White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-11-08
WORLD CALLS WHITE BLUFFS 4
LITTLE SISTER or WENATCHEE'

quick without workihg-will find this
valley the ideal place to make his
home. Our climate Is Of the finest in
the state, land is not expensive, and
taxes are only $3.50 per acre. Although
water cost is higher than at Wenat-
chez, the ultimate general operation
cost is low, because of the low taxes
and the complete lack of drainage
expense"
Here are few old-timers who are
making good, and who express their
enthusiasm and confidence in the VAL
ley.
r. ]. Roberts, M. S. Meeks, A..
c. Wade, L. A. Eodding, William
Keal, M. E. Houk, Frank Taylor,
w. r. Shaw, Mrs. Lilly Robinson,
George Van Buren,, ]. F. Blakely,
Edmund Anderson Emil Cords.
And also such residents as:
William Moody, D. S.. Wilkinson,
manager of White Bluffs private
telephone and telegraph system;
e. ]. O'Leary, newspaper editor and
postmaster: W. J. Kincaid, banker;
John McFee, warehouse operator;
Sam Allard, Fred English, D. E.
Malone, Fred Edwards, ]. B..
Tromenhouser and r. D. Barge.
Last year the district shipped the
first cars Of Jonathan apples, and to
show that the cominunity's climatic
advantage is not restricted to fruit,
the World party was shown the
patch from which the first asparagus
in this state was shipped. 1t is owned
by w. P. Stedman.
Some fine apples for size and color
were shown the writer on the Andrew
Codding ranch. The sizes split at 1855
and larger.
Besides much soft fruit and three
carloads of strawberries the valley
this year produced between 400 and
500 carloads of apples-and boasts
the cle:nest crop in its historyl
With the unusual infestation of
worms in the Wenatchee valley this
season still fresh in the minds of
many growers, il might be quite
illuminating to give few facts. For
instance: Up to October 6 last year,
the valley shipped n carloads Of culls.
On the other hand, this year until
last Sunday, only three and one-half
cars were shipped. One grower offer
ed these figures: Out of 444 boxes
Of Arkansas Blacks, six were culls.
IL c grade, five Sitter, IL fancy and
225 extra fancy.
The season is a week ahead Of the
lower Yakima valley and day ahead
Of Kennewick, and the first shipment
Of cherries brought IS cents per
pound as the result of this climatic
! advantage.
Water has been more or less OF
sprohleu1 .hayevera until recently.
All present the main irrigation
ditch, about .lS miles long, is oper-
ating in its third year in the hands
of receivership, and about 1900
acres are watered. It was stated
that about 70 per cent Of the grow
ers now have their private water
systems, pumping from wells, which
average around IS feet in depth at
White Bluffs, and from the Col
umbia river. Pumping costs are said
to average around 50 per acre.
Growers are fertilizing more and
more, and find it not only paying
but necessity.
White Bluffs first received good
deal of publicity, unfavcrable as well
as favorable, as the result Of its
soldier settlement adventure. Under
Dan Scott, state director Of land con-
servation, a number Of years ago,
tracts of land were opened to World
War soldiers at reasonable cost and
payment arrangements Some were
said to have jumped into the venture
with visions Of sudden acquisition of
wealth before them while many
undertook the operation with diff
ferent view, and Of these So today
have their farms and homes. Each
soldier unit is comprised of about
20 acres, the sizes varying to some
1 extent.