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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-22
DETERIORATION
HEAD DUE

A Superintendent of Recreation
for the District of Columbia will
be chosen by June /, it was
learned today when five applicants
for the job were invited to come
to Washington to present their
qualifications to the recreation
committee of the National Capital
Parks and Planning Commission
during the week of April 30.
According to reports the success.
full applicant will be hired for a
one year term at a salary Of
$4,000. His duties will be to coordi.
nate and unity all matters per.
tanning to recreational activities
and facilities in the District Of
Columbia.
1t is also believed that a number
of workers, probably from the
ranks of the unemployed, will be
appointed to assist the new super
intendent. Their salaries will
doubtless be provided for out Of
the work-relief appropriation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-22
BYRNS To SPEAK
TOB' MAI BIRTH

Leaders of American Jewry
gathered here for the quin.
quennial convention of the Con.
stitution Grand Lodge of the
B'nai Birth will hear Speaker of
the House Joseph w. Byrns de-
liver the principal address at the
convention banquet on May 6, at
the Willard.
Other prominent speakers will
be the 75-year-old president Of
the B'nai Birth, Alfred M.
Cohen, of Cincinnati, and M. Cor.
don Liverman, of London.
The convention will last from
May 4 to May 8. Among the
distinguished speakers at the bust
ness sessions will be DR.. S. Parkes
Cadman, of New York. whose sub
ject will be Good Will"
The B'nai Birth has been
active for years IN combating race
prejudice and improving the re.
lations between Jews and Chris.
tians, through the Anti-Defama'
ton League, the Hillel Founda
tons and other inStrumentalities
of the order.
More than 600 invitations to
convention banquet have been
sent out to members of the
B'nai Birth and others.
All sessions of the convention
will be open to the public. Harry
Viner is chairman of the local
convention committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-22
RESTAURANT LOOTED

ADVE RTIsEMENT
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Prompt Help For
Itching Eczema

It's wonderful the way soothing, cool
ing Zemo brings prompt relief to
itching, burning skin, even in severe
cases. Itching soon stops when Zemo
touches tender and irritated skin be-
cause of it's rare ingredients. To re-
lieve Rashes. Ringworm. and COM
fort the irritation of Eczema and
Pimples, always use clean, soothing
Zemo. Insist on genuine Zemo. APP
proved by Good Housekeeping Blu
reau, No. 1874. 35c, 60c, 81. All
druggists.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-22
ADVERTISED ENT
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Periodical Pains
In Three Minutes

1t is so unnecessary to suffer
month after month from inorganic
pains, because "B. c." will bring
soothing relief in three minutes.
'B. c." is prepared by a registered
pharmacist. compounded on a differ
ent principle from most relief giving
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to accomplish in a few minutes what
we believe no one drug formula can
do in so short time. "B. c." should
also be used for the relief of common
colds. headaches and neuralgia: mus
cular aches and pains, reducing fever
and for quieting a distressed nervous
system without opiates. narcotics or
such habit forming drugs. Get "B. c."
in 10c and Csc packages, wherever
drugs are sold.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-22

q u l u II 3. LII
adopting the resolution members
held the proposed change was not
in the public interest. The code
change has been opposed by
George M. Roberts, District Super
intendent of Weights and Meas
ureS.
The following committee was
named by President James G..
Yaden to oppose the change at a
public hearing called by the Com
missioners for Friday: Thomas
E. Lodge, George E. Sullivan, P.
M. Maize, Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
Miss Eta L. Taggart and A. F..
E. Scheer.
Divorce Liberalization
The federation approved a re-
port from Mr.. Lodge, chairman of
the committee on law and legisla-
ton, recommending that the d.
vorce laws of the District be
amended to include desertion for
q two-year period, habitual drunk
enneSs for one year, conviction of
a crime involving moral turpitude,
and cruelty as sufficient grounds
for a divorce. Adultery is the only
grounds on which divorce can be
obtained here at present.
Another report requiring all ap-
plicationS for marriage be filed by
one of the interested parties three
days before date of issue was
adopted.
A report from Joseph L. Gam
nell, chairman of the committee
on fire and police, was approved.
1t Endorsed a bill by Representa-
tive Virginia E. Jenckes of Indiana
requiring the chief of the District
Fire Department be selected from
among the deputy chiefs or the
battalion chiefs, and Junior Off
GERS be selected from the lower
grades in the department.
Approval was also voted a rec
ommendation to increase the sal
aries of motorcycle policemen
$500 per year due to extra haz-
ards.
Senate Thanked
The federation gave unanimous
Endorsement to a resolution by
Harry S. Wender, thanking mem.
berS of the Senate for increasing
Federal appropriations to the Dis
trict, from $5,700,000 to $8,317, 900,
as recommended by the commits
Sioners and passed by the Bureau
of the Budget, but later reduced
by the House.
The resolution publicly thanked
the Senate subcommittee on Dis
trict appropriations, OF which
Senator Elmer Thomas of Okla
homa is chairman, for the con.
siderate reception and careful at
tention given to representatives
of the federation and other civic
organizations at hearings before
the committee on the District bill.
Another resolution Endorsed the
report of William P. Richards,
tax assessor, showing property
owners here are carrying a per
capita tax burden that exceeds
that Of 19 cities ranging FROM
100000 to 100000 in population.
The per capita here is $34.04 as
compared with $29.81 in the ~
other cities.
Thomas j. Llewellyn, Jesse C.
Suter, Miss Elaine Eppley, and
Capt. Ellis R. King were named
a committee from the federation
appointed to confer with Col. Dan
I. Sultan, engineer commissioner
tomorrow regarding replacement
nf Chain Pridoo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-22
Seriously Hurt
When Hit by Auto

Mary Eaton, 16, of 1910 Staples
st. N. E., was in a serious condi-
ton today in Casualty Hospital
suffering a wrenched back and
internal injuries, sustained when
she was struck by a car driven by
Edward Webb, 800 block Twelfth
st. N. w., yesterday.
Miss Eaton had stepped from
behind a parked car in front of
her home when she was struck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-22
Business Group
To Hear Rutland

DR.. George c. Rutland, District
health officer, will be the guest
speaker at luncheon meeting of
Columbia Heights Business Mems
Association, tomorrow at 1915
p. m. at the Cavalier Hotel.
A delegation from Boy Scout
Troop 40, sponsored by the aSso-
citation, will also be guests. A. R.
Swan, president, will preside.
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citation to so
amend the Dis.
trict Code to
permit the sale
of coal here by
a short ton of
1000 pounds, in
lieu of the pres
ent long ton of
2,400 pounds,
was opposed by
the Federation
of Citizens AS
socia lions a t
S a t u r d a y
nights meeting
in the District
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D. c. COAL CODE
CHANGE FACES
CIVIC BAN
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

"A proposal submitted to the Dis
trict Commissioners by the Mer-
chants and Manufactures ASSo-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-22
BETA GAMMA MEETS

Omega Chapter of Beta Gamma
Phi will meet at 8 p. m. tomorrow
in the Ambassador Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-22
Nellie Adopts
Young Rabbit
FOrHerOwn

So great is the motherly in
stinct of Nellie the house
hold pet of Mrs. Levenia Nor
gan, 1927 Church st. N. w., that
the dog has adopted Bunny, a
small rabbit just few weeks
old.
Nellie is always placid and
amiable, or rather she was until
Bunny came into her world.
Now if anyone makes the least
attempt to handle the rabbit,
Nellie Immediately shows her
teeth and groWls.
RESTAURANT LOOTED
Cigars. cigarettes and liquor
worth $33 were stolen from a
restaurant at 1922 P st. n. w.,
Samuel Voolfolk, 1853 Wallach
Pl. N. W., manager, reported to
police yesterday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-26
New Registration
Opens January 2

In every rural precinct in the state,
registration of voters will get under
way next Thursday, January 2, under
the new permanent registration system.
This system, which was passed as an
initiative measure by the voters in
1892, has been in effect in incorporated
cities and towns for the past two years.
Under the permanent registration
law, a registration will be in effect as
long as a voter does not miss voting
at two successive elections and as long
as he resides in the same precinct.
Three cards must be signed by the
voter under the new system, one going
to the state, one to the county, and
one staying with the registration Off
GER.
Due to the fact that registration I'M
der this system is more complicated
than under the former system. County
Auditor Harley Chapman states that
the registration of voters will be CEN
tralized as much as possible. Voters OF
precincts near Prosser and Kennewick
will register in those cities, and regis
tration books of some of the other
rural precincts will be kept at central
points, with the result that but seven
persons will handle the registration Of
voters in the twenty-five rural pre-
cincts.
Places at which the registration
books will be kept are included in a
legal notice elsewhere in this issue Of
the Spokesman.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-26
Icy Roads Bring
Grief To Motorists

A silver freeze, coating the high
ways with ice, brought grief to motor
lists of south central Washington dur
ing the past week. Especially in the
lower Yakima valley were accidents
frequent, over fourteen mishaps, some
tragic and some comic, being reported
Wednesday from Prosser with another
seventeen being reported over the
weekend.
Hopes for a white Christmas came
to naught, but a light rain, which
froze on the ground, coated the entire
countryside with ice Christmas Eve.
Numerous mishaps were reported on
the White Bluffs-KenneWick and
White Bluffs Yakima highways, as we'll
as on other roads of this section.
Warmer temperatures Christmas Day
melted the ice, but heavy rain con-
tinued to fall.
One fatality was reported in Ben
ton county, A. F. BroWnell, 70 we'll
known Kennewick resident being killed
when his car crashed into an embank-
ment three miles west of Kiona last
Wednesday. Brownell, who had spent
the night visiting his son in Prosser,
was returning to Kennewick at the
time of the accident. He was a pioneer
of the lower Yakima valley, retiring
three years ago from the position of
Union Pacific Waterman at Kenne-
wick and settling on a tract in the
Highlands district.
The slippery roads came to the aid
of the law last Thursday when Sheriff
Richter and State Patrolman Carna-
han captured a pair of thieves near
Richland. The two officers, patrolling
the highway to prevent accidents, came
on wrecked car near Benton City
Finding number Of tax tokens in
the car, their suspicious were aroused
and they drove eastward to find the
occupants of the car. Near the Rich
land cutoff they stopped a truck in
which were two men, who admitted
having stolen the car near Yakima
broken into pool hall at Toppenish
rif1ing the till. They then started for
California but came to grief when the
car skidded into the ditch on an icy
stretch of highway
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-26
FORMER RESIDENT
SENDS GREETINGS

The yuletide season brought mem
cries of former Christmases spent in
White Bluffs to one former resident Of
the valley, who this week sent a
Christmas greeting card ito all White
Bluffs" in care of the postmaster.
Happy Colburn, as he signed the
card, is now living in Weston, Ohio,
having left here many years ago with
his parents. In greeting his former
acquaintance and present residents
of the community, he said:
II often wonder if the same Christ
mas spirit still prevails in dear old
White Bluffs. With me it shall last
forever. Never shall forget the COM
munity Christmas dinners held in the
school. How happy every. one seemed!
twenty-five years ago ate dinner
there with the Browns, Kellys, Tro-
manhausers, Bouckers, Boags, Mos
bars, and a good many whose names
can't remember. God bless them and
Merry Christmas to all"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-26
LABOR PROJECT OF
DISTRICT APPROVED

Word that the application by the
Priest Rapids irrigation district for a
WPA project amounting to $3745 had
been approved by the President was
received here late last week.
The project includes putting collars
on the White Bluffs pipe line and con-
structing a section of fume southwest
of Hartford. The job will require the
work of twelve or thirteen men for a
period of two months.
Under the terms of the project, the
district must provide $500 of the total
appropriation. Work is expected tc
start as soon as the labor is available
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-26
Board Approves
County Projects

Approved Saturday by Benton coun-
structing a community hall at White
Bluffs was submitted to WPA OIL
Gals in Yakima Monday along with
projects in other communities of the
county. The individual projects were
grouped into one large project, calling
for total appropriation of $26,600, and
if approved in Yakima will be sent to
the WPA Office in Olympia and from
there to Washington, DC.
1t is expected that word from Wash
ington will be received here some time
during the early part of January.
Plans for the project were drawn up
by committee appointed at meeting
several weeks ago, and were taken to
Prosser Saturday by D. o. Walker and
D. S. Wilkinson. The plans call for
the construction of concrete base
ment ten feet deep, fifty feet wide and
hundred feet long. 1t will be covered
by curved roof, giving height OF
approximately thirty-th feet from
the basement floor to the center OF
the roof. Provision will be made for
the addition Of a floor at the top OF
the concrete wall whenever feasible.
Preliminary plans for the building
called for expenditures OF approx
mately $4,000, but as submitted by the
commissioners to the WPA officials, to-
tai expenditures would exceed this by
several thousand dollars.
The size of the building will enable
it to be used both for a gymnasium for
basketball and as an auditorium for
large gatherings and for dances. 1t
will be situated on the southwest cor
ner of the high school property, di-
rectors of the school district having
consented to deed this property TO the
county, as under the terms OF the pro-
jects, both the land and the building
must be owned by the county.
If approved by the administration,
work on the project will get underway
as soon as labor is available. Ninety
per cent of the men employed on such
projects must be taken from the relief
Tolls, ana DIS lIlOSU ICllcl ClACliV> IL oAAi'
valley are at present working on the
Horn road project, construction OF the
building would necessarily await COM
pletion of the road job.
A community meeting will be held
January Bird at the high school for
/ the purpose of discussing the project.
1t is hoped by the committee that as
many as possible will come to this
meeting.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-26
Power Plant Earns
$40, 443 In 1895

Despite less favorable river condi-
tions, the Priest Rapids power plant
of the irrigation district earned more
revenue during 1885 than in any of
the three previous years in which sur
plus power has been sold to the P. p.
& l.. Co.
Operating over period of slightly
less than ten months, the sale Of ex-
cess power brought revenue Of $10,-
443.73 to the district. Not only was
the yearly sale of power the largest,
but the two largest monthly sales were
made during the year, August bringing
revenue of $2,156.50 and May bring
ing $2,07247.
In 1882, over seven-month period,
the district earned $6,250 from the sale
of excess power; in 1888, a ten-month
period brought in $7,874 and in 1884 a
ten-month period brought in $10,087.
Sales during 1885 for each month
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-26
HILLS CELEBRATE
5OTH ANNIVERSARY

On December 10th, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
M. Hill celebrated their fiftieth we'd
ding anniversary at a party given in
their honor by Mr.. and Mrs. v. G.
Wilson. Mrs. Hill returned home sew
eral weeks ago. Mrs. Wilson had writ
ten the Crockett family at KNX and
during their broadcast they played and
sang Golden Wedding Bells" in honor
of the Hills Guests during the eve
ming were Mr.. and Mrs. Hill, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. v. Tanning, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
S. Lightfoot, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Mykol
Mrs. j. Holecek, Mrs. AL Barnes, Jo-
seph Kaiser. Refreshments Of ice cream
and cake were served.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-26
Benton County 4-H Winner
Tells Of Recent Trip To Chicago

assembling on the ground floor of the
Auditorium hotel. We were divided into
two battalions Washington delegates
were in battalion one. We first went
to the stock yards and listened to a
talk by B. H. Heide, president of the
Live Stock Show; then we went in to
see the All Livestock and Home Econ
omics exhibits. We were entertained at
luncheon by Sears, Roebuck and COM
pany, after which we were taken to
the Wilson company plant and enter
tanned at buffet dinner. The delegates
from each state were taken in groups
to the employees dining room where
the dinner was served. After dinner
we went back to the entertaining
room. AS we went out, each of us was
given an autograph album. After each
group had finished, we went over to the
stock yards and paraded in the arena.
Tuesday, the girls were taken over
to the Field Museum where there were
so many things to see believe one
could go every day for two weeks and
not see it all. We were there about
two hours and then we went to the
planetarium and we're shown the rising
and setting of the sun and moon at
different seasons of the year, the
movement of the planets, and the rest
Of the solar system. Montgomery Ward
and company entertained us at the
Edgewater Beach hotel at luncheon.
In the dining room we could look out
upon Lake Michigan. The lake was
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-26
Charge Expected to Result
In Equitable Cost of
Distribution

Retaining the assessment charge for
bond and interest repayment at gu
cents per acre for non-water right
land and go cents per acre for water
right land-the same charge made in
1935-the board of directors of the
Priest Rapids irrigation district Sat-
urday set the 1886 water rent at $3.50
per acre against water right land for
the contract allowance Of water as
provided by the Webster decree. In
1885, this charge was $2.70.
The difference in the two rates is
the amount of depreciation as figured
by engineers necessary to keep the
power plant and pumping plant in
operation and replace it when worn
out, the board stated. Last year the
depreciation was omitted because con-
siderable work had just been done in
repairs and requirements.
Last year additional contract al
lowances for maximum season needs
were charged for on the same basis
as the first contract allowance but this,
it was said, worked out in an inequit-
able distribution of the costs of opera
ton against different lands, as some
lands applied for one additional con-
tract allowance, making a charge per
acre for irrigation of $40, while others
applied for two additional contract al
lowances, making a charge per acre
of $780,
In this way, some lands paid fifty
per cent more for irrigation than
others. In some cases, the directors
found. lands paying the lower charge
used proportionally less water and in
other cases it was probable that lands
paying different rates received prac-
tically the same amount of water over
the season, due to the fact that it is
impracticable to deliver accurate mea-
surements of water to all lands and
in some cases impracticable to n1ea-
sure the water at all without consider
able expense and waste of water.
Last season, say the directors, dem
onstrated the fact that very little land
not receiving water will pay any of
the cost of delivery of water. Also,
during one hot period an experiment
was made in giving 20 per cent addi-
tional water to all users. It was found
that this could be done with little
added expense and resulted in giving
most users the added water necessary
to keep up with the irrigation sched-
ule during such periods.
1t is believed that the higher rate
for the contract allowance of water
will result in much more equitable
distribution of the costs of operation
of the system and not increase the
total cost per acre on the average.
! 1t has been found that two contract
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-26
WHITE BLUFFS WINS
NARROW VICTORY

White Bluffs retained it's hold on
first place in the county basketball
league Friday night, but only after
close call, in which it looked as though
they might be upset by Richland.
The local boys started out in the
first half in fine shape, running up a
score Of 11-2 at the half, but in the
third quarter they were caught flat
footed by a determined Richland team
which scored nine points to their two,
making the score 1911 in White Bluffs'
favor at the end Of the third quarter.
In the last quarter, Richland continued
it's scoring spree, and the score was
tied at 1915 during most of this quar-
ter In the last minutes of play, White
Bluffs again found it's stride, scoring
four points to cinch 1915 victory
Codding was high point man for White
Bluffs, making eight points.
The Richland girls team always one
of the best in eastern Washington
lived up to it's advance notices OF be-
ing even better this year, trouncing
the White Bluffs girls team 41-19.
In the other conference game of the
week, Hanford was nosed out by Ben
ton City on the latter's floor to lose
thrilling game by one point, 1924.
The defeat placed them in triple tie
with Benton City and Richland for
third place in the league with one
victory and two defeats each. White
Bluffs and Riverview are tied for first
place, White Bluffs having won two
games and lost none while Riverview
has one victory and no defeats to it's
credit.
With all schools enjoying the Christ
mas vacation this week, the next games
in the league will be played Friday
evening, January3, White Bluffs trav-
cling to Benton City and Hanford en-
tertaining Riverview while the A sec
ton of the league gets underway with
Kennewick meeting Prosser on the lat
ters floor
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-26
Await Official Action On Community Hall
Board Sets 1886 Water Rent
At $3.50 Per Acre For LIST Step


allowances is sufficient for practically
all land early in the season and late
in the season.
According to the directors, if the wa
ter required early in the season is
applied for to the district, or trans
ferred from neighbor who is unable
to use his contract allowance, and
the principle applied of increasing the
percentage of delivery to correspond
with the extra demands occasioned by
the summer heat, it is probable that
practically all land can be irrigated
with the purchase of one additional
contract allowance, thus making the
seasons irrigation charge $500 per
acre.