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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-14
Tax Collections for
1888 Are Improving

Due to lack Of space. the Spokesman
was unable last week to print this
account of the tax collections In Ben
ton county. We are indebted to the
Prosser Record Bulletin for the fol-
lowing story:
Tax collections in Benton county for
the year 1888 are already better than
they were in 1882, said Harry Forsyth,
county treasurer, yesterday, the total
to date being $l,l5O,OO0. OF this amount
$85,281 were personal taxes and $4Ol,-
814.O7 were taxes on real estate. The
balance came from irrigation, drain
age, tolls and miscellaneous sources.
Last Saturday the N. P. Railway paid
1920, the S. p. q S. paid $50, OO4.4
and the P. P. q l.. company paid SILL
900. The Milwaukee did not pay the
last half of it's taxes and has not Tor
several years, the total delinquent tax
on this company amounting to some
$4,000. Some time ago they offered TO
Tax moneys continue to pour in, said
Louis P. Kelly, deputy treasurer. Ten
thousand dollars were received on
Tuesday. At the present time 81 per
cent OF this years taxes have been
paid and by the end OF the year 1t is
possible that the total may exceed lOO
per cent Part Of this good showing Is
caused by the large payments made
through settlement with the railroads
and by the generous offer made by the
state for payment of delinquent taxes.
Interest is RENTED and per cent
discount is offered on all delinquent
taxes due on 1881 or prior years II paid
| by Nov. 30. Interest will still be re-
mitted on all such deliquent taxes paid
to March /. Total delinquent taxes
amount to approximately 100000 in
this county. A number OF applications
have been received whereby the pro-
perty owners agree to pay their delin-
quent taxes for 1881 and prior years, IN
20 semi annual payments at per cent
provided they keep the current years
taxes paid.
AS result of the recent heavy ta'
payments the county treasurer plan
to issue a call about December ~.
During the past few years many o.
the districts of the county have re-
duced their bonded indebtedness ant
several others have wiped out large
blocks of bonds by settlements with tn
bondholders. OF the 100000 in bond
for the Benton county court house thu
has all been paid off except $4,000.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-14
Edwin F. Newton To Be
Master of Local Masons

The Hanford Masonic lodge held
their annual election of officers
Wednesday night, December ID. Othcers
elected for the coming year are: Wor-
shipful master, DR.. E. F. Newton;
senior warden, w. j. Jenkins; JUNIOR
warden, Alex Parke; treasurer, George
Nice onnachie; secretary, G. S. klnne'
The appointive officers will be named
later by the worshipful master ana
the date for the installation OF oHcers
will also be set later as the installation
will be conducted by Grand Master .
l. Preisner.
Fred Gilhuly was raised 10 tne
master mason's degree by the kenne-
wick loge.
A special meeting of the lodge WI
be held Wednesday night, December ~
for the purpose Of initiation. Degrees
will be conferred by the Othello lodge
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-14
Jurors For Next Years
Calendar Are Announced

Selection of thirty-six jurors for the
first jury term in eighteen months IN
Benton county was announced thlS
week by court officials. Those drawn
for duty will be instructed to report
January ID.
The calendar has not been prepared
and court attaches do not know how
long the term will continue. Ihey pre-
dicted there would be six criminal cases
on the docket.
Those from this valley who will serve
are: Blanche Jones, Zela Meyers, 1. M
Webber, Martha Buckholdt and Mae
E. Elliott of Hanford; Mrs. -. w
Brown of Allard and Miss Anna n
Knaub of Vernlta.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-14
Christmas Program Is
Presented BY Mrs. Shinn

In anticipation of the Christmas
holidays, the study meeting OF the
Woman's club held Wednesday after
noon, December -, in the basement OF
the Lutheran church, was devoted to
talks on American Christmas customs
and their origins Mrs. j. M. Shinn was
in charge of the meeting. She was
assisted by Mrs v. G. Wilson and Mrs.
r. S. Reierson, who gave a short talR
on Christmas carols.
December Is, as the date on which to
celebrate the birth of Christ, was fixed
upon by the pope in $40, In the hope
that it would become more popular
holy day. 1t was at this period that
many of the pagan rites welcoming Che
return of the sun to the southern
countries had been celebrated and by a
gradual incorporation of these pagan
rites and other holidays Of the season
the date finally become one OF the hap
piest and most universally observed IN
the Christian calender.
Mrs F. A. English sang %, Holy
Night" and lead the club in the singing
of 20 Little Town of Bethlehem" and
SILENT Night, Holy Night" Mrs Refer
son accompanied the singing.
Mrs. Wilson talked on Danish Christ
mas customs, many of which have been
incorporated into our own observances
Mrs. Lulu johnson read from Governor
Bradford's history his paragraph de-
voted to the first Christmas celebrated
in New England.
Tea was served by Mrs. r. E. Gibbins
and Mrs. H. H. Smith. Twenty clut
members and two guests were present
The next meeting of the club, busi
ness meeting, will also be the annua
. Christmas party. Every member
asked to come and bring with her some
small gift { ten cent limit has beer
set) and something to eat-cookles
candy, cake etc. These gifts Will b.
numbered and then placed under tn
, Christmas tree and later given to tn
, women who have drawn corresponding
numerals.
: Last year each member brought tel
9 cents and the combined sum was use
e in the purchase Of tea pot for Tn
: club, but this year the customary, IN
). dividual gifts have been revived
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-14
Twenty Pupils Make The !,
Grade School Honor Roll

The grade school honor roll Tor the
last four weeks was unusually large. IL
consists of the following pupils:
First and second grades, Betty NC
Cotter, Billy Morris, Carol Bernlce
Hermann, Phyllis Leander, Patty Meek
and Doris Jean Morford.
Third and fourth grades, Barbara
Hawley, Pearl Larsen, Altha Jean CID
bins, Charlie Graves, Louise Gr1fnth
Eunice Campbell, Yvonne Ponsat
Ernst Wendeborn.
Fifth and sixth grades, Elizabeth
Keal, Gloria Hawley, Burton Codding
Reynold Smith, Elsie Taylor and Bette
Meek.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-14
Annual Meet
Of CrangeO On
January 18th
RENTON COUNTY POMONA MAKES
PLANS FOR INSTALLATION
OF OFFICERS

Benton-C County Pomona Grange met
with Whitstran Grange last Saturday,
December 9th All officers were present
with the exception of the three graces
and the lady assistant steward. There
were 81 present when the meeting was
called to order by Master MCLEAN.
The afternoon session was taken up
with the regular order of business ana
appointment of committees for the an
nual meeting to be held at Vale, Satur-
day, January 18th. Plans are under way
to make this one of the best annual
meetings ever held.
In place of having an outside install
lation of officers this year the commit
tee has decided to have 7th degree
members to do the installing. ). II.
Ayers, Hover, has consented to be the
installing officer. Other 7th degree
members will take care of work OF the
chaplain, marshall, and bearers. Plans
are under way to secure F. E. Balmer,
Director of Extension for the State, as
the main speaker of the evening.
Report of subordinate oranges SHOW
that all the oranges are active WIN IN
trest increasing in practically every
grange. The gavel program seems TO oe
increasing interest as it is taken from
grange to grange. The gas stations are
Still reporting considerable sales and
the county now seems to be well
covered as far as facilities for distrlbu-
ing are concerned. Practically all
oranges report donation to the Kegley
Memorial Fund as well as acting tav-
orably upon continuation of the Penn
sylvania plan The special attention
is going to be given to entertainment O
all 7th degree members attending TN
annual meeting. Every 7th degree
member in the county is especially IN
vited to attend the annual meeting ane
assist in special features.
The charter was draped in memor!
of David Hartmann of Hanford, whose
death occurred Tuesday of last week. Z
quartet consisting of Mr.. Knute Hill
Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Lampson, and MI
Rover provided the vocal number 10
this ceremony.
The special feature of the suppe
hour was a turkey dinner which wa
provided by Representative Knute Hh
Mr.. Hill also took an active part IN III
program and in several cases contrl
buted to the part of the host 1or th
evening, he being member OF th
Whitstran grange.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-14
W. ]. Kincaid Wins
Reelection to Post


w. J. Kincaid, incumbent director OF
the Priest Rapids Irrigation District,
was Tuesday reelected to the position
for term Of three years.
A total of 221 votes were cast at the
election, Mr.. Kincaid getting l32 votes
while Colburn q. Anderson, who was
running in opposition, received ID votes.
This was the largest number OF votes
cast at district election since the ex-
clusion proceedings in 1881, ana was
the first time that any opposition to
the present board of directors was
formed.
Mr.. Kincaid has run for the position
of director three times since the re-or-
ganization of the district in 1881, and
has been elected to the board each
time.
The board of directors will hold a
public meeting Monday evening, De-
cember IS, at which time the votes
cast at this election will be canvassed
The law provides that no other mat
tiers than the canvassing of votes can
be taken up at this meeting, but fol-
lowing the adjournment, the land
owners may present other matters they
wish to discuss with the directors. Any
landowner of the district is welcome
to attend this meeting.
The directors will meet as a boarc
of equalization Saturday, January +
to equalize the toll assessments OF the
district, in accordance with the provi-
sions of the law as stated in the lega
notice now appearing in the Spokes'
man.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-14
Mail Immediately If You
Want Christmas Delivery

To those who have been feeling that
Christmas is coming, all right, but it's
still long ways off, comes rude
awakening in the form of a warning
message from post office officials.
There are still ten days until Christ
mas. to be sure, but the 25th tails on
Monday this year and neither on that
day nor on the Sunday proceeding IL
will anv mail be delivered. Sol you
want those Christmas gifts to make
timely arrivals, they should be malleo
not later than this Saturday, December
16.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-14
Hanford Applicants To
Be Interviewed Mondays

Mrs. Lula M. Johnson, who has been
appointed as interviewer for the Civil
Works projects in this district, and
whose duty it is to interview all appll-
cants for work under the Civil Works
program, informs the Spokesman that
she will be in Hartford each Monday
afternoon at the Planters hotel. Sat
urday afternoon, she will hold office
hours at her home northeast OF White
Bluffs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-14
KATHRYN SYFFORD is ADDED
TO HANFORD TEACHING STAFF

The state department through the
county superintendent Office has
granted the Hanford schools an extra
grade teacher to assist in the work OF
the grades. Miss Kathryn Syftord mas
been elected to fill the position.
She will be paid from federal funds set
aside for that purpose. She began
teaching Tuesday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-14
Chicken Dinner Will Be
Served BY Ladies' Aid

The Ladies' Aid of the Presbyterian
church will serve dinner in the church
basement on Tuesday evening, Decem-
Der 10, at 6 o'clock. A charge of twenty
five cents per plate will be made. This
dinner is an annual affair on the
Ladies' Aid calendar and is an enjoy
able part of the pre- holiday festivities
The Washington times., 1933-11-18
SLAIN DOCTOR s
LOVES Barred

SPOKANE, Wash, Nov. 10
G.N.SO. Whether Mrs. Lily B.
Gaines, charged with the murder
Of her husband, DR.. James j.
Gaines, would be acquitted or
found guilty remained a matter
of speculation today.
Willis B. Garrett, 40, railroad
worker, took the witness stand
yesterday but his complete test1.
mony was postponed until several
other witnesses are heard.
Garrett, a central figure in the
case, was reported to have at
tempted suicide after telling police
that Mrs. Gaines had offered
him $1,000 to "knock out" her
husband. Garrett admitted in
court that his suicide attempt was
a fake.
Steadfastly, Mrs. Gaines has de-
MED CARROTS statement.
A tale Of lavish philandering by
DR.. Gaines was told by Mrs. Har-
riette Andrews, IS, a striking
beauty, the last known person to
see DR.. Gaines alive. She told Of
her relations with Gaines, describ-
ing a three-day stay at Seattle
Hotel, where they registered as
Mr.. and Mrs. Kimbal."
The Washington times., 1933-11-18
By international News Service

BY international news SERVICE
A son of American aristocracy
will be this country's first am
bassador to Soviet Russia.
Energetic, youthful-looking Will
liam Christian Bullitt is the scion
of a wealthy Philadelphia family.
However, the abyss between the
conservatism of his ancestral
lineage and the radicalism of the
Soviet regime is bridged by a sin
cere belief on the part of Bullitt
in the stability Of the Soviet
Union.
In fact, American recognition
of the Soviet government is a
move for which Bullitt has
worked indefatigably for IA years,
ever since he was sent to Moscow
by the late President woodrow
Wilson in 1919 to ascertain what
kind of a government the Soviets
had established.
Stability Seen
Following a conference with
Lenin, Bullitt returned to the
Versailles peace conference with
the conviction that the Soviets
were in power to stay. He urged
President Wilson and the allied
statesmen to recognize the Com
munist regime. but both scoffed
at his belief that the SoHyiefR Vuera
stable and his memorandum on
The Washington times., 1933-11-18
SLAYER
HOLDS AL|B|

SANTA CRUZ, Cal, Nov. 10
G.N.S0.-Efforts of prosecutors
to shatter the story of Miss Frieda
Weltz, Al, a nurse on trial for tho
murder of her former employer,
Francis J. M. Grace, 81, wealthy
retired shipping man, today were
unsuccessful as the case reared
the jury.
Vigorously crossexamined for
two hours, Miss Weltz chung to
her statement that she had not in
tended to shoot Grace, but had
gone to his palatial country homo
to plead for financial aid after.
she testified, Grace had drugged
and criminally attacked her.
Learning she was to become q
mother, Miss Weltz said, she used
a powerful drug that ruined her
health. She said:
81 made no demands for
money. 1 merely asked him to
help me regain my health. It
was because of his attack that
/ lost my health and could no
longer work. l felt that he
owed it to me-"
The Washington times., 1933-11-18
First Envoy to Russia Worked IA Years for
Monnentous Step Taken Yesterday
By President Roosevelt

recognition aroused a storm Of
protest.
AS a result, he resigned as at
tache to the. American Peace
Commission, broke with President
Wilson, and retired to private life
as an author and motion-picture
executive.
He was only 81 years old at
the time and had been looked
upon as one of the promising
proteges of the Wilson Admins
tration.
In the fall Of 1919, shortly be-
fore the stroke which precipitated
the fatal illness of President Will
son, he was the central figure in
a tempeStuous Senate inquiry, at
which he charged Robert Lansing,
then Secretary Of State, with be-
ing opposed to the Versailles
Treaty and hopeful the Senate
would not ratify it.
Back In Limelight
He came prominently into the
lime-light again late last year,
when he visited the leading
statesman of Europe on a myEteri-
GUS mission Of his own, which
nearly became the subject Of a
senatorial investigation.
It was a few weeks before
President RocseRelt'S inauguration
The Washington times., 1933-11-18
ARMY ADVOCATE
APPOINTED

The appointment by President
Roosevelt of Col. Arthur w. Brown
to be judge advocate general of
the Army, to succeed Gen. Blanton
Winship, was announced at the
White House today. General Win
ship will retire November 30.
General Brown was born No
vember, 1878, at Davenport, Iowa,
and graduated from Cornell in
1897. He was commissioned a Sec
ond lieutenant in the Regular
Army N December, 1899, and
served as captain with the Philip
pine Scouts.
During the World War General
Brown served as division judge ad-
vocate and after the war he served
as judge advocate of the Panama
Canal Depa4 tment until 1922.
General Brown is now on special
duty with the League of Nations
committee for the administering
Of the Territory Of Leticia.
The Washington times., 1933-11-18
BULLITT URGED WILSON TO RECOGNIZE SOVIET UNION
Career Is Jeopardized
BY Investigations
In Moscow

discussion Of his activities took
place on the Senate Floor and
Senator Robinson CR.) Of Indiana
demanded the State Department
instruct the American embassies
abroad to report on his activities.
Robinson threatened to demand
his apprehension under the Logan
Act, which prohibits an unau-
thorized citizen from negotiating
with foreign governments. The
embassy reports stated Bullitt
merely appeared to be seeking
material for a book and viewed
the matter in a jocular vein.
Last April, Bullitt's appoint
ment as special assistant to Sec
rotary Of State Hull was an.
nounced. He was brought into
the department to prepare t h e
ground for the Russian recogni-
ton discussions, and outside Of
President Roosevelt, he has been
the principal American figure in
the conversations with Maxim
Litvinoff, the Soviet foreign COM
miSSar.
In 1928 Bullitt married Anne
Moen Louise Bryant Reed,
widow Of John Reed, noted Com
munist author. They have one
daughter, Anne Moen. Bullitt is
now AZ. short. partially bald, and
looks more like Q business man
than q diplomat. He is q Yale
graduate
The Washington times., 1933-11-18
BRITISH PRAISE
j. S.-RED DEAL

LONDON, Nov. 10 G.N.SO.
While evidencing not too much
interest in most Of the Soviet
pledges in connection with Ameri-
can recognition of Moscow, Brit
ish opinion today singled out
those pledges Of freedom of
American religion in Russia as
meriting especial praise for Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
They were regarded as better
than those Britain herself OBJ
tanned when she extended recogni-
ton in 1880. The bitter attacks
upon the British churches in Rus
STA have gone far to keep burn
ing the fires of anti-Sovietism so
widespread in Great Britain. It
is felt this will be avoided in the
United States.
Regarding the Soviet pledges
in general, however, the British
public was somewhat skeptical,
and particularly in regard to
those covering Communist propa-
ganda.
Official Britain regarded Ameri-
can recognition of Russia as a
move for the better in the Far
East, where a keen trade compe-
tition with Japan has resulted in
less sympathy than was shown
for her during the recent -Sino-
japanese conflict.
The Washington times., 1933-11-18
COAL FACTIONS
HIT NEWSNA

BY International News Service
With proposed amendments
and substitutions slowing its prog
ress, the tentative code Of fair
competition in the Strife-ridden
anthracite field today faced a
rocky road Of conferences be-
tween various factions in the in
duStry and NRA officials before
a definite draft is formulated
and signed by President Roose-
welt.
Horny-handed miners-some Of
them unemployed-vied with con-
trolling heads Of powerful ton
mage producers at the public
hearing on the code, a hearing
which was adjourned to permit
the arranging of conferences be-
tween miners, producers and con-
SumerS, representatives with NRA
officials on proposed subStitu-
lions or amendments in the pres
ent tentative draft.
Price-fixing as proposed by the
tentative code drew heavy fire
from two outstanding operators
who produce a considerable per-
centage of the total tonnage in
the Pennsylvania hard-coal re-
gion, L. r. Close, OF the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company, and An
drew j. Maloney, president Of the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company.
The Washington times., 1933-11-18
0 CONNOR SEES
GIGANTIC GYP
ON WHISKY
Drinkers to Pay ST, 000,0 00,.
600 Too Much, He Believes;
FaVors High Tax
BY International News Service

American liquor consumers will
pay protiteering prices to the
extent of $1,000,000,000 a year
and the Government will lose
hundreds of millions in taxes UNI
der the low tax policy favored by
the Administration, Representa-
tive John J. O'Connor CD Of
New York, declared today.
The New Yorker-who was Q
wet leader in the long con-
gressional fight over prohibition
announced he would make .
fight for high taxes on. liquor.
Proposes Tax of So
Declaring the Administration
plan of a low tax to stop boot~
logging is faulty, O'Connor pro-
posed tax of So a gallon, graded
as to alcoholic content, and prob.
ably an excess profits tax, aS
compared to the $3.50 a gallon
tax frequently suggested. He said:
"The figures are astounding
as to how the American PEG.
pie will be mulcted for months.
Distillers are going to take the
100000 available gallons Of
whisky and cut it to make
100000 gallons. They pro-
pose to sell that for $40 a case,
which means S4OO for the
same thing they got 50 for be-
fore prohibition.
"The diStillerS who control
the American supply have sold
the idea that importation of
Canadian liquor should be pro.
hibited because all liquors
should be made of American
grain. They overlook the fact
that 80 per cent of the material
in Canadian liquor is Ameri-
can"
BILLION DOLLAR GYP
On the basis of a consumption
of 100000 to 100,000,00O gal
Ions of liquor the first year after
repeal, American consumers will
pay billion dollars more than
they should, O'Connor said.
Under present plans O'ConnoR
said, whisky would sell for not
less than SO a bottle, and indi.
vidual drinks of good whisky viii
cost so cents. He continued:
"The bOotlegger has been con.
tent with a profit of 81 to So o
case. Now the distiIIers pro.
pose to take a profit of $31 q
case"
The Washington times., 1933-11-18
OPERATED ON 14TH TIME
Ex-Movie Actress |
In Critical
Condition

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 q.NS0.
Mary Nolan, beautiful blonde
screen actress, is in a critical
condition in Medical Arts Hos
pital today after her fourteenth
major operation for an abdominal
ailment.
DR.. Harry Gilbert, who per-
formed the operation today, said
it would be at least four days
before he could definitely say the
actress, known on the stage as
Imogene Wilson, was out Of
danger.
Miss Nolan collapsed in her
room at the st. Moritz Hotel,
just after she put the finishing
touches on a story Of her life
that she was writing.