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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-03-30
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in numbers have been mostly in breed
ing stock and indicates larger slaugh-
ter supplies for 1888 and the next few
years ahead. There are more cattle Oh
feed than last year at this time. Feeu
supplies are plentiful and relatively
low in price, Increased feeding during
all of 1888 seems probable.
Cattle on feed for market in Wash
ington on January were the same as
last year. The estimated number On
feed in Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
Montana and California was 114,OOU
head on January 1 compared to $4,000
on the same date in 1882. For the IL
western states there are about seven
per cent less cattle on feed than last
year. Large supplies of relatively cheap
feeds and the supply of cattle suit
able for feeding indicate an increase
in feeding operations during 1888.
Dairy and beef cattle increased in
number about 100000 head in the
United States during 1882. The in
crease in numbers since 1928 amounts
| to 100000 head or an increase Of IA
per cent. Expansion in numbers during
the past two years has resulted largely
from holding back cows. About one
half of the increase since 1928 has
been in COWS and heifers two years old
| and over, and the number of these
on January was the largest on record
in this country. Eventually all this in
! crease must find it's way to market
and contribute to the supply of beef
for consumption.
The demand for beef and veal as
we'll as other meats has declined great
| ly since 1929 as result of the pro-
longed depression and the consequent
lowering of consumer incomes. Present
production of cattle, hogs and sheep
seems fairly we'll adjusted proportion
ately among the three classes as well
as to average production of hay, grain
and available pasture and range. They
seem ample for consumer demand un-
der more prosperous business condi-
tions. A further expansion in cattle
numbers cannot be expected to be re-
flected in higher cattle prices.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-03-30
HANFORD HAPPENINGS
(By Mrs. M. r. slavens)

A dual track meet between Hanford
and Benton City will be held at one
pm. Saturday, April 1, at Benton CITY.
On Saturday, April 8, the annual
track meet including four or 1ve
schools will be held at Hanford at
1880 pm.
Mae syfford, who has been IN Sc
attic for some time, returned to her
home In Eanford Monday.
Miss Edith DeRisio left last week
to visit her sister Hannah IN Port
land and from there she expects to
go to Monmouth, Ore, to continue ner
work In the normal school.
A large number Of people attended
the opening Of Rollinger's new store
last Saturday. Maxwell House co1ee
and sunshine cakes were served free
during the day. Mrs. Ed McConnachie
received the grocery prize in the at
ternoon and Mrs. Lois Burglund held
the lucky ticket in the $50 drawing
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Simonsen drove
over from Olympia to Yakima last
Tuesday The snowplows are still at
work on Snoqualmie Pass. They visited
the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. j.
w. Nagel at Ballygreen Farm from
Wednesday until Saturday.
The Ladies' Aid will meet Thursday,
!, April g. at the home of Mrs. Fay Will
son. Mrs. G. H. Smith will assist Mrs.
| Wilson.
Over sixty neighbors and friends
gathered at the George Wurtz home
on Tuesday evening to charivari Mr..
and Mrs. Orville Fly, who were mar
Tried at Pasco Monday by the Methodist
Episcopal minister, Rev. Greasy. The
evening was spent in singing and mu-
sic and the groom treated the crowd
with cigars and candy. Mrs. Fly is a
sister of Mrs. George Wurtz and is
well-known in Hanford, having gradu-
ated from the Hanford high school in
1923. Mr.. Fly lives at Ringold but has
a barber shop in Hanford.
The women of the Grange under the
direction of Mrs. Root, had charge of
the program during the lecture hour
and the following program was given:
Vocal solos, Mrs Boettcher; reading,
Mrs. Whitwer; piano solos, Mrs. Boie;
paper, Mrs. Brockway; skit, Mrs. Syf-
ford, Mrs. Dorothea Weber, and Mrs.
slavens; dialogue, Mrs. Brockway and
Mrs. A. G.. Evett Refreshments of
cookies and coffee were served. Mrs.
Whitwer resigned as lecturer since she
will not be able to be present during
the spring months Mrs. Slavens was
elected to take her place. Mrs. Boett-
cher was appointed Grange cores
pondent.
B. Bergana and daughter, Mrs. May
. Croce. both of Gle Elum, visited friends
in Hanford Friday.
Il Save the date, April IS, for the high
school vaudeville.
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Miss Helen Graham, teacher OF
English in the high school, received
word Saturday morning. OF the oeatn
of her father, Joseph w. Graham, pI.la-
cipal of the Madrona school IN seattle.
She left Immediately for Seattle MT.
Graham underwent an operation 1of
appendicitis about week ago ana was
in the Medical and Dental BuAdine
waiting TO call on a doctor. He went
out on the fire escape Of the slxteentn
floor and his body hurtled TO the TOP
az the second floor annex. Whether ne
became faint and went out to get fresh
air ar what the cause may have been,
has not been determined. He leaves MS
wife. Mrs. Ruth p. Graham, son
Donald In Milwaukee, and Helen OF
IIanford. The sympathy Of the entire
community goes out to this grief
stricken family.
Hugh Kline, who is in the Office OF
the forest service in Okanogan, arrived
on Saturdays train and is visiting his
son Max and family for week.
Mrs. William S. Weber, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Law
renee Davis in Wenatchee, returned to
Hanford last Wednesday. Mrs. Davis
and little Gerald who came down with
her, returned to their home in Wen
atchee Friday.
Miss Edith Long, former teacher
in our high school, is substituting for
Miss Graham this week
Miss Lenora Beck is able to SIT up
but not strong enough to go back 10
her school work. Mrs. Estelle krug Is
teaching this week also.
There were eight members present
at the annual pot luck luncheon Tor
the active members of the Women's
Missionary Society. There were twelve
present at the meeting in the after
noon. Mrs. Moves, the incoming ,presi-
dent, outlined some of the work Tor
the new year. She and Mrs. G. =.
Mansfield had charge of the topics.
Last Sunday at Sunday school, six
teen children of the grade school pre-
sented the pageant, Beginnings In
Alaska" in very creditable manner
and it is a pleasure to note the inter-
est of the children in this work. There
were 76 present.
Miss Maud Lampson, who is teach
ing in Kennewick, spent the weekend
visiting at the Louis j. Krug home.
Mr.. and Mrs Louis j. Krug and Messrs.
Jesse and James Brown took her back
to Kennewick Sunday evening.
@. F.. Wooten, Mrs. B. @. Root and
Jimmie Root were in Yakima Monday
on business.
The P-T-A will hold called meet
ing at the high school Saturday after
noon at two o'clock for the purpose OF
discussing school lunches for the win
ter months Of 1933-34. All parents and
teachers invited. Tea will be served.
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ably be considerably reduced because
of increased gardening around towns
and gardening by unemployed and by
those employed part time, according to
the outlook issued by the State College
of Washington. Production of CONNER
cial truck crops in 1892 was increased
per cent over that of 1881 in the
United States and prices declined IL
per cent to point where many salable
vegetables were left in fields. The val
ue of commercial truck crops IN 1882
declined IS per cent below the average
for the preceding four years in the
United States but declined only 81 per
cent in Washington.
The 1882 acreage of asparagus In
Washington was the largest on record
and produced the peak crop of 202,O0u
crates Preliminary estimates place the
1888 acreage at 1000 acres as COM
pared with 1000 acres last year. This
is still 2 per cent greater than the
five year average. Increased interest
on the part of growers points to con-
siderable acreages of new paintings In
the central Washington irrigated areas.
The United States strawberry acre
age was rs per cent greater In 1857
than in 1881 and preliminary estimates
| for 1888 indicate a further increase to
2O1 $40 acres or per cent more than
Hast wear. Prices in 1882 were lower
than any crop in the last Is years. The
low winter temperatures in many sec
lions of the country, including Wash
Iington, have undoubtedly reduced pro-
duction possibilities for 1888. Better
prices are in prospect in states where
large areas have been injured.
The United States cabbage crop Of
1882 was the smallest since 1928, bu1
prices averaged only slightly higher
than in 1881 when they were the low
est in recent years. Higher prices were
received for early cabbage and these
growers have signified their intention
of planting so per cent CREATE
acreage in 1888.
The late commercial onion crop o
&c, 463 600 bushels grown in 1892 wa
the largest ever produced in the Unitet
States. Per acre yields Of late onion
were unusually high but even will
normal yields an acreage such as wa
grown last year would produce crol
in excess of market requirements. 10y
1882 prices will probably cause lat
onion growers to reduce their acreag
this year. The 1888 production in tn
Walla Walla area will be curtailed be
, cause of winter killing.
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that while on the trip he heard some
thing give way in his truck but could
not locate the trouble, so went OH.
When he went out last week to look
the car over, he found a bolt of the
front connecting rod off and the toy
rings in all four pistons burnt up.
Lewis says he must have driven the
car 80 miles after that happened. In
the same letter he said that the Their
mometer was standing at 20 degrees
above zero the day he wrote, at $3.50
am.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-03-30
1893 Farm Outlook
Apple Industry
Faces Problems

washington apple prices being SO
much lower this year than in previous
years when the apple crop and COM
peting crops we're of somewhat COM
parable size, indicate lack of demand
as the main cause of depressed prices,
according to the 1888 outlook issued by
the State College of Washington. Ma
terial Improvement in the economic
position of the apple industry depends
on factors such as increased consumer
buying power both in America and
abroad, reduction in foreign trade, bar
riers and sterilization of foreign cur
rencies.
Prices of Washington apples have
been declining steadily since 1929 and
during the last two years have been
so low that apple raising has been
generally improbable. Accumulation
of financial burdens of growers is Gauss
ing orchards to receive less care. II
adverse conditions continue much
longer, many orchards will probably be
neglected and even abandoned. Under
these conditions the volume of fruit
production will probably be consider
ably smaller than during recent years.
Growers who have reduced costs suf-
fciently to allow them to continue
producing may expect to be left in a
better position.
Tree paintings indicate a decided
trend toward fewer and more popular
varieties. There are some indications
that prices of different varieties are
undergoing an adjustment which is
decreasing the differentials paid for
some of the higher priced varieties
such as Delicious. The number of bear
ing trees decreased over 1OO,OOO,OO0 OF
46 per cent between 1910 and 1890
However, because Of increased yield pei
tree total production has decreased
Der cent during the last 20 years.
Although fresh apple exports In
creased rapidly after the war period
averaging II per cent of the CONNER
cial crop between 1926 and 1880, the
trend rose very slowly If at all afte,
1926. This is due to efforts OF Euro
pean nations to expand and modernlzt
their fruit industries, to difficulties II
exporting apples such as high tarln'
and trade barriers, and more recently
to depreciation and instability OF cur
rencies of the biggest importing coun
tries.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-03-30
In-B-Tween

Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ Clark enter
tanned at a birthday dinner in honor
of Mrs. Clark and Glenn Brooks last
Sunday. Besides the honor guests,
those present were Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Bell and daughter Vera, Mr.. and Mrs
L. T. Brooks and La Verne Brooks,
Marvin Bishop and Raymond Clark.
Messrs. Robert MacDonell and F. E.
Strycker, accompanied by Mrs Stanley
Gray, motored to Yakima last Friday.
Mrs. Gray went on to Seattle to make
an indefinite visit with Mr.. Gray's
mother. The men went over on bust
ness trip and returned the same day.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. G. Hunter and Mr..
and Mrs. A. e. Rogers and small sons
motored down from Wenatchee last
Sunday and were guests at the F. e.
Strycker home. Mrs. Rogers is cousin
of Mrs. Strycker.
Miss Edith Long is teaching in Han
ford for few days in the place OF
Miss Helen Graham, who was called
to Seattle to attend her fathers flu
neral.
Song services, conducted by Rev.
George Strycker will be held at 2:3v
pm. each Sunday afternoon at the
old Masonic building in Hanford, for
an indefinite time. All are cordially
invited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Meyer and small
son were dinner guests last Sunday at
the H. P. McGlothern home.
Mrs. r. r. Woods and Mrs. George
Scott were callers at the Hensley home
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Hensley motored
over to Yakima Wednesday of last
week, taking with them Mrs. j. H
deVeuve, who had been over here look
ing after her property.
Il Lewis Brooks, who with his wife went
to Gooding, Idaho, last January, writes
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Brooks
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-03-30
Cattle Numbers
Show Increase

Cattle on farms in the United States
have been increasing for about five
years while at the same time cattle
slaughter has been decreasing, reports
the 1888 outlook issued by the State
College of Washington. The increase
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See Weak Demand
For Truck Crops

Demand for commercial vegetables
in Washington during 1888 will prob
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-17
old resident
PASSES AWAY
Edward Nixon, Old Timer in
This City Will be Buried
This Afternoon.

Edward Nixon, resident of this city
and the White Iron district among the
earliest, died Tuesday at his farm home
in Argo Township south of the city after
an illness of eight months.
Mr.. Nixon has been a resident of Ely
and vicinity for the past 40 years. He
was 81 years of age and under County
Commissioner Grant McMahan, held
the position as road superintendent in
the White Iron district Later he
moved to the farm in Argo township
where his death occurred as above
stated.
The funeral will take place this after
noon from the First Lutheran church,
Rev. G. A. Afo officiating. The funeral
will be largely attended. Mr.. Nixon
having many friends in this vicinity.
He will be laid away in the Ely ceme-
terry, the remains having been brought
to the city and prepared for burial at
the Laing Mortuary./
Surviving him are four daughters and
four sons The daughters are Mrs. Emil
Norby, Mrs. Rudolph Pruuh and Elsie
Nixon of this city; Mrs. r. A. Martin
of st. Paul The sons are Henry, John,
Robert and Fred, residents OF this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-17
Arrangements Made For
Pre-Lenten Dance

All arrangements have been completed
for the annual Pre-Lenten Dance to
be given by the Legion Auxiliary at the
Washington Auditorium on Saturday
evening, February IS. The Revelers
six-piece orchestra will furnish the
music for the evening and dancing will
be from to II o'clock.
Mrs. L. M. Bang, president of the
Auxiliary, has named the committees to
have charge of the dance as follows:
Music-Mrs. E. A. LaBeau, chairman
Mrs. F. Schweiger and Mrs. Wilson
Carlson.
Publicity and Advertising Jack
Seraphine, chairman; Mrs. Agnes Fogel-
berg and Mrs. Oscar Carlson.
Check Room-Mrs James Moonan
chairman; Mrs. E. Kayute, Mrs. E
JoncaS, Mrs. Lillian Forsman, Mrs
Hilma Thoren, Miss Helia Maxi, Mrs
Anna Leino and Mrs L. G. SLENDER.
Tickets-Mrs j. Seraphine, chairman;
Mrs. NJ Odgers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-17
CAMP SIGEL
WINTER SPORTS
Play Day Arranged for This
Section at Biwabik Site
Sunday.

On Sunday, tine 18th of February, the
north half of st. Louis county will cele-
brate its winter sports day at Camp
Sigel near Bfwabik. A very full pro-
gram has been planned for all organi-
cations wishing to cooperate. This
winter play day is open to the public,
and you are invited to attend and take
part in the snow modelling, hockey,
broom ball contest, tobogganing, skating
races and ski sliding for distance.
The hockey tournament, which is at
10 A. M, is open to any rural team
not playing in any league. The winners
will be eligible to play in the st. Louis
county rural community tournament at
Eveleth February Oath to 26th
The cross country ski race, which is
two miles. is open to residents of farm
communities and residents of the range
towns. The broom ball tournament is
open to teams from farm communities
with six players to team. Skating
races and ski sliding for distance are for
girls under Is, girls over Is, boys under
Is and men over Is. Toboggan sliding
for distance is open to teams consisting
of two women and three men.
Assisting the home demonstration
agent, Mary Jane Boyd, win be G. 8,
Chase, Jess Porteus, M. I. Smith, II. j.
Aase, August Neubauer and w. A.
Fisher of Virginia. MIR. Chase is to be
director of activities for the day and he
uil1 give an aYDlanation and general
instructions relative to the afternoons
program of competition to the contest
ants and officials. An inexpensive lunch
can be gotten from the winter sports
l0dCN
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-17
American-ItaLian Club
Elects NelC Officers.

The American-Italian Americaniza-
ton Club of this city held meeting
Saturday evening at which new officers
were elected for the ensuing year.
The meeting started with supper to
members at TOO o'clock. The supper
was prepared by Mrs. Nat Dargontina
and Antoinette DiBernardi and served
by the Misses Mary Berini, Julia
Alemini and Emma Peyla.
The members then resolved into a
business session and elected officers for
the year as follows:
President-Nat Dargontina.
Vice President-Carlo Buraglio.
Secretary Frank Tersini.
Vice Secretary-Mrs. Nat Dargontina.
TreaSurer-John Chiabotti.
The meeting also appointed a COM
n1ittee to arrange for keno party.
Dancing followed in which members and
invited guests participated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-17
GOphers Meet and Elect
NetU Set of Officers.

The s. s. C. u. Gophers are setting
a fine pace In winter sports activities
this year This Is an auxiliary of the
Sacred Heart division of the Union.
The Gophers meet every first Friday
of the month at the National Home and
all are urged to attend the meeting on
March 8.
The Gopher bowling team leads the
interlodge bowling league with 16 games
won and five lost. The basketball team
also has 500 average at this writing.
The election of officers took place at
the January meeting and the following
were elected:
Chairman-Anton Knapp.
Vice Chairman-J. Mestik.
Secretary-F. Mrak.
Treasurer. Bachar.
Recording Secretary-Iillian Cheles-
mix.
Stanley Pechaver and Lillian Cheles-
mix were named as publicity committee
and Agnes Perushek, chairman; Angela
Pechek, Pauline Mrak, Al Gorshe, Mar
garet Turk, Stanley Pechaver and
Pauline Belehar as an entertainment
committee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-17
Motorists Oppose
Gas Tax Diversion.

One thing is becoming quite manifest
and that Is that the organized motorists
and kindred groups interested in the
conservation Of motor revenue and other
public money are now preparing in
many states to advocate the general
sales tax plan and to fight to the
finish any and all attempts to divert
gasoline taxes and motor vehicle
revenue from the business of highway
building and maintenance.
The fallacy Of taking revenue that Is
now providing worth while employment
OF public benefit and giving 1t to those
who are unemployed is so obviously and
utterly absurd that one marvels how
legislators supposedly representatives
of thinking citizens-can contemplate
such measures and even carry them
into effect.-New Outlook.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-17
Lake STATES
TO PROFIT
Chief Forester Tells How Ten.
nessee Plan Could be Used
in This Region.

During the winter the U. S. Forest
Service has been employing between
1000 and 1000 men in the Northern
Lake States on work within the Ma
tional Forest Units. These men have
been taken from the County relief lists.
The recent published statements with
regard to plan for the Tennessee
Valley raise interesting possibilities with
regard to what similar project in the
Northern Lake States might mean in
the way not only of temporary I'M
employment relief, but permanent new
source of labor use. The Northern
Lake States contain over a quarter of
the area of devastated forest lands in
the United States, and there are some
50-odd million acres better adapted to
forest production than to the production
of agricultural crops.
An analysis of the situation by the
Forest Service in Milwaukee indicates
that a national forestry project, based
upon the reforestation of devasted lands
for National forest purposes, would be
a lquidating project. According to cal
culations of the regional forester, even
a limited expansion would permit the
employment of $4,000 men on forestry
operations in the year of the inception
of the project. The analysis that has
been made was based upon four funda-
mental principles:
/. The withdrawal of marginal and
sub-marginal agricultural lands from
private use.
2. The reforestation of such lands.
3. The use of unemployed labor in
these operations
f. The liquidation of the investments
made.
On the basis of experience and cost
data accumulated on actual operations,
it is the belief of the forest service
that project comparable to that pro-
posed for the Tennessee Valley would be
perfectly feasible in the lake states, and
would have, outside of the benefits that
would accrue from the taking of people
off of the dole and placing them upon
productive and liquidating labor pro-
jects, a tremendous future value in
insuring future permanent wood utili-
zation industry, better conditions of
! streamflow, higher water tables and
better climatic conditions.
| The value of such a project to the
recreation facilities of the northern lake
states is almost beyond comprehension.
but regardless of this, Regional Forester
E. w. Tinker states that the project will
hquidate from an actuarial standpoint.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-17
On This
Occasion
Just few thoughts by the Editor
on things Material and Immaterial.

The death of William E.
McEwen in st. Paul early We'd
nesday morning, removes from
the ranks of prominent Duluth
ians one of its most outstanding
men. Billy" McEwen worked
his way through life from a
humble beginning as a plumb
er's assistant to a political and
labor figure of national impor-
lance. He was recognized as
a leader in the betterment of
labor conditions; father of the
state compensation law; pub
Usher of the Labor World at
Duluth; a powerful figure in
political circles; chairman of
the Conservation Commission
for many years secretary and
treasurer of the State Fedora
ton of Labor; postmaster of
Duluth under President Wilson
for four years; a member of
every organization in Duluth
for the betterment of economic
conditions and in all probability
perhaps the most prominent
citizen of Duluth. His death
leaves a vacancy that will be
hard to fill. Universal regret
is being expressed over his
sudden passing. He was So
years of age and at the time
of his death was in St. Paul in
his official capacity as chair
man of the Conservation Com
mission.