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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-31
OF Interest To Farmers

ton and handling charges having to
be added to it.
The December oath report of the ag-
riculture of the state shows that the
value of the following crops have
dropped in value as indicated from
1929 to 1881:
Winter wheat, $28,000,000 to Sic, 0OO,-
600; spring wheat, $17,0OO,000 to $6,000,-
900; hay, $24,ooo,00o to $15,oO0 900;
potatoes, $l0,500,000 to $2,750,0 900; ap-
Piles $32.000,000 to $19,000,000.
All Of these products have been pro-
duced on larger acreage with great
er production with exception Of spring
wheat
The values Of truck crops have
changed from 1929 to 1881 as follows:
Asparagus, 1923, 900 to $348 900; can't
aloupes, $2l1,0OO to $4,000; lettuce
early, $667,00O to $462OO0; lettuce
date), 100000 to $4,000; green peas,
s26S,0Oo to $54,0OOO; Strawberries 81
10000 to $1,5OO,OO0 Ono change).
Acreage and yield for asparagus,
lettuce and peas have increased during
this period, peas have increased more
than any other crop. The acreage for
cantaloupes and strawberries have re-
NAMED about stationary.
Do not Warren's observations and
suggestions. have much in it of value
to many of the farmers of our country
at this time?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-31

and energy spent in acquiring knowl-
edge of wise selection and good ar
rangement is well expended; that
pleasing homes attract interesting peo-
pie, and that families reflect the
warmth and charm of their surround
ings."
Men and women of the farms ap-
preciate this booklet, because it helps
them to secure comfortable, correctly
furnished, homes, satisfying to their
artistic senses and their needs"
FURNITURE, It's Selection and Use,'
can be obtained from the Superin-
tendent of Documents, Washington, D
O., or from district offices of the Blu
reau Of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, in principal cities. It sells fo1
20 cents copy. The National Com
n,ittee on Wood Utilization has pre-
pared a study course based on the
bulletin, which 1t will supply to leaders
Of groups which care to study the
subject.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-31
WANTED: A WEDNESDAY LESS WEEK

week without "Wednesday in it we might do a
lot toward routing out this premature and long
drawn out winter weather.
It was ushered in with snowfall the Wednes-
day before Thanksgiving and every Wednesday
since-six in all, including this week-there has
been fresh fall With some half-hearted cooper
alton from the Weather Man, we struggle along
during the other six days of the week to wipe it
out and just when we are kidding ourselves that
making Roadway, along comes another
Wednesday and more snow
This last snow was exceptionally wet and heavy,
making a new white blanket about four inches
deep That was just too much and about every
body has lost interest in the game with Old Man
Winter and we are pinning hopes on being
able to find Wednesday-less week.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-31
The Modern School
EXPLANATORY COURSES FOR
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
Principal, Stewart intermediate School,
Tacoma
By R. F. Brown

Nearly every occupation has q num-
Der of words and expressions that
sound rather technical Sometimes
they carry an air of mystery. Gen.
orally they can be explained quite
simply and have a very common sense
application. Such an expression is
Exploratory" when it is used to refer
to certain courses in the Junior high
school.
The modern school assumes that one
of it's duties is to assist each pupil to
explore, or find out about, two i'm
portant things, himself and the world
of vocations he lives in.
The school hopes that by the time
he finishes the Junior high school,
every boy will be able to answer for
himself these questions:
l. Along what lines of study am
most Observation-Disclosures, language,
art, music, agricultural, commercial,
English, history or some other?
2. Which of these lines am most
vitality interested in, or is my interest
centered upon something else?
3. Along which of these lines do I
wish to continue my school work, or
do I wish to continue my vocational
preparation in fields that lie outside
of the school?
The modern school is trying sincere
ly to help boys to answer these ques-
tions correctly, by giving them oppor-
tunity to try themselves out, to ex-
plore themselves, by means of courses
that will test their abilities and their
interests. Some boys find that they
enjoy and do we'll in the mechanical
subjects, others find themselves better
fitted for the commercial courses, still
others are sure that they want to con-
tinue their studies through college in
order to prepare for some profession
Or technical occupation. Success in the
Junior high school is not always to be
measured only by the marks that boys
earn; it is far more important that
they find reasonably correct answers
to such personal questions as those
listed above.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-31
Farmer Should Raise
More of Own Food
BY County Agent E. c. Durdle


Years ago c. F. Warren, Farm Man.
|agement specialist at Cornell, stated
that during times of financial stress
farmers had a marked tendency to
make the program of the farm a self
supporting one, as far as family living
was concerned and production Of seed
and feeds were concerned Mr.. Warren
commented upon this as being excel
lent farm management. Mr.. Warren
is still probably the leading farm econ
onist in the United States and one Of
the outstanding leaders in the world
There does not seem to be much in
the outlook for another year to indi-
cate that business conditions will be
a great deal better next year than dur
ing the past and hence it would seem
to us that farmers of this county could
we'll consider this statement of Mr.
Warren's.
While the man who is in highly
specialized type of agriculture may feel
that it may not be worth while to put
himself on such program it would
seem that even the apple grower could
we'll afford to consider such a program.
The growing of good vegetable gar
den might we'll be one of the first con-
siderations producing not only what
the farm needs during the summer
months but a surplus for winter use.
Most of our farmers unquestionably
do much toward this end already but
1it+1n oI of napa y,,iOI,t ~,
considerable assistance in getting thru
another year. This might well be ex
tended to the keeping of sufficient
livestock of one kind or the other to
utilize to best advantage feeds which
otherwise might go to waste. This
might include the dairy COW, a hog
or two and possibly two Or three lambs
and poultry, of course.
The attitude of many toward a pro-
gram such as this is feeling that
these products could be purchased
much cheaper than they could be pro-
duced, especially where one is in a
highly specialized line of agriculture.
AS Warren pointed out, however, farm
ers themselves have tendency to
make JUST Sucn program themselves
when times, such as we are now in,
prevail. There are very few farmers
that could not support such pro-
gram as outlined above with very lit
tie purchase of feed, especially if a
little attention were given to produce
ton of small areas of corn for both
green feed and grain purposes.
The program which several farmers
Of the county have adopted is that of
growing seed potatoes for the field to
be planted the following year from a
small lot of certified seed planted late
in the summer could well be consid-
cred. Undoubtedly there are other
places where seed production could al
so be given a little attention and thus
save having to put out money for high
er priced seed because of transporta-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-31
Modern Farm Homes Are
Convenient and Comfortable

While the rugged sturdy farm home
of the 10th century had a charm of
its own, modern equipment makes the
present farmhouse far more plea
SAINT place in which to live This is
the opinion of M. S. Winder, of Chi
cago, Executive Secretary, American
Farm Bureau Federation.
Furnishings of moderate price, Sc
lected with care and arranged for the
greatest beauty now adorn most farm
rooms" Mr.. Winder said. "Bleak par
lors drove many families into the kit
chen, in former years, but interesting
living rooms which are both comfort
able and useful have supplanted these.
Twentieth century efficiency which
pervades the business world has in
vaded the home III both city and
countryside
NJ. Winder, member of subcom-
mittee of the National Committee on
Wood Utilization of the Department
of Commerce, which sponsored a re-
cent booklet, Furniture, Its Selection
and Use," feels that there is an in
creasing farm interest in the subject
of home planning and furnishing. He
cited the use of this bulletin by 14OC
home demonstration agents of the u
S. Department of Agriculture as proof
of his contention.
Because of the deep desire for real
facts together with the many oppor-
tunities now offered rural home max
ers, you will find most of the women
Of our farms we'll informed on home
furnishing and decoration" he pointed
out. ''They have found that the time
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-31
Radio Does Not
Affect Weather

Radio brOadcaSting, however much it
may be affected by atmospheric con-
ditions, in no way influences the wea-
ther, says DR.. w. j. Humphreys, of
the United States Weather Bureau.
Therefore, he points out, suppression
Of the radio, many appeals for which
are received by Weather Bureau Off
Gals, on the score Of it's adverse effect;
on the climate, would prevent neither
droughts nor floods.
Some of the pleas for abolishing the
radio are based on the superstition that
wireless broadcasting burns up the wa
ter vapor of the air, thus causing dis
astrous droughts. Others apparently
are inspired by belief that radio
gives rise to excessive precipitation.
which ends in a flood
The fallacy of both these ideas is
apparent from careful analysis of
the way nature makes rain. Rain,
Doctor Humphreys explains, is caused
by Cd evaporation of water, which de-
ponds on the temperature of the evap-
Grating water, on the area of the ev-
ttpOA oUA4AE oStAAdCC VII W4I1O VclOClUy,
and on the dryness of the air, and ca.
condensation of water vapor, which de-,
ponds on the presence of excessively
small particles of sea salt, land dust,
or other substances that take up wa
ter vapor, and on an adequate cooling
of the vapor.
| Obviously, Doctor Humphreys OBJ
serves, radio can have no effect on
any of these factors that enter into
Evaporation of water from the earth's
surface or into the condensation of
atmospheric vapor. Attributing drouths
and floods to radio, in his opinion, is
] just another instance of the common
human habit Of ascribing little un-
derstood occurrence to something that
is even more mysterious.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-31
DON'T SHOOT THE PIANIST

William Allen White in his Emporia (Kansas)
Gazette, says:
'ssince March 4, 1929, when Herbert Hoover
stood on the front steps of the White House and
to enforce the laws of the United States,
every mean thing possible has happened to this
country Came the dawn of the devils own day.
Drought depression and calamity upon calamity
rose up for which he had no more responsibility
than he has for the wind or the tides. AS a re-
suit, this country is in sad way and so is the
world 1t is phase of the war We don't organ
ize and murder ten million men on this planet and
put out of commission fifteen million more and
saddle fifty billions of debt upon the world, with
out consequences Wars of that magnitude do not
stop when the boys cease firing. The late will
be going on pretty we'll through into the 194O's
when Hoover is gone from the White House and
his successor is in his second term
In commenting upon President Hoover's admin
istration, Mr.. White lists the following accomp-
lishments:
He kept an even keel at the White House.
He has organized the world for peace
He has cut down taxes no other president has
ever cut them down.
Under his counsel and at his suggestion, the
hourly wage scale of labor maintained
though the annual wage was cut down by the de-
preston.
He did all that could be DONE which was prec-
ious little, in the world wide crash of agriculture,
to stabilize agricultural prices
He has kept bankers panic from devastating
the country in time of depression
He has organized the latent credit of the land
IN one mnlsterlng corporations
Under an organization set up by his leadership
in every American city, funds are growing into
the hundreds of millions of dollars to furnish
emergency work for every unemployed American
this winter.
And his latest act is to further mobilize that la
tent credit into home building corporation to put
life into the building trades.
Everything that man can do he has done He
has done it bravely. He has done it wisely, with
an intellectual honesty that shrank from dema-
gogy. History will mark him for great figure
in this world Of these times.
1t is the American habit to shoot the pianist
when we don't like the tempo the tune. Now
is good time to break the habit. For heavens
sake, gentlemen quit shooting the pianist, he is
doing his best.
And let the dance go on!
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-31
A GOOD RESOLUTION

With all it's faults this depression has some vir-
tues not the least of which is the fact that it draws
people closer together. Visiting time is not vast
ed time. It is good to have an interchange of ideas
It broadens one and develops tolerance and sym
pathy. Let us suggest that among our New Years
resolutions we all include one to do little more
oldfashioned visiting with our neighbors.
The Washington times., 1931-08-10
DISMISSAL PA Y.
PLAN URGED
FOR j. s.
No Attempt to Make Policy
Compulsory, Industrial Unit
Finds; Methods Elsewhere

The dismissal wage" is the
most recent of the many plans
for alleviating some Of the more
distressing conditions Surroun ling
enforced unemployment. The Ma.
tional Industrial Conference Board
recognizes the principal involved
and has made a careful survey Of
the subject.
No serious attempt has been
made thus far in the United
States to make the payment of a
dismissal wage compulsory. out
in some of the other countries
such legislation has been enacted,
states the Conference Board.
Austrian Rule
In Austria. after the World
War. certain provisions were put
into effect governing the dis
charge of workers.
These provisions. however were
found to be so stringent as to
render the discharge of an en-
ployee almost impossible, and they
were later abandoned. In Mex
leo, workers discharged through
no fault of their own are allowed
three months pay.
In Ecuador, dismissed employees
with more than one years service
are entitled to two months pay.
In Bolivia, the allowance is
graduated from one months pay
for less than one years service to
25 months pay for Is years ser
vice or more.
Voluntary dismissal wage plans
are still few in number in the
United States. In an analysis OF
industrial relations activities re-
Gently made by the Conference
Board, it was found that of 2,61S
companies, only SO, or 2 per cent
of the total, were paying dismissal
wages under formal plans.
Other Instances
In addition, 80 companies made
practice of paying dismissal al
lowances in special cases. The So
companies comprised all sizes,
from those employing over 10000
workers to plants employing less
than $50.
A recent demonstration of the
dismissal wage was furnished by a
large industrial corporation. A
concentration of departments
made it necessary to close perma.
nently two plants in New England
In addition to giving the EN-
ployees months notice of the
closing. of the plants, the com.
parly paid dismissal wages total.
ing hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars.
The plan provided that all EN-
plOyeeS with Is or more years Of
service should receive one weeks
pay for each year of service, and
similar provision was made for
employees IS years of age or older
with. 10 years or more Of service.
Actual dismissal wages paid to EN-.
plOyeeS Of these plants ranged
from S1O4.61 to $2,O8S, the aver.
age payment being approximately
$500.
The Washington times., 1931-08-10

IL :oo NOON


wRc--Lsrry Funk'S Orchestra.
wMALr-Earl Carpenters Or
woL-Luncheon music.
wJSV-Novelty music.
WBAL-Noon-tim Tunes
IL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Farm and Home
.wMxL-Harry fuckers Or
Chestra.
wOL-Dance music.
wBAL-Same as WRC.
100 p. M.
wMAL-street Singer.
wJSV-Sunshine Hour.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Kings
1:3O-wRC-Classio Gems.
WBAL-Songs.
1:4S-wBAL-Piano Moods
200, P. NJ.
wRc-womans Radio Review.
wMAL-columbia Salon Or
wBXL-Hawaiisn Melodies.
2lS-wBAL--Let's Co American"
2:3O-wMAL-Marian and Jim.
wJsv-Chesapeake Beach Or
wBAL-Cello Selections.
wBAL-"From Uncle Remus."
800 P. M.
wRC-Garden melodies.
wMAL-United States Army
Band.
wOL-Sports hour.
WJSV-Ball game.
- WBAL-Syncopators.
3:15-WBAL-Charle Scheuermah's 3
Orchestra.
3:3O-wMAL-Dance music.
3:35-wRC-Rebroadc Of orchestral
concert from London.
Acknowledgement moments.
wBAII-Matinee melodies.
400 P. M.
wRC-The lady next door
wMAL-Danc1ng by the sea.
WOL-Piano selections.
wBAL-Chats with Peggy Win
4:1S-woL@Rsed- -E-o-K pro-
gram.
wBAL-Gems Of melody.
4:3O-WRC-The good neighbor hour.
WBAL-Ford and Wallace.
4:45-WRC-Vocation guidance talk.
WMAI-PianO selections.
WBAL--Stock Market Reports.
500 P. M.
wRC-Report of National Indus
trial Conference Board.
WMAL-Science News " the
Week.
wOL-Musical Interlude.
WJSV-Your English.
WBAL-Music Treasure Box.
5:O2-WRC-Black and Gold Room Or
chestra
The Washington times., 1931-08-10
COLOred Physicians
To Attend Meetinn

Several prominent local colored
physicians will be among the
principal speakers at the thirty
sixth annual session of the Ma
tional Negro Medical Association
which will be held in Atlanta, Ca,
August 1921. .,
Among local physicians ex-
pected to attend are Dr.. A. M.
Curtis. DR.. w. A. Warfield, DR..
Simon Carson. DR.. Algernon
Jackson, DR.. Willard Lane and DR..
Numa\ P. G. Adams.
The Washington times., 1931-08-10
Unseen Realities
Stressed bu Cleric

Declaring that the unseen reali,
ties are the most powerful in.
fluences in life, DR.. Harvey H
Harmon, acting pastor of the
National City Christian Church,
said that the business of the
church is to create faith, hope
and love in the hearts of wor.
shippers" as these are the
spiritual elements essential to a
full life"
In his sermon yesterday DR..
Harmon pointed out that persons
are often unable to see the real
nature of many things with the
naked eye but that these unseen
forces are often the most i'm
portant factors in their lives.
The Washington times., 1931-08-10
Malcolm McGregOr
Goes Back to Films

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 10 (U.S9.
After a year and a half in busi-
ness. Malcolm McGregor, former
movie star, announced today that
he will soon return to Hollywood.
McGregor left the movies to take
care of a big office building in
Newark, left him by his father.
He has been unable to rent the
building.
The Washington times., 1931-08-10
'COlOred- LutheTdIiSJ ]
Hold Church Fete

The forty.sixth anniversary Of
the laying Of the cornerstone Of
the Church of Our Redeemer,
Lutheran, Eighth Street and
Barry Place Northwest, was
observed with special services
yesterday.
Tonight a lawn party will be
held at the church under the
auspices Of the church clubs.
The Washington times., 1931-08-10
DON'T MISS THESE

s:45-wRC-Food :. Talk.
WMAL-Dr. Copeland's Health
Hour.
wBAL-MiracIes of Magnolia.
900 A. M.
wRc-Mrs. Blake's Radio Col
umn.
wMAL-Organ selections.
wJSV-Down South in Dixie
wBAL-MorninE GlorieS.
O5-WJSV-wsather Report.
8:1O-wJSV-Dance Music.
9:15-WRC--Musical Program.
WBAL-Beauty Talk
observation-disclosures serenaders.
-.WMAL-Columbia Mixed Quar-
wBAL-Book and Play Heview.
9:4S-WMAL-Party House.
WPSV-Hints to Housewives.
WBAL-Dance Miniature.
1000 A. M.
wRC-Child Training Talk
WMAL-Fashion Facts of 1891.
a. WJSV-Food Talk.
WBAL-Feod Talk
1O;15-wRC-Radio Household lnsti-
tute. '.s
wMAL-Food Talk
WOL-Trncful Tidbits.
WJSV-Style Forecast.
1O:30-WRC-United States Army
Band.
wMAl-Family Fun.
.wJSV-Alexandria Ministerial
Association.
WBAL--Rlue Blazers.
10 1O:45--WMALI-Bomb bing of Mt. Shasta
by Army Corps.
WOL-Orgsn Reverie.
WBAL--Al and Pete.
II 100 A. M.
wRC-Lanny Ross. songs.
WOL--Beauty- Talk.
WJSV-Novelty Music.
WBAI-Nocal Varieties.
II 11:1O-WOL--Modern Melodies.
11:15-WRC-Moods and Memories.
WBAL-Pat Barnes in PersNn.
u:3O-WRC-"Timely Garden sugges-
tions"
wMAL-Columbi Revue.
WOL-Memories of Hawaii.
WBAL-Food Talk.
ii 1:45-WRC-On Wings of Song.
WBAL-OrEan Melodies.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-07-23
Warland News

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Drury and Earl
Smith drove down from Bolton Fri
day. Mrs. Drury returned that evening
by train, and Mr.. Drury and Mr.. Smith
made a horseback trip to Point Is to
see ]. r. Fitzpatrick on business. They
returned to Bolton Saturday
Mrs. Adena Strum was in town
Thursday and Friday. She left for
Shelby Friday afternoon.
Gust and Stanley Strum and Cole
man Fitzpatrick drove to Columbia
Saturday and returned Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Rogers and chill
dren returned from Kalispell Saturday.
The old swiInmin' hole has lots OF
company these warm afternoons
Mrs. Martin Peterson was severely
bruised when one of their horses
kicked her. The dogs had been annoy
ing the horse and she went out to drive
them away. When she walked up to
pet the horse he kicked her several
times.
Julius H. Coos, c. N. inspecting en-
gineer, is in Warland on business.
Mrs. Daniels and Lawrence drove to
Libby Tuesday.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-07-23

Penrod- Davis has been helping
Homer get but rails for new fence
on his ranch on the Silver Butte.
Mrs M. /. Davis spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. M. E. Davis and Dor
othy.
Donald Lloyd is putting up the hay
on the c. H. Van Alstine place this
week,
James Orr is at home for a couple
Of weeks to help the boys with the
haying.
Mr.. Schmalz and son Jason are help
ing Tom McGinnis with his hay.
Mrs Donald Lloyd drove into Libby
last Wednesday to meet Mrs. Dorothy
Morrell and children, who came from
Canada to spend the summer with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Lloyd.
James Orr drove over to the Thomp-
son river Saturday afternoon.
Ernest Davis spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs Homer Davis.
Little Dorothy Davis has been sick
the past week with a bad cough which
if it isn't whooping cough is very much
like ii.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-07-23
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eminent
The eastern half of the project is
the most difficult Of access and Mr..
Douglas plans to take in his big shovel
and other supplies and equipment by
boat across and to the upper end Of
ST. Marys lake. The water transpor-
tation will be about three miles. 1t
is impossible to get supplies in from
the west side as the mountains are al
most perpendicular in places from the
summit down to ST. Marys. Mr.. Doug
las has had an immense scow or flat
boat built in Seattle, which will be
taken in to St. Mary's Lake in two
sections, He also purchased a gaso-
line launch from Captain Anderson,
which has been operating on Flathead
lake. This launch will be transported
to st. Mary's within the next few day.
and the shovel will be taken up to the
head Of the lake and on to the camp
which win be located mile or more