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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02
May Weather Variable
Say Observers Reports

May was very nearly equally divided
as to clear and cloudy days, there being
thirteen of the former and sixteen OF
the latter, while two were half and
half. There was total precipitation
during the month of rs hundredths
inches The coolest day was the 9th,
with a temperature Of Al, and the
hottest the 18th when the thermometer
registered 81, reports of Gabriel Jadden
cooperative observer in charge Of the
government weather station at Wah-
luke, show
According to the records at the gov
eminent station at Hanford, compiled
by T. D. Moffatt, the hottest day of
the month was May 18th, when the
mercury climbed to 81 degrees, and the
coolest weather was on the 25th, with
a reading Of 81 degrees. Precipitation
at the Hanford station amounted to
70 hundredths inches.
Temperatures for the past week were
as follows:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02
Grange Ladies' Club
Is Active Organization

The second meeting of the Grange
Ladies' Club was held at the home of
Mrs. j. L. Holecek Wednesday after
noon, May IS.
While this is just a new club, there
are number of plans under way that
pormise to be of real value to the
Grange and community in general.
Some of these plans are:
To put on an initiation of the new
Grange members by the Drill Team,
and program by the Grange, at the
next social meeting June'16. All Grange
members should attend as they Will
find it we'll worth while.
On another date, not yet decided, it
is planned to put on pie social at
Grange hall, which will be open to the
public and dancing will follow.
At the next club meeting, work will
be started on butterfly patchwork
quilt that will be ratified off in the fall
at some Grange activity. All the Grange
ladies are urged to attend and to bring
a pretty print scrap to use in making
butterfly.
The next meeting will be at the home
of Mrs. Forrest Strycker, Wednesday,
June s.
After the meeting a delicious lunch
of cream puffs and coffee was served
by the hostess and greatly enjoyed by
all
MRS. P j. HALLMARK
Acting Secretary
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02
Veteran Dead Honored
By Memorial Program

Although rain fell later in the day,
and the wind rose to an unpleasant
velocity, the hours set aside for the
Memorial Day program in White Bluffs
we're calm and bright and large crowd
came out to honor the day and to pay
tribute to the memory of the soldier
dead.
BY ten o'clock about IS cars were
lined up along Federal avenue facing
the Bank, in front of which truck
had been placed to serve as speakers
platform. The program was opened by
selections from the Band, under the
leadership of Director F. A. English,
and the invocation delivered by the
Rev H. A. Noyes of the Presbyterian
church, followed.
The speakers of the day, who were
introduced by Commander E. F. New
ton of John Lindblad Post, were Mrs.
F.. E. Taylor, who spoke for the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary; j. E. Fouty, who
spoke for the American Legion, and
Mrs. Alex Parke, who represented the
White Bluffs Woman's Club. Miss
Ethel Woods sang Garden of Men,
cries" and Mrs. j. E. Leander sang
Lay My Head Beneath Rose"
Miss Grace Quirk, Of Portland, over
seas war nurse, who was guest in
the valley that day. followed Mrs. Parke
in a short talk in which she gave
cordial invitation to all present to at
tend the National American Legion
convention to be held in Portland in
September.
Patriotic selections by the Band
closed the first part of the program.
The crowd then repaired to the
cemetery where the second part was
carried out, including the firing OF
salutes over the graves of the dead
soldiers the sounding of Taps, and the
decoration of the graves.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02
Ethel Woods to Sing
In State Grange Contest

Winners in the Washington State
Grange Regional contest conducted in
the Broadway Grange Hall in Yakl-
ma last Saturday evening were Miss
Ethel Woods of White Bluffs in sing
ing; Mrs. w. j. Vaughn of Beacon
Hill Grange, Wenatchee, in declama-
ton, and Lucy Bell of Terrace Heights
Grange, Yakima county, in the essay
contest.
Miss Woods competed against R. II.
Siverly of the Cashmere Grange, while
Wallace Smith, master of the Selamona
Grange, was the opponent of Mrs.
Vaughn Miss Bell won by the default
of Lance Crosley of Mansfield, who dia
not appear.
The winners will compete in the state
contest in Tacoma June g., the day be-
fore the Washington State Grange an
nual convention opens, when they will
meet the winners of eastern Washing
ton and the western part of the state.
Their expenses to Tacoma will be paid
by the state grange.
hlluCe Hill OIL FIOSSeI, leCCuIeI VI IilS
state Grange, who planned the contest,
announced at the close that it will be
repeated next year. The judges were
D. v. Morthland, Miss l.. Pearle Hill
barger and Miss Edith Day. Ninety
persons were present.
In the party accompanying Miss
Woods to Yakima Saturday evening
were her accompanist, Mrs w. r. Kir-
by, Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Woods and
Walter Strycker.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02
Applicants Must
Reside in State

Word has been received from Geo.
E. Harter, Supervisor of Horticulture
at Olympia, that, owing to the econ
omic situation, in the future no appli-
cant will be considered for any position
coming under the horticultural divi-
sion, who cannot furnish authentic ref
erence that he has been for the past
year resident of the state of Wash
ington.
With few exceptions this rule has
been adhered to in the past.
DOYLE B. STARCHER,
Horticultural Inspector Large
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02
Lee Foster, w. S. G.
Junior Is Honored
Special to the Spokesman.

Special to the Spokesman.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman-Lee Foster, Hanford, junior
in the college Of agriculture, has been
appointed as one of the ushers at the
commencement exercises which form
part Of the annual graduation program
at the State College of Washington.
The ushers selected are prominent
members of the Junior class. Twenty
women act in this capacity for the
baccalaureate services and 80 men for
the commencement exercises.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02
Cold Creek Farmer Grows
Asparagus 8 Feet Tall

Displayed in the lobby of the post
office this week have been some re-
markable specimens of rye and aspar-
agus grown on the E. E. Meeker ranch
at Cold Creek. The asparagus stalk
is 8 feet, inches tall and the rye is
few inches shorter. Both were grown
without irrigation of any kind. There
were 80 heads of rye in The one stool
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02

Charles NJ Sanford of Portland, as
sistant general manager of the Pa
cific Power & Light Compay, was in
the valley last Sunday and while here
called on several old friends.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02
FIRST BAND CONCERT TO
BE HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL

The concert to be given Friday eve
ming by the White Bluffs Band will
be held at the high school instead of
at the grade school, as announced last
week. The change was made in order
to avoid the possibility of inclement
weather that evening. Otherwise the
program will be carried out as adver
tised.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02

Precipitation during the week am
ounted to 08 of an inch, 03 inch of
rain falling on the Doth, and .05 inch
of rain falling on the Both.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-02
MOTH CATCH

The moth catch at Hanford and
White Bluffs from May 10 to June l,
inclusive, was as follows:
Evening star., 1932-05-15

A we'll known fisherman
hooks one. Former President
Coolidge playing l2-inch
trout which was one of a dozen
he landed on a recent visit to
a private stream in Connecticut.
G Associated Press Photo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11
A Sigh, a Tear; a Lifted Hand
Tools of the Stenpn1er,S Trade

a "compromiSe" artist. He seeks
10 settle his fake injured with the
traction company for. $40 to 500.
And the same kind Of stemmerS
always trip over sidewalk gratings
Of well-established business houses
on slip on the ice on the sidewalk
in front of large corporation.
4 + r
THE big shots in this racket
l. want the company to pay off
rather than face unfavorable pub
licity. Small-tine stemmers Of
this type, merely, in cold weather.
want the warmth and food of
hospital and a few dollars to car
ry on afterward.
Many of the smoother members
of the stemmer fraternity carry
their business into police head
quarters.
Captain Lewis johnson of the
traffic department can talk for
hours about stemmers. In one
winter he turned over $86 on pleas
for food, warmth and train fare,
his record book shows.
Perhaps a few were bona fide.
Johnson says he knows the others
were professionals.
The biggest hooking I ever got
was from a woman who was &C
companied by little girl" he
relates. Anyone will feel sorry
for a woman and child.
"She told a direct story. She
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11

had to get to Chicago, but had
got on the wrong bus and her
ticket was no good out Of Indian
apolis. The child was blue with
cold and the woman shivered as
she talked.
VXTHAT could I do? The same
W thing you would do. I gave
her S. for bus fare and sent her
to her station in warm police
car. Before she left, she took
my name and address. I'd get
the money back-soon.
did I? OF course not. Neither
did the other half-dozen men
who contributed S6 for that
woman and cold, shivering child
that day"
Charity organizations consist
emily face stemmers, most of them
men and women posing as hus-
band and wife, who seek to OBJ
tain room rent or train fare. Do
nation Of cash is prohibited by
heads of the local agencies.
Many stemmers make it their
business to follow Community
Fund drives throughout the
country just as others follow
sporting events. During the
fund campaigns they find the
cities worked up to a charitable
key.
Often the topnotch profession
ais average $50 day during char
ity campaigns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11
Stop Waking Up Nights
Flush the Bladder With
Juniper Oil

Drive out the impurities and ex-
cess acids that cause irritation and
irregularity. BU-KETS, the blad-
der physic containing juniper oil,
buchu leaves, ETC., works on the
bladder similar to castor oil on the
bowels. Get a Csc test box from
any drug store. After four days if
not relieved of waking up nights"
go back and get your money. If
you are bothered with backache or
leg pains caused from bladder dis
orders you are bound to feel bet
ter after this cleansing and you get
your regular sleep. Sold at ,Tooka
Dependable Drug Stores-Adver-
tisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11

opening of the show at 10 Satur-
day. This years show will run
full week. The event viii close Fri
day, Feb. 10.
Special equipment. used by manu-
facturers in presenting details of
their producest to motorists at the
larger shows, has arrived.
In addition. the usual displays of
cut-away chassis will be shown, in
order to give the prospective buyer
an idea of new types of construction
with the exhibits of accessories
augmenting the main display, the
show should be complete in all de-
tails" Henry said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11
SEVEN-YEAR
ITCH ENDED

The Itch (scabies) is highly con-
tageous and if not treated it will
continue for life. It is not a blood
disease, but is caused by the itch
mite which burrows and forms tor
turous galleries within the skin.
The itch-mite spreads rapidly and
is immune to ordinary treatments.
The Psoric Institute has perfected
a simple treatment called ''EXSORA"
that kills the itch-mite almost in
stantly and rids you of your trouble
in three days. Get complete EXSORA
Treatment at once at any W.-<A
Dependable Drug Store.-AdvertiSe-
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11
STAGE IS READY
FOR AUTO SHOW
Exhibits Will Be in Place
for Opening Saturday.

With the completion Of the deco
rations and fixtures for the twenty
first annual auto show this morn
ing, the Manufacturers building at
the state fair ground, where the ex-
hibit will be held, is in readiness
for the placing of displays this aft
ernoon and Friday, according to E.
G. Henry, manager of the show.
Friday will be spent in making
final preparations and arranging
the display, Henry said today, so
that everything will be ready for the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11
Jim HAM PUT IN RACE

Petitioners Ask Illinois Senator's
Name on President Ballot.
By United Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 11.-Sen-
ator James Hamilton Lewis Dem.,
I'D, was thrust into the presiden-
tial race today when petitions f1lsd
with the secretary of state asked
that his name be placed on the
April IL primary ballot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11

(This Is the second of a series of sto-
ries on the activities Of steamers" in
indianapolis and police attempts TO cope
with them)
A SCREAM comes from the
L n crowd Of pedestrians.
Every one looks to the street
where a man has been hurled to
the pavement by a street car.
The accident victim" appar-
emily is unconscious. But the real
victim is in the crowd Of wit
nesses.
For this is the tirne-honored act
Of a stemmer, who probably has
made his way across the CONT
nent being knocked over by street
cars and has more money stuck
away some place than most Of
those who saw him fall.
He regains consciousness in a
minute. His eyes scan the crowd
and rest, a second, perhaps, on a
man or woman. There is the real
victim.
The stemmer is not hurt. he
decides. So the crowd thins out
and police officers go back to
their posts. But the accident vic
tim" and his victim somehow are
cast side by side.
n II n
LIE takes on the bravado of not
l. Il being injured, but Il sure
need some money to wire my folks
that I'm all right"
How much?
Well, he tells, he hasn't eaten
for several days and is up
against it. He could use $40.
Before he departs, having Sc
lected his victim well, he might
have the $40. Perhaps he didn't
score the full amount, but re-
ceived 81, possibly SIS.
Before the stemmer's days work
is done several other crowds have
watched a brave man" discount
his street car injuries and stroll
down the street with a sympa-
thetic witness.
The walking into the-side-of-
a-street-car racket is worked here
several times weekly, police said.
Often the stemmer is known as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11
FEAR NO EARTHQUAKE
IN u. S., SAYS EXPERT
Odds Five Million to One Against
Death in Such Disaster.

DCdCH III Sucn disaster.
BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Odds are
100000 to l against you dying in
an earthquake if you live in the
United States, according to John
Ripley Freeman, who has spent
twenty-five years investigating their
cause and effect.
Freeman, past president of both
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers and the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers, estimates
that only about $50 persons in the
United States have died directly or
indirectly as a result of earthquakes
in the last 100 years.
Total property damage, exclusive
of fire damage following quakes,
does not exceed $4O,O0O,OO0, accord
ing to Freeman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11
HOUSING EVILS
IN CITY SHOWN
AT Low POINT
indianapolis Relatively Is
Better OFF Than
Most of u. S.

(This Is the FIRST Of a series Of stories
about housing conditions in Indiana polls
following the series on the national sit
uaton. completed Monday in The Times.
Sartlingly inadequate housing
facilities of the American people as
a whole, as revealed by The Times
in a series of stories based on a ma
tion-wide survey, bring to minds of
indianapolis residents these ques-
tons:
How does indianapolis compare
with the national averageP
Is it true that half the homes in
this city. as throughout America,
fail to measure up to the minimum
standard of health and decency?
A study OF actual conditions here
would indicate the answer, in the
words of Andrew H. Brown of radio
fame, to be: Yes and no-mostly
no"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11

This is the second of a series of sto-
ries on the activities Of Steamers" in
indianapolis and police attempts TO cope
with theml
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11
FEB. II. 1892

three we're injured when a sleigh
collided with a motor truck at
Sheffield. One railroad worker
blinded by snow, was killed by q
train at Southall and another was
run down and killed at East Grin
stead.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11
BRITISH ISLES LASHED
BY STORMS AND COLD

Death Toll Mounts as Billiards
Continue Unabated.
BIZ United Press
LONDON, Feb. 11-Arctic weather
continued over the British isles to-
day, with mounting toll of death.
injury and property loss from
storms and billiards.. Snow. sleet
and bitter winds showed no signs
of abating after twenty-four hours.
A 14-year-old boy was killed and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11
Cost of 20 Per Cent

Just what constitutes the min
imum standard of health and de-
cency," is debatable. In the ma
tional survey, it was taken to in
clude.
Healthful surroundings, ample
and pure running water in the
house, modern sanitary water closet
in the house for exclusive use Of the
family; enough rooms, sufficiently
large, to afford the family pri-
vacy; sunlight and ventilation and
dry walls; adequate garbage re-
moval and fire protection, a loca-
ton within reach of work, and a
cost not to exceed 20 per cent of the
family income.
This classification does not in
clude such quasi-necessities as a
telephone, central lighting, central
heating, or even a bath tub.
Ahead of Nation
With all it's faults, indianapolis
is far ahead of the nation in it's
housing conditions, it would appear.
The city is fortunate in that it
neither is metropolitan nor rural,
but strikes happy medium, avoid
ing most of the worst features of
the two extremes.
1t does not have slums, in the
common sense of the word nor
doeos it have large proportion Of
houses without modern convent :
ences.
Yet it does have conditions Dor
dering on slums for which there is
little, if any, excuse.
Half of Indianapolis homes are
valued at more than $1,000 each,
based on values in times of nor
NAL prosperity.
Between 70 and IS per cent of its
population lives in at least fairly
good homes. Less than 5 per cent
of its homes are not modern in
any respect.
5000 Are Lightless
Of the total of $4,000 residences
and apartments counted by the
postofGice department in its last
survey, not more than 5000 were
without electricity for lighting, &C
cording to estimates of utility eX-
pertS.
The light company has approx
mately $4,000 meters in service in
houses, apartment buildings and
business properties. This number
would be increased materially, if it
were not for the fact that some
apartment buildings have only one
meter for the entire building in
stead of separate meters for each
individual apartment.
More than 90 per cent of the
city's residential units have water
piped into the home, while about
rs per cent have private bath tubs,
health officials estimate.
Sanitation Excellent
In one respect, indianapolis is
far ahead of the average larger city,
and the average smaller city as well.
That is in the great proportion of
homes having modern sanitary
water closets. 1t is estimated by
DR.. H. G. Morgan, city health Of
ficer, that not more than $500 to
1000 outdoor vaults still remain in
use. and these mostly in sections Of
the city where running water and
sewer connections not yet are avail
able.
Few other cities surpass Indian
apolis in garbage collection and dis
posal systems and in fire protection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-11

By United Press
PARIS. Feb. 11-Steamer serv-
ice in the English channel was pa
ralyzed today as one of the most
severe storms in years continued
undated. Several deaths were re-
ported from the cold.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
Notes of Art and Artists -

Troubetzkoy and other distinguished artists
who either natives of Virginia or at pres
ent have residence there
IN the National Academy of Designs 107th
! Annual Exhibition there was shown an in
teresting full length portrait by Irving r. Wnes
Of John Gellatly who, it will be remembered,
decided to the National Gallery of Art few
years ago and prior to his DEATH an extremely
valuable collection of paintings and objets
dart which will eventually come to this city.
In this exhibition one Of the leading prizes
for sculpture was awarded to a striking por-
trait head of the late Emil Carlsen, painter, by
Mahonri Young, sculptor, painter and etcher,
a collection of whose drawings, it will be re-
called, was shown here this Winter among the
special exhibitions in the Corcoran Gallery of
Art
THE sixty-ffth annual convention of the
! American Institute of Architects will bring
to this city the last three days of this week
distinguished gathering of artists in the all
embracing field of architecture. The sessions
will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day at the Mayfower.
On Wednesday afternoon there will be spe-
cial session on the subject of Economics of
Site Planning and Housing" and on the same
day an evening session will be devoted to the
subject What Can an Architect Do in the
Time of Depression?"
report of the Committee on Education,
which is always of special interest, will he
presented in an evening session on Thursday
The convention will be concluded with the
customary dinner. Although this is the
sixty-flfth convention, it will make the
seVenty-f1fth anniversary Of the founding of
the American Institute of Architects and will
thus take on especially significant features.
h IEXT Saturday afternoon, April 80, at
o'clock, a group of historical portraits
presented by the Society of the Cincinnati the
General Society, Sons of the Revolution;
General Society of Colonial Wars, and the
General Court of the Order of the Founders
and Patriots of America will be tremendously
unveiled in Arlington House, invitations being
issued by the quartermaster general Of the
Army on behalf of the Secretary of War. Two
of these portraits are by Miss Hattie E. Bur-
dette, one is by Mrs. Leisenring of this city.
THE sessions of the National League of Ameri-
u can Pen Women open this evening with a
private view in the Sears -Roebuck Galleries
a national exhibition Of art by its members
At the preview this evening Mrs Grace
Thompson Seton, national president, will an
nounce the awards and present prizes to the
winners. These awards have been officially
announced by Miss Ethelyn P. Cobb Of
Buffalo and Mrs w. W. Badgley of this city,
vice chairman. The sculptqre' and brcrze