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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-04-23

El3[HLe o. lIeoFNo N0feF, UeceN1ad
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN By the
undersigned administrator OF the estate
OF George guter. Deceased 20 the
creditors Of and ali persons having
claims against the said Deceased. to
exhlb& them with necessary vouchers
wskhlD 4 menths after the first publ
cation Of this notice, % the said sd
Illustrator az Room ~ Conrad Bank
Bldg. Great Fails Montana. the same
being the place for the transaction Of
business of said estate ia the County
of Cascade
Dated April O. 1892
H 6. McKENNA
Administrator 81 Estate OK
George Suter. Deceased.
Date Of first publication, Apr1l zG,
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
Flow of Columbia River
Stopped for 80 Minutes

A number of people here were in
terested to know what, if any, effect
would be evident here by the stoppage
of the entire flow of the Columbia
river at Rock Island for 90 minutes
at 10 o'clock Wednesday forenoon
while the reservoir at the new dam
there was being filled.
Rock Island is about 80 miles above
White Bluffs and probably because of
the speed at which the water flows at
it's present level, estimated at about
5 miles an hour, there was no ap-
parent effect here Wednesday night.
On Thursday morning l.. A. Codding
reported that the river had dropped
about inches at his place while Henry
Chairman, Wahluke ferryman said the
drop there Thursday morning was
about Is inches The river had be-
gun to rise again by Thursday noon
and it was thought 1t would probably
be back at it's old level by night. 1t
is believed that the rise and fall OF
the river may have tendency to
loosen the ice that has been blocking
the river and with the help of friend
ly chinook wind may clear it up sooner
than otherwise.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
Taxable Value
OF Benton Land
To Be Reduced
CAN'T TAX LAND BEYOND ITS
ABILITY TO PAY, SAYS
COUNTY ASSESSOR

Lands in Benton County, for the
year 1882, are going to undergo sub
stantial reduction in taxable value,
according to an announcement this
week of Treasurer Assessor Harry For
syth.
In explanation Mr.. Forsyth says:
"This is not due to any action of tax
reduction organizations but simply to
the fact that the values are not there,
and under present conditions I believe
they are entitled to cut
"This is going to work a hardship
on some of the school districts and,
in fact, all taxing bodies of the coun-
ty, and they will be compelled to
lower their expenditures accordingly
and get along the best way they can.
There is no use levying taxes on prop
erty beyond it's ability to pay. This
may be sad news to some but it should
be good news to the land owners
Benton county is in good financial
condition. 1t has no general obliga-
ton bond indebtedness, except for the
court house, and 40 per cent of these
bonds have been paid
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
Local Post Commended
By National Commander

John Lindblad Post of the American
Legion was commended in letter
dated February 2 from Henry L. Ste
vens, Jr., National Commander of the
American Legion, to DR.. E. F. Newton,
commander of the local Post.
Commander Stevens said: ut has
given me very great pleasure to learn
of the award of the Citation for Mer-
itorious Service which your Post won
as of December 81, 1881 because OF
it's outstanding membership accomp-
lishment.
1--WE have tremendous year ahead
of us calling for the very best efforts
of each and every loyal Legionnaire
am, therefore, particularly glad to
note that your Post is already respond
ing so nobly know this means that
we can rely upon you at all times anc
that your members will not be found
wanting in any of the 1882 Legion &C
tivitieS.
please convey my hearty congratu-
lations to each and every Legionnaire
who has assisted in making your great
record possible"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
Receiver to Ask
$40 per Acre
Maintenance
CHANCE TO SELL EXCESS POWER
MAKES A LOWER RATE
POSSIBLE

maintenance charge this year OF
not exceeding $40 per acre for land re-
ceiying water from the ditch, will be
recommended by Receiver Marvin
Chase who was down from Wenatchee
this week estimating the. amount OF
work and necessary expenditures on
the system before the beginning of an
other irrigation season. Mr.. Chase's
recommendations must be approved by
Judge Webster of the Federal Court.
motion for such an order is to be
presented to the Court in the near
future, Mr.. Chase said.
If the $40 rate is approved, it will
be a substantial reduction under the
! previous rate. During the first years
of the receivership, the maintenance
charge was SIS an acre and last year
it was $3.50. This, of course, was
not for just the contract allowance
but for all the water the ditch would
carry.
The lower rate this year was made
possible through an arrangement with
the Pacific Power & Light Company,
whereby the power company agrees to
purchase all of the excess current that
may be developed at the Priest Rapids
plant
Mr.. Chase is hopeful of being able
to start up the power plant about
March /. All of the lower levels of the
Columbia river watershed above here
are carpeted with heavy blanket OF
snow ranging from one foot to three
feet in depth, which augurs we'll for
an early run-off and higher water in
| the Columbia for this time of year
than has existed for several seasons.
| The earlier the power plant can be
started the larger will be the fund for
the sale of current. The irrigation
season is not scheduled to begin until
April l, so that all Of the power de-
veloped prior to that date may be sold.
After April /, only the power in excess
of that needed to operate the pumps
at Allard can be marketed
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11

Although there was not large crowd
at the card party at Grange Hall Sat-
urday evening, those who were there
report an exceptionally good time. Be-
sides the four tables of bridge and the
six of pinochle, there was one table
of players who refuse to be weaned
away from the good old game of Five
Hundred. The highest score in bridge
for the evening was made by Mrs. F.
A. English and in pinochle by John
H. Johnston. Refreshments were serv-
ed at the end of play.
This was the first of a series OF
parties to be given by the Grange, the
late for the next one being February 20
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
County School Directors
Meet at Benton City
BY Olaf StrandwOld, County School
superintendent

superintendent
About twenty people attended the
annual Benton county school directors
meeting held at Benton City last Fri
day.
The Benton City school orchestra,
conducted by Miss Elizabeth RAIDER,
rendered several numbers, and Dean
and Margaret Hartman played and
sang. Lunch was served by the Ben
ton City Womans Club in the do
mestic science room in the school
building.
H. S. Hughes, the president of the
association, in his opening address
called attention to the diminishing tax
returns and the difficult financial sit
uations facing many of our school
districts Five large districts in this
county, though run economically and
at present requiring the maximum tax
rate of twenty mills, will face addition
al financial difficulties under next
years reduced valuations on land.
Many other districts have real finan-
cial problems and all need to prac-
tise the strictest economy. Our local
and state associations have real task
before them to work out some prac-
tical tax reform.
Harry Forsyth, county assessor-trea-
surer, stated that our school finances
depended largely upon assessors valu-
ations. Counties throughout the state
are cutting land valuations from 10 to
so per cent. Counties surrounding
Benton county are cutting land values
Is per cent or more, and the cut in this
county's land values will average about
Is per cent. Districts numbered 5, z
IL, IA, 90, 81, 81, 81, and 6 will take
big reductions in assessed valuations
as they have no railroads and depend
largely on land valuations which will
be cut about rs per cent. The Union
Pacific Railway is paying its tax in full
without protest; but the other railway
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
BY County Agent E. G. Durdle

A group of farmers from the Han
ford and White Bluffs community met
at the White Bluffs high school build
ing Thursday night of last week with
Mr.. Mccormick, agricultural agent for
the milwaukee railroad, and the county
agent, to make general recommended
lions as to enterprises and farm prob
lems It was a cool night and at
tendance was somewhat small, due
undoubtedly to the weather, but there
were IA people and most of these
stayed until nearly eleven o'clock when
the meeting broke up.
recommendations covered those for
apples, pears, peaches, cherries, april
cots, prunes, soils and soil fertility
dairy, poultry, truck crops, and several
miscellaneous problems.
The recommendations on apples was
for the planting of only the following
varieties: Winesaps, Jonathans, Deli
cious, Romes and Yellow Transparents
1t was generally recommended that
apples should be planted only in such
localities as are suitable to apple pro-
duction. A grower probably would not
want to plant all of these varieties
but should make one of them his first
choice and also use that one of the
other varieties that would make the
best pollenizer. In this connection
| it was pointed out that in each COM
munity sufficient number of each of
the above named varieties should be
planted in order to keep the ware
houses in operation throughout the
season rather than just have one var
iety which would swamp the ware
houses during the peak of the packout.
In regard to pears it was felt that
commended for part planting would be
the d'Anjous with enough of q pol
lenizing variety to bring about good
polarization. Since the Bartlett is a
good canning pear, fruit from pollen
lied trees would probably find local
markets for canning purposes. Only
soils and areas we'll adapted to pears
should be planted.
Since there are no peach varieties OF
considerable promise making their APP
pearance at this time it would seem
advisable to not recommend any i'm
mediate planting, but it was felt that
this enterprise might be increased con-
siderably in the valley, particularly ii
special attention was given to proper
selection of soil and location This
factor of soil and location is doubly
important, particularly for all tree
. fruits, if the venture is to prove prof
table
Only Bing or Lambert cherries woule
be recommended and it was felt that
particular attention should be given te
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
Directors Face Program
Of School Economy

G. I. Wright and l.. A. Codding,
president and clerk, respectively, of the
White Bluffs school board, returned
Wednesday evening from Yakima
where they had been in attendance at
the state convention of school dir
ectors held Tuesday and Wednesday.
OF the meeting Mr.. Codding said:
'"The main discussion conferred around
the financial condition of the school
districts in the state. There seems
little doubt that the valuations of real
the counties this year, which means
that the amount of money available
for school purposes will be much less
than 1t has been.
mo one seemed to know just how
to make the smaller funds cover the
present costs of our schools. 1t ap-
pears that changes in our tax system
must soon be made. However, that
must be done by the state legislature
and we are not certain that the leg
islature will take such action.
Assistant Attorney General Ander
son gave a very interesting talk on
the liability of school districts. A res
olution was adopted to ask the next
legislature to enact laws to make more
of the gas tax money available for
rural roads.
III. S. Hughes of Hover in Benton
county, was elected ce-president of
the state association"
DR.. N. D. Showalter, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, in an
address before the meeting pointed one
way out of the financial difficulties
of school districts by calling attention
to the fact that there is one state
fund of 100000 that is now lying
idle in Olympia.
eff we could use this $6000000 it
would save the districts per cent,
DR.. ShoWalter declared. cat the time
when it is needed most, this money
is kept out of circulation, and the
only way to get at it is by legislative
action"
S. F.. Spencer, of Everett, president
of the association, drew applause when
he struck at the legislative system
which gives the highway department
favor over the state school system
Unless some change is made, Presi-
dent Spencer predicted return TIC
the schools of 40 years ago.
Admonishing the directors to get te
the bottom of the present difficulties
Mr. Spencer said: "We've had these
problems before, but the present one is
just bit more aggravated. Taxpayer:
are asking us to do something, ane
we must prune our expenses in every
way we can in answer to the demand!
of the public. We have talked enough
it is now time for action"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11

In addition to the new series of BIZ
centennial stamps now on hand at the
White Bluffs postoffice, small guam
tity of the Olympic Games stamps
have been received. These commem-
crate the Olympic Games now being
held at Lake Placid, New York, and
the central figure on the new stamp
is that of ski jumper in mid-air.
There are only a few of these, and
local stamp collectors should call this
week if they wish any.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
Junior Woman's Club
Hears Talk on Nutrition

The Junior Woman's Club met at
the home of Mrs. Elsie SchWisoW Fri
day afternoon, February s. In the
absence of the president, Mrs. Erna
Kirby, the meeting. was called to order
by the vice-president, Mrs. Monica
Borden. Roll call was answered by
twelve members. Five visitors were
also present. Mrs. Pauline Young
joined the club.
Plans were made for silver tea to
be given Friday afternoon, March 4,
in the assembly room of the Lutheran
church. Mrs. Alice Moede Mrs. Beth
Beyers and Mrs. Lena Fouty were ap-
pointed as program committee and
Mrs. Elsie Schwisow was placed in
charge of the refreshment committee.
The funds from this tea will be used
to defray the small expenses of the
club
Announcement was made that Miss
Barber, of the Extension Department
of w. S. G., will hold meeting at the
Lutheran church at 2 p. m. sharp,
Monday, February Is, her subject to
be, punishment, Obedience, and Re-
wards for Children" Mrs Mary Davis,
Benton county club leader, will &C
company Miss Barber. White Bluffs
is the only town in Benton county
that will have the pleasure of hearing
Miss Barber. Mrs. Beyers and Mrs.
Miller will act as hostesses for this
meeting.
Mrs. John McFee, OF the White
Bluffs Woman's club, then gave very
interesting talk on Child Nutrition
that was greatly enjoyed by all pres
ent. A chart called "The Scientific
Meal Planning Guide" and booklet
"Diet for Infants and Young Children,
were distributed by Mrs. McFee. The
meal planning guide divided foods into
three groups. The first group is the
vitamins, A, B, G, D, e, F, and G.;
group two is composed of the body
building and regulating foods contain
ing protein, iron, calcium, phosphorus
iodine, and roughage; group three is
made up of the energy producing foods
or carbohydrates.
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acid and alkali foods, SO we may seek
an equal balance of each in planning
our meals.
| There is very good list of fooc
selection planned for day, which tells
how much food and what kind is
needed for adults of normal health
and for children over six years OF age
This chart is published by the state
college of Washington.
Mrs. McFee also referred in her tall
to Farmers Bulletin No. 1874, or
Foods for Children" which contain!
menus and recipes for children's menus
The conclusion of the meeting wa!
turned into an open discussion OF thu
afternoons subject. Mrs. McFee wa
very kind to answer all questions
Mrs Schwisow served doughnuts ant
tea and coffee at the close of the dis
cussion.
CODA ConrN cao,v
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
State Grange Lecturer
Will Speak Feb. %

James c.. Farmer, lecturer Of the
national Grange will be in Benton
county February %. An all-day meet
ing will probably be held at Benton
City. The officers of every Grange
in the county and everyone interested
in Grange work should make it a point
to attend Definite announcement OF
the time and place will be made in next
weeks Spokesman.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
Young White Bluffs Artist
Presented in Recital

John James Keal was presented in
recital by his teacher, Mrs. Alex Parke.
last Sunday afternoon at the OLarey
home, where about thirty interested
music lovers enjoyed the program CIV
en- by the young artist as follows:
Iiebesfreud KreiSler
2nd Mazurka ......................... GODDARD
Hungarian Dance No. 2... Brahms
John James Keal
Vocal Solo, 1.-The Sunshine Of Your
Smile"
Miss Ethel Woods
Hungarian Rhapsodie (March)
.LlZSU
Duet Mrs. Parke and John James Keal
LIE Regatta zeniziana Liz st
John James Keal
Solo Sweetheart of My Student Days"
Miss Ethel Woods
Polish Dance ....................S charwenka
Country Garden Granger
John James Keal
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
CORA j. sODEN, Sec'y

A leap year and Valentine dance
sponsored by the American Legion
will be given Saturday night, Feb
ruary 10, at Community hall in Han
ford, at which old and new time music
by four piece orchestra will be fea-
|tured.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11
Best Paying Crops for this Valley
Are Discussed at GrowerS Meeting

suitable location and soil and that
paintings be made only on the heavier
soils for the sweet cherry. The same
was true of the apricots.
Since the use of leguminous crops
either as crops in the rotations Or as
cover crops can be relied upon to fur
nish the large part of the nitrogen
needed for most of our cropping sys-
TENS it was felt that definite pro-
gram should be stressed advocating the
use of these crops in rotation or as
cover crops. The use of the additional
fertilizer, PHOSPHORUS and potash
rather when crops show the need of it
were emphasized rather than too
general use of complete commercial
fertilizer.
Only limited amount of time was
given to the discussion of the dairy
and poultry enterprise. It was felt,
however, that both of these enterprises
had place in the community and that
more attention should be given to max
ing use of such lands as were not
adaptable to fruit production TO such
purposes as these two enterprises. The
same thing was true of the truck crop
situation, especial attention needs to
be given to preparation of soils so that
they will be responsive to good care
and thus produce large tonnage per
unit of truck crops
The problem of how to handle the
situation of neglected orchard where
the owner is nonresident, was CIV
en- quite a little discussion and it was
finally decided that the circulation of
petition, signed generally by those
living in the immediate vicinity of
such an orchard and the turning of
this petition over to the inspector In
the community, would probably offer
more in the way of results than any
other step suggested.
The reader undoubtedly will have no.
ticed running through the entire dis
cussion constant reference to the i'm
portance of soil selection as adapted to
the particular crop to be grown as
well as taking into consideration the
location particularly as it has bear
| ing upon frost control or winter dam
age from the severe frosts. It was
felt by those present that this was
really the most important problem that
should be considered by anyone con-
templating planting of new acreage OF
new farmers coming into the commun-
ity. There was feeling that there
should be some sort of information or
the various points covered above avail
able to newcomers in the community
and that an attempt should be made
to see that newcomers are given thi.
information. This all would seem very
important to us and we believe it i:
one of the most worthwhile moves thai
community can make.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11

Judge Matt Driscoll of Pasco will
deliver an address on the life of
Abraham Lincoln at the White Bluffs
high school auditorium at 2 o'clock
Friday afternoon, February IL. Every
one in the community is invited to
listen to this address
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-02-11

Upon invitation of r. E. Reed, secre-
tary of the county central committee,
Republicans of the county will gather
in Kennewick Friday evening, E~h-
ruary IL, for dinner and a discussis
of the political situation. Several pea
sons prominent in Republican party
affairs in the county will speak, and
plans for the coming election will b.
discussed.
Evening star., 1932-08-04
YANKEE GRAPPLERS.
TAKE THREE TITLES
Gain Olympic Team Honors,
Become Spectators for
Greco-Roman Bouts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
r OS ANGELES, August with
the 1892 Olympic catch-as-catch-
can team wrestling champion
ship tucked away, American
grapplers today turned spectators to
watch the visiting foreigners vie for
Greco-Roman titles.
Although unaccustomed to the Olym-
pic style and rules of wrestling, three
Yankees won the nght-heavyweight,
welterweight and bantamweight titles,
Sweden carried of two and Finland
and France one each.
| Champions crowned were:
Bantamweight Robert Pearce,
Cushing, Okla.
observation-disclosures Pihlaja-
| maxi. Finland
Lightweight-C h r les Pacone,
Welterweight-Jack van Beeber,
Perry, Okla.
Middleweight i Ivar JohanSSon,
Sweden.
Light ht-heavyweight- Meh-
| ringer, Lawrence, KanS.
| Heavyweight-Johan Richthoff,
Sweden. defending champion.
Edgar Nemir, Oakland, Calf, repre-
senting the University of California,
and Jack Riley, Wilmette, Ill, COM
peting from Northwestern University,
took second places in the featherweight
and heavyweight divisions. respectively.
Four days Of Greco-Roman graphing
"a style which prohibits any hold be-
low the waist-opens today with no
| American entered.
"The United States has never COM
peted in Greco-Roman wrestling and
probably never WILL" said Bill Street,
manager of the American Olympic team.
"Our boys do not care for this style and
consequently never practice it,
| Catch-as-catch-can titles were de-
cided as follows: Pearce won over Aatois
Jaskari, Finland; Pihlajamaki defeated
Einar Karlsson, Sweden; Pacome con-
quered Charles Karpati, Hungary; Van
BebDer beat Elmo Leino, Finland 1920
winner Johansson tossed Robert Hess,
Cresco, Iowa; Mehringer eliminated
Eddie Scarf, Australia. and Richthoff
whipped Nikolaus Hirschl, Austria.
Evening star., 1932-08-04
TEA HELPS BRITISHER
WIN WALKING CROWN
Green Sips 0olong at Every Oasis
Setting Olympic Record
for $4,000 Meters.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
7 OS ANGELES, August 4.-Thomas
IL William Green, 80, of Great Britain,
is Olympic walking champion. He
won the title last night by finishing a
50,O00-meter tramp over the pavements
in Griffith Park in hours so minutes
and 10 seconds.
Never far behind the pace-setters,
Green took the lead near the end of
the 3l-mile l22-yard grind to finish
more than minutes ahead of Janis
Dalinsh of Latvia, the second-place
winner, and nearly 9 minutes ahead of
the veteran Italian heel-and-toe expert,
Ugo Frigerio, who was third.
The time made by Green, railroad
employe, established an Olympic record,
although because of the heat it was not
as fast as had been anticipated.
Karl Haehnel of Germanv was fourth,
Ettore Rivolta of Italy fifth, and an
other German, Paul Sievert, sixth.
Henri Quintric, France; Ernest Crosbie,
United States: Bill Chisholm. U. S. A..
and Alfred Mask of Estonia. in that
order, were the other of the 16 starters
who managed to finish.
While most of the entrants drank cold
water and orange juice at the many
watering stations along the route, Green
true to British custom, had tea at every
oasis