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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
Discussion of Modern
Indians Absorbs Club

The sympathetic study of the In
dian problem presented by Mrs. w. H.
Keal at the regular study meeting of
The Woman's club Wednesday met with
an enthusiastic response from all pre-
sent. Mrs. Keal's interest in the Indian
is genuine and alive and she is able to
draw upon fund of knowledge on the
subject, received not only from refer
ence books but from her personal
contacts with Indians and recollections
of her parents work among them in
Iowa.
Mrs. Keal began her talk by enum-
Grating, and refuting, the short COM
ings generally attributed to the race,
giving in the course of her paper
many fascinating anecdotes and obser
vations on the Indians characteristics
and habitual reactions.
The Indian, she stated, is honest. He
reserves his friendship, but once it has
been given he is loyal. The Indian
massacres as recorded by historians
naturally predispose us against the
race, but it must be remembered that
the white man has taken no other role
in his contact with the Indian than
that of aggressor and blame for Indian
uprisings must necessarily come back
to him.
In spite of a reputation for dirtiness
and shiftlessness the Indians actually
are neither. The men seem lazy, but II
is because civilization has taken theil
! natural work from them and left moth
ing in it's place. Contrary to genera
belief, their personal characteristic!
include both affection and sense O.
humor. Their stolid impassivity L
their protection against the possible
| intrusion of the curious. The Indians
please turn to page ~
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
First Banks
Reopening Is
Now Possible
40 PER CENT OF DEPOsITs-S12, 900
WILL BE MADE AVAIL
ABLE TO DEPOSITORS

Reopening of the First Bank of
White Bluffs is now possible, and will
be effected as soon as possible, w. j.
Kincaid, cashier, says. The bank has
been on restricted basis since the
hank holiday last March. With the
leopening, it is estimated that approx
inately $4,000 will be made available
to depositors of the bank.
Under the provisions of the Bank
Sterilization Act of the state, passed
by the last session of the legislature,
the state supervisor of banking has
proposed plan for the re-organiza-
ton and reopening of the bank on an
UNRESTRICTED basis. A copy OF this plan
is on file at the banks offices and
may be- inspected by any depositor.
The plan follows in general way
the program put into effect by the
Old National Bank of Spokane and
others of the state upon their re-
opening during the past year. 1t pro-
vides that stockholders of the bank
shall surrender or pledge sixty per
cent of their stock to the bank for
the benefit of depositors at least one
half of this amount to be paid in to
the bank in cash.
Forty per cent of all restricted de-
posts shall be available at once upon
the REQ >ening of the bank. Depositors
will be .usked by the bank to sign de-
post waivers for the remaining sixty
per cent of their deposits. These will
be set aside, to be paid out to de-
positors as slow assets are liquidated
and bond and security values return
to normal.
The details in connection with pro-
viding the cash necessary to be pale
in on account Of the capital stock arc
well under way and deposit waivers
will be placed in the hands of deposi-
tors for signatures very soon Mr.
Kincaid says.
The law provides that owners Of
not less than Is per cent OF the tota
amount of unsecured deposits shall
sign such deposit waivers, but 1T is
the desire of the supervisor of bank
ing that, as nearly as possible, owners
of 100 per cent of the deposits sigr
the waivers. Prompt signing and re-
turn of these will expedite the re-
opening.
After the required pledges ant
payments iri connection with the CAPT
tai stock are provided for and tn
necessary deposit waivers signed AM
returned to the bank, that fact will b.
reported to the supervisor of banking
He will then complete any further de
tails necessary to put the plan int
effect and will send an examiner il
to make a final examination, ate
which he will issue license for tn
bank to reopen.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
Cleo Anderson and Harry
McCotter Wed at Yakima

A surprise to their many friends IN
the valley was the marriage Thursday
last of Miss Cleo Anderson and Harry
McCotter. They had driven from White
Bluffs to Yakima with Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Barge, who acted as witnesses
to the wedding ceremony.
Both young people attended school
in White Bluffs and their families
have made their homes here for a
number of years. Mrs. McCotter Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Parsel
and Mr.. McCotter is the son of Mrs
Percy Bruce The young couple have
set up housekeeping in the Stevenson
house
Friday evening they were honoreo
at a charivari dance at the Grange
hall. The Kalkwarf orchestra played
while the many well-wishers OF the
bride and groom danced.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
Skeleton of Huge
Man Found in Pit

Buried in thirty-flve feet of gravel
and rock, perhaps for centuries what
may be the skeleton of a prehistoric
man was blasted out by Benton
county gravel crusher crew last week.
The skeleton was unframed by the
blast and was taken to Prosser. Over
six feet tall and with huge white
bones intact, it bore vertebrae the size
of mans fist
Front teeth as large as most mems
molars we're in the skull, which had
been crushed in on one side, giving
rise to the belief that the man may
have died when the roof of cave
gave way.
The bones were found in gravel pit
between Kiona and ProSSer, on the
state highway.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
Valley Will Send Truck
Of Food To Flood Victims

have the truck loaded and ready to
leave early Saturday morning. The
Legion is being assisted in its work
by members of the women's clubs Of
Hanford and White Bluffs and other
organizations. Ora Luddington has
loaned his truck for the purpose.
The Red Cross has also sent to the
Spokesman an appeal for further funds
to be used in aiding flood victims. 1t
is the first time that the Red Cross
has ever asked the people of this vi
entity for money to assist in nearby
disaster. All monies contributed are
matched by equal amounts from the
national Red Cross funds.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
w alter Toll Is
Set At 5000
For Next Year
CHARGE REPRESENTS DECREASE
OF so CENTS PER ACRE BE-
LOW LAST YEAR

Lands receiving irrigation water from
the Priest Rapids irrigation district in
1884 will pay charge OF $500 per
acre. the board OF directors of the
district determined this week. This
charge represents a reduction of SO
cents per acre below that Of 1888.
This decision was reached Monday
afternoon when the board, which had
convened Saturday afternoon as
board of equalization, continued con-
sideration of the assessment roll and
the objections that were presented.
The meeting had been adjourned from
Saturday until Monday to give the
board sufficient time to consider the
matter.
A protest against the toll, in the
form of petition and letters, was pre-
sented by sixteen land owners, repre-
senting approximately 200 acres. This
group asked that a general assessment
against all lands in the district be
made for sufficient amount to cover
the bond and interest expenses and
administration costs. This protest was
based on the section of the irrigation
district law which provides two means
by which districts revenue may be
derived-by water tolls or general land
assessments or both. This law does
not take into consideration power rev.
enue such as the Priest Rapids lrrl-
cation district has" w. j. kincaid,
chairman of the board, says. How
ever at the last session of the legls-
lature a law was passed permitting
power revenues to be applied on bonds
and interest"
According to estimates made by the
board, the toll charge of $500 per acre
will cover the cost Of delivering water
to lands being irrigated, including the
power necessary to pump the water,
figured at cost. The sale of surplus
power will cover the bond and other
costs of the district,
Even If estimates at this time were
to indicate that a general land assess
ment was necessary under the present
financial arrangement, the board would
favor delaying such an assessment for
the reason that the district has made
application to the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation for loan to re-
finance the outstanding bonds Of the
district" Mr. kincaid stated If the
loan is completed the outstanding
bonds will be reductd in amount,
through discount on the principal, and
the interest rate will be reduced, all
of which will lessen the amount nee
essary to be paid out. Also In connec-
ton with this application, the question
of delinquencies, amount Of land taken
by the district for assessments and the
probable amount that may be taken
for such assessments, were all very
carefully studied Should general
assessment be made at this time 1t
would mean a large number of acres
would go to the district for assess
ments under present conditions. This
would reflect on the credit Of the dis
, trict as viewed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation and injure the
chances of the districts securing this
relief"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
December Weather Warm
In Spite of Cloudy Days

December weather was SO mild this
winter that apricot and peach blooms
are nearly ready to burst, says Gabriel
Jadden, cooperative weather observer
at Wahluke The maximum tempera-
ture during the month was "a degrees,
recorded on the 21st. The minimum
temperature, % degrees, was recorded
on the Goth. Total precipitation am
ounted to 135 inches with a total of
SIS inches of snow.
Though the temperature was mild,
none of December's days were entirely
clear, six being partly cloudy and 70
cloudy.
Temperatures during the past week
as recorded at the government Wea-
Their station in Hanford, were:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11

In answer to the appeal sent out by
the Red Gross for help in the care OF
those whose homes in the Yakima
valley were swept away by the recent
floods, members Of the American Le-
gion are planning to send a truck
loaded with food and clothing to the
devastated district from here Saturday
morning.
The chief shortage is that of food,
though articles of wearing apparel and
bedding will also be gratefully received
Anything you can spare, no matter
how small, will be acceptable. Bring
your donations to the Legion hall as
soon as possible, as it is planned to
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11

The honor roll for the White Bluffs
grade school for the past month is
as follows
First and second grades: Elizabeth
Heideman, Kenneth Campbell, Muriel
Beldin, Doris Jean Morford, Carol Ber-
nice Hermann, Phyllis Leander, Dol
ores May Moody.
Third and fourth grades: Altha Jean
Gibbins, Barbara HaWley, Frank Meek,
Eunice Campbell Pearl Larsen, Charles
Graves, Louise Griffith, Yvonne Ponsat,
Mable Spear, Ernst Wendeborn, Lola
Smith.
Fifth and sixth grades Elizabeth
Keal Gloria Hawley, Elsie Taylor,
Bette Meek, Burton Codding, Robert
Haskell, Reynold Smith.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
Plan Is Announced
For Road Program

A road program providing for the
expenditure of $4,000 from the Sec
ondary highway fund during the year
1884 was adopted by the county COM
of Benton county at their
meeting last week. OF the sum to be
expended, they have applied for
grant from the Public Works Admin
istration of 80 per cent of the labor
and material costs. Success OF this
program will depend upon whether this
application is granted, as the county
does not have sufficient funds to COM
plete all contemplated work, Ira HaW-
ley, chairman of the board, says.
The proposed road improvements i'll
clude the oiling of the Hanford-Fruit-
vale road for distance of % miles,
seal coating the Prosser-Byron road
five miles, seal coating the Paterson
road 13 miles out of Prosser, the grad
ing and surfacing Of 81 miles on the
Kennewick cutoff and continuing the
Spring creek road one mile further to-
ward Rattlesnake.
The commissioners also authorized
the application for $4,000 from the
CWA to redecorate the county court
house in PrOsSer.
Final adoption of the emergency res
olution was made, providing for 1915
for the county treasurer, $4,000 for in
digent relief and $953.41 for the spe-
cial election when the state voted or
the twenty first amendment. The claim
of Miss Lorinda Savage for $4,000
damages for the loss Of an arm follow
ing an auto accident on the White
Bluffs Yakima highway, was rejected
No decision was reached by the com
missioners as to the rebuilding Of the
Grosscup bridge, northwest Of Rich
land, which was washed out by the
flood waters of the Yakima river sew
eral weeks ago.
If the county is successful in it's ap'
plication for funds to complete theil
road program, the oiling Of the 2.
miles on the HanfordFruitvale roat
will provide an oiled road from Ken
newick to White Bluffs, and will .brin
nearer completion the lower half of tn
proposed highway along the entir
length of the Columbia river in. thi
state The largest remaining link o
tbs highway is the section between
Priest Rapids and Vantage.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
Hog Raisers Will
Meet With Agent

e. O. Durdle, county agent, will con-
duct meeting Friday morning at Lib
erty hall, White Bluffs, on the corn
hog program. Growers Of the White
Bluffs TIanford district who are inter-
ested In this program will be given an
opportunity to acquaint themselves
with the situation as it now stands.
Mr.. Durdle will discuss the program
and will sign up all those who are will
ing, at this time, to go ahead with the
program The meeting will start at
10 o'clock and will continue through
the afternoon.
Although adjustment payments will
be confined largely to hogs, the corn
hog program Of the agricultural ad-
justment administration will mean
considerable ready cash for Benton
county farmers, Mr.. Durdle says. Any
farmer who has raised an average OF
ten or more acres Of corn or three or
more filters of hogs or both during
1882 and 1888 will be eligible.
Hog adjustment payments will am
cunt to SIS head on rs per cent of
the average number narrowed and mar
keted during the past two years. If
farmer has raised and sold an aver
age of 100 hogs during the years 1882
and 1888, he is entitled to raise and
sell rs hogs for 1884. And his bene-
fit payments, at SIS head on these Is
will total 1915, minus necessary ex-
penses.
Payments of 80 cents bushel will
be made on the number of acres con-
tracted to the government in 1884 I'M
der the corn division Of the contract
If farmers retired" corn acres have
produced an average of 80 bushels to
the acre during 1882 and 1888, he will
be entitled to benefit payments OF So
per acre, minus local administrative
costs.
Two-hfths of the hog payments, OF
sible after acceptance of the contracts
81 per head after November IS, 1884
and the remainder of approximately
So a head about February /, 1885. One.
half of the corn payments, or l5 cent
bushel will be paid as soon as pos
sible after the reduction contracts
have been accepted by the Secretar.
of Agriculture, and the remaining one.
half, or about is cents bushel in thu
fall of 1884. Administrative expenses
will be deducted from the final pay.
ments.
The corn-hog program does not reg
ulate farmers sale of the corn O.
hogs he raises under the quotas give1
in the contract. He may market hi
crop and hogs in the usual manner
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11

About thirty people are attending
the shorthand classes given at the
high school between four and five
CLOCK every afternoon Miss Mildred
Anderson is in charge of the course
No credit is given for the work and no
check is made on the attendance, nor
is any definite grading done The class
is being attended, however, by num-
Der of high school students as well as
adults.
Shorthand was decided upon as the
subject to be taken Monday evening
when the majority of those attending
the conference showed themselvs to
favor it. The class is made possible
through the addition of another teacher
to the high school staff through the
CWA.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
Three Births and Ten
Deaths Recorded Here

Mrs. M M. Heath, registrar of vital
statistics for the White Bluffs anford
district, reports the following births
and deaths in this district during 1888 !:
Births
Doris Horton, Feb. 4, Hanford;
Bonnie Cooper, April H. Hanford;
Loyal Irving Borden, June 10, White
Bluffs; Loretta Ellen Beene, July T.
Hanford.
Deaths
Mrs. David Zerwekh, age SO, jan H.
Hanford; j. H. Greutzmacher, IA, Jan
II, White Bluffs; Emil Cords, So, Mar
7, White Bluffs; George H. Hammer
SO, Sept. Is, White Bluffs; Betty Lou
Meeks, S, Oct. 3, Hanford; Mrs. j. F
Devin, 65, Oct. %, Hartford; T. A
Spratlen, e., Oct IS. White Bluffs
Mrs. B. F. Harmon, 36, Nov. 2, White
Bluffs; Mrs. George Chapel, ga, Nov
%, White Bluffs; S. NJ Brisco, IS, Dec
%, White Bluffs.
"Ths is the worst report have hat
to turn in during the eighteen years
that I have been REGISTRAR says Mrs
Heath. Last year she reported thirteen
deaths balanced by thirteen births
There were, of course, number o
births and several deaths which oc
Cured in hospitals outside of this dis
trict which affected local families, blu
even with these taken into accoun
the births in this section fell far below
| the number of deaths
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
HANFORD BOYS CLUB TO
GIVE SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT

The Boys Club of the Hanford high
school will give a vaudeville entertain
ment Friday evening, January IL, at
the high school gymnasium
There will be tap dancing, glee clun
numbers, two one-act plays sklt by
Robert and Herbert Crimson, and piack-
outs The show will start at eight
o'clock, and an admittance charge OF
ten cents for students and twenty cents
for adults will be made.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
Grange Discusses
Cheap Fertilizer
BY w. j. Jenkins
Grange Correspondent

held in the Grange hall on January
with L. w. Beldin, master, presiding.
After the opening exercises, r. r.
Woods proposed plan for obtaining
cheaper fertilizer by having it brought
in in car lots, the transportation OF
which he thought could be obtained
at about one dollar per ton. This, OF
course, would mean the sale of such
fertilizer before the car was ordered,
thereby facilitating the unloading.
Edward Ponsat, who had previously
been appointed as general purchasing
agent for the Grange, asked that
Brother Woods be appointed in his
stead, as Mr. Woods, being local depot
agent, could be more easily reached to
talk over various kinds of orders than
he could.
Edmund Anderson spoke on the adj
vantages of being a Grange member.
Through it the purchase Of goods III
car lots such as box shook, fertilizer,
gasoline, oil, wood, etc.-in fact, any
thing that a farmer can use in GUAM
| tity-can thus be purchased to advan-
tage.
The season is not far away when
these articles will be needed and they
can be acquired at considerable saw
ing through the Grange. In unity there
is strength. AS all rules laid down by
the Grange gas station at Kennewick
will be strictly adhered to, all Gran
gers are reminded that they must be in
good standing before they can make
any further purchases.
Edmund Anderson gave very in
| teresting resume of the organizing of
the Grange in the early days. While
they were using the school house as
a meeting place, he was one of a com
mittee who looked around for an Or
ganization for the community He had
been a member of the Grange before
coming here and was consequently in
terested in the development of that
organization here, as he believes that
the Grange has done great deal fol-
the betterment of the farmer. The
farmer, however, is not always COM
pletely aware of the advantages which
his Grange membership gives him.
Occasionally, the Grange dances ant
those given by the White Bluffs Bant
orchestra have conf1icted. In the future
this matter will be taken care of BY
the Grange dance committee which
will be appointed by the master, Ed
ward Ponsat, at the next regular meet
ing. F. A. English, band and orchestr'
leader, is to be congratulated on tn
high standard of music which he ant
the band boys have spent so man,
, months to perfect. The Grange com
mittee will in all probability work II
conjunction with Mr.. English in tn
future so that there will be no con
flict in dates.
The Grange members are asked
remember the installation of officer
at the Pomona, which will be at Val
on Saturday, January ID. All Granger
are requested to be present, particu
larly the officers for 1884.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11
Maximum Minimum

Only -hundredth Of an inch OF
precipitation was recorded.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-01-11

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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-03-20

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF OF THE UsA
CHkISTANSIED SUBJUDCIAL DISTRICT
OF THE ESTATE OF No IAN tEfSM. 1854
Cor. dpeution
DECREED heirs deVsee and
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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-03-20

IN TIE DlsRCr COURT OF THE VIRGIN OF THE Us4
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-09-24

II there Is one thing more than
another that the American people
enjoy in greater measure than
anything else, il is freedom of
speech.
The rawlings of our politicians
count for little, if anything at all
but in common with all political
parties, they enjoy the freedom
of speech, which is the heritage of
all Americans.
The people of America read.
Events of the day are studied with
closer attention than is generally
imagined. The lessons learned
have taught them never to en-
danger the freedom of the press
nor the freedom of thought, for
the individual constructive
criticism of parties in power is
always a good thing. 1t keeps
them on the. job with their eyes
open. The vast weight of public
opinion is on the right side.
THE POWER OF THE PRESS
is A POWER TO BE RECKONED
WITH. 1T NOT ONLY BUILDS
PUBLIC OPINION, BUT 1T EX-
PRESSES PUBLIC OPINION.