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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07
Contract For pr
New Turbine
Is Let Friday
PICATTI BROTHERS START PRE-
LIMINARY WORK AT PLANT
MONDAY

The Priest Rapids Irrigation District
board last Friday accepted the pld OF
the Allis- Chalmers company and Plcat-
ii Brothers to furnish and install new
water-wheel at the Priest Rapids plant.
The cost of the repair job was such a
large percentage of the cost OF putting
in a modern new wheel that 1T was de-
termined best to make the new install
lation. The bid of Picatti brothers
covers the furnishing OF labor ana ma
terials to make alterations in the pow
err house to receive the new wheel ana
it's installation on delivery The Ais
CLEANERS company guarantees the al
terations and installation as we'll as thc
efficiency of the machine when IN oper-
alton. 1t is estimated that the added
income from power produced by the
new wheel over that produced by the
old wheel will pay the cost OF the new
wheel in less than ten years.
Picatti Brothers started preliminary
work Monday. The old turbine Is al
ready partly dismantled and Will be
completely torn down when water is
turned out of the canal. Some time Will
be EMPLOYED in closing the upper draft
tube and enlarging the lower tube. Inc
new turbine will be set up and put IN
operation during the latter part Oh
March or the first of April.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
} board was held Tuesday evening at
which time consideration was given TO
the 1884 budget and the best method
of providing revenue to cover it. 1t IS
the opinion of the board that the
method used during the past year Oh
f covering the expenses of operation ana
e debt service with power revenue ana
0 water tolls is the best course to pursue
e considering the possibilities OF securing
funds from agencies OF the Federai
government for further developments
9 and the refunding of outstanding bonds
:, at, q lower rate of interest. There are
: now pending two applications, one to
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton for money to refund outstanding
bonds, and one to the Federal PUBIC
- Works Administration for funds &c
deepen the power canal.
: In these applications the matter OF
~ 6elinOlenC1eS III dSSCSSIIlCllCo e1iASA AeAAA~
: sold for assessments is gone into thor,
q oughly and until these applications
1t are definitely acted upon the board be-
d lieves that the district should use TIT
re toll system rather than a general lant
= assessment.
q. During the coming months, the boar(
lie asks electors of the district to CIV
n consideration to a permanent reVenu
ot policy for the district as well as IN
1T methods of delivery of water, lengtl
d. of irrigation season and other matters
ar A number of water users appeare
lie at the meeting inquiring about Wor
s. under the Civil Works Administrator
SO the work at Priest Rapids and alon
er the irrigation canal and plans for as
sessments for the coming year. sine
IN oil board meetings are open TO th
On public the board desires to have tf
me- electors come in at any meeting an
e. discuss problems of interest.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07
Winesap Prices Go UP !.
With Increased Demand

Renorts from Yakima state that &C
tive demand for apples and stronger
undertone in the market has lnnuenceo
shippers to advance quotations OH
large extra fancy Winesaps TO $l.oo
box Monday. The price on medlufi ana
large Delicious had already peen
boosted Is cents per box. the demand
for hulk .Jonathans from Los Angeles
was improved considerably but stocks
to fill orders were not easy TO opIaili'
it was said
Exnort activity is less active thls
week than last, but some business Is
he,ne done This is due, it is belived, TO
the fact that British Columbia is SNIP
ping Winesaps freely to the ohlIeo
Kingdom and British importers are
giving Canadian shippers preference
as no import duty is paid. 1t Is expected
that demand from the United klngdoih
for Washington apples Will PICK up
after the first of the year
| Moderate prices were realized on oe-
licious apples on the New York auceioil
Monday, as the offerings were heaVy'
hit Romes and Spitzenbergs SOLD 10
advantage Twenty cars OF Delicious
were placed but seven were Withdrawn
Delivered prices we're $2.o5 to S2.lo a
box for the extra fancy grade ano
81 e5 for the fancy. Romes sold at Sl.os
to 81 95 a box for the large extra fancy
while the medium grade passed through
, the auction at 81 So to $1.55 box. De-
livered price for fancy Winesaps wa'
81 80 per box.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07
Mrs, Rhoda Evett Worthy
Matron of Eastern Star

At the annual election of officers OF
Mount Gable Chapter No. 200, Order
of the Eastern Star, Tuesday evening
the following we're elected: Worthy
matron, Mrs. Rhoda Evett; worthy pa
tron Norman Anglin; associate matron
Mrs. Laura Brinson; associate patron
n n. Boie; secretary, Mrs. Harr1et
joyce; treasurer, Mrs. Augusta GID
bins. conductress, Mrs. Irma Codding
associate conductress, Mrs. Ethel WI
liams. The appointive officers VIII o.
announced at the installation IN Jan
uary
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07

tuberculosis Association started De-
cember throughout the nation ana
will last until Christmas Day.
The Benton County committee Is
putting on an energetic drive Tor 1unos
for this great work Of Graduating tu-
berculosis. The work Of the committee
last year in putting over the county
clinic has spoken for itself with regard
to this organization. Several cases are
being helped and others are pelng
watched carefully to prevent tne oe-
yelopment of the disease.
This is an activity which the entire
county can support with complete con-
fidence that every cent will go toward
a worthy cause. Sixty cents OF eacn
dollar stays in Benton county ana ~
cents of each dollar goes for state and
national work. The services OF the 9TH
GERS of the Benton county Tubercu-
losis League are donated. Neither the
seal sale chairman nor her corps OF
workers receives any compensation. The
only expense of putting on the sale is
for actual supplies used.
During 1888 the League activities
included:
Free chest clinic services: local ex-
pense for clinic supplies; X-ray fol
patients unable to pay for same; chile
health educational worker in county
tuberculin tests for children.
Mrs. d. S. Wilkinson is in charge
of the seal sale campaign for this dis
trict.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07
Subsistence Homesteads
Planned by Welfare Men

Principal policies governing the WORK
of Washingtons Subsistence Home
stead Committee were announced re-
Gently by Walter G. Sommers, welfare
commissioner of the Benton county
Welfare Board. upon receipt OF n1or-
nation from this committee Named by
Governor Clarence D. Martin, the com
mittee is made up of E. F. Banker, De
partment of Conservation and Develop
ment; Chares F. Ernst, State Emer-
gency Relief Administration; and wal
ter j. Robinson, State Department OF
Agriculture.
The one or two projects to be carried
on will be in the nature of demon
stration. Approximately $50 families
will be involved. The 100000 that has
been made available to Washington 1or
the experiment is to be used on loan
basis to those entering into the pro-
jects.
According to the information we
have received" said Mr.. Sommers
"there are these two principal pollcleS
that will guide the committee IN tht
l SGl6CU1Oll Ol CllG DUO clAO oAAS pSSFN~
go on the site:
"Plans that will give subsistence
homestead assistance to those IN nee
of such income to supplement incl
part-time employment which they ma.
now have in city or town; and plan
that will give subsistence homestea'
, assistance to those who are stranded
rural or industrial groups"
The plan of selection of families ma
, not been determined and there al
other details to be worked out.
The Benton County Welfare Boar
. will serve as the local information cen
ter on subsistence homesteads.
Families to go on the project Will ne
4 be restricted to those on relief lists,
Mr.. Sommers pointed out that all IL
terested families should have no hes
fancy in making inquiries at the coun'
welfare board office.
At the present time, Professor Re
Willard, agricultural economist OF u
Washington State College, Pullman
making a study Of suggested sites al
r plans. Later the committee will Wo
n with Professor Willard in the selectl'
,s of the site.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07
Edward Ponsat Is
Master of Grange

At the regular meeting of the White
Bluffs Grange held Wednesday even
ing, December 6, at the Grange Hail.
the following officers were elected to
serve during the coming year:
Worthy master, Edward Ponsat;
overseer, j. B. Tromanhauser; lecturer,
Mrs. John Holecek; steward, H. A.
Young; assistant steward, John Hole
eek chaplain, Mrs. H. H. Smith; trea-
surer, H. H. Smith; secretary, w. j..
jenkins; gate keeper George Wagner;
Ceres, Mrs. Marie Beyers; Pomona,
Mrs. L. G. Robinson; Flora, Mrs. f.
E. Anderson; lady assistant steward
Mrs. Percy Bruce.
1 j. G. SWayze of KenneWick Informed
| the meeting of large saving to the
farmers of Benton county amounting
/ to over $4,000 in the purchase OF gaso-
4 line and oil from the Grange kenne-
Twick gas station The ruling in eonnec'
ton with the purchase of gasoline ano
oil must be strictly adhered to II gran
gers wish to receive it's benefits. Be-
sides the membership fee of five dollars
in the KenneWick gas station, pau
ron must be Grange member In gooc
standing and in purchasing gasoline
cannot resell to anyone. To do so NJ
will forfeit his privileges
Another manner in which tn
Grange has benefited farmers
through the rural mail delivery system
which it was the first to promote. Their
are many other Grange benefits II on
takes the time to look them up.
A resolution was passed rendering t.
the family of Brother David Hartmann
of Hanford the Oranges deepest sym
: pathy in their loss Mr.. Hartmann wa
one of the early Grange members
White Bluffs and also was past de
putty master of Benton county Pomona
L. w. Belden, worthy master, pre-
: sided over the meeting.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07
Miss Olive Walker and Miss Mar.

Miss Olive Walker and Miss Mary
Ellen Cox entertained twelve OF their
friends at an announcement party
Saturday evening at the E. f. Newton
home. During the evening the glriS
were given questions to answer ana tie
first letter Of each answer spelled the
following. "Olive wears Petes ring
The young man in question being Pete
Salvini. Three tables of bridge were III
play. Lillian Shinn winning first prize
and Mae Syfford the second Al the
close of the evening English plum pud-
ding, cookies and coffee were served
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07
David Hartmann Dies At
Spokane Tuesday, Dec. 5

Death came to David Hartmann
Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock at
the lockwood clinic in Spokane
after an illness of six months, caused by
toxic poisoning of the kidneys. Mr..
Hartmann, Clayton Hartmann and Ed
ward Worby drove to Spokane that
morning to bring him home. AS he was
entering the car he collapsed, and was
taken back to the hospital, passing away
a few minutes later. He was conscious
to the last.
Funeral services we're held at the
Presbyterian church in Hanford TINS,
Thursday, afternoon, Rev. II. A. MOVES
reading the sermon. A Grange 1uneral
service was held at the White Bluffs
cemetery where interment was made
Pallbearers were: G. F. Wooten, A. l.
Brockway, B. G. Root, L. l.. WhitWer
". L. Enyeart and Arne Hansen
David Hartmann was born in Chip
newa Falls, Wisconsin, January 4, 1872
He was one of family OF ten children
and six brothers and one sister, all o.
Chippewa Fails survive iiilii' AAo o"1iA'
tn washington twenty-seven years agt
and was married August 4, l9O6, u
Miss Ida Salisbury at Hoquiam, Wash
ington, by the. Rev. Perry, VINO hao als'
officiated at ais parents wedding. MI
and Mrs. Hartmann moved TO thl
valley about twenty-five years ago. SCI
Ting on ranch in the ln-b-IWeel
district. Besides his widow, MS Sol
Clayton, survives him.
Mr.. Hartmann was charter membe
of Hanford Grange No. 839, transIerr
ing from White Bluffs Grange, ana wa
also member of Benton County re
mona Grange, holding important ONCE
in both organizations. He was one
the pioneer settlers Of the valley an
had the love and respect OF all WI
knew him.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07
Processing Tax on Milk
Applies to Individuals

Effective December /, the processing
tax on milk and milk products must be
paid by all farmers who produce milk
for wholesale or retail distribution.
Amount of the tax is as yet unknown
Those who are exempt from paying
this tax are those who sell their milk
or butter to a butter or cheese factory
ice cream factory, milk condenslne
plant, or other manufacturers OF milk
produce, or to a dealer who ASSEMBLIES
or mixes the milk from two or more
producers for sale.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07
Twelve Men
Allotted To
District w rk
STATE CIVIL WORKS ADMINS
TRATION APPROVES WORK
ON PROJECT

The Priest Rapids Irrigation District
on Tuesday received approval OF the
state Civil Works administration Tor
an allotment of twelve men to be used
from now until about March upon
work of the district. These men Will
be employed at Priest Rapids IN WIDEN
ing and deepening the tail race, in i'm
proving the retaining wall above the
race, in stubbing some $50 poles on
the Priest Rapids Coyote Rapids pow
or line and in making improvements
to the irrigation distributing system.
Benton county has been allotted 2OO
men from the states quota OF 30Oou
and the north end of the county mas
an allotment of twenty. Eight OF these
will be used by the county on the Ben
ton City-Horn road and the balance
will be used by the irrigation dlstrlct
on it's work The pay for this work Will
be so cents per hour for unskilled Ia
Dor, rs cents and 80 cents for SEMI
skilled and $120 per hour for skilled,
based upon classifcations made by the
federal administrator. Men will be paid
each week directly by the federal pay
master, and all work will be contlned
to 3O-hour week, men working SIX
hours per day for the first five days
each week.
Since there are about 100 applicants
in this district for such work, and only
twenty jobs available, the work Will DC
rotated in order that everyone quail
fed may obtain some employment dur
ing the winter. The change Will OF
made every two weeks. q. sss.;es
The Civil Works administration bull
letins state that SO per cent OF Tn
employment must be taken from relic
rolls, that is, made up of those serious
ly in need of employment; ex-servlc'
men with families to have preference
and then men in the community VIII
families to support.
Mrs Lula NJ. Johnson has been ap
nointed interviewer and it will be he
duty to interview those who feel Una
they are qualified for this work. Sh
will maintain office hours at her RESI-
dence one mile northeast OF Whlt
Bluffs Saturday afternoons ana
Hartford on Tuesday afternoon at
place to be determined later.
It will be necessary for those Wlsf
ing interviews with Mrs. Johnson
call ISL for an appointment, IN ord
that matters may be handled mo
easily.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07

George McCotter, who had been i'll
for several days, was stricken with
an attack of acute appendicitis last
Thursday afternoon and was rushed
to the hospital at Pasco. He was oper-
ated upon Saturday morning and is
reported to be doing very nicely now.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07

Out-of town people who attended tne
funeral of David Hartmann were Mr.
and Mrs. j. G. Swayze and MIR. ana
Mrs. j. Puderbaugh Of KennewlcK' MI.
and Mrs. I. M Hartmann, and Cnarles
and Roy Morgan of Benton City.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Hicks OF FERN
dale and Mrs. Richard Jensen OF "a
kima visited Friday afternoon al the
Fred Gilhuly home.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07

A trace of precipitation was recorueo
November 80, while OF was recorded on Oh
December 2, .O6 on December a. 10
on December and .05 on December o.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07
Anti. Tuberculosis
Seals Now on Sale

The annual campaign Of the Anti
tuberculosis Association started De-
cember throughout the nation ana
will last until Christmas Day.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-07

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Evening star., 1933-04-09

-- HE Corcoran Gallery Of Art has placed
on exhibition two paintings by the
late Robert Blum which were be-
queathed TO the gallery some
months ago by Mrs. Florence de
Stephano Mullins. One is a por-
trait in pastel Of Mrs. Mullins; the other an
OIL painting Of a young japanese girl with her
arms full of pink cherry blossoms. The
portrait of Mrs. Mullins was painted in Venice
before her marriage; the japanese picture Is
q souvenir of the artists memorable visit to
Japan.
The name of Robert Blum Is outstanding in
the history Of American art, not because, per-
haps, of his great achievement, but of the fine
ness of his work. its quality and charm. Fur
thermore, there is a romance about his life and
his work which gives it, even IN the present
prosaic day. glamour all its own He was a
great artist and whatever he did gave indica-
ton not only of talent, but OF charming per-
sonality.
Born in Cincinnati Of German parents he
6rst entered lthographing establishment. In
1876 he managed to get together enough money
to go to Philadelphia to see the Centennial Ex-
position and, viewing the works of art that were
exhibited there he made UP his mind not to
return to Cincinnati but to go to New York.
From New York he went to Europe but in
stead of following the usual course in those
days, which would have led him to Munich
~ Dusseldorf, he went to Spain, enamoured
" the work of Fortuny; then to Venice, where
he met and became an intimate friend of both
William M Chase and Whistler; later to Hol-
hnd, and then to Japan.
It is the Chase Whistler influence that Is
most strongly felt in this portrait Of Mrs. Null
hs. Somewhat in the same manner, Chase
PAINTED his portrait Of "A Lady in Pink" which,
r We are not mistaken belongs now to the
Museum Of the Rhode Island School Of Design.
But Chase never painted anything quite as
Nvaoious as subtle, as this portrait of Florence
Il Stephano in black. That subtlety and in
sight came from association with Whistler, and
yet the portrait Is by no means Whistlerian-
Il is an exquisite piece OF painting. extremely
spirited and at the same time very reticent.
Royal Cortissoz has said that the vivacity
q Blum is what fixes him firmly in American
art. but that it would not make him distin-
saished were 1t not tempered by feeling. "He
rs not merely clever, he had deep and genu-
- emotions. He was always serious" In
- young days he did more Illustrating than
onlnting. For SczihaGs AaUns1ns - made .
Evening star., 1933-04-09

memorable series Of drawings IN Japan: for the
Century some "consummate pen drawings"
such as portrait Of Joseph Jefferson in the
character of Bob Acres. What gems those Il
lustrations were!
Blum painted In oils and water color and
pastel; he drew with pen and INK he etched
some superb plates. He did mural paintings.
two especially notable for Mendelssohn Hall
tn New York, alas torn down even before the
painter died. The Cincinnati Museum owns his
Evening star., 1933-04-09

painting entitled, "Ihe Venetian Lace Makers"
the National Gallery Of Art has, or had, Is .
loan at one time. one Of his large Venetian
canvAses-works essentially belonging to the
time IN which they were painted the latter
part Of the COS or the early part Of the eos.
He was elected member Of the National Acad-
envy of Design in 1892.
But somehow these big canvases, crowded
with figures, seem to have less Of the painter
IN them than his informal sketches. Martin
Evening star., 1933-04-09
Calendar of Exhibitions

coRcORAN GALLERY OF ART. Seuen-
teenth street and Ne,D York avenue.
Permanent collections. WGter colors by
Eliot OHara and Julian Peabody. Min
iatures by Eulabee Dir, April I to
April %.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. Tenth
and B Constitution apenue) streets
northwest. Permanent collection.
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING. DIVISION
OF GRAPHIC ARTS, UNITED STATES
NATIONAL MUSEUM. Etchi.gs By
Kerr Eby, March 28 to April rs.
YREER GALLERY OF ART. T,Dcltth and
B streets Southwest. Permanent collec-
ton.
sion, First street betiDeen East Capitol
and B streets southeast. Permanent
collection.
ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON, 2017
street. Oil paintings and todter colors
By Constance Cochrane of Philadelphia.
Drawings and etchin1s by Robert Laao-
SON. April to IS.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY, 1900
Twenty-frst street. Open Saturdays
from II am. to pm.
TEXTILE MUSEUM OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1880 S street
northwest. Rugs, tapestries and other
textiles of the Near and Far East. Open
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 2
to o'clock Admission By card obtain
able at the Office OF G. H. Myers, 730
Fifteenth street northwest.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Central Building,
Ninth and X streets. Decorative maps
and uie,os OF Sixteenth and Seventeenth
centuries. Rare fosoer prints, 174o to
1910. To April 80.
ART LEAGUE OF WASHINGTON, 2111
Bancroft place. Works by artists of the
Dela,pdre Valley region, Phil0delphiG
and Ne1D York.
SEARS, ROEBUCK & co. ART GAL
LERIES, HOG Connecticut dpenue. Rugs
from Finland, Chinese ancestor por-
traits, paintings By Lillian Gifen, VIII
liam c. Palmer and Others, 125 t,pen-
tieth century etchings from the Rosen-
aoaId collection. AprH to May I.
HEKIMIAN GALLERIES, 1914 Connecti-
cut auenue. Exhibition of Persian art
assembled for Century OF Progress Er-
position, Chicago. March Is to April 20.
TEN O'CLOCK CLUB. 1903 X street
northwest. Paintings By Iona Miller
Keplinger. April 8 to 20. Block prints.
,oater colors. etc., by Dietrich Neuteld
and Joe Goethe, April 9 to Is.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY ART GAL
LERY. Paintings by modern Aneri-
cans, lent by College Art Association.
April 9 to %, tnclusiDe;; sculpture By
Ernest Durig. April to May IS.
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Continued on Thirteexth Page
Evening star., 1933-04-09

= HE Corcoran Gallery Of Art has placed
on exhibition two paintings by the
late Robert Blum which were be-
queathed TO the gallery some
months ago by Mrs. Florence de
Stenhano Mullins One is a mr.
Evening star., 1933-05-21
Disabled American
Veterans

Comdr Herbert Church of Ace
Rasmussen Chapter last week an
nounced that on Friday evening a
benefit performance will be held at the
National Theater.
The next regular meeting of Federal
Chapter, No. 6, will be held in the board
room of the District Building Tuesday
evening, when various resolutions will
be acted upon and forwarded to the
national Offices at Cincinnati for con-
sideration at the convention in June.
Federal is making arrangements for a
darce to be held during the first week
of June. A part Of the proceeds will
be used to pay membership dues for
members temporarily unable to pay
without help.
Col. Charles Young Chapter will hold
its regular meeting Thursday evening
in the Twelfth street branch OF the
Y. M. C. A.
With Comdr. Walker H. Colston pre-
siding. Rea Chapter met Friday night
at the Hamilton Hotel. One Of the
largest classes of new members to be
accepted for membership in the D. A. v.
was presented to the post by the de-
gree team. Rea Chapter Is now one
of the leading chapters in size IN the
D. A. v.
j. ]. Idler. chairman of the Enter
tainment Committee, reported that his
committee had made arrangements to
hold a testimonial dance in honor OF
Past Post Comdr. r. E. Moore at the
White Flint Golf Club on the night OF
June 80. Walter P. Boehne, depart
nnent uuartermaster of the V. F. W..
was the guest speaker.