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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-15

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lie, Feucht Wanger, Elizabeth
Browning and others. Re-
duced to 81 and $50.
I2-ineh Globe. Was $i4s0.
3 Travel Books. Were $3.50
and IS. Now $3.50
"see England First" Were
50. Now 81
5 "Baedekers." Were IS. New 80
3 Children's Books, Were 81
to $3.50. At. 81 and S1.50
THE BOOK STORE
AIsLEs 1925, FIRST FLOOR.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09

Romantic second empire ideas, COM
bred with 1881 quality, at Ayres' Ami
vecsary price! There are new versions of
the Derby, Empress Eugene styles, close
fitting models, modified brims. In all
wanted cOlors. -AyreS Downstairs Store.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09

Cantons, Satins, Light Weight WOolens
and many other materials in a tremen-
dOus variety of the rev fall fashions
Sunday night frocks, Sacket frocks, coat
dresses, new peplums. In sizes for juniors,
misses and women.
-AyreS Downstairs Store.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
FOUR ARE HURT
AS CARS CRASH
AND OvERTURN
Girl Receiving Instructions
in Driving; Two Will
Face Charges.

When their cars crashed and
overturned at English avenue and
Cedar street this afternoon, four
persons we're injured, one seriously.
Miss Elizabeth Doyle, IT. of 1916
DeLoss street, who was receiving
driving instructions. sustained a
broken left wrist and crushed left
hand.
Overton Dalton, SO, of 1888 Pros
pect street, who was teaching her
to drive, and his wife, Bessie, 25,
were bruised and cut.
Mrs. Regina Mathews, 20, of 3140
West Sixteenth street, driver Of the
other car, sustained decorations and
bruises.
The car Miss Doyle was driving
overturned three times and righted
itself and Mrs. Mathews car turned
over once.
Taken to the city hospital, Miss
Doyle was charged with failure to
have drivers license and Overton
was slated for failure to have a
drivers license, certificate of title
and license plates.
Fred Shaw, Sc, of 1902 Dawson
street, had both knee caps shattered
this afternoon when the truck in
which he was passenger crashed
into an automatic traffic signal at
Virginia avenue and South Alabama
street.
Walter Duke, Al, son-in-law of
Shaw, driving the truck, said he
swerved to avoid striking car in
front of him that stopped suddenly
for the traffic light.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
Tech FRESHMEN
ARE WELCOMED
Principal Extends Greeting
to New Pupils.

At meeting for freshmen of
Arsenal Technical high school Tues
day afternoon in the auditorium.
Principal De Witt S. Morgan gave
the welcoming address.
Ralph Schonfield, business man
ager of the Arsenal Cannon, the
school newspaper, explained the
publication to the newcomers. Mem
bers of the Cannon staff distributed
a special six-page issue. of the paper
to freshmen at the end of the
meeting.
Two new music instructors fur
nished music. John White, newly
appointed chorus director, sang a
baritone solo, and Robert S. Orion,
new orchestra director, gave vio-
lin solo. Other musical numbers
we're furnished by the school con-
cert band and the girls concert
band.
Sales campaign Of the 1931-19S2
Tech Book, student handbook. was
begun. Principal Morgan explained
the book, which has been revised.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
JAPAN HONORS Indy
Emperor Presents Medal
for Good Will Services.

By United Press
TOXIC, Sept. 9.-Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh's services to aviation
and furtherance of Japanese-Ameri-
can friendship brought him an
honorary decoration today from
Emperor Hirochito Of Japan.
Lindbergh was awarded the medal
Of THE Third Order With the Mid
die Gordon of the Rising Sun"
Emperor Hiroshito did not receive
the f1ier personally, but commits
stoned officials of the imperial
household to pin the decoration on
Lindbergh.
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh ex-
pect to fly from Toxic to Marking,
capital of China, on the next stage
of their vacation flight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
Going Up!

By United Press
HUNTINGTON, Ind, Sept. 8.
Although county commission
ers refused to appropriate
money for an elevator engineer,
Judge Sumner Kenner, OF
Huntington circuit court, can
order either the sheriff, his
deputies or a special bailiff to
do the work, it is said by
lawyers here. They based their
claims on similar case filed in
Vigo county, and decided by
the Indiana supreme court,
which held that stairways do
not provide ample facilities for
access to the court chambers
when located above the ground
floor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09

Business suits, four-piece golf suits.
tOpcoats and Overcoats-made of fine all
wool fabrics-tailored TO fit. In smart
new styles. Sizes 81 to Ain shorts.
longs, stouts and regulars!
-Ayres Downstairs Store.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
Minister Accused

II JHTItW I v Cos
HAMMOND, Ind, Sept. 9.-The
Rev. Joseph Botka, Watervliet,
Mich, is under arrest here as result
of an accident in which two East
Chicago children were injured. He
was charged with reckless driving
after his automobile collided with
one driven by George Berdis, East
Chicago, injuring Berdis' children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09

Complaints of highway wander
ers to the contrary, one need only
chance a sprained thumb to go
places in America, two Indian
apolis youths reported today when
they returned from a two-day
jaunt to Niagara Falls, N. Y, and
return.
They were Theodore Bluemel,
10, of $50 Weghorst street, and
Robert Ludgin, II, Of 353 Parkway
avenue, left and right in the pic
ture above.
At $3.50 a. m. their log shows,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
Choose soldiers Home Site

bW JWIttW IT E05
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-The
veterans bureau announced today
that the RoSeburg (Ore) site had
been selected for the Pacific north
west soldiers home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
POLICE PLEDGE
AID TO PROTECT
SCHOOL PUPILS
Strict Enforcement of All
Traffic Laws Ordered by
Chief MorriSseY.

AS a step in the campaign to pro-
tect the lives of school children,
Police Chief Mike Morrissey today
ordered thorough enforcement of
all traffic laws by police officers and
patrolmen.
Morrissey said he would lend every
possible cooperation in The Times
two-week campaign to LOSE A
MINUTE AND SAVE A LIFE.
At busy corners near schools
where the traffic hazards have been
increased by hundreds of school
children going to buildings and
crossing streets, police officers will
stand guard during morning, noon
and after-scnoo1 periods, Morrissey
announced.
Education Is Goal
In addition, policemen have been
instructed to aid children in cross
ing streets and to educate them in
safety measures
Morrissey said the children will
be given instructions in safety
rather than reprimanded for their
errors.
1T is the purpose of the police
department to cooperate to the
fullest extent in The Times cam
paign,' he said. Police officers
throughout the city will be on the
lookout for reckless and speeding
drivers.
School Heads Cooperate
Children are inclined to run and
play on their way to and from
school. The only way to keep
them from becoming involved in
accidents that may result in their
injury or death, is to educate them"
School officials already are CO.
operating in the campaign.
Neighbors in the vincinity of
School SO today asked the school
board and city to provide sidewalks
or cinder paths so the children
would not be forced into the streets
en- route to school.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09

Rural electric-power lines can
be run underground cheaper than
they can on poles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09

they thumbed a ride eastward
from indianapolis to Richmond.
From Richmond the next hop was
too Ashtabula, o., and Tuesday
noon they were at Niagara.
One ride brought them from
Buffalo, N. Y, to Indianapolis
between 6 Tuesday night and $3.50
this morning. Theodore spent 81
on the outing. Robert limited his
expenditures to 95 cents.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
.Postmasters' Convention
Held at Ellensburg

E. j. O'Larey was in Ellensburg last
Friday and Saturday attending the
annual state convention of the Nation
al League of PostmasterS.
More than eighty postmasters of the
803 in the state were in attendance
and the meeting was honored by the
presence of w. Irving Glover, second
assistant postmaster general, and John
Kane, of Seattle, postoffice inspector
in charge for the Northwest district
This is said to have been the first
convention in this state ever to have
been attended by parsonage so high
up in the postal service as Mr.. Glover.
Congressman elect Ralph Horr Of
Seattle was one of the speakers at a
banquet served in the Elks Temple
Friday evening. Congressman Horr is
recognized as one of the outstanding
opponents of the Eighteenth Amend
ment in the state and he explained
this opposition during the course of
his address at the banquet. He is said
to have designs on the U. S. Senate
and may become candidate in 1892
against Senator Wesley l.. Jones.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
Sunnyside School Budget
Does Not Permit Buses

Because of restricted budgets, some
of the school districts in the Yakima
valley are finding it necessary to re-
duce their expenditures for the coming
school term. In the Sunnyside district,
the board has decided to discontinue
school buses. The tentative budget for
1931-1932 in that district calls for an
expenditure of $60,635 as against $76,-
OBS last year. The discontinuance Of
the buses will save $1,000 to the dis
trict, while $4,000 will be deducted
from teachers salaries. Free text books
and building repairs have also been
eliminated from the budgets, and the
teaching staff has been reduced from
81 to 3d. Other districts are also max
ing reductions in their budgets to
keep their expenditures within their
income
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
Court Denies Petition
TO Set Aside Koppen Will

At recent hearing in the Superior
Court at Ephrata, an order was enter
ed denying the petition to set aside
the last will of the late F. c. Koppen
of Wahluke. Shortly before his death
two years ago, Mr.. Koppen made
will giving all of his property to
Charles Anderson, of Ephrata, at that
time sheriff of Grant county and for
years associated with Mr.. Koppen in
the buying and selling of real estate.
Mrs. Frederick Cords, a sister of
Mr.. Koppen, together. with other sis
tiers and brothers, brought the suit to
set the will aside, on the ground that
the circumstances surrounding It's
making were unusual and that Mr..
Koppen was not at the time of sound
and disposing mind
Under the courts order the will
stands and Mr.. Anderson is entitled
to all of the property.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
SIXTEEN EIGHTH GRADERS GET
DIPLOMAS

The county superintendent of schools
reports that sixten eighth grade pupils
and twenty-four seventh graders
passed the June state examination.
The following pupils graduated from
the eighth grade:
Lauretta Griffiths, Fred Hall, Evelyn
Ray Wade of White Bluffs; Ernest
johnson, George Johnson, and Miles
Richards of Finley; Lois Simmelink of
Triple Springs; Frank Thorne OF Whit
comb; Donald Jensen and Vernon
Schuster of Paterson; Ruby Kline
felter, Elizabeth Makus, and Maurice
McAlpin of Kiona- Benton.
The following seventh grade pupils
earned the required 80 per cent in
geography and physiology:
Dan Kuh, Ralph, Morton, and Fran
ces Young of Finley; Hazel Sprague
of Hofer; Homer Bilyeu, Loretta
Dryer, Celia Rowley, Donald Williams,
and Lois Wilson Of Kiona- Benton;
fifteen seventh graders of Hanford.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
New Town Well Furnishes
Abundance of Water

You never miss the water till the
well goes dry. White Bluffs folks know
exactly what is meant by that slogan.
The well didn't go dry, but they were
without water from 8 a. m. Tuesday
until Z p. m. Wednesday hours
while the pump and motor were be-
ing moved from the old to the new
town we'll and connected up with the
distributing system. Warned the eve
ming before that the water was to be
turned off, everybody filled up all the
empty basins in sight, including the
bathtub, tubs, boilers, buckets, jars.
crooks, ETC., but the reserve supply OF
water in most cases proved inadequate
and everyone was ready and waiting
when the water was turned into the
mains Wednesday evening.
The water was turned off again
for a few hours Thursday forenoon
while the pump was being repacked
and new sleeves were installed. With
these repairs and what appears to be
a much larger supply than was in
the old we'll, the water needs of the
town seem quite definitely settled for
some time to come.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
Basin Boosters
To Meet at Lind

A large attendance is expected at
the Columbia Basin meeting which
is to be held Saturday, June 81, at
Lind. All Of the congressional dele
cation of the state have been invited
to attend the meeting and 1t is ex-
pected that most of them will be
there.
The drought of this season in the
wheat country in the eastern part Of
the state has convinced the farmers
there that their one big hope is to
secure irrigation water and this no
doubt will contribute to the atten-
dance as we'll as the enthusiasm at
the meeting Saturday
The Columbia River Development
League, whose members have been
working to secure the water supply
for irrigating the western part of the
Columbia Basin by constructing a
dam at the mouth of Grand Coulee,
is to hold big picnic at Park Lake,
or Dry Falls, few miles south of
Coulee City Sunday, June %, in the
hope of putting a little pep into their
program. Invitations have been Sent
out to various commercial and civic
organizations and the League is antici-
pating an attendance of around 5000
members and visitors from all over
the state.
Some of the residents of this val
ley are planning to attend the Lind
meeting Saturday and few expect to
drive up to Coulee City to the picnic
the next day.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
Big Railroad
Tax Case Now
Being Tried
SUIT INVOLVING MILLIONS is
BEING HEARD BY JUDGE
WEBSTER IN SPOKANE

The big tax case, involving millions
of dollars and in which the railroads
are claiming their properties were
over-valued, and are asking for a re-
dution in the taxes assessed against
them, was begun Monday in Spokane
before Judge Webster in Federal Court.
Twenty-one counties in the state
through which the Northern Pacific,
Spokane, Portland & Seattle, and the
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul 81 Pacif-
ic railroads pass, are named as defen-
dants in the case.
The railroads contend that their
properties were over assessed during
the years 1925, 1926, and 1927.
The present hearing is expected to
questions on methods of transporter
ton are involved.
Hearings on the action were held for
two years before Judge Ralph Kauf-
man, special master in chancery, at
Ellensburg. His findings, set forth in
document of several thousand words,
favored the railroads, holding that the
value of the carriers for taxation pur-
poses should be determined by the
"stock and bond" method.
This assumes that the value Of a
railroad should be measured by that of
it's securities, this value to be prorated
according to the mileage In the differ
ent states. To illustrate, he said the
railroads should be able to earn z
per cent net on the assessed valuation.
Benton county is one of the twenty
one counties that have been named
defendants.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
Twenty Local Changers
Attend Vale Celebration


-Four cars of White Bluffs Grange
members attended the big picnic and
dance with which the Vale Grange
celebrated last Saturday afternoon and
evening the goth anniversary of its or
ganization. Among the representatives
from White Bluffs were the members
of the new degree team who, escorted
by Mrs. j. l., Holecek, attended in a
body Others were Local Master Sam
Allard, Russell Miller, Mrs. Edith
Dooley and Mrs. A. Pitt. The cars for
the trip were furnished by Mr.. Allard,
Edmund Anderson, D. o. Walker and
H. j. Upton.
In addition to the picnic dinner
the baseball game in the afternoon
and the dance at night the Vale
folks had prepared a splendid pro
gram, the main speaker being State
| Lecturer Knute Hill of Prosser. Free
ice cream and coffee were furnished
by the host Grange to about 300 visi-
| tors
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
Growers Committee Urges
A Cut in Workers Wages

Without attempting to fix definite
scale for the various kinds of work
this season, members of the labor
committee of the Central Washington
Growers association at meeting in
Yakima last Saturday recommended
general reduction of 10 per cent in
the 1881 wages for orchard help, ac-
cording to a news item published in
the Yakima Republic. Growers have
found it imperative to reduce the costs
of production wherever possible, v. T.
Boaz, executive secretary, said. Labor
ers are being paid 25 to 80 cents an
hour, with plenty of help available at
Is cents, the committee decided. This
week the committee is to meet with
group from the Yakima Valley Traffic
and Credit association to consider a
wage scale for warehouse work.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
Catholic Church Grounds
Are to Be Improved


The ladies of the Catholic Altar
Society will sponsor bridge and
pinochle party to be given at the old
Allard place at Allafd, Saturday eve
ming, une q. Play will begin at $3.50
O'Clock and arrangements have been
made to entertain a large crowd.
Hostesses for the evening will be Mrs.
Fred Gilhuly, Mrs o. w. Brown and
the Misses Kathryn Syfford, Geral-
dine Shanahan and Tommie O'Larey.
Tickets for play will be Is cents
each and each purchase will entitle
the ticket holder to chance on the
door prize.
Hot dog sandwiches, ice cream, cake
and coffee will be on sale throughout
the evening at five cents each.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend and spend a pleasant evening
playing cards while helping along a
worthy cause.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
Hearing in
Water Case in
Prosser Today
DISTRICT PETITION
ING COURT FOR ORDER CON.
FIRMING BOND SALE

A large number of the residents OF
this valley are in Prosser today at
tending the hearing in the water case
The hearing is on the petition of
the Priest Rapids Irrigation district
asking for an order of the Court con-
firming all of the steps SO far taken
in the issuance and sale of the $685..
600 of bonds voted by the land owners
in the district at the election ON
April rs.
An attempt has been made to con-
solidate with this hearing the injunc-
ton suit filed at about the time of the
bond election by those opposed to the
irrigation districts program OF devel-
opment. This injunction suit was filed
originally in Yakima county Superior
Court, but Judge Barnett granted
motion to change the venue to Benton
county.
If the consolidation attempt is suc-
cessful, the whole case will be tried
on its merits at the nearing begin
ming today.
The filing of the injunction suit has
not interfered with the districts pro-
gram of development, as there is lit
tie that can be done along this line
until the close of the irrigation season.
1t has, however, prevented the district
from completing It's bid, made at the
receivership sale in Yakima in Febru-
airy, for the purchase of the project,
and has continued the receivership,
which is, of course, creating an unnec-
essary financial burden for the water
users
In the event the case is not finally
determined at the hearing beginning
today it will be necessary for w. H.
Keal, who made the bid for the dis
trict at the receivership sale, to ask
for another extension of time in which
to complete his offer of purchase as
the last extension will expire July l..
The hearing in Prosser today is be-
ing conducted before Judge Leavy Of
Spokane.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
Irrigated Farms
States Best Asset

With most of it's other industries in
a bad way, the state of Washington's
Importance is being maintained right
now by it's irrigated sections. Figures
are available to show that the land in
the state that is being artificially
watered is marketing for cash annual
ly crops in excess of $70000000 and in
addition providing homes and much of
the living which comes from the soil
for over 100000 people.
While many of the great industries,
such as numbering and mining, are
based upon the destruction of natural
resources, irrigation farming never
takes anything away. On the contrary,
it is susceptible of constant Develop
ment and through the employment of
proper farming methods the land be-
comes more valuable each year
This state, with the help of irriga-
ton, might be supporting half mil
lion more people and turning out each
year at least million more dollars
worth of products for the markets.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25
Pasco Bridge Is
Bought by State

At stockholders meeting Of the
Northwest Toll Bridge Company, own
ers of the Kennewick- Pasco bridge
across the Columbia river, held in
Walla Walla last Saturday, it was
voted to accept the offer of the state
of Washington of 100000 for the
bridge. The ratio of voting shares
was about 40 to / to accept the Of
fer. The transfer to the state is ex-
pected to be completed and the bridge
made toll free on July l.
The bridge was built several years
ago by private corporation whose
stockholders lived principally at Ken
newick, Pasco and Walla Walla, and
who realized it was essential if the
Inland Empire highway was to hold its
own with other cross-state highways.
Shortly after it was built movement
was started to have it taken over by
the state but this move proved UNI
successful until the last session of the
legislature appropriated 100000 for
the purpose.
It has been operated as toll bridge
since construction and dividend pay
er almost from the start. For this
latter reason the stockholders were re-
luctant to sell and it is said that 1T
was only upon threat Of the state
to build new bridge along side OF
it that the stockholders finally agreed
to sell.
The stockholders will receive 40
cents on the dollar of investment in
cash, and bonds on the Wanna bridge,
Cascade Locks, across the Columbia
for the remainder. President w. F.
Grove predicted that in few years
the stockholders will be paid in full.
To observe the opening OF
the free bridge, the towns of Pasco and
Kennewick will hold joint celebra-
ton on the Fourth of July to which
various notables of the state will be
invited.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-25

A good crowd was at the basket
social given by the Sunday School of
the Presbyterian church Wednesday
evening on the church lawn and $32
was realized for the forty baskets sold
Ice cream was sold during the even
ing and hot coffee and lemonade were
served free at lunch time. Preceding
the sale of the baskets, nice program
was given inside the church.
Music was furnished by the Girls
quartette and Mrs. Alex Parke, and
a Mother Goose guessing contest was
won by William Burkett and Beecher
Atkinson, who tied for the prize.