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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
"a Cent Dinner Served Pres.
Hoover by Wash. Girl Scouts
(Fron County Agent Hart)

fFTOn County Agent ftart)
The President and Mrs. Hoover
recently ate a low-cost dinner pre-
pared according to the family
food guide and the recommends
tons of the bureau of home &C.
onomics, U. s. department Of ag-
riculture and the Presidents EN-
Urgency committee for employ
ment. The occasion was the open
ing of the celebration of Better
Homes Week in America during
which Gir1 Scouts demonstrated
their skill in homemaking by pro-
viding a noon-time dinner costing
less than "a cents per person for
the President and Mrs. Hoover
and six outstanding figures In nat
ional life who had been invited to
share the simple dinner cooked
and served by six Girl Scouts at
the National Girl Scouts Little
House in Washington.
Those who were invited TO share
the simple dinner with President
and Mira. Hoover we're Secretary
OF Agriculture Arthur ID. Hyde;
Or. Lillian M. Gilbreth, chairman
of the woman's division OF the
presidents emergency committee
for employment; Dr. James Ford.
director OF Better Homes
in America; Mrs Nicholas r.
BRADY. chairman of directors OF
Turn to page Z. col. 3, please)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
Geo. Weeks Contestant
AT Montana Track Meet

George Weeks, Wolf Point high
schools crack basketball a n d
track man, will represent the
rchool at the Montana state track
meet at Missoula next week.
Weeks was second high point man
at the ~four-county meet at Gull
beutson with several firsts and a
total of Is points. At Missoula he
will probably enter the high hurd-
les, shot put. discus and javelin
throw.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
School Levy Election
On Tuesday, May IL

Attention is called to the school
levy election to be held at the
high school building next Tuesday
afternoon for the purpose of vot-
ing a ten mill school levy. This
levy Is necessary if the schools
are to be maintained at their pres
ent standard. It will however, be
noted that this year the levy to
be voted on is 10 mills rather than
Is mills as in the past. The
polls are open from 1890 to $50
and all freeholders may vote.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
Kenneth Steffensen
Wins

Kenneth Steffenson was winner
in the high school declamatory
contest last week Wednesday.
With the assistance of Miss Hen
num-, his instructor. he made a
cutting from "All Quiet on the
Western Front.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
HIGHWAY ENGINEER DIES

Frank Bailey, 65. serving This
eighth year as bridge engineer
for the Montana highway commits
sion died at Helena last week
Thursday from complications aris-
ing from Influenza Previous to
working for the state highway
commission he had been construc-
ton engineer for the New York
Central railway and the Alaskan
railroad commission. The Wolf
Point bridge across the Missour:
was one of the projeo.s on which
he worked.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
NEW DRAY LINE

William Hauge has established
the "Hauge Transfer" and will do
transfer and delivery work of all
kinds. His office is on Third
street. north of the E & A store.
His business ad appears In this
issue.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
STAMPEDE TIRE COVERS

A number OF oars around town
are displaying the new 1881 STAN
pede tire covers. The colors this
year are yellow and green and
make a very attractive and effect
We advertisement OF the Wolf
Point rodeo.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
c. J. Severson Attends
Picture Convention

Clarence ]. S~everson, who has
been in Portland, Oregon, since
January has just attended a con-
vention of the Metro-Goldwyn- Ma
yer Dist. Corp. at San Francisco,
and is now on his way back to
Montana to again take up his work
In this state.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
FROMBY AGAIN IN FED. CT,
{ Great Falls Tribunel

A ninety day suspended sentence
against Henry Fromby who plead
ed guilty to transportation near
Opheim was revoked and on tbs
new csse the defendant WAS givsr
q four months suspended sent
ence with five years probation
Robert Morrissey charged jointly
~~w a s0-dsy Suspended sentence
and was placed on probation 70.
three years
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
Counties Get
License Quota

The counties Of the state have
received their share Of the motor.
license fees collected for the first
part Of the year. The total re-
ceived by the sc counties is $179,-
774.50. The ten northeastern coun-
ties received the amounts shown
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
eTANpAap OIL BULK STA

Work is proceeding rapidly on
tie Standard Oh bulk station Just
cast OF the Farmers Union elevae
TOR. Two large tanks have beeo
srected.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08
DAY SERVICE
Presbyterian Church,
May fo-11:W a. m.

Prelude Batiste
Doxology
Invocation
Lords Prayer
Gloria
Hvmn-Praise the Lord
Scripture Reading
Prayer
Soio-Mother Of Peari--- Ball
Miss Settle
offeratory-Home Sweet Home
Slack
Mixed Observation-Disclosures
Sermon
Woman's Quartet--A Chain OF
Mother Love ------- Holtan
Benedictton.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08

Is the community's social and
business Introduction to neigh
bors, far and near.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
BALL GAME HERE SUNDAY
WITH BENTON CITY

A ball game is to be played next
Sunday on the White Bluffs grounds
between the local club and one from
Benton City. The boys have been
practising more or less lately and
Ieel that they are going to be able
TO present a club capable of giving
a good account of itself against the
seams from any of the nearby towns.
Some of the players who did not look
so good awhile back are showing lot
of Improvement and the morale Of the
club is good. Bud Heath, who arrived
home this week from California, will
PROBABLY be in the lineup Sunday.
He should add strength to the club
both defensively and Extensively.
It is said that the Benton City team
has been revan1ped this year with a
lot of young blood and that the club
is considerably improved over the one
that represented that town last season.
The contest next Sunday, therefore,
should be an interesting one.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
RAINFALL LAST MONTH
SETS RECORD FOR MARCH

A real wintry cold snap, probably
a close blood relation to the storm
that swept over the entire western
part Of the nation at that time,
settled over this district Thursday
evening of last week and before it
took it's departure Friday night had
served a variagated weather dish
ranging from rain to snow and with
a temperature that dropped as low
as % above Thursday night.
Because most of the fruit buds were
still wearing their winter flannels, it
is not believed they suffered much
damage. The apricots, however. and
a few of the peaches, were in their
spring garb and there were I'M
doubtedly some of them killed but
the extent Of the damage will not be
known until later in the season. The
warmer weather that followed brought
another heavy rain Monday night
ard Tuesday.
The total precipitation for the
month Of March, according to the Of
fetal weather report of Cooperative
Observer Jaddan at Wahluke. was 50
hundredths of an inch, an unusually
wet March for this valley. The max
mum temperature was SO degrees on
the 10th, and the lowest temperature
registered was % on the 9Th. There
were only nine clear days in the
month. eight being cloudy and IA
partly so.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN
IN TOPGRAFTING TREES

"The recent introduction of new
and better strains of apples has
caused eastern Washington orchard
owners to consider changing varieties
in many of the orchards that have
been in full bearing for several years,
declares o. M. Morris, State College
professor of horticulture.
"The owners of the orchards often
realize that the varieties now stand
ing are producing little or no profit,
and they believe that they could great
ly improve their financial condition
by top working the old trees to the
more profitable sorts. However, the
benefits to be derived from such work
are not uniform. In relatively few
cases topworking of orchard trees has
been highly profitable. In most Of
the orchards where the topworking is
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

Sustain Board
On Exclusions
Majority Vote OF Three
To One Is Given At
Election Saturday

By a vote of almost three to one,
the landowners in the Priest Rapids
Irrigation District, at the election last
Saturday, sustained the action of the
district board in excluding number
Of tracts of land from the district. :
A total of BIT votes out of a pos
sible 1852 in the district were cast at
the election. There were II different
descriptions Of land on the ballots
and each one had to be voted on sep
arately. A great many of the voters
cast straight ballots, that is, either
for or against all of the exclusions,
while some voted for a part of the
exclusions and against others. A
check of the poll books, however,
after the election, showed that an
average of 229 voted to sustain the
board and for the exclusions, as
against 83 who voted against the ex-
illusions.
The two outstanding features of
the election were the large number of
eligible voters participating, indicat-
ing the general interest that was
taken, and the overwhelming ma
jority that endorsed the action of the
board on these exclusions.
The polls closed at p. m. Saturday
but because the vote on each of the
II descriptions of land had to be
entered separately in the poll books,
it was 9 o'clock Sunday morning be-
fore the election board had completed
the count and turned the returns over
to the district board. Some idea of
the work required of the election Of
ficials may be had by multiplying the
BIT votes cast by the II descriptions
on each ballot. This totals 22,507.
However, not all of the voters voted
on every description, but a sufficient
number of them were voted on to re-
quire 81 ,492 entries in the poll books.
The exclusion election was made
necessary by the filing of a petit
ton, signed by a few of the. land
owners, protesting against the dis
trict board granting any of the pc
titions for exclusion. Beyond burden
ing the district with an unnecessary
expense of several hundred dollars,
which must eventually be paid by the
landowners in the district, including
those who protested, the election ac-
complished nothing; for all the vot-
ers did was to approve, overwhelm-
ingly, what the district board had
already done. However, these cleo
tons seem necessary once in awhile
to prove that a great majority of the
people here are in favor of the valley
going ahead
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
MRS. n. {. HARRISON :
DIES IN CALIFORNIA

News of the death of Mrs. H. E.
Harrison at Modesto, California,
last Sunday morning, was conveyed
in letter received this week by
Mrs. Marie Beyers from Mr.. Har
rison.
In the letter Mr.. Harrison said
that although Mrs. Harrison had
been confined to the hospital for
more than year, her death occur
cd suddenly in the night after only
an hour of acute illness. She had
been totally blind for some time
preceding her death.
The Harrisons were among the
early settlers of White Bluffs, COM
ing here from Michigan. They
built the house and improved the
property in the old townsite now
owned by S. NJ. Brisco.
Mrs. Harrison was postmaster at
East White Bluffs for a year or
two, after the town had moved
from the river to the railroad,
back in 1916.
In 1926 Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
moved to Snoqualmie but later
went to California to live.
Mrs. Harrison had many warm
friends in White Bluffs who will
regret to hear of her death.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
IRRIGATION SEASON
is With US AGAIN

The large pump at Coyote Rapids
wxs started up on it's seasons run
Wednesday morning, April 1, but the
water in the river was not quite high
enough for the power plant at Priest
Rapids to operate continuously, so
that the pump could only run inter-
mittently. The river is steadily rising,
however, and it is expected that both
plants will be able to operate con-
tinuously by the end of the week.
The heavy rain Monday night and
Tuesday soaked up the ground pretty
well so that irrigation will not be
necessary for few days.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
NO ACTION TAKEN
At WAGE SCALE MEETING

The meeting at Grange hall last
Friday evening, called for the pur-
pose of discussing a wage scale IN
the orchards and warehouses he
was not very we'll attended, most
Of the twenty present being en-
ployees. Because so few Of the
growers were there. it was decided
not to attempt to Tx wage scale
and the question will be left largely
to the individual growers. In wav
the problem will probably solve it
self through the operation of the
law of supply and demand. If it is
true that the wages paid here are
higher than in the other districts,
the news will spread and workers
will be coming in from other place
and this will automatically tend to
equalize the wages.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
PROssER GIRL WINS
ORATORlCAL CONTEST

The Benton County Oratorical con.
test was held at Richland last Fri
day evening. Five Of the high schools
Of the county were represented and
a large crowd was in attendance.
The high school champions Compel
,ng for county honors were Rosalie
Deranleau of ,Richland, John Mills
of Hover, Gerald Giard of Kenne-
wick, Elizabeth Newman of Benton
City, and Wilma Carroll of Prosser.
All rendered very creditable orations.
Wilma Carroll was awarded first
place and was presented gold pin
and fifteen dollars in gold, Eliza
beth drew second place and ten dol
lars in gold, and Gerald Giard was
placed third and awarded five dollars.
Wilma Carroll is eligible to enter the
state semifinals, which will probably
be held in Yakima in April. The
State Oratarical Contest will be held
in Seattle May LIST. The national and
international finals will both be held
in Washington, D. c., this year.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
INCREASE FORSEEN IN
POTATO ACREAGE.

Indicating a four percent increase
in potato acreage to be planted in
Washington this spring, and con-
fronted with SO percent acreage in
crease in the United States as whole,
potato growers of the state face the
production of larger crop than can
De marketed at fair prices, warns r.
M. Turner, extension economist, Pull
man.. This indicated increase, with a
normal yield would produce about
All, 100000 bushels as compared with
the 1880 production of 361,000,O00
bushels. Had the drought in the Mid
die West not lowered potato yields in
chat section, the 1880 production
would have been near the 400,000,000
bushels mark.
While production in Washington
for 1880 was IS percent above that
of 1929, it was practically the same as
the five year average for this state.
The great increase for the Pacific
Northwest came from Idaho where
the potato production jumped from
100000 bushels in 1929 to 25.000,-
900 in 1880. Despite this high Idaho
increase, farmers there indicate another
acreage of five percent for the current
year. Oregon growers are planning
to hold their acreage to the 1929
figure. j.
Merchantable stock of potatoes in
the Pacific Northwest on January l
were much larger than the year pre-
'ceding. The lowered commodity price
level and the business depression have
served to decrease sales outlets in both
the East and West.
Growers planning on any potato
expansion this year are advised to
weigh these intentions to plant re-
ports carefully. In many irrigated
sections where water shortage is
possible, substitute crops, such as corn,
which require less water, are worthy
of consideration. Approximately 5000
cars of corn are brought into Wash
ington, each year from the East, ac-
cording to inspection in three large
cities.
Efforts to lower the production
costs per tons of potatoes is Of ex-
IRENE importance. An ample supply
of water at the proper time greatly
affects the per cent Of U. S. Number
one potatoes produced, as well as the
yield, according to Potato growing
in the irrigated district of Washing
ton" experiment station bulletin
number 246, which may be secured
from your county agent or by writing
the Extension Service, Pullman, Wash
ington.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
DISTRICT BONDS TO BE
VOTED ON APRIL 25

After canvassing the vote Of the
exclusion election held last Saturday,
the board Of directors Of the Priest
Rapids Irrigation District, at it's meet
ing Monday. passed resolution call
ing a bond election on Saturday,
April rs, for the purpose OF voting
district bonds in the sum Of $l25,O00
to provide the funds to complete the
purchase and for betterments of the
irrigation project. Notices of the
election were posted Tuesday morn
ing and the first of the three legal
publications appears in the Spokes-
man this week.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
Injunction
Suit Thrown
Out OF Court
Attempt To Stop Exclu-
sion Election Fails
OF Its Purpose

The suit filed last week by Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. Enyeart and Mr.. and
Mrs. B. Salvini OF Hanford, in which
the plaintiffs sought through show
cause order to enjoin the Priest Rap
ids Irrigation District from holding
the exclusion election last Saturday,
failed of its purpose when the Court,
at the hearing in Prosser Friday FORE
noon, non-suited the case. ..a
Shortly before the hearing, Fred
Cunningham, attorney for the dis
trict, filed demurrer in the case set
ting out that the Court was without
jurisdiction in the injunction proceed
ing and urged that the action be dis
missed on the ground "that the COM
plant failed to state facts sufficient to
constitute cause Of action"
MIR. Cunningham presented his con-
tentions to the Court in an able man.
ner and Mr.. Hutcheson Of the law
firm of LaBerge, Cheney and Hutche-
son of Yakima, attorneys for the
plaintiffs, argued against the demurrer.
At the conclusion Of these arguments
the Court announced that he would
sustain the demurrer and the hearing
was over one hour and ten minutes
after it had begun.
The case was tried before Judge
Hawkins of Yakima, Judge Driscoll
being in Spokane where he is hearing
cases.
The hearing attracted large crowd
of interested visitors from this valley,
it being estimated that between sixty
and seventy people drove to Prosser
that morning.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
SNOW FORCES BUS TRAV-
ELERS TO TAKE TRAIN

Andrew Tyler of Smithland, Iowa,
and his daughter, Miss Freeda Tyler,
arrived in the valley Saturday eve
ming to make their home with Mr..
and Mrs. ]. E. Ray. Mrs. Ray is Mr..
Tyler's daughter. The trip from Iowa
was made by stage as far as North
Platte, Neb., where the snow forced
the passengers to travel by train as
far as Green River, Wyo. From there
they continued by stage again to Yak
ina, where Mr.. and Mrs. Ray, with
Tom Wade as pilot of their car, met
them Saturday evening.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
R. s. RElERsON BUYS
LEMKA STATE TRACT

A deal was closed last Saturday
whereby R. S. Robertson purchased
from A. E. Lemka the latter's state
settlement tract north of town. Mr..
Lemka has been in ill health. for some
time and it became necessary for
him to give up all active work for a
time while he is undergoing medical
treatment. The family is moving to
the Coast this week and will make
their home at Orting. Miss Myrtle
Baker and the two younger children
left Wednesday on the train and Mr..
and Mrs. Lemka and the two older
Boys will take the household goods in
the truck.
In. the operation of his mercantile
business, Mr.. Robertson says that it
often becomes necessary to take in
livestock and he intends to operate
the ranch as an adjunct to the store.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

done on trees under ten years oil
the new top has a fair chance IF sue
cess. The younger the tree at the
time of topworlsing, the greater the
opportunity for success. The methods
used in setting the scion and the old
varieties now standing used as base
or stock for the work also influence
the chances for success. Weak, short
lived trees or damaged trees are sell
dom worth topworking.
"A careful examination of the wood
of trees Is years old and older will
reveal that surprisingly large pro-
portion of these trees have suffered
winter injury from three. to five times
during the life of the trees, and these
winter injured areas in the tree trunk
and larger limbs when exposed by
large pruning wounds or top-graft-ing
stubs are very commonly infested
with woodworking fungi that rapidly
decay and destroy the hardwood and
often work into the sap wood. This
condition leaves an old outer shell
Continued on page 81
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
OF Interest to Farmers
(By County Agent e. C. Durdle)

address before $50 bankers and bust
ness men during the bankers short
Course held March 8 and through
the cooperation Of the extension ser
vice and the college of Agriculture,
Washington State College; and the
agricultural committee of the Washing
Washington.
"The problem before bankers in
agricultural communities. is how to
encourage modern business methods
on the farm" Mr.. Otis said. elm
vestigation has shown that keeping
of the farm. accounts has been ex-
tremely profitable and that finding of
experiment stations have been valu-
able when applied to farm practices.
We fail to appreciate how important
a source of information we have in our
agricultural colleges"
Examples showing how bankers in
agricultural communities have cooperat-
ed in urging better farming methods
were cited by Mr.. Otis. He praised
the work. being done in Washington
through the "key banker" method of
bringing about banker-farmer CO.
operation. Each Washington county,
he pointed out, has one banker nam
ed whose duty is to seek means of
helping farmers, and in most instances,
the key bankers" are performing a
valuable service. He made special ap-
peal for closer banker-farmer CO.
operation with the respective county
agents.
Industry and agriculture take to
new developments differently in that
industry accepts findings of research
Methods he said. "The American
farm is managed by 100000 in
dividual managers and to bring about
adoption of new and improved met
hods, form of education is
necessary"
The agricultural situation in other
states can scarcely be compared to
that in Washington, said Mr.. Otis,
since almost every farm has it's own
garden, chickens, hogs. and milk
cows. In one section of the South,
however, 10 percent of the farms pro-
duce no eggs, "a percent produce no
pork, 26 percent have no gardens, and
SO percent have no milk cattle.
"The principal problem in agricul-
ture is to bring the theoretical and
practical together so that the best in
both may be utilized to the bene-
fit of farming" said Mr.. Otis in con-
Guiding. "We feel that the banker
can be of material. assistance in bring
ing about this proper combination of
the two, and that he will take an in
creasingly large interest in the bank
er-farmer cooperation.
During the two-day bankers course,
the outlook and current trends of
every major agricultural enterprise in
the state were presented by personnel
of the college of agriculture and the
service. Mr.. Otis, O. E.
Holland, president of the state college;
R. M. Hardy, president Of the Wash
ngton Bankers Association and A.
E. Lawson, manager of the Spokane
Union Stock Yards, were among the
special speakers.