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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
No Writing Permitted
In Parcel Post Packages

A Spokane resident to whom a parcel
post package was addressed this week
must pay the government 1924 addi-
tional postage and fine of ST because
the sender enclosed writing in the
package. Several other packages adj
dressed to patrons of that office are
being held for postage ranging from
l cent to ST and fines ranging from
Is cents to 81.
Any writing of even few words
that could be classed as message or
communication Is first class matter
and when enclosed in a parcel post
package, postage must be paid on the
entire parcel at the first class rate
of 2 cents per ounce.
The department is making deter
mined effort to discourage the practise
of enclosing any writing in parcel
post packages.
Many people do not seem to realize
that it is against the postal regula-
tons to enclose writing in parcels.
Those who wish to send message
with the package should enclose the
writing in an envelope, place 2-cent
stamp on the envelope and attach it
to the package.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
R. R. Extension Proposal
Checked by Inspector

Paul D. Bentley, postoffice inspector,
with headquarters at Yakima, was in
this valley Wednesday checking the
offices in this vicinity. While here he
checked the White Bluffs, Hanford,
Wahluke, Allard and Vernita offices.
On this visit Mr.. Bentley also in
vestigated proposal of the Cold Creek
and up-river residents for an extension
of the rural route at White Bluffs to
include that territory. A petition signed
generally by patrons of that section,
asking for this service, was forwarded
to the postoffice department about a
month ago.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
Local Lutherans to
Hold Mission Festival

The local Lutheran church will next
Sunday celebrate it's annual Mission
Festival with two services, at II o'clock
in the morning and at 2:3O in the af-
ternoon. Rev. H. Wiechman of Ellens-
burg will be the speaker of the day.
During both services Thanks offerings
will be taken for the benefit of Home,
Indian, and Negro Missions. The la
dies will serve lunch and coffee dur
ing the noon hour. The services will
take place in the church. Visitors are
expected from Yakima, Ellensburg, and
Kennewick. You, too, are invited to
attend.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
School to Begin in
Wahluke District

Under the direction Of Grabriel
Jaddan, the old Wahluke schoolhouse
is this week being repaired and made
ready for the opening of school on
Monday, September g. This will be the
first time in several years that the
schoolhouse has been occupied. The
new teacher will be Mrs. j. A. Cahill,
recently of Pasadena, California, who
has purchased from G. A. Anderson
of Ephrata, the old Koppen homestead
and who, with her three children, will
make her home there The pupils in
the school will be the Cahill children
and Kenneth Drew, their cousin.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
LAST YEARS DELICIOUS
APPLES IN FINE CONDITION

Delicious apples, harvested in Sep
TENDER of 1880 and eaten in Septem-
Der, 1881. would probably be admitted
in any court as evidence of the keeping
qualities of apples grown in this valley
or the efficiency of the local cold stor-
age plant, or possibly little of both.
The apples were grown by Edmund
Anderson and all those who sampled
some of the apples he left in the lobby
of the postoffice will testify to their
wonderful flavor and crispness.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
Othello Woman Will
Speak Again over Radio

Mrs. Lucy Schoenrock, whose talk
over the radio on August 4th was en-
joyed by many of the White Bluffs
folks, will talk over KHQ again on
September IL, at twelve o'clock, dur
ing the National Savings and Loan
program, on 1.-THE Necessity Of Great
Surroundings for the Young People
Who Live within the Columbia Basin
Area Mrs. Schoenrock has been a
resident of Othello for many years
and is well qualified to speak with au-
thority on any subject in connection
with the Columbia Basin Project.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
WHITE BLUFFS FIELDER
CATCHES LONG HOME RUN

The longest home run in the history
of the Pacific Coast was made this
week when batter on the Los An
geles club connected SO solidly with a
ball that he not only drove it out of
the park but out of the state and it
was caught by Bob Remlinger, left
fielder on the White Bluffs club, who
delivered it to w. A. Kaefer, whose
name was written on it. Somewhere
on the route it picked up postage
stamp which no doubt helped, with
the address, to carry it to its proper
destination.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
AUGUST ANOTHER HOT MONTH

August did its best to keep up the
pace set by July, the heat, however,
gradually losing it's intensity towards
the end of the month. The maximum
and minimum temperatures were both
recorded early in the month, the mer-
curry showing LOT degrees on the End
and Sc on the 9th. Only two out OF
the 81 days we're even partly cloudy,
and precipitation for the month was
nil, says the report of Cooperative
Observer Gabriel Jadden of Wahluke.
The temperatures for the past week
as recorded at the government Their
mometer in Hanford we're:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
LOWER FREIGHT RATE ON
APPLES TO SEATTLE

Effective August "a, new freight
rate on apples in CARROTS between this
valley and Seattle, was established by
the Milwaukee railroad. The freight
now is 22h cents per hundred as
against the old rate of 1914 cents. A
similar rate was established by the
Northern Pacific from Yakima and by
the Great Northern from Wenatchee.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
District Given 80 Days
More to Complete Bid

An order was signed by Judge Web
ster in the Federal Court in Spokane
last Saturday granting further ex-
tension to September 80 to W. H. Real
in which to complete his bid made for
the Priest Rapids Irrigation district at
the receivership sale in Yakima last
February for the irrigation properties
here This will carry the receivership
to the close of irrigation season.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
De TEMPLE BUYS KERR PLACE

A deal was closed this week where
by j. E. De Temple purchased the
William Kerr place in the In-B-Tween.
Mr.. De Temple is taking immediate
possession and Mr.. Kerr is planning
to leave soon for the Coast, where he
will join Mrs. Kerr, who has been for
some time with her father on his dairy
ranch at Carnation.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
LOCAL FARMER SETS RECORD
IN POTATO PRODUCTION

From piece of ground 20 rods long
and S rods wide, or 100 square rods.
Herman Heideman has harvested 200
sacks of potatoes. This should be a
production record for any farming dis
trict, no matter where located, to
shoot at
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-03
Table Shows How Tax
Dollar Is Spent

Now that the matter of taxes is one
of general interest in the state, the
average taxpayer would like to know
just how the tax dollar is spent. B. ].
Pacius, county commissioner OF the
IProsser district, has prepared map
which shows the items as follows:
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she Is up and has breakfast
arranged before T am out Of
bed. Before breakfast I glance
hastily at the newspapers.
I am opposed to the read
ing -gobbling-grunting breakfast
which characterizeS the lives Of
so many married couples. With
us, this first meal Of the day
is the occasion for merry chat
ter and banter. I tell Fay of
any, amusing little happenings
of the evening before, of. how
certain songs were received,
about some Of our friends I
saw; or we discuss some Of the
newspaper stories that interest
us. We were both particularly
wrought up over the recent
shooting of five children in a
New York gang war, and we
discussed it at length. But
usually breakfast is a merry
occasion for us both, a happy
beginning Of a new day, for
we both live life with guSto
and relish; and each day as I
sit facing Fay at breakfast I
rejoice at my good fortune in
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Your Health
and Diet
By DR.. Logan CIendening

The process of ripening fruit
Is going on now in the orchards
all over the land-and the fruit
is being ripened for your bene-
fit this fall. It may be worth
while to bear a hot day or two
when you realize the changes
that are taking place.
The food we put into our
mouths has in nearly all in.
stances undergone many
changes from its original state.
Cooking, of course, is the
most familiar Of these. The
changes that take place during
cooking are very interesting
partly chemical and partly
physical-and will form the
subject of a subsequent article.
Canning Causes Changes
Canning also induces some
changes in the product. And,
finally, is the subject we are in
terested in today-the ripening
OF fruits and vegetables.
What happens inside between
the time it is a sour apple and
ripe apple? Well, one Of them
is very evident from the terms
you use. Sourness means acid.
ity. A sour apple has more
acld IN it than a ripe apple,
There is a marked decrease in
the acid content of all fruit
during the ripening process.
Another chemical change Is
That during ripening the starch
content is changed to sugar.
Starch and sugar are both
forms Of carbohydrate and in
the process of human digestion
all Starches are converted into
sugar.
The Iodine Test
Iodine is the substance used
to test starch. and if you viii
take an unripe apple and cut
it across and touch it with a
weak iodine solution you will
find that almost the entire sur.
face turns purple. which is the
test reaction for starch.
Wait month and try it on
another apple from the same
tree and there will be only a
thin ring of purple around the
edge. Then try a ripe apple and
the purple reaction will be very
slight or hardly noticeable.
Bananas show the same phe-
nomenon even more noticeably,
but peaches seldom have any
starch. although the sugar con.
tent increases markedly as they
ripen.
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me to come East. She wired me
money and told me to come as
quickly as l could. as she had
plans for me. Sol decided
to fly. I've always wanted to
make a long flight"
You've never seen her?"
asked Fanchon curiously, reused
out Of herself by the girls
story.
She Is Unknown
mo. Nor she me. Not even
a good photograph. All she
knows is that have dark hair
and blue eyes. I wrote her that
much. It's hard to describe
yourself" said Evelyn, self
consciously, and I didn't have
even a decent snapshot, except
the one taken of the two of us
on the boat. Do you remem-
ber? sent that one" she said.
She drew a deep breath.
mo more teaching" she said,
mo more-anything. I'm SO
happy" confessed Evelyn.
Fanchon looked at her. She
envied her to the bottom of her
soul. This girl was flying to-
ward happiness. Toward some
thing more than happiness; to-
ward peace, safety, security, to-
ward people of her own, some
one to whom she belonged, who
would care for her. Fanchon
felt her heart construct with an
guiSh. Happiness meant SO lit
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OUR ROMANCE = By Rudy VaIIee

the average intelligent Ameri-
cans interest in what is going
on in the world around US.
Fortunately, from now on 1
expect to have more leisure for
such things than I have had
for the last few years: and
now I have Fay with whom I
can discuss things that interest
me. She is no "highbrow,"
but she has a keen intelligence
and a sound high school educa-
tion.
Frankly, I do not care for
the company of highly intellec-
tual girls. Somehow they seem
usually to lack feminine charm.
They appear to be so wrap
ped up in their higher"
thoughts that they forget to
be women. Most men like
women of intelligence, but
they don't like to be engaged
in a continuous mental fencing
match. They would rather
know a little more than their
women-folk, so that they can
explain and guide. The man
who denies that he likes to
show off" his knowledge to
his feminine companion is
likely to be untruthful. AS I
have remarked before, I have
no objection to the independ-
ence of women, but I am old
fashioned enough to believe
that the average woman full
fills her highest destiny by
providing a soothing, COM
panionable and inspiring inter.
lude in her husbands career.
Fay certainly fills that place
in my life, and she seems
happy in doing it.
A Typical Day
But I have wandered bit
from my description of our
home and our daily life. Let
me describe a typical day,
beginning with breakfast. I
usually arise about 10:3O in the
morning, for under my present
schedule get to bed around
2 a. m. or later after playing
for the supper dance at a hotel.
1 insist that Fay retire much
earlier, because since her attack
of pneumonia she has had to
have plenty of rest. So, usually
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tie. She had been happy, for a
while, with Tony, meeting the
dark ardent eyes, listening to
the deep ardent voice, seeing
him smile, feeling his strong
brown hand-Tony's hand. :.
she Shuddered to think of it
now-upon her own; feeling his
lips on hers. Tony's lips which
lied and wise-cracked their way
through life.
And she. she was flying to-
ward what? Hiding, shrink
ing from the glance of every
stranger. she who had once
met every eye with her chin
up and her own eyes clear.
Flying to escape. flying to get
away. a coward, a quitter, a
shirker. But Tony had said
she must.
Knows Too Much
"You mustn't get mixed up in
this, kid. You don't know any
thing. But all the same, you
know too much. Tony's girl.
They've all seen you. They'll
look for you. You've got to
get away. It's safer for you.
And for me. And RoSie's on
the war PATH" said Tony.
Rosie. She had been Tony'S
girl once. Until Fanchon came
on the scene, innocent, gay
hearted, accepting everything,
even Tony, at face value.
Evelyn went on talking. About
teaching in the very good.
rather dull school. About the
days back in Hawaii. Funny,
I never knew you then. Fan
chon." ..
Not so funny" Fanchon re-
piled mechanically. ''I was bur
led on a plantation most of my
life you know, I rarely came
to Honolulu"
She was silent, remembering
the Sun-steeped days and her
father, who had been her friend,
her guide, her teacher. Every
thing to her. She could not
remember her mother. Only
her father, her companion for
20 happy years, years which
had run past swiftly and 81
lently as sand from an hour
glass. -
Common Adventures
The young man in the EameS
party spoke to Evelyn, mis- eyes
on Fanchon as he did so. The
elderly woman leaned forward
and said. nervouSly, II do hope
I'm not going to be airsick!"
The steward came from his
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CHAPTER XVII

Some Of my friends who have
been reading this SeriS Of
articles have suggested that my
readers might like to know
something of our daily lives.
I realize that there is a Ger
tain amount of curiosity about
the daily existence of public
figures. and there is even a
tendency on the part Of the
public to surround these public
figures with a sort of luxurious
glamour. But certainly that
is the wrong conception in our
case. .
We live very simply, Fay and
I. We do not go in for the
effete luxuries which are sup
posed to mark financial success
in the field of public enter
tainment. We have no Roman
baths fitted with gold and
marble trimmings. In our
home there are no rich rari-
ties. There are a few little
curious oddities which were
given to me by friends, but
they we're given to please
rather than impress me. One of
my favorites is a carved wooden
figure of man which whistles
a tune when button is
pressed. He never fails to
amuse us.
Not a Penthouse
We have a six-room apart
ment on the fourteenth floor
of a building facing the beau
tiful greenery of Central Park.
But it is not a penthouse. The
living room, one Of these three
steps-down affairs, is simply
furnished with a generous
sized divan. large comfortable
chairs, a grand piano, and a
console radio such as is found
in thousands of American
homes. On the side of the liv-
ing room nearest Central Park
is a window seat with a few
cushions. On another side is
a handsome, but simply de-
signed, fireplace: and one wall
is lined with book cases, filled
with well-thumbed volumes.
I realize that many jokes
have been made about public
entertainers and their books"
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) having so delightful and
charming a companion.
The Band Rehearsal

having so delightful and
charming a companion.
The Band Rehearsal
Often, after breakfast, I
must hurry away to a rehearsal
Of my band. But if no re-
hearsal is scheduled I may
spend an hour or so at home
a sort Of after-breakfast "even-
ing" as she calls it, for be-
cause of my work we cannot
spend a real evening together
except on Sundays; so we have
a post-breakfast evening"" and
a dinner hour evening" for
usually come home about S
o'clock in the afternoon and
stay until about 7:15 o'clock
when I must rush to the Penn
roof to play for the dinner
hour.
At any rate, the strange hours
must keep because of my
profession prevent my mar.
ried life from developing into
the routine of hurried break
fast, rushing to an office, work
ing all day, and being tired
and perhaps irritated all eve
ming. Part Of our evening" is
spent in the early portion Of
the day, when we are both
fresh and merry. The other
part of our evening" is at din.
ner, when I am only half fin
ished with the days work.
After the days work is over,
in the early morning hours,
when I am most fatigued, I
come home and slip quietly to
bed. So, if I should happen to
be tired and irritable, I sleep
it off before I see Fay again
in the brightness of a new
day.
Tomorrow Rudy ValIee will
conclude his story Of his ro-
nance, with further details of
a typical day in his married
life.)
Copyright, 1891, Famous Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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Your RuIinq
Star
By William Shwader
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those ---rn
August Is.

The coming years success
rests in your own hands.
Favorable aspects promise much
gain and improvement, but
such are those particular plan
etary vibrations that only earn
est effort on your part can
bring out the real value. Fol-
low your routine conScientiously
and untiringly, do just q little
more than you are supposed or
expected to do and the reward
will not be tardy. There is q
particularly good period from
the middle of October. to the
end, Of January, of which you
can avail yourself by pushing
your affairs during that aus
picious time. Guard your health
during the following dates:
October IL to IA, February 10
to IL and April Z to 10.
VIII Be Self Reliant.
A child born today will be
SeH-reliant. serious, sober and
systematic and will be trust
worthy in all matters Of honor
and justice. He win have great
patience and persistence and q
love Of study along scientific
and occult lines. Chemistry
should be his favorite science.
Tendencies for August 16
A good day for intellectual
and devotional endeavors.
Avoid over-exertion in the usual
holiday recreations and make
this q real day of rest"
Copyright 1881, Premier Syndicate,
Incl
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but I'll take the risk Of say
ing that I do enjoy reading,
and I think I have q fairly
good library. While I was in
college my interest was aroused
in many subjects, and I have
tried to follow these interests,
although often somewhat cas-
ually. l am particularly in
terested in biology and psy-
chology. 1 do not pretend to
be a deep student of these SUD-
jects, but do enjoy such pop
ular discussions of them as
"Sleep," Your Moneys Worth"
and why We Behave Like HUI.
man Beings" I have, too, an
interest in literature, inspired
by that great teacher, DIR. Will
liam Lyon Phelps, Of Yale.
And I retain a very substantial
interest in economies, partic-
ularly foreign trade, because
during my college career Il
planned to enter the import
and export business in South
America.
Has Keen Intelligence
I do not pose as an intellec-
tual or o scholar, but I do take
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The Marry-Go-
Round
By Helen Rowland
Tips for the L0ve-Seeker

Tips for the Love-Seeker
Next to a sprained ankle,
first love is probably the most
painful thing in a woman's
life. 1t is only the last love,
from which she extracts =, any
real comfort and happiness.
And all the little affairs and
flirtations and heartaches in
between are just research in
the School Of Experience.
Little by little, lesson by
lesson, a girl must learn:
That love is mot an orchid
which must be tenderIy cult
vated, but a wildflOwer which
flOurisheS best where it is least
expected and most DISCOURAGED.
That every woman is a love-
Seeker-and every man a love-
dodger.
That most of a mans life is
spent in praying for rain-and
then wishing it would clear off;
pursuing a woman-and then
trying to get past her; falling
in love-and then trying to
crawl out of it.
That whatever a man wins
easily at cards or love, he is
apt to regard as velvet" and
then throw away carelessly.
That a mans motto in love,
as in politics, is Promise any
thing, until the campaign is
wOn."
That three-quarters of a
mans love is love of adventure
and three-quarters of a wo-
mans love is love of conquest.
That every bachelor is
lonely" and every married
man misunderstood" on moon
light evenings, and after the
third cocktail.
That the average mans
heart may have a secret sane.
tuary where only one woman
may enter-but it is full of
little ante-rooms which are sell
dom vacant.
That it is q folly for a woman
to lose her beauty sleep, won
dering where q man is or
what he MEANS. Because he
is never where she thinks he
is-and he probably doesn't
mean ANYTHING. Besides, the
thought Of no woman ever
kept a man awake nights, like
the thought of going fishing
next morning.
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to force some animation into
her glance, her response. She
was to travel with this girl as
her companion, she was forced
into intimacy with her. She
wondered. can she suspect. . :?
has she read the papers? but
Of course, even if she has, she
can have no cause for suspicion!
I must be going crazy! The
engine took up the theme. =.
Going crazy. going crazy. :.
said the engines. Tony. E.
Tony. Tony. they said.
"It's like a novel," Evelyn
was telling her. You know
I was out in the Islands, teach
ing for two years? When my
contract was over 1 came on to
San Francisco-with you-as it
happened. to find a job there.
I landed one, in a private
school,, And while I was there
I had word that my only close
relative, an aunt whom I have
never seen and who has been
living in Europe for thirty
years had returned to the States
and wanted me to come live
with her. She's Mrs. Allison
Carstairs," said Evelyn i'm
portantly and stopped. waiting
Fanchon's word Of astonish-
ment.
Always in the Papers
"CarStiars?" asked Fanchon,
puzzled and uninterested.
Evelyn made an excited
gesture.
Haven't you heard of her?
She's always in the papers," she
said. She has oodles of
money. goes everywhere. knows
everyone. You see, when my
mother. who was much younger
than Aunt Jennie, ran off with
my father, the family cut her
off, they wouldn't have any,
thing to do with her. Poor
dad, he VISA a struggling pro-
feSsor of English and mother
had been presented at court
and all the rest of it, and was
supposed to make q good mar
riage. Later, before mother
died, Aunt Jennie, the only one
left Of the family, tried to make
overtures. But mother was
proud and dad wouldn't let her
be anything else. Then. after
dads death. I went to school,
teaching. And, now, Aunt Jen-
ME is back, after all these years
and wants me to make my
home with her. She traced
: me, easily enough, and sent for