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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
River Traffic
May Again Be
Centered Here
2OO-TON BOAT Is PLANNED FOR
ATILLA-PORTLAND RUN;
ASK FOR OPEN RIVER

For many years residents OF this
valley have felt that it's Importance
as a shipping point for fruits and vege-
tables, with its contingent develop
ment, would become readily apparent
once the Columbia river was opened
to navigation from Priest Rapids to
tide-Water.
That this will soon become reality
is the opinion of many here with the
announcement that river boats will
once again make regular trips from
the mid Columbia to Portland
In an interview with the Prosser
Record-Bulletin last week, r. H. Kipp,
executive vice-president OF the Column
bia River Association, stated that the
Shaver Forwarding company plans to
start 2OO-ton boat on regular runs
from Umatilla to Portland. Trans
portaton was abandoned on the COL
, umbia fifteen years ago as result
of freight rate war, but the present
company has established truck lines
in combination and is determined to
re-establish river traffic.
A river improvement meeting was
held in Walla Walla on February II,
at which time program for the de-
velopment of the Columbia river for
navigation was adopted. Among the
seven points Of the program were the
following
Immediate substitution of sea-going
locks for large locks at Bonneville
Dam, and that no contract be awarded
for the locks until this provision Is
made;
Immediate construction of a naviga-
ton dam at Umatilla;
Immediate improvement of the Col
umEla river for navigation above the
mouth of the Snake river as far up
the Columbia as practical;
To devise ways and means for a
unification and confederation OF all
organizations and communities in the
Inland Empire for the accomplishment
of the program.
If the various organizations favor
ing navigation on the Columbia are
successful in even partial adoption
of such q program, 1t Is felt here that
additional impetus will be supplied for
the completion of the North-South
highway from White Bluffs to Wen
atchee or for the construction OF the
: Wenatchee Southern railroad. There
are others who believe that the river
highway should be completed at once
: in order to supply further demands fol
navigation on the Columbia.
BY the completion of these pro-
grams, now that the east-West roac
S is an assured fact, the Importance Of
3 this valley as terminal for fruit
shipments will be greatly increased.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
Local People Apply For
Home Owners Loans

George Peters Of Kennewick, local
representative Of the Home Owners
Loan corporation, while In White Bluffs
Wednesday, stated that since his last
visit to this valley, quite few appli-
cations have been received for loans
from this corporation.
President Roosevelt has asked Con-
gress to make the Home Owners Loan
corporation bonds government bonds.
If this act is passed by Congress 1t
will mean that many mortgages who
have been reluctant to accept the cor
porations bonds, will more readily &C
cept this type Of payment, Peters said
The President has also asked Con-
gress that the money borrowed from
the corporation be used to make i'm
provements. At the present time the
money can be used only for the pay
ment of mortgages or other debts
against the property If these sugges-
lions become law, it will mean that
eventually the loans from this corpora
ton can be used to remodel or tc
build new homes.
Mr.. Peters says that if enough pro-
perty owners in this valley wish tc
learn more in regard to the loans from
this corporation, he will gladly hole
a meeting here at some future date.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
Codding, Whitwer and
Knaub Win Elections

Incumbent directors Of the three
school districts Of the Priest Rapios
valley were reelected at the annual
elections held last Saturday to serve
for the next three years.
While the White Bluffs and Vernlta
districts had no contests in the cleo
lions, the election In the Hanford dls-
trict called out nearly all registered
voters, a total of 1877 votes being cast
OF these l.. T.. Whitwer received u
while E. r. Griner received 80 votes. A
L. Brockway was elected to serve out
the unexpired term Of Fay Davis, re-
ceiving IA votes. Mrs. R. w. Mac
Donell, Mrs. Gus Burford and Mrs. w
L. Enyeart were elected to serve or
the library board.
Only thirty votes were cast in the
White Bluffs district election, all o.
them being for A. l.. Codd1ng.
In the Vernita district, Earl Knaut
was reelected with total vote Of
about 20 votes H. G.. Hermann, whose
candidacy had been announced, with
drew from the race before election day
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
Another Ruling for Hog
Growers Cited By Agent

Word has been received by the
county agent that hog producers who
have an average of only one-half litter
are not eligible under the corn-hog
reduction contract This will mean that
any producer who has raised but one
litter year for but one year of the
base period, 1882 and 1888, is not eli
gible to sign contract. The only ex-
ception to this rule would be the
farmer who raised one litter in 1888,
and began farming operations in 1888,
not having been on a farm previous
to that year.
Hog producers of the county should
take especial notice of this ruling, says
the county agent. If hog producer
who has had but one litter raised on
the farm for the base period has
signed up, he should then hold up
any program of securing receipts from
sales of hogs or any further continu-
alton of the program.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
THE WEATHER

Exactly half of February's days were
clear this year and the weather, with
a maximum of Sc and minimum OF
26 degrees, was positively balmy as
compared with last years tempera-
lures. Last year, the valley was cov-
cred with more than three inches OF
snow and the residents were shivering
from cold which dropped as low as
sevchf degrees below zero. Seventeen
hundredths of an inch Of precipita-
ton was recorded this February ac-
cording to the weather report OF Ga
briel Jaddan, cooperative weather OBJ
server at Wahluke.
According to reports from the Han
ford weather stage, in charge OF T. D.
Moffatt, the maximum temperature OF
65 degrees was reached on February ~.
On the nights of both the 9th and the
DIST, the thermometer fell to 81. A
little over IL hundredths of an inch
of precipitation was recorded
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
Officers Chosen For New
Valley Democratic Club

To organize Democratic club,
group of thirty-five Democrats met
at the brick schoolhouse last Saturday
evening C. F. Wooten was named tenn
porary chairman and the following
officers of the club, which will be
known as the Priest Rapids Valley
Democratic Club were elected: Presl-
dent, G.. R. Chase; vice-president,
Frank Clark; secretary-treasurer, Mrs.
O. BoZarth
The next meeting of the club will
be held at the brick schoolhouse Mon
day evening, March IL. All Democrats
of the valley are invited to attend
and it was urged at the meeting that
all men planning to attend should
bring their wives. Following this meet
ing, the club will meet once every two
weeks.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
'Red Headed Step Child"
Friday Night Will Amuse

If your favorite expression were
"Whoopee!", if you were red-headed
and accustomed to the freedom OF
Montana, how easily could you fit into
the picture if you were suddenly cata-
pulled into a step-family's Chicago
drawing room? There'd be bit OF a
commotion, wouldn't there?
That is what happened to Elizabeth
Russell, the red-headed step child, In
the play of the same name, and the
commotion which resulted was plenty
The situation will be worked out by
the members of the Junior Women's
club Friday evening, March 8. when
they present the play at the high
school auditorium with the following
cast:
Mrs. Russell, the mother, Beth Beyers
Richard Russell, the father, ....-.....,-....
Wilbur MOrfOrc
Dudley Russell, the 17year-old son..
Norman JanneJ
Lucia Russell, the daughter.
....... Mrs. George McCotte1
Briggs, the butler Jay Montgomery
George Garrison, friend of Lucia.
Robert Carboneal
Mrs. Woodruff M Mrs. Ivar Holmskof
Mrs. Scott Mrs. William SchwisoV
Flora Farnham, Dudley's glib
| Frances Barg'
Ethel Ashley Mrs. Melvin KNAPP
Lucille Christy. .......... Mrs. Cecil Border
Elizabeth Russell, the red-headed stel
child .................Mrs. Harold Keel
Reserved seats for the play may b
obtained at a slight additional cost
Tickets will be on sale at the doc
Friday evening; reserved seat ticket
may be obtained at the drug store
at the White Bluffs Trading company
store. Members of the cast have bee
working on the play for several week
under the direction Of Mrs. r. s
Reierson. Mrs. Wright Wiehl ha
charge of the properties and stag
settings for the play.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
Growers Study
SaleReportsOf
l933Shipnlents
GROWER RECEIVED 80 CENTS NET
FOR WINESAPs SOLD
IN DECEMBER

A group of Hanford and White
Bluffs fruit growers met at the Han
ford Grange hall Tuesday evening,
March 6, to discuss the fruit market
ing prospects and methods for the
coming season 1t was generally agreed
that change in marketing methods
is necessary to check the decline OF
the fruit industry
The following resolution was adopted
Resolved, that we, the growers OF
the Priest Rapids valley district, go on
record as opposed to all present hand-
ling methods of fruit and demand
basic price to growers on "per pound
basis at shipping point, exclusive OF
all costs of warehousing and process
ing, and that we cooperate with the
Wenatchee and Yakima growers as
sociations, looking forward to the for
nation of a Growers Code, instead OF
a Dealers Code. Failing in that, we
propose the establishment Of code
by the Northwest growers themselves,
with appropriate means for it's en-
forcement."
The committee has tabulated the
returns from about $50 consignments
of apples and pears sold on commits
sion this season. The most striking
feature of these sales is the persis-
tent dumping of Winesaps throughout
the first % days of December, 1888
at the minimum dealers code price.
Records from IS carloads, sold In
December, show that the average
price, for all grades, was $1.23. From
this was deducted an average Of a
cents per box for commission, storage
insurance labels, ETC.; IS cents per boz
for packing and warehousing, and 4
cents per box for box and tops, leav
ing the grower "a net of 81 cents PC PC
box.
A meeting of Priest Rapids vale.
growers has been called for Sunda.
afternoon, March IL, at 2::30 at Libert.
hall in White Bluffs. All growers ant
their wives are urged to be present
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
please turn to page q
New County Agent Will
Be Appointed Next Week

The next county agent for Benton
county will be either A. R. Chase OF
Wenatchee or Walden w. Skuse OF
Spokane, Ira Hawley, county commits
sioner, says. The board of commission
ers will make an appointment next
week.
The one selected will replace e. q
Durdle, who became county agent fof
Clark county the first of March MIR
Chase has been county agent for Che-
Ian county, having recently peer
dropped when funds for this office
were no longer available. Mr.. Skusf
has been county agent in Nez Perez
county, Idaho.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
Gun Club Members Hear
Report on State Meeting

Observing the first birthday of their
members of the White
Bluffs Rod and Gun club met Tues
day evening for their annual business
meeting. The present officers were re-
elected to serve for the next year.
They are: President, r. S. Reierson;
vice president, G. R. Chase; secretary
treasurer, j. M. Shinn.
Edmund Anderson gave report OF
the sportsmens meeting with the state
game commissioners and the director
of the game department in Walla
Walla last month. Mr.. Anderson SAID
that one of the most encouraging
aspects of the game situation IS the
renewed interest in the conservation
and propagation of our wild life. He
said that if the present campaign is
continued, we will once again see the
large flocks of ducks and geese, as
we'll as upland birds, once apparent
here in the west, but now greatly
depleted
Most of the members present agreed
to take at least one setting of phea'
SAINT eggs, offered by Seattle Sports
men, and raise them this spring. i
is expected that over one hundred
young pheasants will be turned loos'
here next fall through this arrange
ment.
Several of the members told OF fish
ing or hunting trips they had takel
and of some of the exciting incident
on those trips.
It was decided that the club woul'
wage a campaign against predator
birds this spring. -Four teams, cap
tanned by Edmund Anderson, w. +
Shaw, Arthur Heideman and Georg
Chase, will choose a day on which t
hunt ravens, magpies and other pred
atory birds Everyone in the com
munity is invited to take part In TN
event.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
Baseball Practice Starts
Sunday At Old Diamond

Baseball players, who have been be-
coming increasingly restless during the
spring-like winter months, will turn
out Sunday at the old diamond near
the grade school for the first basepan
practice of the season. The turnout
is called for 1870.
The committee which Is taking
charge Of the baseball team until
definite arrangements have been made
for sponsors and schedule, has been
in touch with the Yakima valley
league, and feels that the prospects OF
landing a berth in this league for a
Priest Rapids valley team are prom
ising
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
Events of the Week

Friday, March
Junior Woman's Club play, White
Bluffs high school, 800 pm.
Saturday, March 10
Gard party. Vernita schoolhouse.
Sunday, March IL
Baseball practice, 80 pm.
Growers meeting, Liberty hall, 2:30
Tuesday, March Ii
White Bluffs Grange takes travelling
wheel to Buena Vista Grange.
Wednesday, March IA
Woman's Club meeting, Lutheran
church.
Moving picture show, Hanford Grange
Hall, pm.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
Loan Association
Goes Into Action

Application blanks for loans from
the Yakima Valley Production Credit
Corporation were received by the First
Bank of White Bluffs Monday, and are
available to all who wish to secure
loan through this concern. A number
of orchardists have already secured
the blanks.
Operations of the association will in
clude loans to fruit growers, general
farmers, dairymen, poultrymen, and
for the fattening of livestock. Seed
loans may also be obtained through
the organization for amounts OF $50
to $3.50.
| Officials OF the credit association Will
Inot, commit themselves to definite
loan per box, each loan being con-
sidered on it's own merits. Growers
who last year borrowed from the r.
A. G. c., and have repaid their loans
will be able to secure their money
within several days after the appli-
cation reaches the Yakima office, II
their application merits approval it
is understood.
The application for loan consists
of two forms, one a financial state
ment, and the other an application
blank. In filling out the financial
statement the grower Is required to
list his assets, among which are: Cash
on hand and in the bank, notes re-
ceivable, accounts receivable, harvested
fruit on hand, livestock, real estate
and improvements, equipment and ma
chinery, bonds and securities and other
fixed assets.
Among the liabilities to be listed are
notes payable, carryover from previous
year, advances on current crop, taxes
due, water charges unpaid, and other
current debts
In filling out the application blank
: the grower must state what portion
: of his time is devoted to orchard ane
farming operations, whether he ma
any source of income other than or
, chard and farming operations and l
I he produces sufficient root crops, milk
butter and eggs for his family's needs
, HE is also required to state through
} whom he marketed his 1881, 1882 ant
\ 1888 crops; through whom his crop wa
financed last year; source OF irrigation
annual water charges and If the frul
2 production has been affected durin
. the past three years by frost, vino
r hail drouth or other causes.
The orchardist must fill out pro
duction schedule, giving the numbe
of boxes of extra fancy and fanc
= apples of each variety packed dur1n
. the past three years, as we'll as tn
=. estimated pack-out for 1884. This In
. formation must also be given for win
ter pears as we'll as the production
soft fruits, if these fruits are grow
Other information required is whetf
err the orchard has been pruned tn
h year, any evidence Of San Jose sea
y found during pruning, number OF cove
sprays to be applied, and whether
- not the grower packs his own fruit.
~. A budget of estimated expenses II
y this year, from March until Decembe
tabulated in two-month periods, Is
% be filled out
" Growers borrowing from the assoc
l. alton must purchase stock In the col
Il Germ equal to five per cent OF the
g loan.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
CLUB WILL MEET WEDNESDAY

Holiday" by Phillip Barry will be
discussed and portions of 1t enacted at
the study meeting of the Womans
club next Wednesday. Mrs. F. E. Taylor
has chosen this play in connection
with her paper on modern American
drama The music for the day is IN
charge of Mrs. Alex Parke. Tea will
be served by Mrs. W. j. Jenkins and
Mrs. r. 8. Reierson.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
eva To Be Disbanded
Road Work To Be
Finished March 81
PWA WORKERS ARE NOT AT
FECTED BY LATEST RULING;
OTHERS OUT

Despite conflicting rumOrS Us W V1Ae
future of the CWA, latest reports ind1-'
cate that it will be completely dis
banded by March 81. Benton county's
quota was last week cut from $50 to
258 men,
Twenty-four men from this valley
have been working on the Horn road
project since the cut, and on March
g. this quota will be cut down to 70.
On March wages were cut to thirty
cents an hour for unskilled labor, and
the hours of labor had previously been
cut from thirty to fifteen hours per
week.
In addition to the men employed on
Civil Works projects, five men from
this valley are employed on PWA
work. These men will not be affected
by changes in the Civil Works Adj
ministration program.
The local office Of the National Re
employment Service, of which F. "A
English has been in charge, will be
moved to Kennewick next month. Mr.
| English is still a member of the MRS
board and will continue to take regis
| trations of all who are unemployed
| but the detail work which has beer
| done here will now be done through
| the Kennewick office.
TIL crew working on the Horn roae
is now engaged in crawling that por-
ton of the road already graded 81
that it will be open to traffic when the
CWA is disbanded. At the present time
only men from this valley are working
4 on the road, both Kennewick ant
Prosser having removed their men t.
other projects.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1934-03-08
STAR ROUTE GOES TO GLAsou

The star route between Kennewick
and White Bluffs will be taken over
in July by Arthur Glasou Of Kenne-
wick. who was low bidder for the four
wear contract. Mr. Glasou is brother
of Mrs. l.. c. Krug.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-16

world chaos.
Secretary Wallace said that
only the "money magic" of for
eign loans enabled Europe to con-
tinue purchase of American COM
modities after the war. He ex-
planned that since the high U. s.
tariff in effect prohibited imports
the collapse came when no fur
Their loans could be advanced to
Europe.
Secretary Wallace intimated
that the AAA is not irrevokably
committed to a program of acre
age limitation. He limited at in
crease dacreage for certain crops
next year.
"The AAA is necessary during
the next two or three years." he
said. "It cannot be dropped, but
we will try to ease off. Output has
been reduced to a point where the
farmer is receiving in the form OF
higher prices the maximum posi-
BILE increase that results from the
control of production. Neverthe-
less he is still not getting a large
enough share of the consumer
dollar"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-16
PRICE FIXING, PRODUCTION
CUTS SAID NO RESTORER OF
PROSPERITY BUT NECESSITY

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-(UP),
The new deal program of price
fixing and production curtailment
cannot restore prosperity, Secre-
tary of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace said last night at the
opening meeting of the Institute
of Arts and Sciences at Columbia
University.
Secretary Wallace termed the
AAA a political necessity which
does not offer a definite solution
to the problem" He pointed out
that the farmer will not receive a
fair share of the consumers dol
lar under the present NRA pro-
gram and that increased produc-
ton is essential to achieve parity
b etween the purchasing power OF
agriculture and industry.
"True wealth can be obtained
only by increasing production"
h esaid. "It was necessary TO
adopt the AAA because it was
politically impossible to lower the
tariff. Since the World war our
tariff policy has been a montros-
ity costing the United States tens
of billions of dollars and it played
an important part in the present
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-16
FIRST LADY IS
CAMPAICNER
Will Finance New York
Congressional Aspirant,
Make 5 Speeches
By RUBY A. BLACK
United Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. (UP)
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt an.
nounced yesterday that che will
take the stump and also raise
money for the election of Mrs
Caroline O'Day, Democratic nom
inee for representative-at-large
from New York.
No first lady has hitherto cam
paigned for congressional NOM
inees.
Accepting the appointment as
finance chairman for the women's
committee seeking Mrs. O'Day's
election. Mrs. Roosevelt has writ
ten and signed letters to women
who long have worked with her
and Mrs, O'Day in New York
Democratic politics. She will make
five speeches in her behalf, one
at Buffalo, on October rs, under
the auspices of the League of Wo-
men voters; at Rochester the same
day; at Syracuse and Albany on
October 26, and in New York City
on November 1.
Mrs. Roosevelt, in making the
announcement, said she would not
refer in any way to New York
City politics in her campaigning,
but might, if it should be neces-
sary to make a point, mention
some other Democratic candidates
for statewide offices.
The presidents wife also EN-
phasized that none of the work
in Embarrassing for Mrs. O'Day is
being done at the White House,
except that she signs some letters
there, that no member of the
White House clerical or steno-
graphic staff Gifts a finger" in
connection with the work.
81 know it is unusual" Mrs.
Roosevelt said, "for any one con-
nected with the White House to
take part in a congressional cam
paign.
81 am doing it because I work
ed under Mrs. O'Day for num-
Der of years, and because Mrs
O'Day represents i'm herself the
real reason why most women GO
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