killed"
"Oh, you Observation-Disclosures
sic" Bark shivered, and drew away
from her. Il was thinking of hav-
ing you put me on your list. But
I can't trust you now"
A little later she looked wistfully
at Vivian, and held out her hand.
Madame miss Celeste, oui when
she have not her to take care of
re pretty clothes"
Vivian laughed then.
There amt no sech birds any
more, Celeste. The storm blew them
all into the middle Of next week
The maids eyes opened in horri-
fled ovals.
ooh, madame" Vivian thought
she was going to cry-"not all you
SO lovely things"
Everything but the skirt and
blouse / had on-but don't you
worry. Well get more when you
come back"
Celeste realized then that she was
also wardrobeless-and looked SO
worried Vivian wished she hadn't
told her.
But, forget 1t, DEAR" she turned
to Bark and smiled-can you keep a
secret, Celeste? In a few weeks /
an going to Paris to get a divorce
and marry Mann. Then you can
go with me and be my maid for al
ways and always"
She looked very happy at first
then her face clouded. Vivian wasn't
certain whether she looked at the
lilies Or the old-fashioned flowers,
noddingly .gaily from the window
sill. Then she folded her hands
happily.
Celeste knowl He have always
love you-since re evening Celeste
so angry with you for not want to
go down to meet him"