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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
D. G.. Rodgers Dies Of
Cancer in Tacoma

D. G.. Rodgers, formerly a resident
of KenneWick and well known to a
number of people in this valley, died
recently at his home in Tacoma, a
victim of cancer which affected his
mouth and the glands in his neck
During his stay in Kennewick Mr.
Rodgers took an active interest in CT
vic affairs and was at one time presi-
dent Of the Chamber of goWnerce
In 1926 he was an unsuccessful scandi-
date for the republican nomination for
treasurer of Benton county Mrs. Rod
gers conducted an exclusive ladies'
shop in KenneWick that was we'll
known throughout the county
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
WYOMING EDITOR VISITS
UNCLE IN WHITE BLUFFS

Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Duntsch of
Riverton, Wyoming, were guests Mon
day at the H. Wendeborn home. Mr.
Duntsch is nephew of Mr.. Wende-
born and is editor of the Riverton Re-
view They were touring the West in
their car and came here Monday from
Spokane They left White Bluffs for
Yakima, intending to drive on to Sc
attic and down the Coast to Portland
During their stay here Mr.. and Mrs
Duntsch were callers at the Spokesman
office and spent pleasant half hour
talking shop" with the local force.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
Find Second Flow
Of Gas in Old Well

All Of the wells in the Rattiesnake
gas field may be two-story affairs,
This was indicated when the North
western Natural Gas company we'll
No. 2 was drilled into second pro-
ducing sand at 1860 feet, according to
a news story published in the Wash
linton Oil World. Drilling in of this
well opens up another producing stra-
tum for the field and will give it
double the reserve estimated to date.
No gauge has been made of the
capacity of the lower stratum pending
casing of the upper flow. This will be
done soon. It is believed by company
officials, however, that the lower stra-
tum will produce as much as the upper
sand, and that the rock pressure will
be greater.
Drilling continued into the sand for
about ten feet when the drill encoun-
tered igneaus intrusion. An attempt
will be made to get by this in antici-
patton of cavity below it.
First sand was picked up in this we'll
at 983 feet. Location of the we'll is
higher than the rest of the producing
wells in this district and is nearest the
area of fracture designated by COM
pany biologists in a recent survey.
The company plans to deepen all
of it's present wells to the second sand
and will probably commence with
Walla Walla No. 2, drilled into pro-
duction years ago. Completion of the
new well makes the fifteenth producer
in the field.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
Rainier Forest Booklets

A new leaflet listing camps and dis
tances along the Naches highway on
the Rainier national forest, has just
been issued by the United States for
est service, Portland, Oregon.
This simple leaflet, intended for the
information and convenience of the
travelling public, shows the location OF
twelve public forest camps on the
Naches highway along the American
River, and includes mileage table;
it also shows location of the roads en-
tering the Rainier national park from
the east and the northeast corner.
It also carries the smokers code, what
good manners in the forest are, and
simple and detailed instructions on
how to put out camp fire so that
it will stay out
Copies of the leaflet are obtainable
from any forest officer along the
Naches highway, from the forest SUI
pervisor's office in Tacoma, or from
the regional office in Portland, Oregon.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
Swede Cords Charged with
Second Degree Arson

Two small buildings owned by Mrs
Mamie Syfford, just across the road
from her orchard property near Han
ford, were destroyed by fire last Fri
day night. Circumstances surround
ing the fires caused Deputy Sheriff
G. I. Wright to make an investigation
and early Sunday morning he placed
Francis (Swede) Cords under arrest.
Sheriff j. K. Mcfarland came over and
took young Cords back to Prosser
where he admitted the setting of the
fires but gave the officers no reason
for his act.
An information charging Cords with
second degree arson was filed Tues
day in the Superior court and he is
being held in the county Jail at Pros
ser. The amount of his bond has
been, set at $1,000.
A few years ago Cords served a term
in the state reformatory at Monroe
for a grand larceny offence
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
$3.50 900 Crop in Ellensburg
District Is Imperiled

An explosion of an unexplained ma
ture in the recently completed tunnel
under the Yakima river near Ellens-
burg the first of the week stopped the
flow of water through the tunnel and
threatened the loss of crops of hay
potatoes and pasture on 10000 acres
valued at $250,000.
Dynamite or an earthquake, recla-
nation officials say, would be neces-
sary to wreck the tunnel, which had
been used but few months and had
been rigidly inspected.
Draining of the tunnel was begun
at once but it was not expected this
would be completed before Wednes-
day night when an investigation was
to be made. Permanent repairs can
not be finished before the end of the
irrigation season.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
MAN ARRESTED FOR STEALING
LUMBER NEAR BLACK ROCK

Charged with hauling away from the
Black Rock district, in the vicinity of
the halfway house on the White
Bluffs Yakima road, large parts of
houses and barns, for the alleged pur-
pose of utilizing them in building
apartment houses on his Yakima city
property, G.. A. Weaver, owner of con-
siderable Yakima realty was arrested
Monday in that city and released on
his own recognizance. The warrant
charged grand larceny. Macintosh
and Douglas sheepmen, were COM
planning witnesses and have identified
part of the lumber involved.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
Yakima Dealer
Optimistic Over
The Apple Deal
L. E. SAMPSON REPORTS EASTERN
JOBBERs WITHHOLD BUYING
UNTIL LATER

Upon his return from the conven-
ton of the International Apple as
ISOLATION, held at West Baden. In
diana, E. E. Samson of Yakima, re-
firing president of the association,
gave out the following interview to
The Yakima Herald:
| There was no trading at the con-
vention, as the jobbers were not ready
to buy They want to get in right this
year, as they lost money year ago.
They will buy as usual when the time
comes
I'm Chicago found lots of Cali
| fornia Bartlett pears and pluns on the
market The trade is not ready for our
pears and will give the California fruit
the preference as long as it lasts
which will be for week or more AS
the Medford crop is short and the New
York crop is light, we should have
some play on our pears in the late
deal
There has been little speculation
in Yakima Bartlett pears. However
met an eastern dealer who has
bought block of our fruit, but gen.
orally the trade is not buying freely
as yet.
"The apple deal is going slow. Some
have bought few apples, while 9TH
ers none, but l found optimism con-
corning the deal
"A good feeling existed among the
trade in Minneapolis, as the dealers
working on a small margin have made
a little money. In Chicago the mar
ket was oversupplied with Illinois
peaches, so they are being sold at a
low price. Illinois Wealthy apples
were sold as cookers at 60 to rs cents
a bushel basket
1.-The only new crop fruit stand
apples were California Gravensteins.
Some 1880 crop Delicious and Romes
from the Yakima valley were on the
fruit stands. The Delicious were COM
ing out of cold storage in good condi-
ton, but this late in the season they
do not stand up long.
Bartlett pears we're sold on the
street. but no apples They will be
sold as soon as available
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
UNDERHILLS LAND IN
ENGLAND AUGUST

Letters received this week by White
Bluffs friends from Mr.. and Mrs. w.
M Underhill, who sailed June 25 from
San Francisco on a freighter bound
for Europe, say that they landed at
King Georges dock in London, Eng
land, Sunday, August 2. They were
visiting the points of interest in Lon
don under the guidance of Mr.. A. E.
Smith, whom they had met at the
time he was a guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Taylor at Sunnybank Ranch
about a year ago. They had also
called at the homes of Mr.. and Mrs.
Taylor's parents in London to deliver
messages sent from America.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hartvedt of
Touchet, were callers at the Spokes-
man office Wednesday morning. Mr..
Hartvedt, who has been associated
for many years with irrigation dis
tricts of the state, and who is at pres
ent manager of the Touchet Irrigation
district, stated that the White Bluffs
district looked very good. He said that
in his opinoin, this valley has a great
future.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
White Bluffs Grange
To Resume Meetings

After two months vacation during
July and August, the White Bluffs
Grange will resume it's regular twice
amonth meetings on Thursday even
ing, September g. and Master Sam
Allard has asked the Spokesman to
urge all members, whether or not they
are in good standing, to attend this
meeting as he has an important mes
sage for them
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
al CLUBS CONTINUE TO BE BUSY

The Little Girls Sewing Club met
at Mabel Spears home Saturday Au-
gust 18th. Fourteen girls were pres
ent. Some worked on stockings, others
worked on potholders.
Refreshments of ice cream and
cookies were served.
The next meeting will be held at
Vanice Hemker's home, Saturday,
August 18th.
ELSIE TAYLOR,
Corresponding Secretary
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
Legion Smoker Has Been
Postponed til Next Month

Due to difficulties in lining up a sat-
isfactory card, the smoker which the
members of John Lindblad Post had
planned to stage the latter part of
August, has been postponed and will
pot be given until some time in Sep
TENDER, probably about the middle OF
the month, according to an announce
ment made by H. NJ Morford, COM
mander of the Post.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
$4,000 TO ADVERTISE PEARS

The sum of $4,000 is to be expended
this year in advertising of winter pears
by the Pacific Pear Growers council
B. A. Perham told the Yakima Valley
Traffic and Credit association. Mr.
Perham, who attended the pear coun-
Gil in Portland, Friday said that 2188
cars of Washington and Oregon pears
were signed for the campaign.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
REV. T. j. GRAY TO CONDUCT
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES HERE

Rev. and Mrs. T. j. Gray of Pitts
burgh, Pennsylvania, who had charge
OF the work in this field in 1929,
are making tour through the West
and will visit here over the weekend.
Rev. Gray will preach Sunday, Aug
ust 30, at II a. M, at the Presbyter-
ian church. Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend this service.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
EPISCOPAL SERVICES SEPT. :

Archdeacon Alex Coffin of Spokane
will conduct Episcopal services at the
Presbyterian church, Thursday, Sep
TENDER 3, at p. m. Everyone is cor
daily invited to attend.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27

The Breakfast Club met at the
home of Pauline Leander last Thurs
day, each member bringing something
cooked for the other members and
leader to sample. The next meeting
will be held at Mrs. McFee"s home,
Saturday, September 5th.
PEGGY BROUGHTON,
Corresponding Secretary
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27

Othello were in White Bluffs few
days last week on business.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
TEMPERATURES OF PAST WEEK

The temperatures for the past week,
as shown by the readings Of the gov
eminent thermometer at Hanford,
we're.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
MANc,ENT GATEWAY IN THE New Woplp
BY JAMES w. BROOKS

We amqaed snto HE right and the modem haffc sig
nal 10 HE left do not mean that travellers are warned away
from St Augustine Florida. # is simply HE Old cAys way Of
saying that within her ancient gate Hngs Old and new are
Delightfully."- mixed through This historic entrance many naughty
5panlard node until Uncle Sam grew weary Of Ac booted
! and elankng dress parade and pvt STOP TO t.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
Eve Doctors Run
Afoul of Law

An Associated Press Dispatch with
a Waila Waila date line, August 49,,
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Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12

and tail in between his two shells
the turtle looked like a stone. And
Baby Bunty had said she would
throw this funny stone" at the Bob
Cat if he didn't leave Uncle Wig
gily alone.
Then the Bob Cat had said
Pooh, who's afraid Of stone, p"
and he turned his back on the tur-
tie and just then the turtle stuck
his head out of his shell and what
did he do?
Well, I think you can guess. Yes,
indeed, the turtle opened his mouth,
which was something like a par
rots beak. and the turtle reached
up and caught hold Of the silly little
tail of the Bob Cat and he bit and
pinched and pinched and bit. l
mean the turtle pinched the Bob
Cats tail very, very hard.
"Wouch! Owi Wool" howled the
Bob at. what is pinching my
tail?"
That's the stone 1 said l was
going to throw at you if you didn't
leave Uncle Wiggily alone" said
Baby Bunty. "Ha! Hal"
But a stone can't pinch my tall"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
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IMPERIAL VALLEY
PRESS. INC.
ELIMINATE THE ROAD TAX
w. c. COSTELLO
Manager

Something which merits serious con-
sideration by the board of supervisors,
and which we believe should be adopted,
is the plan suggested by the farm bureau
directors, to eliminate the 40 cents road
tax on the county tax rate, and let the
road districts operate on the money OBJ
tanned from the state gasoline tax.
This will unquestionably meet with
considerable opposition, but we believe
the main opposition will come from the
supervisors themselves. Certainly no
taxpayer is going to object to having 40
cents Topped off the tax rate.
And we do not believe the opposition
of the supervisors will be we'll founded.
1t will be based more on the political
than the economic angle.
Based on the county valuation, the
amount of the 40 cents road tax for the
fiscal year ending June 80, is S122, ,559.64.
Of this the county can figure on collect
ing about 85 per cent or S1O4, 175. Some
of the other 15 per cent will be obtained
but we are willing to figure on the 85
per cent basis.
During the same period the county has
received from the gasoline tax, S1S9,3O2-
H. This added to the 85 per cent of the
40 cents tax gives total of S293, AIT for
road work, and we doubt if even super
visor can show where the roads of I'M
perial county are improved that much in
a year.
There is every reason to believe that
the amount received from the gasoline
tax will increase, rather than decrease.
The tax on gasoline is the same whether
it is selling for 10 cents a gallon or "a
cents. The number of cars in use in the
county is constantly increasing. The use
of each car is also increasing with the
low price for gasoline prevailing in many
parts of the state.
We are informed that the receipt of
the gasoline tax money is uncertain
That it comes at infrequent times, the
amount quoted above having been re-
ceived in seven installments. This is no
great obstacle to overcome. The money
is certain to be received and the road
program can be adjusted accordingly.
An economical and businesslike oper-
alton of the county road funds would en-
able the various districts to get by on the
close to $4,000 they will get from the
gasoline tax. -.
The amount certainly would be suffl-
cient if the roads were all under one head
instead of having five different nigh
way departments in the county.
This is another illustration of the need
for improvement in our county govern
ment as proposed by sponsors OF coun-
ty charter Under this plan the ROADS
WOULD be all under one head, and we
venture the opinion that unified road
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
NEW BOOKS AT
CITY LIBRARY
Fiction

1.-THE Jade Green Cats, by Elc-
amor A. Blake; mystery story.
The Long Loop, by B. M. Bow
er; a tale of oil swindles and cattle
rustling.
"Falkner of the Inland Seas, by
James Oliver Curwood; tales of the
sailors and ships that did business
on the Great Lakes.
"The Death Pool, by Vernon
Loder; detective story.
THE Lion Took Fright, by Louis
Wilkinson; a novel written in the
ultra modern style.
Proclaim and Clay, by Helen
r. Martin: q lively story of
Pennsylvania Dutch girl who mar
ries into an ultra aristocratic fam
lily.
Non-Fiction
After Two Thousand Years" by
G.. Loves Dickinson.
"Doubloons, the Story of Buried
Treasure, by Charles Driscoll.
"Crucibles; Lives and Achieve
ments OF the Great Chemists" by
Bernard Jaffe.
THE Enduring Quest, by II. A.
Overstreet.
Care and Repair of the Home,
by Vincent Phelan.
My Experience in the World
war by John j. Pershing.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD L. GARRIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
GOLDFISH

Uncle Wiggily, Baby Bunty and
all the other forty sixteen little rab-
bit boys and girls stood on the bank
of the Duck Pond looking at the
Bob Cat. And the Bob Cat was
looking at Uncle Wiggily and max
ing his silly little tail jiggle.
I mean the Bob Cat was juggling
his own silly little tail. Not but
that Uncle Wiggily's tail wasn't also
small. All rabbit tails are small.
But Uncle Wiggily's tad wasn't silly.
"Poohl' saIa the Bob Cat again.
who's afraid of a stone?"
You remember. in the story be-
fore this, I told you how Uncle
Wiggily was going to try and catch
some goldfish in a net so his wife
could have them for pets when he
was away adyenturing. A jolly old
mud turtle who had told Uncle Wig
gily how to catch goldfish was there
also, but by pulling his head, legs
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Files Suit To
Regain Property

Robert E. Baker yesterday after
noon filed a damage suit against
his former wife, Ruby lone Baker,
charged she failed to keep prop
erty settlement agreement and car
ried off several pieces Of his furn-
iture.
BY The agreement the former
wife, assumed a $4,000 promissory
note executed by Baker, he charged,
and failed to pay it, He asked
Judgment for $4,000 on the note,
interest on S2410.19 from October
30. 1890, and damages of SIPS for
the furniture said to have been
carried off by Mrs. Baker.
BY the property settlement Mrs.
Baker took q piano, davenport and
a large rocking chair, asserted the
complaint, and assumed RESPONSE
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12

mewed the Bob Cat. "Impossiblel"
Then he danced around and
locked over his shoulder and when
he saw the jolly old turtle hanging
on his tail, with his head and legs
now sticking out between the two
hard shells, why, that Bob Cat was
so surprised that he gave a loud
howl and away he ran as fast as
he could run, with the turtle hang
ing dingling, dangling down from
his silly little tail like a pendulum
on a clock
well said Uncle Wiggily, twin
king his pink nose, Il think we
have seen the last Of that Bob Cat
for today"
But what about the poor turtle?"
asked Bunty. He was very kind. -
Indeed he was" said Uncle
Wiggily. But have no fear about
the jolly old turtle gentleman"
So Baby Bunty and the others
had no fear. For we'll they knew
that when the turtle wanted to let
go the Bob Cats tail he could Go
SO and by drawing his head, legs
and tail in between his shells the
turtle would be like a hard stone
and no one could harm him.
My" said Uncle Wiggily, as the
Bob Cat ran down the road in a
cloud of dust. II have had some
jolly adventures today"
But you haven't caught any gold
fish for mother. have you?" asked
Jingle, who with her twin sister,
Jangle, was playing peekaboo with
the mosquito net on long handled
pole which Uncle Wiggily had
brought to the Duck Pond.
mo" answered the rabbit gen.
tleman. II haven't, but I must. For
promised my wife and Nurse Jane
that I would bring them some of
the jolly little splashing ceratures.
Now, Jingle and Jangle, if you will
give me my net, and fill the tin
pail with water so 1 may put in it
any fish 1 catch, I'll try my luck
again"
Jingle and Jangle stopped playing
peekaboo and gave the long-han-
died net to their father Uncle
Wiggily stood on the bank of the
pond, leaned far, far over to scoop
out some goldfish and then, all Of
q sudden, his feet slipped, his pink
nose twinkled very fast and there
was big, loud splash in the water.
"Oh, what happened?" cried jim
gle, who was nibbling some clover.
Il think Pa fell in" said Jangle,
who was picking dandelion flowers.
Eyes, he did Oh, Unkie Wig
made a big splash just as 1 did"
cried Baby Bunty and all the rab-
bit children cried and jumped up
and down and Mr.. Longears floun-
dered about in the water, and he
might have been drowned except
for what happened.
All of a sudden all the goldfish
in the pond swan toward Uncle
Wiggily and, by putting their fins
together, they made a sort of raft
and lifted him out Of the water so
he could jump back on dry land,
and he was saved But he was very
wet. However, he didn't mind that.
Then he thanked the goldfish
and told them he wanted a few for
pets for his wife and half a dozen
of the most golden jumped in the
pail of water and the bunny took
them home with him
SO everything happened for the
best, and If the dogwood tree will
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12

bility for the note. Baker was to
keep other furniture
Later, without his knowledge or
consent. she entered his house and
carried away an iron bed and mat
tress, large electric fan. a bureau
and chair to match, a typewriter.
a small door rug. two dining room
chairs and dishes. knives, forks and
spoons, said the complaint.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12

of reducing a budget for next year
of more than 100000 by $4,000.
Many drastic steps were taken
which resulted in saving OF be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. There
seemed no way out except to short
en- the school year sufficiently to
save the money.
It was then the teachers came
forward with a proposal to accept
per cent salary reduction which
totals s35 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
EIGHT-PAWED CATS BORN

OLD FORGE, Pa. U.P)-An eight
paved cat recently presented its
owner, Terry Rensa. with a litter
of eight-pawed kittens. The mother
cat and the two kittens which sur
vived are creating much attention.
Rensa said that there had been
eight-pawed kittens before but none
lived.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Phoenix Teachers
Accept Pay Cut

PHOENIX, Ariz.. June II. (uR)-
Scholastic standards of Phoenix
grammar schools will remain on
the same high plane as in the past
because the $50 principals and
teachers voluntarily agreed TO ac-
cept a per cent salary reduction.
The action of the teachers end
ed a period of worry for the school
board. which feared the necessity
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
lp1perial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
June II. 1911

Harold Bell Wright's publishers
inform him that his latest book.
THE Winning of Barbara Worth"
will excel all previous records for
first editions of American novels.
The edition now issuing from the
press will be 175,000 copies.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Issued Daily, Except
Sundays. Entered at the
Post Office, FL Centre,
Calif., as Second-Clas
Matter.

department could give the county more
good roads work on 100000 than we
are now getting from the 100000 plus
another 100000 derived from the 40
cents tax.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12

stop barking at the dandelion when
it is drinking milk out Of the but
tercup, I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wigpily and the clothes cat.