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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
Mrs. G.. B. Luhmann
Dies In Seattle

Mrs. Christine B. Luhmann died Sun
day at Providence hospital in Seattle,
from cancer of the stomach, and was
buried in Tahoma cemetery, Yakima,
this, Thursday, morning, funeral SER
vices being conducted from the Shaw
& Webb chapel at 1890 o'clock. Mrs.
Luhmanns body was cremated in Sc
attic and the ashes were brought. to
Yakima Wednesday. Besides the Wild
over, Ferdinand Luhmann, Mrs. Luh-
mann's family included a daughter,
Mrs. r. R. Roach, of Seattle; son,
David Lapham of Seattle; four BROTH
ers, Herman Wieland of Wilmington,
California; William, of Santa Ana, CAL
ifornia, and Walter and Edward Of va
kima; and two sisters, Mrs. Marian
Hull of Tacoma and Mrs. Gertrude
Whited of Yakima.
Mrs. humans passing is mourned
by many friends in White Bluffs, where
for three years she conducted the G.
b. Luhman store. After leaving here
in 1926 she went to Seattle where for
the last few years she has owned and
operated beauty parlor. She was 45
years old.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
F. R. Jeffrey Will
Support Gellatly

Frank r. Jeffrey, Seattle attorney
and former District Attorney for East
ern Washington and who has been
prominently mentioned during the past
two or three months as possible Re
publican candidate for Governor, has
decided not to enter the race.
In his announcement given to the
press Mr.. Jeffrey says:
II keenly appreciate the confidence
expressed by my many friends and &C
have urged me to become republican
candidate for governor, but after en-
deavoring during the past two months
to adjust my business affairs SO that
I might be free to make the race l
have been unable to do So Neverthe-
less I shall take an active interest in
the gubernatorial election because l
feel that a change of administration
is essential to the good Of this state.
after carefully surveying the STU
alton, I am convinced that John A.
Gellatly, republican candidate for gov
ernor, has a constructive, liberal and
progressive program, and that he will
urge and carry into effect most OF the
policies which have been my platform.
He will have my hearty support and
I urge my many friends and support
ers throughout the state to elect Mr..
Gellatly in the interest OF good clean
government and progressive prin-
ciples."
jeff as he is familiarly known to
his friends, is by way of being native
product. Reared in Yakima, he became
private secretary to Senator Jones
while still young man. During this
period he studied law After passing
the bar examination he resigned as
private secretary to enter the practise
of law with NJ M. Moulton of Ken
newick. When the United States en-
tered the World War, he enlisted in
the 146th field artillery, to which
outfit he was attached until the end
of the war. He was the first state COM
mander of the American Legion when
it was organized in this state. Dur
ing the Harding administration he was
appointed District Attorney for East
ern Washington and served one term.
Because of the many friends he has
made in his various activities, Mr..
Jeffrey's endorsement will no doubt be
heartily welcomed by the Gellatley
boosters.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
Mother of Six
Called by Death

Mrs. Mary Isbell Smith, age As years.
wife of Carlos Smith, died Tuesday
evening. July 26, in ST. Elizabeth's hos
piptal, Yakima, after a long illness,
from heart disease. Her condition had
been serious for some time and Mr..
Smith had been with her at the hos
pital for several days, leaving to re-
turn home late Tuesday evening after
she seemed to be improved, only to
be met on his arrival here by the news
of her death. She will be buried in
Yakima, the funeral services to be
held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning
at the Shaw q Webb chapel. The fam
lily includes the WidoWer four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Mary Stahl, of Farming
ton, and Isbell, Marjorie and Lola
Smith of White Bluffs; two sons, Frank
and Carlos, Jr.; three brothers, j. E.
and George Stevenson of Magma, Utah.
and Jack Stevenson of Arthur, Utah;
a sister, Mrs. Francis Humphrey of
Provo, Utah, and her mother, Mrs. j.
f. Stevenson of Provo.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
American Legion Will
Sponsor Ball Club

A real effort is being made to land
in faster league next year by max
ing up one baseball club from the two
towns of White Bluffs and Hanford. A
proposal to have the American Legion
back such move and take over the
management of the ball club was APP
proved at the regular monthly meet
ing of John Lindblad Post Tuesday
evening G. H. Young was authorized
to look after the Legions interest in
this connection and at a meeting of
ball players and boosters the same eve
ming in the P. P. q l.. Company office,
Leo Weber was elected captain of
the team.
Arrangements have been made for
new ball ground near the L. T. Brooks
place, about midway between the two
towns and this will be put in shape
if the move for the one club turns
out successfully.
In addition to the game against Wa
patio next Sunday efforts are being
made for other post season games with
Prosser and other teams with equally
strong teams.
Next Sunday the White Bluffs-H Han
for team will play one of the tough
est games of the season when they
meet Wapato on the Hanford diamond
Wapato has just finished it's regular
schedule in the Yakima Valley League,
tying with Pasco for sixth place. De-
spite it's comparatively low standing,
it has very fast hard hitting team
and is credited with victories over
such teams as Prosser and Sunnyside
in the last few weeks
Winning next Sundays game will
mean much to the local outfit, and
big crowd is expected to see the
game which will start at 2:30 p. m.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
Husbands Are Guests
At Annual Picnic

The annual Husbands Picnic of the
Woman'S Club was held Sunday at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Parke,
where a beautiful day and charming
setting combined made it one of the
most enjoyable affairs of the club year.
Club women and their families brought
the number of those present to about
seventy five, all arriving in time for
the sumptuous picnic dinner, spread
at midday on large table under the
trees, from whence it was served cafe
terra style and carried to small tables
scattered over the lawn, to be eaten
in lesurely fashion with an accom-
panying sauce of pleasant conversation.
This is the last number on the club
program, closing a most interesting
years work.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
Valley Ball Club Wins
From Lind, % to IL

A ball club made up of Hanford and
White Bluffs players was too tough
last Sunday for the Lind team, pen
nant winners in a wheat country
league The game, which was played
at Lind, was wild and woolley affair.
Both teams showed lack of practise
50 far as fielding was concerned, each
being charged with IA errors, which
should be some kind of record The
Lind field was hard and fast but very
rough which accounted in a measure
for the numerous miscues of the
flelders
Both clubs hit hard, the team from
this valley registering 16 safe blows
while Lind is credited with IA. The
team from this valley, however, was
far more successful in converting it's
hits into runs for they crossed the
home plate % times on their Is blows
while the best Lind could do was IL
runs on their ID hits.
The Hanford- White Bluffs club got
off to a good start by scoring runs
in the first inning and was never
headed. Lind had 18 men in uniform
and most of them saw service during
the game, many substitutions being
made in an effort to stop the Colum-
bia river team.
Clayton Hartman and Joe Wagner
divided the pitching job for the visitors,
Hartman working the first four innings
and Wagner the last five. Lind also
used two pitchers. The frequent substi-
buttons, many hits and numerous err
rors made the game a long draWn-out
affair and in order to get the contest
over the Columbia river team did not
take it's regular turn at bat in the first
half of the ninth, Lind taking it's turn
in the eighth and ninth in succession.
Russell Weber caught the entire
game, Joe Wagner and Gil Walker al
ternated at first, Leo Weber was on
second, Bud Paschen at short, Emil
Wagner at third and William Syfford,
Wilfred McConnachie and Don Griner
took care of the outfield posts.
The score by innings:
ID II u
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
Postal Rates in 1882
Much Higher Than Now

A copy of the postal regulations of
1882 owned by Springfield, Missouri,
man reveals much higher rates than
the new increase will bring.
A century ago the minimum rate
for a letter was cents for transpor-
tation of not more than 30. miles. For
a distance greater than 30 miles, and
less than 30 the rate was 10 cents, be-
tween 80 and $50 miles, 12h cents; up
to 400 miles, 1879 cents, and 25 cents
for all distances greater than that.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
California Visitor
Writes of Journey

The following interesting description
of her journey was written especially
for the Spokesman by Mrs. j. L. Holm
skog, who with her family arrived a
week ago from Berkeley, California
for a visit at The Hesperus with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Troman
|-hanser,:e '.s
On July 18th at D. M. we started
from our home in Berkeley, California,
to spend part of the summer with
my parents, in White Bluffs Washing
ton.
Our first night was spent on ranch
of 800 acres where race horses and
purebred sheep are raised. 1t is oper-
ated by woman of SO years who is
owner and sole manager. She has 600
sheep and 70 purebred race horses. We
were interested in the sheep SO she
explained to us the care used in the
scientific way of feeding during both
summer and winter months that the
wool may be graded, at an advantage,
according to it's various uses.
Having viewed the sheep we were
taken into store, on the ranch, and
shown the wool in it's various lengths
before being manufactured into blan-
kets bats, swimming suits, and cloth
ing of all description. Accompanying
each manufactured article named
above was footnote furnishing infor
nation regarding the quality and its
percentage of the wool required. We
could readily see by the weave in
each, the extreme care that had to be
taken in order to have the wool in
perfect condition, when sheared from
the animal.
We then journeyed on over the beau
tiful California highways enjoying the
agricultural farms until we came to
the Golden State Dairy Farm" AT
Oakley, California, consisting of $40
acres. On this farm were purebred
dairy COWS numbering around 2200 My
brother being connected with the farm
showed us through the fully equipped
diaries and there we learned much
regarding milk and the important value
the dairy industry means to the world
I made specific note of the two farms
being very interested in parent educa-
ton and P. T. A. work.
The next day we continued on our
way north as far as Red Bluff where
we spent our third night in a very
modern auto cabin on the Sacramento
river. There we caught enough fish
for breakfast the next morning which
we enjoyed to the fullest.
On the fourth day we visited one Of
CALIFORNIA; abandoned mines where
gold was PANIED in them thar hills
in the days of '49. Even as conditions
are today, we were glad to have seen
the great progress that has been made
in generations, since gone on.
Our next visit was to Mount Lassen,
the only active volcano in the United
States, which attracts many tourists
throughout the year, for it's noted
beauty stamps itself on ones memory
and is not easily forgotten. From Mt.
Lassen we went to an old California
mission, kept up by the state in mem
DRY Of it's founders. The mission still
carries an extreme sacredneSs of the
older worshippers of our great Creator.
Our homes of today are very much
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28

Becoming suddenly ill the first of
the week, Miss Ruby Penn was taken
Tuesday afternoon to Yakima. An
emergency operation was Immediately
performed at ST. Elizabeth's hospital,
for the removal of her appendix, which
had ruptured. Her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs A. L. Penn, and sister Marguerite,
who accompanied her to Yakima, came
back to White Bluffs Wednesday. They
reported her condition to be satisfac-
tory Mrs. Penn returned to Yakima
later in the week to remain at her
daughters bedside.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28

Plasterers, plumbers and electricians
are busy this week on the fine new
home being built by Mr.. and Mrs. L..
w. Beldin, in an attempt to have the
work all finished and the house COM
pleted and ready for occupancy by
August Is, when Superintendent and
Mrs c. NJ Nelson are expected to ar
rive coming early to get everything
in readiness for the beginning of the
school year. They will use the garage
back of the main house, now occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Beldin, as their Sleep
ing quarters, while the Beldins will
move to the new house where, also,
three of the other teachers, the Misses
Duvall and Koenig and Harold Janney
OF Cheney, will room.
Robert Carboneau, who again this
year has charge of the 7th and 9th
grades at the high school, will con-
tinue to make his home with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Jenkins, and Mrs. Alice
Moede, recently elected primary teach
er, will live at the Moede home.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28

G. r. Lautorelle of Chicago, gen.
eral secretary and treasurer of the o.
r. r., with Mrs. Lautorelle and Mr..
and Mrs. f. j. Lovejoy Of Tacoma,
came over from the Coast Wednesday
to visit r. r. Woods, also a prominent
member of the order. They made the
trip by car
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
Eastern Star Members
Form Social Club

Twenty ladies from White Bluffs
met at the home of ThomaSine Wade
Wednesday, to organize club. Mount
Gable Social club was the name chos-
en-. Dorothy Elizabeth Newton was
elected president; Fife Young vice
president, and Ethel Williams secre-
tary- treasurer. Meetings will be held
OH the third Wednesday of each month.
Vivian Perry of Orofno, Idaho, was
present during the afternoon After
the business meeting, refreshments and
social hour were enjoyed. The hostess
was assisted in serving by Cora Slavens
and Augusta Gibbins.
modernized compared to the crudeness
of the abodes of our forefathers.
Our fourth day was spent in the
Shasta mountains, where we enjoyed
the beginning Of some unusually beau
tiful scenery. The mountain streams
from the Pitt river could be seen miles
below the highway and it was appar-
ent, profitable farming is being carried
on and in the distance, up the stream
hundreds of 1882" prospectors were
panning for gold. At the summit we
viewed the Shasta mountains, covered
almost entirely with snow. We also
tasted the sulphur water, at the Shasta
springs, and visited the sulphur caves,
which proved most interesting.
At some distance from the California
border we entered the Siskiyou noun
tains in Oregon. The weather condi
tons were not as those of California
for we ran into heavy fog and tor
rents of rain for a distance Of twenty
five miles until we came to Ashland
There the rain subsidized and we drove
through miles of the most beautiful
mountain scenery ones vision could be-
hold Seven miles of this drive was at
an altitude of 5574 feet.
We soon entered klamath Falls
where we stopped and spent our fifth
night 1t was raining torrents again
and kept busily at it all through the
night The next morning we went on
with more of Oregons beautiful seen
cry to enjoy We stopped about twenty
three miles from klamath Falls for
gas and at the station the attendant
had captured many birds, and animals
in the forest, which were indeed very
interesting to study.
Lunch time came and we spent that
time at Crater Lake. No wonder poets
and writer's acquire such wonderful
inspirations for am unable to put into
words the grandeur of that visit and
the places of interest we SO enjoyed.
We especially observed as we were
leaving klamath Falls, on the highway
it appeared we we're driving into smoke
as from a bush fire. Approaching it,
we found the smoke to be swarms of
mosquitoes, curling high into the air.
This condition was apparent for dis
lance of 20 miles. Going farther into
the forest, after leaving the lake, we
left the columns of mosquitoes only to
drive into huge swarms of beautiful
butterflies gathered just as the mos
quitoes had previously done. We drove
into these swarms of butterflies for
distance Of miles.
We had enjoyed the trip with SO
much enthusiasm that we had forgot
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28

Batteries: Hartmann, j. Wagner and
r. Weber; Rankin, Merlin and Fode
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28

r. B. McMurry has started work on
the excavation for the basement of
his new home, which, when the car
penter work has been completed will
be finished in stucco.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28

Episcopal services will be held next
Tuesday evening, August 2, at the Pres
byterian church, at 8 o'clock. Arch
deachon Alex Coffin of Spokane will
be here.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-24
Storm Handicaps
Mail Service

PORTLAND, Ore, March 24.
(U.Pl - Cyclonic winds in the vi
cinity of Pasco, Wash, caused dis
ruption in telegraph, telephone and
airmail service, it was reported al
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-24

tCOntlnued FROM rage ~
of Oklahoma. He has his own
states % and / from North Dakota
slowed away.
Roosevelt delegates have been
selected as follows: Minnesota, "a
(subject to contest; New Hamp-
shire, 8: North Dakota, 9; Wash
ington state, 16, and Alaska, 6.
Roosevelt workers are growing
more confident daily. Their candi-
date has nosed out former COVER
nor, Alfred E. Smith, in New
Hampshire and Minnesota; Murray
in North Dakota, and an unauthor-
lied advocate of Speaker John N
Garner in Georgia.
Result of Work
This early blooming Of Roose-
Velt delegates is, like an early
spring Towering, the result of pa
tent tilling Of the soil weeks and
months in advance. In politics
practically nothing takes the place
of organization. Popularity, en-
dorsements, publicity, straw votes
and all such window dressing count
for little as compared with hard
early field organization.
Roosevelt's men have been on
the job for months. His agents
we're moving incognito all over the
country six 10 eight months ago,
selecting local managers, making
alliances with Democratic state
boses. When the Democratic ma
tional committee met here several
months ago, Roosevelt workers
buttonholed every man and woman
on the committee. They kept elab
crate charts which listed the
pledges. preferences, connections
and the like of every member OF
the national committee They have
canvassed practically every Demo-
cratic member Of the house and
senate in the last three months
Democratic governors have kept up
a procession to the governors
mansion at Albany, each visitor de-
parting in a cloud of vague COM
plimentary vice presidential talk.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-24
Swing For Senate
Office Opened

LOS ANGELES, March "a.
tipeciaD - Headquarters offices
were opened here today by the
Swing Senate. league, COM
posed of a group of Boulder dam
project and water conservation ad-
vocates throughout Southern Cali :
fornia who are supporting Rep.
Phil D. Swing of the eleventh con-
greSsional district in his candidacy
for the Republican senatorial NOM
ination.
C. E. Kimlin, former mayor of
Glendale, is chairman of the Swing
league, which has members in all
of the Southern California coun-
ties, and G. D. Preston, formerly
assistant secretary of the Imperial
Irrigation district, now of Long
Beach, is secretary and will have
charge of the headquarters
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-24

Thompson of Long Beach. Mrs.
Thompson is a former resident OF
El Centro.
Glenn Davies, formerly principal
of Wilson school and now on the
staff of the Pasadena city schools,
is visiting friends in El Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-24
Valley Chambers
Meeting Deferred

The associated chambers Of
commerce meeting has been post
poned one week to Friday evening,
April l, on account of the regular
meeting night falling on Good
Friday.
The meeting will be held in the
exhibition building of the county
fair grounds with Imperial Cham
ber of Commerce as hosts. Execu-
tive session at $50 and dinner to
follow at 7:15 p. m.
DR.. Frederick P. Woellner, pro-
fessor of philosophy at University
of California at Los Angeles will
be the speaker for the meeting
Doctor Woellner has just returned
from a trip around the world. He
will talk on world conditions as
he has observed them.
A local speaker on some subject
will be announced later
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-24
Items Of News
About Town

Mr.. and Mrs. w A. Marshall OF
West Main street recently returned
to their home here after visit
with their daughter, Mrs. w. A.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-24
NEWS FROM
OVER STATE

The Orange County Fruit eX-
change, which handles rs per cent
Of the fruit in the southern half
Of the county, this last year
shipped $500 cars, which brought
s8,060,832. Five thousand, none
hundred and forty-three of the
cars were Valencias, 869 lemons
and l35 navels; also 16 cars of
pomelos.
The annual rodeo of MADEIRA
county will be held as heretofore,
at Coarse Gold. The date is May l.
Dairymen OF MADEIRA county met
and agreed to aid state authori-
ties in making the county disease
free for cattle.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-24
Roosevelt Wins
Georgia Primary

CONTINUED From Page II
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-24
EVIDENCE SHOWS
INSURANCE TRIAL
MAKING PROGRESS

Exhibits introduced by prosecut-
ing attorneys in the Lewis Hart in
Surance trial continued to mount
up to a staggering total today as
two more states witnesses took the
stand to testify against the nine
defendants charged with criminal
conspiracy, conspiracy to violate
the corporate securities act and
grand theft.
Exhibits introduced by District
ATTORNEY. Elmer W. Heald and his
aides To-Day had reached a total OF
almost $50, including stock certifi-
Gates, cancelled checks. receipts and
business letters dealing with pur-
chase of stock in the Associated
Insurance Underwriters, Ltd.
It was the fact they were given
stock in the insurance holding
company, when they believed they
had ordered stock in the Asso-
ciated Insurance company, that
caused purchasers first to COM
plain.
Witnesses testifying today were
Abner Hanson of Brawley and
Harry j. Edwards of Calexico
Other witnesses have succeeded i'll
linking most of the defendants
with stock deals in Calexico, Braw-
ley. El Centro and other communt-
ties of Imperial Valley during the
summer of 1880.
Defendants on trial before a
jury in the court room presided
over by Judge Arthur L. Munlo
are Lewis Hart, Simon Nedman,
Bernard Phillips, Louis Rogasner,
NJ. Penn Phillips, william Leslie,
Bert Bane, Arthur Goldberg and
Percy Pickerell