davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-25
JOBS FOR ALL IS
GOAL OF FRANCE
PHEASANTS FREEZE: DIE

Hundreds of Birds, Roasting, Unable
to Rise From Earth.
BIZ United Prese
NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.
Dec. 25.-Hundred of pheasants,
died in this section because Of a
recent sleet storm. Their tails had
frozen to the ground and they were
unable to free themselves. The ice
provided an added hardship in that
it deprived birds of food.
The birds were stuck to the ice
during the night when they were
roosting or crouching on the ground.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-25
Former Judge Dies

By Times Special
SOUTH BEND. Ind. Dec. Is. -
Frank Gilmer, 38, former city court
judge and a Deyhocratic leader, is
dead after a sfosb illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

who now reigns as the FIRST Lady of New
China, is the most striking example Of the
Westernized Chinese girl who is making history
AfTe today.
Because of the circumstances under which
she was married, the new Nine. Chang has
had 10 face the Odium of disapproval from con-
sentative circles which still regard divorce as a
thing Of evil imported from across the seas. At
present tongues still wag and the moSsbacks
stiH gossip, but this does not seem to diseon-
cert SOCng Melting. She is too absorbed with
the problems Of her own genefation-the youth
that is building national character for Chinese
women. Besides her Official dutieS-she is an
other member of the central executive COM
mittee-she is busily engaged in creating a new
esprit de femme. One of the most hopeful in
dicatiOns Of the existence among intelligent
Chinese women of growing consciousness of
responsibility IN rejuvenating their country is
found IN the womens organizations which Nine
Chang has helped bring into being throughout
China.
Through her efforts q soldiers relief asso-
citation, first established at the capital, has be-
come . national institution, embracing branches
in an important cities. Originally organized
along lines somewhat similar to the American
WCmen's Auxiliary Corps, which functioned
during the World War, this Chinese WOmenS
Soldiers Relief Association has expanded to
include such undertakings as free schools for
war orphans, hospitals, schools for the training
of nurses and primary teachers and the erection
Of model homes for woFkmen.
Some months ago. wishing to write an article
about the work Of this association, asked for
the necessary information. Although I am GER
tain that I shall fan from grace II she sees
this-SOg she abhors personal publicity can
not refrain from quoting few lines from Mime.
Cfiang's letter, which is before me now. Writ
ten in English, which, being q graduate Of
wellesley College, she speaks and writes per-
fectly, il seems TO me to suggest sharper pic
tuTe Of the mental background Of a modern
Chinese woman than anything / could say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

awakening the interest of our cOuntrywomen in
the affairs Of China"
And as revealing the thinking processes Of
this first lady, note this paragraph:
Somewhere I have read that a woman is,
first of ALL a creature Of emotion and that her
emotion must be awakened before her reason
ing functions Sounds bit Nietzsche-esquel
Be that as it may, have discovered that to
arouse interest among ourselves the first step
is to awaken the heart. This sounds like sob
stuff and dislike the trernulo chord, but I
think it IS understood what am trying to say.
After all, humanity-sympathy with people in
pain and distTesS-ean hold together a group
Of women who otherwise, because of differences
in training and outlook on life, have little in
common. I have found this clearly illustrated
by the women of our association some of whom
are Old-faShiOned wives of high officials of the
government, others Of whom are modern wives
of returned students"
Membership In the association is made I'D
mostly of married women, which in itself is
fact Of significance. Under the old system,
when q woman married she went into exile,
having, outside her own family, no contacts
with the world. Nowadays the life Of the
Chinese matTUn is Of broader social importance.
She has her clubs her political Affiliations, her
charitable enteTpFises-and Of course, her
nlachang and tea paTties-just as the modern
Western wife.
A MOST interesting new class Of femininity
IN China corresponds to our own career
woman" ct home. Generally products Of West
eTn education (YeceiVed either in China or
abroad, they are found in all the professions
and seem to prefer 10 remain unmarried find
ing that there are still too many conventions
which wives must observe and which would
hinder them in carrying on their work. There
are hundreds Of woman doctors, lawyers, scjen-
tists, educators writer's and even few engineers
and architects. In Tientsfn I visited private
hospital housing more than 200 patients which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

The fact that she typed the letter herself
also is typical Of the self -sufhciency Of her
new cOuntryWOmen.
I'VE sent kilograms" she writes, ito every
province, asking the leading women OF each
place to form organizations similar to the
8. r. A. which we had begun in Marking. In
each case the result proved most gratifying,
many branch associations having been formed.
We feel, therefore, that apart from the actual
good realized by the work Of the branch assOc1-
atiOns the appeal made by the head once TO
women All ever the country has brought Us
into closer cooperation and Is a step toward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

is run by o woman surgeon who has dozen
male doctors ON her stan. In Shanghai the
famous Bethel Hospital is run by Dr. Mary
Stone and her sister.
They have entered the field Of journalism,
too. The editor Of the most popular paper in
North China is young woman who succeeded
her husband after he had been executed for
subversive writing directed against the reign Of
Chang Tso-lhn. At the nations capital the
head Of the United Press Bureau is 25-year-
old slip of girl who received her education at
the University Of Missouri School Of Journalism
In the elementary schools women have almost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

walks with firm, strong steps that seem to sym
bOlize her newly acquired MISREPRESENTATION
she accepts as q right, not a concession Before
she danced she learned to run. In school she
PLAYED basket ball, hockey. hand ball, tennis
an the outdoor games western girls know. And
played them well.
As the music ceases and eur modern young
woman returns TO the table note the poise of
her, the 1.-THE, healthy grace Of her. Incredibly
narrow is her waist, for the Chinese girl inner
its the figure that Western women endure
punitive diet to achieve. But broad are her
shoulders: exercise has strengthened them. And
her arms and legs no longer are bamboo shoots
which must be hidden from eyes, bot EEidefuI
limbs, sinewy, shapely, strong. II her shOEt
skirt shocks the older people httle-Why SO
does her bobbed hair and what of It?
In this little lacy you have the mentor, the
snnR viyre Of Oriental femininity. The pFoeO-
types are legion. II IS she and her kind VINO
have set up a new standard for young women
of the vast middle claSS-the bourgeois, II yo0
like-in China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

songs.
we find such modern girls everywhere, con-
stantly increasing in numbers. The young man
who has not yet married looks upon them with
suspicion and terror and remains at the cross
roads to muse whether he should continue to
lead a single but earefree life bear the
unnecessary burden Of selecting a gOOd-fOr-
nothing wife. And if you ask me what the
modern Chinese girl has brought us, why. I
should say, "A bad matrimonial bargain and,
thanks to the West, the ability to blow smoke
through her noseP"
tempora! o mores! oh, sad, embitteTed
young man! In you seem to hear the echoes
of 100000 voices from afar.
But the woman's side Of the question did not
go unchampioned Our genter readers did not
wait for some Grant knight of words to come
along-not they! They wrote their own defense,
sent thrilling thTusts at the unsympathet1c
male. One young woman, in her concluding
sentence, paraphTased the last sentence of the
letter just quoted
And if you ash me what the modern girl
has given to China, why should say, More
than the modern boy deserves, and, thanks to
her native intelligence, the wit to defend herself
against all criticsr"
Granting which, quite obviously nothing
more need be added unless it is to remind you
that If you have anything 70 say about tradi-
tional "Old Lady China" you had better hurry,
for this spirited young woman Is fast making
her non est!
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28
MILWAUKEE, OFFICIALS VISIT VALLEY

working on farm programs in man
agement, production and marketing
and land utilization, that are pushing
their communities far ahead of those
who are not giving consideration tt
| the Importance of this valuable work,
The Milwaukee railroad, he said
will take part in no colonization o.
immigration program where the farm
ers or citizens in the territory affect
ed are not in sympathy with such
movement.
In making his talk a little more
local, Mr.. Reynolds said that while
he had not intended to discuss the
irrigation situation in this valley at
this time, he felt that it would not
be improper to again call attention
to the proposal submitted some weeks
ago by the president of the Milwau-
kee; that the railroad would assist
substantially in financing the rehab-
ilitation of the project in the event
the settlers formed an irrigation dis
trict. He said that the decision had
been made only after thorough in
vestigation of the engineering and
legal departments Of the road. He
stressed the point that the railroad
was not attempting to dictate the ma
ture Of the organization to be formed
but was only calling attention to the
kind of organization it felt safe in
| financing.
| After the dinner the party was tax
en- in cars by members of the Com
, mercial club to Othello, where their
special cars had been set in on the
siding.
The personnel Of the party was:
r. w. Reynolds, commissioner, Chi
cago, Illinois; e. E. Brewer, assist
ant commissioner, Chicago, Illinois
Wade R. Hauser, Agl. Dew. Agt., Chi
cago, ILL.,; Evan W.. Hall, Agl. Dew
Agt., Aberdeen, S. d.; j. K. Ford,
Livestock Dew. Agt., Miles City,
Mont; D. B. Noble Agl. Dew. Agt.,
Lewistown, Mont; g. C. Mccormick,
Agl. Dew. Agt., Seattle, Wash; A.
D. Atkins, Col. Agk., Rapid City, S.
OAK; John G. Wagner, Col. Agt.,
Sioux City, Iowa; Martin Himler, Col.
Agt., Columbus, Ohio; A. Roma, Col.
Agt., Chicago, Illinois; Ed O'Conner,
Sacred Heart, Minnesota; H. H. Do
ner, Col. Agt., Faith, South Dakota
F. E. Devlin, Superintendent Coast
Div, Tacoma; r. " Cummings, Div
ision Freight and Passenger Agent,
Seattle; j. R. Ludwick, Travelling
Freight and Passenger Agent, Sc
attic.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28
THINGS YOU MUST TELL
CENSUS ENUMERATORS

When Fred English at White Bluffs
and Mrs. M. r. Slavens at Han
ford, together with a hundred thous-
and other enumerators in the United
States, start on their job of taking
the census next Wednesday, get ready
to unburden your affairs to them.
An exchange, in discussing the CEN
sus matter, passes out the following
information and advice when the EMU
merator calls:
Tell him everything he asks.
If he seems to be putting questions
that are not any of Uncle Sans
business you can make him show
you the specific question on the Of
ficial list, but the chances are that he
won't go off that list
Federal law provides that anyone
who refuses to answer correctly the
swered or answer them to the best of
his knowledge, shall be subject to a
maximum penalty of $500 fine and
go days of Imprisonment. No one has
ever been penalized under this statute
but census takers have often used
the law as threat when answers were
refused
The rest of your conduct, when the
census enumerator calls, is optional.
You can keep him standing in the
doorway or you can invite him into
the parlor and serve ice cream and
cake.
His only job is to ask the stip-
ulated questions and get the ans
wers as best he can. He has no
right to do more.
The enumerators will be around
early in April. The 1880 censuses
Of population, agriculture and en-
ployment will be taken Simultaneous
ly, beginning April 2. These are the
"a questions they will ask in the pop
ulation census, which will cover APP
proximately l22,OO0,000 persons:
l. Relationship to head of fam
lily, including statement as to the
"homemaker" in each family.
O. Whether home is owned or rent
8. Value of home, if owned, or
monthly rental, if rented.
4. Radio set eyes or no.
S. Does this family live on farm?
6. Sex?
7. Color or race.
8 Marital condition.
10. Age at first marriage, if any.
IL. Attended school or college
any time since Sept. /, 1929.
IL. Able to read or write,
10. Place of birth. Estate or coun-
try2
IA. Fathers place of birth. Estate
or country
IS. Mothers place of birth. Estate
or couhtry)
16. Mother-tongue of each foreign
born person.
II. Year Of immigration to the Unit
ed States, If foreign-born.
10. Whether natpralized, If foreign
born.
10. Whether able to speak English
if foreign-born,
TO- Occupation of each gainful work.
err.
2l Industry in which employed.
%. Whether employer, employee, or
working on own account.
%. Whether actually at work.
"a. Whether military or naval
veteran of the United States, and
if so in what expedition or war.
Whoever is at home to answer
these questions must supply the in
formation for everyone living in the
house. In most cases, this will mean
the housewife as the man of the
house probably will be at work when
the census enumerator calls.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28

An ideal spring day greeted the
group of Milwaukee railroad officials
when they visited the Priest Rapids
valley, Wednesday. The party, in
charge of R. W. Reynolds, commits
sioner of the agricultural and devel-
opment departments Of the Milwau-
kee, arrived in the valley in two
special coaches attached to the train
Wednesday morning. They were met
at Vernita by a number of White
Bluffs residents and driven over the
Cold Creek and up-river country and
the territory in this part of the val
ley, where they visited a number of
the farms and talked to the farmers.
At noon they were taken to Han
ford and turned over to those living
in the lower part of the valley, for
the afternoon.
The party were guests of the White
Bluffs Commercial Club at a seven
o'clock dinner in the Commercial Ho-
tel in the evening. w. j.. Kinkaid,
president of the club, expressed to
the visitors the appreciation of the
residents of the valley for the visit
and the announced desire of the Of
ficials to assist in any proper way in
constructive development here. Mr..
Kinkaid then called on D. S. Wilkin-
son and H. j. Upton, who told of
some of the activities of the club for
the community betterment, stressing
road improvement particularly the
Othello road.
At the conclusion of these remarks
Mr.. kinkaid then introduced Mr.. Rey-
olds who, after explaining that the
two departments of which he is head,
were newly created, said that the pur-
pose of the trip was to have the en-
tire personnel of the departments,
not only to become acquainted with
the many people in the western terri
tory served by the Milwaukee, but
also to learn of the many develop
ment problems and to determine first
hand, how the Milwaukee organiza-
ton can be of service in bringing
about logical solution of those prob
lens.
One of the most important OBJ
jectives of his department, he said,
is to help work out with farm or
CARNATIONS, extension service and
any other agencies interested in the
development of the country, sound
programs that will lead toward this
end. The members of the department
making the trip, he continued, found
many counties and communities were
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28
DISCUSSES POWER BILL

Fred ]. Chamberlain of Puyallup,
a member of the executive committee
of the state Grange, discussed the
District Power hill which will appear
as an initiative measure on the ballots
in the general election next November
at the meeting of the White Bluffs
Grange last Thursday evening.
The bill is one that is sponsored by
the Grange and if enacted into law
will permit the manufacture, distribu-
ton and sale of electrical energy by
municipalities organized within the
state, Mr. Chamberlain said. He point
ed out that in itself the law would not
create any indebtedness, neither raise
now lower taxes or condemn pro-
perty but that, being only an enabling
act, it would permit the organization
of power districts in the state by the
residents of such districts for the
manufacture and sale of electricity,
when they felt it would be to their
advantage to do so.
The speaker contended that the
rates charged by the privately owned
power companies were excessive, due
generally to the items included in
their capital investment costs upon
which they based their rates and that
where there was municipal competition
the rates were much lower, and cited
the situation in Tacoma and Seattle,
where both cities have municipal
plants, to prove his point.
He urged all grangers to support
the bill and where possible, to re-
quest others to do likewise.
The number who heard Mr.. Cham
berlain was not large, the comparative
smallness of the crowd being attribut-
ed to lack of sufficient notice. Mr..
Chamberlain was accompanied by U.
S. Case Of Rattlesnake, deputy state
master.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28
SEED CORN TO MINNESOTA

A 30-pound sack of seed corn went
out as parcel post from the local post
office Thursday, addressed to Sacred
Heart, Minnesota. The corn, which
was. grown by Young and Thumm,
was purchased from H. j. Upton by
Ed O'Conner, one of the members
of the Milwaukee railroad official
party that was in the valley Wednes-
day.
F. M. Hill reports the first as
paragus this spring, having found
stalks five inches long Friday, March
81. A. o. Kiser reports he cut enough
asparagus on the George Barta place
in town on Tuesday Of this week
to make a good meal.
The F. D. Edwards family seem
to have had more than their share of
illness this winter, Mr.. Edwards be-
ing the last one to be attacked by the
flu. He was reported quite i'll the
first of the week.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28

Passengers on the incoming train
last Monday morning were Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. H. Cole of the Commercial
hotel, home again after attending the
funeral of their grandson. Harry Wer-
ner, Jr., in Bellingham last week, and
Miss Marion Wheeler, Of Seattle, who
was arriving in White Bluffs for few
weeks visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. NJ Wheeler.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28

F. j. Coleman has traded his or
chard tract northwest of White Bluffs
to H. c. Scovel for some logged off
land near Arlington on the Coast.
Mr.. Scovel is. here now doing the
spring work in the orchard. His fam
lily, in which there are two high school
students, will come over later. H. J..
Coleman, who has been living on the
place for the past few years while
caring for the orchard, is undecided
as to his future plans but will con-
tinue to live on the place for few
weeks vet.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28

Mrs. L. w. Beldin was hostess on
Wednesday afternoon to group of
her friends at an afternoon tea, sew
enteen in all being present. A delicious
lunch of jello salad, sandwiches and
fresh strawberry short cake was SER
we'd during the afternoon, which the
guests spent in pleasant conversation
over their embroidery hoops.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28

Rev. Alex Coffin of Spokane was
in the valley this week and conducted
Episcopal services Thursday evening
at the Presbyterian church. He was
accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Cof-
fin, and while here they were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Taylor at
Sunnybank Ranch.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28

Pneumonia proved fatal to the in
FAINT son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Olson,
who passed away early Saturday
morning at the home of Mrs. Olson's
parents in Prosser where he had been
taken the preceding day for medical
treatment. Interment was made in the
Prosser cemetery.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28
woMAN's CLUB NOTES

Mrs. D. S. Wilkinson was reelected
to head the Woman's club for the
coming year at the March business
meeting of the club Wednesday af-
ternoon. Mrs. F. A. English will again
act at secretary-treasurer, while Mrs.
John McFee was elected vice presi-
dent. Trustees for 19S0-1931 are Mrs,
!, b. G. Lloyd, Mrs III. III Y Smith and
Mrs. A. C. Wade.
1t was announced that arrange
ments have been made to secure wa
ter for the cemetery this year from
the Williams water system. No new
pipe will be necessary and it is es-
timated that only a few hours work
will put the cemetery water system
in order for the season.
The library committee announced
that the list of new books for the Ii
brary had been made out and ordered
and would shortly be put on the
shelves.
Although only small number at
tended the illustrated lecture on land.
scaping the home grounds, by County
Agent E. c. Durdle at Grange hall
Tuesday evening, those who were
present were enthusiastic in their
appreciation.
Mr.. Durdle announced at the meet
ing that he would be glad to help
with individual planting problems
through correspondence or in person
This would include advice as to
shrubs, their location, time of bloom
ing, adaptability to the community
and similar problems.
1T is service that few of us
knew about" said one prominent club
member, "and gives us for the ask
ing, help that it would cost $50 or
SIS to obtain from regular land
scape gardner"
E. ]. O'Larey was in Yakima last
Saturday to attend noon luncheon
and annual business meeting of the
Yakima Valley association of post
masters.
Mrs. E.. M. Remlinger received a
telegram from Portland Wednesday
morning telling the sad news of the
death of her mother, Mrs. ]. M.
French, Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
French was SO years old. She had been
a partial invalid since suffering a
stroke of paralysis six months ago
and her death was not unexpected.
She had visited Mrs. Remlinger in
White Bluffs several times and was
loved by all who knew her.
Mrs. Remlinger was taken to 9th
clio Thursday evening by James Pas
chen, to board the train for Everett,
the old French family home, where
the funeral was to be held.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28

R. H. Upton and Wright Wiehl
have been busy this week with Their
trucks hauling hay from the Bert Lin.
Cell tract to the Berg sheep camp or
the east side of the river.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28

@Miss Edith Long has the honor Of
having shipped the first crate of as
paragus this season. 1t was sent out
by parcel post this, Friday morning.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28

Mrs. Walter Chapel is GONZALES
cling nicely, latest reports say, in st.
Elizabeth's hospital in Yakima where
she was taken two weeks ago suf-
fering from a severe case of pneu-
monia and where for a time her life
hung in the balance.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28

st. Mary's Catholic Church
There will be services in Ct. Mary's
church Sunday, March 80, at II a. m.
Father ]. ]. Callahan, Pastor
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-03-28

Encouraging reports have been
coming from the hospital in Yakima
where Albert Barnes, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Barnes was taken last
Sunday for medical relief from a Sc
we're attack of pneumonia.