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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
MOTORISTS MUST CARRY
ASH TRAYS IN CAR

"Have you an ash tray in your
carp"
This is a question state and coun-
ty traffic officers will ask of mo-
florists when they stop cars in the
forest or grain areas from now on.
A state law adopted at the recent
legislature provides that each COM
partment of every automobile en-
tering forest, brush, range or grain
areas must be equipped with con-
tainer for the disposition of lighted
tobacco, cigarets, matches or fire
crackers"
This law is no respecter OF per-
sons. 1t applies as much to the
anti smoking crusader as to the
man who is seldom seen without
cigaret between his lips. The
leader of the w. G. T. U. may not
neglect her ash tray any more than
the bootlegger may overlook his.
State highway patrolmen nave
been instructed to check on cars
entering areas where the fire haz-
ard is great to see that they are
properly equipped with ash recep-
tacles. The law provides that two
seated car must have two contain
ers. One is not enough.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
Oiling Of Road May
Start Next Week

The Diesel Oil company which con-
Germ has the contract for oiling the
White Bluffs Hanford road, is still
busy on the Kennewick- Umatilla high
way and the foreman in charge says
that he does not expect to finish that
Job for another week.
Crews have been busy, however, on
the White Bluffs Hanford road doing
all of the preliminary work and get
ting it in shape for the oiling. This
consists of floating and leveling and
hauling in surface gravel where nee
essary.
Between three-quarters of a mile
and mile is the average distance
covered day in oiling. This would
mean that between ten days and two
weeks would be required to complete
the approximately nine miles of this
road The contract calls for the job
being finished by September l.
On the three blocks on Federal Az
enue in White Bluffs, from the White
Bluffs Trading company to the Bank
corner the oiling will be 81 feet wide
while on the balance of the road it
will be 18 feet wide except in Hanford
where it will also be 81 feet wide.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
TRY A WANT AD-IT
BRINGS HOME THE BACON

| In scanning the papers, one is Oft
en- astounded at the power of adj
vertising. A case in point is report
ed from Virginia. A farmer there
inserted the following want ad in
his local paper: Wanted, a bull,
or words to that effect.
| The morning after the ad ap-
peared the advertiser was surprised
to see a well-built bovine, just the
type he wanted come walking into
his barn yard minus driver, minus
leader and entirely unheralded.
Strangely enough the owner of
the bull found the newspaper in
his barn yard the next evening
with the classified section entirely
chewed to pieces, 1t having evident
ly been devoured by the bull before
his expedition to the port of need.
Almost as striking an example oc-
Cured right here in White Bluffs.
A week or two ago Earl Soden in
serted an ad in the Spokesman tell
ing of the straying of two pigs from
his place The paper containing the
ad was printed Thursday evening
and by Saturday morning both pigs
we're home. 1t is true that each re-
quired a guide, but this is attributed
to their age, they being only six
weeks old.
Virginia may have it on Washing
ton in intelligent bulls but when it
comes to literary pigs the others
will have to step some to pass this
state.
MORAL-It's no bull" when we
say that our want ads work like
magic.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
congressman Not to Visit
Basin Project Now

The members of the congressional
subcommittee on appropriations tour
in the west and Alaska, who left Sc
attic last Saturday evening on scenic
excursion to Alaska announced that
they would return to Washington, d.
G. without inspecting the Columbia
Basin project.
This decision was disappointment
to the basin boosters, who had hoped
to have the subcommittee drive over
the project while in the west at this
time and were making rather elaborate
preparations for their entertainment.
There are about eighty in the par
ity, and according to one of the itin-
eraries worked out they were to have
left Yakima August 8, in two large
buses, driving through to White
Bluffs and from here on to Pasco
where they would enter the lower end
of the basin project. Plans were al
ready being made at White Bluffs to
prepare treat of peaches, water
melons and other seasonable fruits for
the visitors in the event they stopped
here
The basin boosters have not given
up hope of being able to persuade the
subcommittee to change its mind
about visiting the project when it re-
turns from Alaska, August 6.
Congressman John w. Summers said
he believed misunderstanding, due
to unfamiliarity with Washington
geography, had brought about the
committees determination not to Wis
it the project at this time. He said
the committee had not planned to
visit the basin originally when the
western tour was mapped out but had
been induced to devote one afternoon
to the project.
This committee has nothing to do
with initia ting reclamation pro-
jects,' Mr.. Summers continued. "The
trip was planned primarily to visit In
dian reservations, national parks and
going reclamation projects"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
Annual Hot Spell
Is With Us Again

With the rest Of the state, the Priest
Rapids valley has been enjoying" the
annual heat wave that has encom-
passed the Northwest the past week.
While we did not touch the high points
in the temperature reached by some
of the other places Old Sol has done
right smart by us with maximum
temperature of over 80 for seven
straight days.
The peak was reached Monday when
the thermometer scared to 10. This
was not record in the state, how
ever, as Riparia reported tempera-
ture of lis and a number of other
places more than the peak here. It
was 1865 at Spoakne, 103 at Yakima,
los at Sunnyside and 1O6 at Wapato.
The government thermometer at
Hanford showed the following read
ings for the week:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
ACCUSED THIEVES TURNED
OVER TO ADAMS COUNTY

Charles Powell, Benton county pros
ecuting attorney, was an official Wis
itor in this part of the county We'd
nesday. Mr.. Powell said that the two
men arrested for stealing the sprayer
parts from L. T. Brooks last week, gave
their names as Ray Julian and George
Smith
Julian, whose car license showed his
home to be in Wenatchee, said he lived
in Tacoma. He admitted the theft OF
the sprayer parts. Smith, however, re-
fused to make any such admission.
Julian also admitted to the Benton
county authorities that he had been
an inmate of the penitentiary at
Walla Walla, having recently been re-
leased from that institution on parole
after serving time on a burglary
charge.
The two men were turned over tc
the authorities at Ritzvil1e as Adams
county had burglary charge against
them, which is much more serious
offense than could be charged in this
county and in addition, the prosecu-
ton there would save such expense tc
Benton county taxpayers, Mr.. Powell
said, adding that If Adams county
failed to convict the men could still
be tried for the offense committed in
this county.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
White Bluffs Listed
In Airport Booklet

In the 1881 booklet on landing fields
in the Pacific Northwest, issued by
the Standard Oil company for licensed
pilots and officials of airports, every
landing field in the states of Arizona,
California, Idaho, New Mexico. New
ada, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wash
ington is listed The fields are ar
ranged alphabetically in the booklet
with descriptive and pertinent infor-
nation of interest to aviators and
Others.
The White Bluffs field is listed as
Municipal" with the Comemrcial Club
as operator. The size is given as 1865
by 500 feet. The elevation is 40 feet.
1t also gives the distance from Han
ford and the Columbia river and calls
attention to the white bluffs along
the north and east side of the river.
Under the heading of facilities are
listed repairs, telephone, weather re-
ports, gasoline, oil and water.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
Apple Crop
To Be Large
Says Forecast
is LIGHTER BUT
SOUTHEASTERN STATES
SHOW INCREASE

If the harvest sustains the govern
ment's July forecast, the 1881 apple
crop will be the largest produced in
the United States since the record one
of 1926. The forecast is for 211 5000
bushels which figures 129 per cent of
the 1890 crop and 12l per cent of the
five year average.
In the Northwest, production is fore
cast at 53,1O3,00O bushels. which is SO
per cent of last year and IS per cent
of the average of the preceding five
years.
The commercial crop in the United
States is placed at $685. 900 barrels
compared with 33,722O00 barrels last
year. New York, New Jersey and the
New England states show q reduction,
while Virginia West Virginia, Mary
show large increases. The crop in the
northwest promises to be smaller than
last year.
The production in Virginia and West
Virginia will be three times greater
than last year, and Maryland and Ar
kansas will have crops twice as large
Illinois will have double the production
of year ago.
In 1880 Washington harvested H.
900 barrels, while the forecast for
this year is for 8,52O,OOO barrels.
The forecast for pears in the nation
is 24,4O6,OOO bushels as compared to
27,577,OO0 in 1880 and 22,l23O00 for
the five year average. Washington
promises a crop of 100000 bushels
as against 100000 in 1880 and g.
$4,000 average for the last five years.
The peach crop promises to be ex-
ceptionally large with forecast of
77,963,000 bushels as compared to ST.
$4,000 last year and the five year
average of 552l0000 bushels. Washing
ton kept pace with the other peach
| growing states in this increase with
crop forecast l,065.000 bushels against
F150,000 bushels in 1880 and the five
year average of 10l2,0O0 bushels.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
REPORTS PROGRESS IN BETTER
USE OF IRRIGATION WATER

To apply the present irrigation water
supply efficiently and accurately, ra-
ther than to increase the quantity, is
a leading trend in irrigation, r. L..
Parshall, of the Bureau of Agricultural
Engineering, U. S. department of agri
culture, told members of the Western
Irrigation and Drainage Research as
ISOLATION at Tucson, Ariz. at their
fourth biennial meeting, held this
month.
More accurate measurement of wa
ter used and progress in developing
methods to handle sand and silt &C
foundations were mentioned by Mr..
Parshall as recent developments in
more efficient utilization of the water
supply as
! He also advocates pumping supple
mental water from wells where posi-
BILE. 1t is possible to increase the use
fulness of the present water supply
by Is per cent, he declared. Although
present conditions discourage any ex-
pensive water storage construction, the
possibility of building channel res
ervoir in the Arkansas river east Of
Las Aninas in Colorado has been
considered recently, he said.
A new measuring device or flume
developed by Mr.. Parshall makes it
possible to measure much more ac-
curately than has been practical in
the past, the amount of water flowing
in the bitches. Mr.. Parshall said that
possibly rs per cent of the irrigation
water in Colorado is either improperly
measured or is merely estimated by
| the ditch riders. With the introduction
of the new measuring flume, chiefly
in the small bitches going to indi-
vidual farms, an accurate check on
the quantity of water used is possible.
This helps to prevent friction among
competing companies distributing ir-
rigation water, as it lessons the OPP
portunity for disputes.
A new type of sand trap which has
been found to work satisfactorily on
a laboratory scale promises to lessen
the deposit of sand and silt in canals
a problem which has perplexed en-
gineerS since irrigation began.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
RAFT OF 20 CORDS OF WOOD
MYsTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS

Mystery surrounds the disappearance
of a raft of about 20 cords of river
wood owned by D. o. Walker and his
son Gilbert and Donald Wheeler. Mr..
Walker and the two boys had gathered
the wood from along the banks of
the river near Priest Rapids. They
were floating it down stream and when
they reached the Mrs. 1. B. Burns
place it was getting dark and they
decided to tie the raft to the bank
for the night. When they went back
next morning it was gone, and al
though they patroled the river as far
as Finley in a launch they could find
no trace of it,, nor have they been
able to find any one along the river
who has seen it, &c
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23

Manson Benedict is spending the
summer at the F.. M. Wheeler home
Mr. Benedict's home is in the east
but while taking postgraduate
course in Northwestern University,
in Chicago last winter, he became
acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. George
Wheeler, whose ardent description of
the irrigated west filled Mr.. Benedict
with desire to see these beauties and
wonders for himself.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23

At six o'clock Wednesday evening
of last week as L. T. Brooks and son
Lester were returning home with their
sprayer after being up at Mr.. Hens
ley's working, they noticed two men IN
Ford coupe in the yard at the brick
schooT mouse. = OF course not suspecting
anything they went on home and new
er thought anything about them.
The next morning as they were pre-
pairing for another days work they
noticed the spray guns gone and look
ing around they also found the carbur-
etor missing as well as big pipe
wrench. These two men came to their
minds the first thing and their tracks
showed where they had come down
from the school house and returned.
Irvie Wright was notified at once,
also all the deputies and the sheriff
of Benton county. At noon telephone
call came from Prosser that the men
had been caught and NET. and Mrs.
Brooks and Lester left immediately to
identify the stolen goods. They iden-
titled everything, but the parts were
total wreck
The spray guns had been sawed up
in lengths about two inches long SO
they. could be disposed of as junk.
In looking over everything and picking
out things that belonged to his dad,
Lester noticed switch that he iden-
titled as the one off Joe Grells air.
plane. He also identified bunch of
brass strips and other things that had
come off the plane. Joe estimates 1t
will cost him about 500 to repair
his plane.
The men had been at Wenatchee
and had come on through Othello and
apparently picked up everything as
they went along till they had their
coupe so filled with presumably stolen
goods that it looked like it would be
hard to put it all on big truck. In
cluded in the stuff were several car
tons of cigarettes, few pounds OF
chewing tobacco, new hat that was
too small for either of them, and
Bible. When asked at the court house
if they ever read it the answer was
sometimes" When asked if they ever
practised it, there was no answer.
A spare tire as well as the gas
in the tank of the Lutz car were miss
| ing the next morning and it is pre-
| sumed these men took them on their
way through Hanford toward Kenne-
wick in the night.
One of the men gave his name as
Smith and he had papers to show that
he had sixteen-year Jail sentence
hanging over him and was out on
parole.
The men have been turned over to
the Ritzville authorities as Adams
county has more serious charge
against them than could be filed in
this county.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23

The Misses Barbara and Jane Han
ford, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Lau-
ron NJ Hanford, of Seattle, arrived
Sunday to spend few weeks visiting
with the Edmund Anderson family at
the Hanford ranch.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23

j. j. Kashier was slightly injured
last Saturday when the team he was
driving hauling out tree props on the
Nichols place, became frightened and
ran away This is the same team that
ran away few weeks ago with the
late Robert Nichols, causing injuries
from which he died few hours later.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23

Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Humphrey and
son Raymond returned last Friday
evening from the coast where they
had been picking berries and visiting
for the last two weeks. They report
a very pleasant trip.
~, \ ts" ,,s ~
Mr.. and Mrs Sommers Smith and
baby Dennis drove down from Wen
atchee Saturday evening bringing with
them Mrs c. H. Snyder and daughter
Grayce who have spent few weeks
visiting at the Smith home. Mr. and
Mrs Smith returned to Wenatchee the
following day.
Otis Smith came down from Wen
atchee the last of the week and re-
turned Sunday, taking his family back
with him. Frances Metcalf and her
sister, Mrs. Keith Brooks, will stay
in the Smith house while they are
in Wenatchee. At present Keith Brooks
is working for Paul Bruggemann but
in few days expects to leave for
Ephrata where he will work for Elmer
Luddington during the wheat harvest.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Lehman and small
daughter Patsy drove over from Sc
attic Thursday and were the guests
of Mrs. Lehmann's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Lawrence Shields for few days.
They returned to Seattle Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Shields were
shoppers. in Yakima Monday.
Joe Grell and Charley Snyder re-
turned last Wednesday from the coast,
where they had been visiting at the
home of Joe's sister, Mrs. Walter
Gwin Joe brought back a truck that
is to be used on the ranch this year.
Mrs Robert Mcdonnell and two
daughters and Mrs. Frank Biart and
daughter Frances, were dinner guests
nesday. In the afternoon they were
all entertained at Cne nome OF MISS
Anna r. Knaub. Ice cream and cake
were served
Jean Griner and Frances Biart we're
weekend house guests at the home
of Miss Helen Wheeler of White
Bluffs.
Miss Erma Hazen of Yakima is Wis
iting at the home of her sister, Mrs
A.. H. Meyer.
Little Miss Alice Urquhart of the
Ballygreen Farm spent few days this
week visiting her two aunts, Miss
Erna Hazensof Yakima and Mrs. A..
H. Meyer,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23

Reports have reached White Bluffs
friends of Mrs. Wesley H. Jones edna
Johnson) that she has recently suf-
fered the amputation of an arm as
the result of an auto crash The ac-
cident is said to have happened in
California while Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
were on vacation trip, according to
L. w. Beldin, who talked with Blaine
johnson in Wenatchee last week
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23

Friends of Donald Wheeler, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Wheeler, are re-
joicing with him over the winning of
a scholarship at Reed College, Port
land, Oregon, through high scholastic
standing during his four years of high
school work. Donald graduated from a
Seattle high school this spring. The
scholarship has money value of $2lo.
Donald will enter Reed this fall.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
VI HAVEN From AGES PAST
: By JAMESsW. BROOKS

Vhe work Of devoted hands in ages past, San Xeviec
Mosionnear Tocoon, Arizona will moi &i 10 bring HE
traveller 10 avll SOP in reyeen ave for HE spirit Of SIC
rfne shown BY HE padres ID HE erection Of This still beau
tfoI mission It was founded almost ahundod years bc6e
HE Declaration Of Independence was signed al Philadelphia
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23

On the same dates year ago it
was, Hanford 489; White Bluffs 304.
N. p. ANGLIN,
Dep. Hort. Inspector
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
THE WEEKS MOTH CATCH

The moth catch for the week, July
Is to July 81 inclusive, was:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
Next Monday
IS Set For
. Cleanup Day
COMMERCIAL CLUB URGES I'M
PROvEMENT IN TOWNS
APPEARANCE

The White Bluffs Commercial club
met Tuesday evening, July 81, at the
P. p. & L. office to discuss items of
interest to the community.
It was decided that a general clean
up day should be held, and Monday
was designated as the day when all
citizens of the town should clean up
their yards and dispose of all I'M
slightly refuse. During the discussion
on the need for cleanup, it was
brought to the attention of the club
that some of the trees in the town
are drying up for lack of water. Since
shade trees add great deal to the
beauty of the country, and give new
Corners better opinion of the valley,
the club expressed the wish that all
people water their trees and shrubs
and see that they have the proper
care
The aviation committee announced
that the signs which had been placed
around the airport seemed to do little
good, as people persisted in driving
across the field in their cars. Due to
the fact that White Bluffs has re-
ceived considerable publicity on the
strength of it's landing field, the club
feels that the people of the valley
should take some pride in it and keep
it in as good shape as possible.
The following committees were ap-
pointed by F. A. English, who has
filled the office of president since
the death of G. H. Kingman this
spring:
Entertainment Committee
Dr. E. F. Newton
Fred Gilhuly
Harold Stowe
Paul Schicka
Harry Foltz
G. T. Wright
Fire Department COMMITTEE
Edmund Anderson n
j. M. Shinn
Kenneth House
Harry Keller
j. H. Cole
Road Committee
D. S. Wilkinson
William Schwisow
f. A. English
H. j. Upton
Aviation Committee
Fred Gilhuly
George Chase
r. E. Gibbins
William Kirby
Advertising Committee
E. j. O'Larey
r. S. Reierson
w. j. Kincaid
r. r. Woods
Harry Paschen
Advisory Board of Junior College at
Yakima
John McFee
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
In-B=Tween Neighborhood News
BIZ Mrs. A. r. LMddinqton

MIR. and Mrs Ralph Humphrey and
son Raymond returned last Friday
evening from the coast where they
had been picking berries and visiting
for the last two weeks. They report
a very pleasant trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-28
Gandhi Goes to London.

Mahatma Gandhi is going TO the Lon
don Round Table Conference on India.
after all After vehement renuncia-
ton Of that plan and abandonment of
mis- sailing ar angements. the demi-god
OF the Indian Nationalist, obeying the
dictate Of what he calls his Inner
voice" takes ship at Bombay tomor-
row The conference which In Octo-
Der will essay the herculean task OF
pacifying India Is. therefore, not TO be
deprived Of the presence OF the one
upon whom its success largely. If not
mainly. depends. An Indian round
table without Gandhi would be as abb
surdly incomplete as Hamlet without
the melancholy Dane.
The Nationalist leader suddenly
served notice Of his non-appeasance at
London in consequence Of Viceroy Lord
willingdon's refusal to name an arbi-
traticn board. which was TO inquire into
alleged breaches Of the Delhi arnistice
by the British authorities. As . ges-
turc Of Cancellation. which appears to