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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23

Among the famous trails that ran
through or near White Bluffs, Mrs
Meeks spoke of the one mentioned in
the Underhill letters recently published
in the Spokesman-th old White
Bluffs Trail of 1860, over which heavy
freighters journeyed on their laborious
way from The Dalles to the Colville
mines. And over the old post road
that reached White Bluffs, travelled
the troops whose mission It was to pro-
tect the settlers in the Indian upris-
ings. Two young army officers who
crossed at the bend Of the river at
Wahluke in the late fifties, on such
trip, were Its. u. S. Grant and w. T.
Sherman, later famous Civil War gen.
erals. third historic trail was one
that ran from Yakima to the Okan-
ogan country, by way of Juniper
Springs, the present Knaub home,
then a famous watering spot for trav-
ellers.
In a portion of her talk that she
called Little Journeys Out from White
Bluffs" Mrs. Meeks recited legend
concerning the naming of Priest Rap
ids, which she gave first on the list
of places within a radius of 20 miles
from White Bluffs, most worth while
visiting Other interesting spots de-
scribed were Rocky Gorge, just below
Priest Rapids; the Pillar Rocks sew
eral miles below Juniper Springs;
Table Rock on Gabel Mountain;
Mount Wahatus, the highest peak of
the Saddle mountain range Black
Sand Bar famous Indian gathering
place and battle-ground; and Wahluke
Beach, near the old Koppen home,
"The Villa"
To lend additional interest to the
afternoon, there was group singing with
Mrs. r. S. Reierson at the piano.
An exhibit of local curios had been
arranged, prominent among which was
the part of the Koppen collection of
Indian relics, presented to the club
at the death of Mr.. and Mrs. Koppen
Greatly admired, also, were the beau
tiful exhibit of artistic fancyWork and
beadWork in original designs by Mrs.
@. D. Loveland, and two very unique
and interesting specimens Of hand
work by Mrs. E. A. Schilling.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23
HANFORD HAPPENINGS
(By Mrs. M. R. Slavens)

visited Mrs. Langford and DR.. Devin
over the weekend. Mrs. Troasdill is
daughter of Rev. Oliver Devin and
taught at Priest Rapids before her
marriage
Mr.. and Mrs Oscar whitley and two
| little sons arrived week ago from
Pontiac Mich, and are at the Carl
Cords home for the present. MIR. Whitley
| is son of Mrs. Carl Cords. Mr.. Whitley
| is an expert mechanic and electrician
but like many other city employees,
left the city to work On ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Nagel left Mon
day for Ellensburg and from there eX-
pect to go to Orting to attend family
reunion at the home of Mr.. Nagel's
mother, Mrs. A. w. Mckee. The five
sons and two daughters have not had
a reunion for twenty years and they
expect to surprise their mother on her
seventy birthday.
Last weeks Seattle Times announced
the oldest mother in the United States
to be Mrs Nah-th le-tle, Apache In
dian, 100 years old and living near
Lawton, Okla. Fifth in the list was
Mrs. Mahalla Davis Combs of Ottum-
wa, Iowa, 1O2 years old. The Combs
family lived near the Slavens family
and Mrs Combs used to take care Of
G.. T. Slavens when he was a baby.
The latter, who will be 80 years old
on June &c, was a young man when
Mr.. Combs died and took part in the
Masonic service at his funeral
The work on the road being finished,
Paul Baer left Tuesday for Spokane
and from there will go to Anatone to
superintend the road work there. Mr..
and Mrs. Schlitz and Mr.. and Mrs
Fenley went to Anatone The McIvors
went to Colfax and the VIM. Pether-
am family to Yakima.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Beverly Nichols and Miss Dor
othy Shae, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
June 49, They will make their home
in Milwaukee.
The regular Christian Endeavor
meeting will be held at Ills next Sun
day evening. Reports of the state con-
vention will be given at eight o'clock,
and installation of officers will take
place. Everyone is cordially invited to
attend.
During July and August the library
will be open on Wednesdays only, from
9 to IL a. m. and 7 to 9 p. m.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23
COLD CREEK

Ernest Meeker has finished his work
with the Triangle Construction COM
pany and returned home Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Wilson spent a
part of the weekend in Prosser, driv-
ing over Saturday evening and return
ing to Cold Greek Sunday.
N. j. Veeder is at home for while
on his homestead at Cold Greek, hav-
ing arrived Friday night from Denver
Colorado, after nine-day trip in his
car.
E. L. Eddy and son Carl of Yakima
visited Sunday at the Brown ranch
and at the MCGEE home. They were
accompanied by James Padelford
S. o. Drawn and N. j. Veeder are
helping with the haying at the Benson
ranch this week.
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St. Mary's Catholic

Rev. Arthur Joda, Pastor
Sundays-Ma on second Sunday at
HOO and on fourth Sunday at 800.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23

A son was born to Mf. ana MIS-. roy
Wilson margaret Syfford) Sunday
morning, June 10, at the hospital at
Auburn. The baby weighed six pounds
and has been named
A so nwas born to Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Kline (Patricia Jameson) at eleven
o'clock Sunday morning. The baby has
been named Carl Covert and weighed
six and a half pounds.
Mrs B. G. Root left week ago for
Wisconsin to spend the summer with
her mother. Jimmie Root is staying
with his brother Melvin in Yakima
during her absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quentin Ives and two
little sons moved to Yakima and are
making their home on a ranch with
Mrs. Ives father, who hurt himself re-
Gently. MI. Ives is splendid barber
and also musician and they will be
missed in our community.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Fife drove to Ell
lensburg last Friday to take F. A. Nor
gan and his son Foster over to attend
the funeral of Virginia Morgan.
Mrs NJ P. Anglin left Monday to at
tend the state Communication of the
Eastern Star which meets in Tacoma
this week. She will be the guest of
Mrs. Veatch during her stay in Ia
coma.
Mrs Alice Langford was hostess at
two luncheons given last week in honor
of her daughter Mrs. Clarence Berg,
who expects to leave the latter part
of this week for her home in Sacra-
mento There we're four tables at each
luncheon, each table being decorated
in a different color. Each woman chose
q corsage and then was placed at the
table that correspondent to that color.
The picnic luncheon was brought in
large baskets. At the Tuesday party
Mrs. Anglin won the prize in the
guessing game and the guests were ia
vored with solos from MesdameS Boett-
cher, Berg, Ralph Conkle, and a trio
by Mesdames Young, Boettcher and
Anglin. At the Thursday party Mrs.
Leona AinsWorth won the prize in the
guessing game, Mrs. w. A. Joyce and
Mrs. NJ r. Slavens gave short read
ings and Mrs. Noyes and Mrs. Berg
rendered solos.
Honoring Mrs Howard Martin of
Oakland, Mrs. A. r. Boettcher enter
tanned twelve guests at luncheon last
Friday. After the luncheon there were
three tables of bridge in play, high
score being won by Mrs. E. R. Griner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Martin and
son of Oakland visited Mrs. Martins
sister, Mrs. G. H. Young, and family
from Thursday until Sunday. On Sat-
urday evening Mrs Young, assisted by
her sister, Mrs. Leo Weber, enter
tanned at bridge in honor of their
guests. There were five tables of bridge
in play, high score for women going
to Mrs. VIM. S. Weber, and high score
for men to E. r. Griner. There were
also two guest prizes. Ice cream, cake
and coffee we're served after the game.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Boettcher of
Richland and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. john
son and daughter Carmella of Everett
visited at the A. r. Boettcher home
last Sunday. Mrs. johnson is sister
of Supt. Boettcher.
NJ and Mrs. Troasdill isabelle
Devin) and little daughter Of Seattle
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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

Injecting at Liberty HalD
Sabbath School 1920 a. m. every
Saturday. Glasses for adults and chill
dren.
1870, Preaching service. Junior and
Senior sermons.
Motto: Follow Christ"
H. A. SCHULTZ, Pastor
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Pomona Entertained

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Tells of Pioneer DAYS
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club was told, on the ranch that now
belongs to Mrs. L. c. Robinson, but a
later one was erected In 80 or 81 on
the old Brice homestead The logs in
this building which were taken from
the river, were hewed and put in place
by the men of the community and a
good split shake roof put on. 1t served
until the building of the present grade
schoolhouse in 1908.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23

Community Presbyterian
Church and Sunday School in
combined service, 1000 to 1918 q. m.
Rev. n. A. Noyes,
Pastor
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23
Worlds Birds

There are about 10000 species of
birds in the world, about 800 of them
being in the United States.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23

Billy Blair came up from Bend Ore
gon, the latter part Of last week and
will visit relatives here for while
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23

DR.. and Mrs E.. F. Newton and Mary
Elizabeth visited friends in Prosser
Sunday evening.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23
Announcements OF
the Churches
St. Paul's Evangelical

St. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran
1--WE have an Advocate with the Fa-
Their, Jesus Christi John 2, 1.
Sunday School at 1000 a. m.
Bible Study, 1000 a. m.
Divine Service at 100 a. m.
REV. Il. @. KRU0,
Pastor
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23

The program for the travelling wheel
was discussed at length and finally de-
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
BETHESDA ASKS
GAS RATE GUT

A resolution approving the re-
port Of the public utility com
mittee of the Bethesda Chamber
of Commerce, which recommended
to the Public Service Commission
of Maryland that the gas rates in
the metropolitan district of Mont
gomery county be lowered, was
adopted last night by the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce.
The Public Service Commission
recently ordered the gas company
to give the Maryland communities
the 8l2 per cent temporary dis
count which had been granted to
Washington consumers. The Be
theSda Chamber of Commerce,
however. holds that the $1.20 rate
charged. as compared to the $50
rate which Washington pays, is
unjust.
The association also passed a
resolution condemning attacks on
the water system which is fur
niShing the county.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
DELAWARE B A !
DISPUTE AIRED

BALTIMORE, Sept. 13 CU.SD.
Argument in the centuries-old
dispute over ownershop of Della
ware Bay and river, claimed by
both New Jersey and Delaware
since 1888, reached its final
stages in the U. S. District Court
here today.
representatives of both States
argued the historic case before
William Lee Rawls, a special
arbiter appointed by the Supreme
Court of the United States. The
present controversy has been in
progress constantly since June,
1881, with a score of hearings
held in several cities in both
States.
The boundary dispute has
flared up half a dozen times
since the Seventeenth century,
but has never been decided to
the satisfaction of either State.
Several years ago disputes con-
corning the valuable oyster beds
in the river led to the present
court action.
Since the hearing started, at.
torneys representing both sides
have filed more than 1900 ex-
hibits in support of their claims,
some of the documents being
dated as far back as 1897, when
the Cabots began their voyages
of exploration.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
RACING At FAIR
ON TODAY At
HACERSTOWN
Final Five Day Half Mile
Maryland Session Draws
Fine Speed Horses

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Sept.
13.-Racing fans from three
States crowded the f a If
grounds here today for the
opening of the final five-day
half-mile track meet of the
season in Maryland.
A splendid program of racing
had been arranged for the after
noon by Edward j. Brennan,
racing secretary. Winners at
Cumberland, Marlboro and limo
mum are entered.
Welter as Starter
Long Taw Welter, who start
ed so we'll at Marlboro, will
handle the barrier at the start
ing gate. Mortimer M. Mahoney
is boss of the pari-mutuel ring.
The fair grounds boasts of
the finest pari-mutuel machine
of any half-mile track in Mary
land. The entire ring is covered
and we'll ventilated and the con-
crete flooring slants toward the
track, so no pools of water can
form in case of rain.
New Entrance Cut
A new entrance has been cut
to the betting ring from the
grandstand proper for those hold
ing box seats. The secretarys
office and jockeys clubhouse are
alongside of the paddock, erected
year ago.
The management extended to
the horsemen the usual get
together dinner last night in the
cafeteria on the grounds. These
dinners, given annually for some
years. are regarded by the racing
fraternity as one of the big fea-
lures of the meets here.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
MOndeU to Speak
At Virginia RuLLu

Former Representative Frank
Mondell, of Wyoming, will be the
principal speaker at a Republican
rally in Odd Fellows Hall, Claren.
don, Friday night, when the
presidential election campaign
will be opened in Virginia.
Speakers on the program will
include: U. S. Marshal Edgar
Snyder, of the District; L. C. Mac
Pherson, county chairman; H. S.
Omohundro, precinct chairman;
j. E. Spaulding, G.. o. P. congress
sional nominee, and Clarence R.
Ahalt, presidential elector.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
COUNTY HOMES
GET MARKERS

George Washington Bicenten.
nial markers were unveiled at
two historic j., Prince Georges
county homes yesterday. c. C.
Magruder, chairman of the county
Bicentennial committee, made
the addresses.
The houses were Mount Luben-
tia, on the Landover-Marlboro
Road, present home of w. Beall
Bowie, and North Hampton, just
west Of Largo, now the property
of Albert Kirby, Lord Fairfax,
the only American-born member
Of the British House of Lords.
Rosalie Bowie and Louise Tun-
stall Barroll unveiled the mark
erS. Invocation was said by the
Rev. j. M. C. Shrewsbury, while
the Rev. Enoch Magruder Thomp-
son, rector of the Church of the
Advent, pronounced the benedic-
ton.
Prior to the American Revolu-
tion Mount Lubentia was known
as Castle Magruder, and was the
home of the Rev. Jonathan
Boucher, who conducted a boys
school. John Parke Gusts, who
later married Eleanor Calvert, at
tended. this school.
North Hampton, built in 1704,
was badly burned in 1909. 1t was
later repaired. George Washing
ton was a frequent visitor at both
houses.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
$4,000 IN TAX
RECORDS ARE
MISSING
Takoma Audit Given States
Attorney at Rockville for
Criminal Prosecution

A total of $12,S09.65 was the
alleged shortage in the &C.
counts of Bryan Davis, dis
missed town clerk and treas
urer of Takoma Park, for the
years 1927 to 1882, in the re-
port of the audit made public
last night at special meeting
of the town council.
The audit, ordered by the
clerks father, Ben G. Davis, be-
fore he left office as mayor, also
showed that several hundred
record cards, on which were re-
corded accounts with taxpayers
for more than $4,000, were miss
ing, as was also the register Of
collections of special assessments.
Civil Charges Voted
Mayor Frederick L. Lewton dis
closed that E. Barrett Pretty
man, counsel for the town, had
laid a copy Of the audit before
Stedman Prescott, States attor-
ney at Rockville, whose duty it
is to institute any criminal
charges.
The council itself voted to pur-
sue civil charges against Bryan
Davis in an effort to clear up
the discrepancies.
The account system, declared
D. N. Burnham, who had charge
of the audit, allowed errors to
creep in because Of three faults.
They we're:
/. There was no control
system for the separate &C.
counts.
2. There was no centralized
control of cash receipts.
3. No system of checks by
means of duplicating was used.
Moneys were RAID
The report said:
1--WE cannot as the date of
this report definitely say that
all special assessments which
should have been collected have
been collected and that all
moneys which. have been col
lected on account of special
assessments have been provided
for.
"This brings us to the pre-
sumption amply supported by
collateral data that these
moneys must have been paid
into the office Of the town
clerk and treasurer, receipts
duly issued to the taxpayer and
proper credits entered to the
account of the taxpayer, but
the sums so received we're not
charged to the town clerk and
treasurer in his day book Of re-
ceipts."
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
DR|PS
IN RUN CASE

John V. Guy, "a, of the 1000
block Quebec Pl. N. w.. today
pleaded guilty before Police Court
Judge Gus A. schuldt to a charge
of possession of liquor. He will
be sentenced September IT.
Guy was arrested last night by
Policeman G. C. Deyoe and Pro
hibition Agent C. B. Thomas.
They said they saw him leA'e
his home with package and get
into a car driven by another man.
They followed the car to Tenth
and Lamont Streets Northwest,
when Guy began pouring liquor
from half-gallon jar.
A block further. the police car
overlook Guys machine and the
man was arrested. Thomas said
he mopped up a gill of liquor
from the floor of Guys car.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Land, Once 80 Cents,
Brings 500
An Acre

LURAY, Va, Sept. 13.-In-
creasing in value in IS years
from 80 cents to 100 dollars per
acre is the record of a piece of
land sold today to a Washing
ton cabinet maker.
The land is located across
the river in the Massanutten
mountains seven miles west of
Luray. Twenty-Five years ago
Joseph Cook bought three acres
for $2.70. Today A. r. Brown
of Washington, D. c., paid $500
for the same land On which to
build a dwelling house.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
2 Drunken Drivers
In Jail for Month

Two drunken and reckless
drivers will serve 30-day terms in
the Upper Marlboro Jail in de-
fault of fines imposed yesterday
by Judge j. Chew Sheriff in
Hyattsville police court.
They were Clifford H. Wilson,
800 block of First st. N. W.,
fined $136 on the two charges,
also for failing to obey a stop
sign, also driving with an eX-
pired permit; and Robert N.
Thomas, of Baltimore, fined $101.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Alexandria Boy, 5,
Is Killed bY Truck

John Jacobs, five-year-old son
of Mrs. Catherine Jacobs, of 412
South Fifth ST., Alexandria, was
killed almost instantly this morn.
ing when struck by truck
driven by Harold TODD. 81, of
Paw Greek, North Carolina. The
truck was owned by Harrison and
Wright, of Charlotte. N. C.
The child died within a few
minutes at the Alexandria Hos
pital. Todd is being held pending
the inquest by Coroner w. E,
. .Heattie this afternoon. -,,- -...
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Night Pupils Enroll
In COUntu Schools

The night schools of division
1913 of the public school system
will open for registration on Mon
day night. The term this year
will be heightened from 80 to 1O8
nights and the class period from
so to ST minutes. It will now re-
quire five and one-half years to
finish the accredited high school
course.
Shaw Junior High School will
offer senior high school subjects
and Armstrong, vocational courses.
Elementary classes will be held at
the Bell, Burrville. Francis Junior
High. Garnet-Patterson, Lovejoy
and Slater Schools.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
D. C.. Woman Wins
Honor BU LeqiOn

The American Eight and Forty,
women's auxiliary of the Ameri-
can Legion, has elected a Wash
ington woman as national cha
peau for the first time in its his
tory, according to reports received
here from the American Legion
convention in Portland. Ore.
Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper, of the
Marlboro Apartments, who has
been actively engaged in Legion
work for several years, was
elected to the office.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
R|TCH|E CUES I
At BRIDGE EFETE

Gov. Albert C. Ritchie will head
the large group of State and
county officials who will gather
at Takoma Park tomorrow after
noon for the dedication of the
$4,000 Carroll Avenue bridge
across Sligo Creek.
Following the dedication, Gov,
ernor Ritchie will be a guest Of
the Washington Sanitarium,
which property adjoins tn e
bridge.
The bridge, a three-arch, con-
crete structure was built by the
State roads commission to re-
place the one which collapsed
last winter while being demol-
iShed, killing several persons,
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
SiIUer Spring C. of C.
Elects Major POStOn

Mai. Phillip D. Poston was re-
elected head of the Silver Spring
Chamber of Commerce at its meet
ing yesterday in the Silver Spring
county building.
Other officers reelected were:
DR.. L. M. Christie and James H.
CisSel, vice presidents; George
Day, treasurer; Horace j. Don
nelly, jry secretary; DR.. Christie,
j. Donald Claggett and Major E.
Brooke Lee, delegates to the Mont
gomery County Civic Federation.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Girl, Wed at Is,
Gets DiUOrce, Son

Judge Robert B. Peter in the
circuit court at Rockville has
granted a limited divorce with
alimony to Katherine Naomi
Grant from Samuel Reynolds
Grant, on the grounds of cruelty.
She also was given custody Of
their small child, Raymond Ed
ward Grant.
The Grants were married April
7, 1929, when the girl was but
Is years old. Judge Peter had
previously awarded the child to
Grant, provided it was placed
with his mother.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
DIR. Mann viii Fete
VISITING Executives

New CONSTRUCTION IS being
rushed at the zoo in preparation
for the visit next Wednesday of
the delegates to the meeting here
of the American Institute of Park
Executives.
The park executives are to be
entertained at luncheon at the
Zoo by DR.. William M. Mann,
superintendent, and later taken
for an inspection tour Of the Zoo
grounds.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
BENEFIT NETS $3.50

The Prince Georges Rescue
Squad netted only $3.50 as its
share of the proceeds of the two
shows that Hunts Circus gave on
the Mt. Rainier baseball field
Saturday, it was revealed today.
The show was listed as a benefit
performance, part of the proceeds
of which were to go to the pur-
chase of new ambulance for the
Rescue Squad.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Fall Breaks Back
Of Tree Trimmer

Frank A. Pence, 20, tree
trimmer employed by the Potomac
Electric Power Company, was
critically injured yesterday when
he fell 25 feet from a tree in
Potomac, Md.
He was taken in the Rockville
Rescue Squad ambulance to Emer-
gency Hospital, where it was said
he has a broken back. He lives
at Del Ray, Va.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Road Worker Dies
In Courthouse Fall

William o. Johnson, IS, Of
Rockville, Md, an employe of the
Maryland State Roads Commis-
sion, who fell in the basement of
the old courthouse in Rockville
yesterday. striking his head on
the cement floor, died last night
at Emergency Hospital from
fractured skull.
Milford chronicle., 1932-02-26
First Lecture GiUen
In Guidance Course
Mr.. Walters Speaks To Upperelass
Boys

On Friday, February 10, Mr.. Wal
ters, local insurance underwater,
spoke to the boys of the Junior and
Senior classes. This talk was the
first of a series, arranged by Mr..
McGinnes, as part of the Vocational
Guidance Course now being given in
Milford High.
Mr. Walters topic was Insurance
Selling AS A Life Work" First he
explained what insurance really is.
Then he carefully outlined the work
of an insurance agent, telling of the
many things that he is meant to do
and know. Next he told of the many
positions a beginner may aspire to,
such as, district superintendent, su-
pervisor, etc. He then told of the
duties required of the men holding
these positions. In bringing his talk
to a close Mr.. Walters urged the
boys to attend college, as this addi-
tional education would be very
great aid in helping the beginner.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Walters
talk, Mr.. McGinnes told the boys of
the new books that had been bought
by the school for Vocational Guild
ance. These books will be loaned to
any of the boys who wish to use
them.
-Bunstein '33