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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-03-25
i Happenings

Mr.. and MIS-. Floyd Foster, of
Yakima, spent the weekend at the
Charles Foster home.
Ben G. Root has been appointed
foreman on the work project on the
Community Hail.
Some of the grade pupils have
been suffering from pinkeye, but
they have been kept out of school
and no new cases have developed.
Mrs. Leo Weber, accompanied by
Mrs. James Westmoreland, Mrs.
Norman Anglin, Margaret Anglin,
Mrs. E. r. Griner and Mrs. William
S. Weber, Jr., attended the Home
Beautif1cation meeting at Kenne-
wick, Monday They remained for
ar, evening show.
There was a large attendance at
Grange, Tuesday evening AS this
was the last meeting M. r. Slaveals
will attend before going to Cheney,
the occasion was a farewell i'm hls
honor. Mrs. Br0ckway read a par
ody on "L'Envoi'' which was written
by Mrs. Slavens. Chicken tamale,
pickles, waters and coffee were
served.
Beverly Hanenkrat, the six-year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Hanenkrat, of Hanford who recently
underwent a1l operation for the COR
rection of a nastoid trouble at a
Yakima hospital, is getting along
nicely and is expected to come
home, Sunday. Mrs. Hanenkrat is
staying in Yakima at the home of
her sister, Mrs Anna Harris.
Oscar Whitwer, who has been
with Lou Whitwer in Los Angeles
this winter, and Robert Rohde, who
has been in Eugene, Oregon, this
winter, spent last week at the L. L..
WhitWer home Both young men
are from Tilden, Nebraska, and left,
Monday, for White Sulphur Springs,
Montana. Mr.. and Mrs. Reynold
Whitwer, of Weratchee, were Sun
day guests at the Wlitwer home
Hartford has the only P. T. A. in
Benton County and, since the school
house was burned, we have missed
the social times we had enjoyed
On Friday, April End, the P. t. A.
has invited the whole community
for a potluck dinner, at 1880 at the
Grange Hall. There will be a charge
of 15c for card playing and dancing.
After the dinner there will be a
program of music and short skits.
There will be card playing at the
Planters Hotel, and dancing at the
Grange Hall
M. r. Slave1ls, who has carried
the mails in Hanford since the rural
delivery service was adopted here,
will leave to take up similar du-
ties at Cheney, April first when the
consolidation of the Hanford and
White Bluffs routes becomes effect
i've. Mr.. Slavens was given the tenn
porary appointment as Hanford car
rier about November 18th, 1921, and
also got the first (and probably
last) permanent appointment as
Hanford carrier His transfer to
Cheney marks the end of more than
fifteen years of local mail carrying
service. Hanford will be sorry to
lose this estimable family when
they decide to take up residence in
Cheney.
The Ladies Aid Easter Tea, We'd
nesday afternoon, was a pleasant
affair and an unqualified success.
The program pleased, every number
being we'll presented. There were
two piano solos, Mrs H. HI. Boie
and Mrs. Austin Moe delighting the
assemblage. Readings were given
by Mrs. L. l.. WhitWer and Mrs
A. L. Brockway. Mrs. Slavens rem
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-03-25

MYTH the new Thrifty go" vs., your
w Ford Dealer offers the widest selection
of low-cost cars in history. See him before you
decide on anything. Perhaps the best buy for
one of the best performers on the road. Or-if
econony counts most with you-a new Thrifty
go, just as big and roomy as the "s5, just as
easy-riding, but aeMgned to operate tor less fban
any Ford car eper buik If you want to spend
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LOST AND FOUND

One day quite recently Leslie
l.. Biffle, Secretary to the Ma.
iority in the Senate, was nurrying
along q Capitol corridor when his
eyes were caught by q neat pile
Of papers on the floor. He picked
them UP and found they contained
between $500 and 5000 In govern
ment bonds, all negotiable.
Now If there Is one man on the
Hill that knows lot about the
Senate, most Of which he keeps
locked up in his brain, thereby win
ming the confidence Of many q
Senator, it is Leslie Biffle. So UP
to a certain member he went and
asked:
'eDid you lose anything?"
The member turned and said:
eyes, I did"
what was it?" asked Mr..
Biffle.
''Why, I lost my hat" the man
replied. II put 1t down and when
I went to get it where I thought
I'd left it, it was gone"
'Ts that all you lOst7" Mr..
Biffle insisted.
The Member thought a moment
and said:
''Yes, that's ALL"
On second thought he slapped
his hip pocket and exclaimed:
''NO. I've lost something else,
too"
And the Secretary returned the
bonds.
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The Human Side of the News
BIZ Edwin C.. Hill

ethey will find a gem to adorn some
great lady'S neck; in return for it,
they will gain q life Of leisure, far
from sharks, sea.bats, octopuses,
giant clans and the constant
threat Of bursting lungs on the
oceans floor.
The natural pearl, unlike the
oysters shell, Is no ordinary
article. It is a rare and precious
item Of merchandise and has been
for all the ages Of which we have
records.
We know that the search for
this regal gem has been going on
through the centuries, and We
have been told how Cleopatra dis.
solved one in a cup of wine which
had been set before Marc Antony.
We were told, too, strange stories
Of how pearls turn sickly when
worn by sick persons and how they
required contact once year with
the human skin to retain their
luStre. Nowadays we know that in
time all pearls lose their lustre,
but that it Is easily restored BY
an operation which removes Q
layer Of nacre.
The Chinese long ago discovered
that the pearl was a freak Of
nature, caused by q foreign sub
stance forcing itself into the ltv-
ing organism Of q bivalve. It re-
NAMED, however, for q Japanese
to prove that man could duplicate
this operation on q large scale.
That japanese, Kokichi Nikimoto,
is one Of the worlds richest men
after 20 years Of cultivating pearls
CULTURED PEARLS
A grain Of sand. getting into q
live oyster, causes the oyster to
secrete an extra amount Of the
pearly chemical which forms its
shell. This operation, no doubt, Is
similar to the manner in which
human organisms respond to an
irritation. These deposits Of sub
stance over the foreign matter
make the pearl.
Nikimoto found a way Of forcing
the foreign matter into the living
oyster to produce pearls. They are
none the less genuine because Of
this stimulation, but they are held
/ to be cultured and are thus much
less valuable than those which
have grown by accident.
Nikimoto plants his n1usseli
three million at q time, and Il
fortunate if, after four or five
years, 10 per cent Of them viii
produce salable pearls. Sometime
he gets too many and when neck
laces Of cultured pearls get down
as low as SO, as they were ir
Tokyo last year, he has to destroy
part Of his crop and buy out tl1t
small farms.
| CoOpyrlsha. 1891. BY Kaag. gsahuFss
! GynaAc&tGb HDaA
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The Great Debate
ByLT. Williams, H.

, which prevails with you and may
come to prevail with us, Of all
ancient institutions, when set In
opposition to . present sense OF
Inconvenience or to the bent Of
. present inclination; all these
considerations make Il not un.
advisable, In my opinion, to call
back our attention to the true
principles Of our own dOmestick
laws"
Both the sesquicentennial cele-
bration and the Senate debate over
the desirability Of maintaining the
independence Of the judicial
Branch Of the Government in
particular, and of the three
branches Of the Government Of
the Constitution in general, will
make North, South, East and West,
for the recurrence to funda-
mental principles" and that
larger knowledge Of the true prin-
ciples Of domeStick laws" 80 earn.
estly advocated by Mason Of Viz"
ginia. Franklin Of Pennsylvania,
John Adams Of Massachusetts,, and
Edmund Burke q century and a
half ago.
COMPARATIVELY YOUNG
Fifty.fiye Americans - delegates
from IL States-devoted the, four
summer months Of 1857 in Phila-
delphia to the devising Of the new
form Of government for which the
Federal Constitution provides. AS
Mr.. Warren truly says, "the pro-
ceedings Of that convention should
particularly appeal to the young
men and women Of this country
for it was a meeting Of compare:
lively young men," How many OF
the younger members Of the house
hold of the nation in these days re-
member the ages Of the Makers
Of the Constitution?
OF the delegates to the Philadel'
phia Convention six were under 81
years Of age; forty-one had not AZ"
tanned the age Of so. Only three
were over so. The President OF the
Convention, George washington
was only IS. The proposer Of the
Virginia Plan which formed the
basis Of the final draft-Edmund
Randolph-was 81 and James
Madison, who drafted that plan
and has earned the distinctive title
Of '"The Father Of the ConStitu'
ton" was but 80.
Age and youth and middle age
will be represented in the Senate
debate soon to start and the men,
women and children Of the Nation
will take part in the sesqulcen'
tennial celebration to follow.
There is no better test OF true
AmericaniSm in this hour than the
attitude of a citizen toward the
epochal debate in which the Senate
is about to engage and the ma
tional celebration Of the one hum
dred and fiftieth birthday Of the
Constitution that will follow.
For true Americans both will be
in very truth q recurrence to
fundamental principles" without
which no free government can sur"
vive and no. free people maintain
their freedom .orsf~ a.,
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Two of a Kind
N theory, mortal enemies

TN theory, mortal enemies
In practice, as like two peas
That seems to sum up COMMUNISM and FASCISM.
In Russia, the Communists hold mass executions of
those who have the temerity to oppose Communism.
In Germany, the Nazis persecute those who have the
temerity to oppose Fascism.
The Communist methods may be more brutal, but the
spirit of utter intolerance behind both systems of gov
ernment-or MIS-government-is much the same
spirit that has NO place in this country in what
ever disguise it comes.
Democracy is founded on tolerance.
Communism and Fascism are founded on intolerance
America make no peace with either and remain
democratic and American advocate either with
out committing TREASON against the land which
shelters him from the fate of millions of unfortunaes
abroad.
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The Greatest Show on Earth
Ru Frark MILLER Smith

in the mountains in an
effort to bring out some Of that
more abundant" life that her
husband has based his Presidency
upon. She decided upon Arthur.
dale, and started to interest capt.
tai in building a factory to produce
mail boxes.
When the project was made
public protest was raised by the
people already engaged in making
mail boxes, and she had to look
around for something else TO build
the town around.
Now, I have before me an tnvi'
tation to journey to Arthurdai0
tomorrow when the Arthurdaie
schools and the Arthurdale Assoc
citation are holding their school
commencement and celebrating
the opening Of the new factory Of
the Phillips Jones Corporation.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be the guest Of
honor and the town will be
launched along the road to pros
perity, it hopes.
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More Mass Murder

A MOTHER mass execution is staged in Russia-re-
"A ported harbinger of more to come.
Forty-thre men and one woman are taken out of a
Siberian jail and shot down in the courtyard after
"trial' by military tribunal The charge, spying
and sabotaging in behalf Of foreign powers AND
Trotsky
Apparently the same savagery that has hunted down
and slain every suspected foe of the Moscow regime
that "liquidated" millions of peasants by starvation
is unleashed again in the proletarian paradise.
And it is THIS system Of government that American
Communists would welcome to- our country! I
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not, the information Edward
hands out will come as a painful
surprise to several parents who
still believe children should be
seen but never heard"
do you know" says Edwin,
"that there are five million new
voters every four yearS-five
million young Americans who
are casting their ballot for the
first time? I'm one Of them;
that's why I am 50 interested In
the event.
A WARNING
"Time was, and not 50 long
ago, when it was an understood
fact that Dad would take Jun.
Tor by the hand as soon as he
reached his majority, lead him
carefully to the polls and show
him how to pull the right lever.
As papa went, so went son
and woe to the IuckIess young
scamp who disgraced the family
name by exchanging the EIe',
,phant for the Donkey, or other.
wise messing up the sacred fam
lily program! Forthwith he was
cast into outer darkness.
"But times have changed. The
politician Of today has q man.
size job on his handS-fOr Youth
no longer swallows anything it's
told.
Modern young America is
more than just q gangling adde's
cent with a gulible character.
He Is . cynic q hard nut to
crack. But even though he may
be confused and laundering, he
will still insist on making up
his mind for himself. HE HAS
IDEAS AND THEY ARE HIS
OWN. WHAT HE LACKS IN
AGE HE MAKES UP IN SPEED
AND PEP AND SINCERITY.
$50 think, Miss Robinson, 1t
might be a good thing II you
would print this warning In your
column for all politicians
ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES
AND PREPARE FOR A HARD
FIGHT IF YOU WANT OUR
VOTES, FOR YOUNG AMER
TCA AT LAST HAS COME OF
AGE!'
EDWIN GEORGE sAUERs
Rochester. N r"
Parents seem generally on tn
carpet todayI This next broadcas
carrying plenty Of static come
from MARION ROBERTSON, az
20. Marion wants to know--WHy
DON'T PARENTS HAVE MORl
FAITH IN THEIR CHILDREN?
HAVE FAITH 4
Dear Miss Robinson:
Zone hears 50 many walls
from parents because their
children do not. give them the
implicit trust they gave I'm thesE
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Pearl fishing Edwin o. Hin
is q hazardous calling. Few Of the
native divers live to be old men.
but, at that, they live longer
than the whites who mix alcohol
with diving helmets and air lines.
The little boats in Australian
waters stay out as long as q year
at q time, running the risk OF
storms. The natives in the other
great fishing grounds, namely the
Persian Gulf, Ceylon, and the
atolls Of the South Seas, take
their lives in their hands with
every plunge.
The human body can Withstand
the pressure so feet under water
for about three minutes ct the
most. The overzealouS native
who overstayS his time pays for
1t with his life, and many Of them
do that very thing.
ELUSIVE TREASURE
The season is now on in the
Persian Gulf, with the buyers com
ing from as far away as Paris and
travelling even by airplane to be
in on the bidding. The sharks
are around, too, and, on the aver
age, they take a toll Of six divers
each year between the months Of
May and September.
The season is coming to an end
at Ceylon, where the fisheries are
controlled by the government
There 1t opens with the firing Of
q gun as the signal for the natives
to take their first plunge. Before
they 60 over, their priests pray
for their safety and success. But
real success is seldom, and safety
Is just as rare.
| Pearl shell is q quite ordinary
article Of commerce, it Is chear
and its uses are commonplace
But the men who go down to the
bottom to bring it up never think
Of it in terms Of collar buttons OF
shirt studs. They live always II
the hope that they viii come Ipor
| that siussel OK oyster in which
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The Judicial PoDer Is the pro-
tectin0 poDer of the tDItoIe D0U-
eminent. Its position 10 upon
the outer tDGu.
DANIEL WEBSTER
I'm the House Jan. rs, 1926.
Toward the sesqui-centennia'
celebration Of the adoption o;
the Federal Constitution, tht
great debate soon to begin II
the United States Senate maj
well prove to be "a curtain
raiser"
The main objective Of thu
Sesqui-centennial celebration u
to refresh the memory Of thu
people generally in regard to thu
nature Of the Government u1del
which they live. The impending
debate in the Senate will 60 x
the heart of this question.
The seSqui-centennial celebra
ton is designed to be wholly d.
vorced from partisan, sectional
racial, sectarian or occupations:
bias. II the Senate debate coule
be maintained on the same higt
plane the Senators would be vel
advised to prolong it until thu
eve OF the seSqutc entenniaPt
commencement. September II
the day on which the Constitu
ton was adopted at the Phila
delphia Convention In 1887.
FUNDAMENTAL
It was lust one hundred and
sixty-one years ago next month
that George Mason Of Virginia
author Of the first Bill OF Rights
in this country, headed 1t with
the following maxim:
''NO free government or the
blessing Of liberty can be pre-
served to any people but BY
frequent recurrence TO tundar
mental principles"
It will be q hundred and sixty
one years ago next September that
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN wrote into MS
Bill Of Rights for Pennsylvania 9
declaration that "a frequent recur
renee to fundamental principles
Is absolutely necessary to pre-.
serve the blessings Of liberty and
keep q government free"
And he same sentiment was
expressed by John Adams four
years later in the Massachusetts
BilI Of Rights in almost the
same Ianguage-"a frequent re-
currence to the principles Of the
Constitution is absolutely
necessary to preserve the advan-
tages Of liberty and to maintain
q free government. The people
=. have q right to require OF
their law givers and magistrates
an exact and constant ObServ-
ance Of them"
In his timely book on Congress
The Constitution and The Su
preme Court" Mr.. Charles Warren
Of the same Commonwealth Of
Massachusetts, points out tina!
fifteen years after John Adams
so declared In 1850, Edmund
Burke, the great Englishman, wa
writing these words:
. 1.-THE spirit Of change that ID
gone abroad; the total contempt
The Washington times., 1937-05-24

M m, Da d
and Aunt EN-?
Guess again!
Young Ameri-
ca today knows
its own mind
=. . votes its
own ticket.
Where'd we
get that flash?
From EDWIN
GEORGE SAU-
Frs. speaking
for Youth, In
corporated .
and winning q
$40 prize; And.
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own youth. How about those
same parents learning to have
q little faith and putting It into
practical expression? Do parents
ever stop to consider what their
constant distrust, criticism and
suspicion means to . sensitive
child?
at isn't fair and It IL hOrri.
bly, humiliating to be constantly
bOmbarded with questions like
this-'Where were you after the
dancer What time did 1t
stOp?' What on earth were you
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EaSG 1COut
which Senator Tom Connally Is
irving to get Congress to over
come by moving the central por'
ton out little.
In between the skirt and the
inner wall Of the dome is q small
recess and under the supervision
of Arthur e. "Gus" Cook, super
yising engineer, workmen are busy
putting in q air duct for the com
pletion Of the job to air-condltlon
the rotunda.
When they cut out a portion Of
the skirt and crawled into this
little recess one Of them found
a dirty, broken, handmade talloW
candle that had been left there
by q workman who helped 70
build the dome. 10.
The dome was finished IN 1900,
50 the candle Is at least T2 years
old. Gus has found q place OF
honor for It down In the OFFICE
where he works under Davlo
Lynn, present architect OF tne
Capitol.
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porte for
seven d a y s,
b as be e n
found safe
after coming
through a Sc
we're storm. !"
The cables
b ng this
news from Aus
tralia, just as q
year ago they
br o u g h t the
news Of the los
in a hurricane
Of 20 luggerS
and 100 men.
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doing on the street ut that dis
graceful hOur?'
II know Q mother who actually
calls her daughters date before
her, whenever the girl 10 about
to 70 out, and says to him
Young man, IL yOu dare offer
my daughter . drink or q ciga-
rette III never let her 80 with
you again.
''ThiS Is not only embarrass-
ing for the girl, but also for the
boy. If he is q decent fellow,
he'll never want to subject him
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By Elsie Robinson


self to such an insult again.
Moreover It's idiotic, for If .
girl il really determined to drink
and smoke, no boy can stop
her-and her mothers dark
suspicious don't help matters
along.
$50, MISS ROBINSON,
WON'T YOU PLEASE SPREAD
THIS APPEAL TO ALL OUR
PARENTS-HAVE THE FAITH
IN US WHICH YOU EXPECT
US TO HAVE IN YOU AND
WE WON'T FAIL YOU
~MARION ROBERTSON,
"RawIins, Wyoming"
Straight shooting, little sister,
and it makes you winner Of q $40
prize. And with your appeal goes
all the influence that Elsie herself
as a mother possesses.
There is no crueller burden for
q fine youngster to carry than the
constant cross Of a parents BELT
ting distrust. AND THERE
CAN BE NO GREATER COMES
SION OF FAILURE ON THE
PART OF ANY PARENT THAN
THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH DIS
TRUST. IF I COULD NOT m
FLUENCE MY CHILD TO FOL-
LOW THE STRAIGHT PATH
FOR THE SAKE OF MY OWN
LOVE AND THE DEFICIENCY !
HAD TAUGHT HIM - I'D
THROW UP THE JOB!
SELF-RESPECT
And last, here's little Doris
Miller, age 10, tempting the
wrath Of her whole generation
with q charge that they area
BUNCH OF SEIFPTTYERSl
Dear Miss Robinson:
"FrOTn your articles I know
yen are one Of the stanchest
crusaders against self-pity. /
heartily commend you, and 1T
Is I have found by personal ex.
perience what q deadly thing
self.pity can be.
"But don't think that the old.
sters are the only indulgers.
Flaming youth enjoys Q good
wallOw In seIf-pity quite as much
as any one. When we have
made q mistake do we gameIy
shoulder the blame? Not by .
long shot! We blame everyone
and everything in sight.
"Why not be better sports?
No matter how much we blum.
der, it's . great thing-just hav.
ing . chance to live. Let's In.
dulge in the delight Of SELF.
RESPECT and cut out the
shamefuIness of SELF.PITY.
DORIS S. MILLER (l8)
Charlotte, North Carolina"
Alta youngSter! To you goe
this weeks S. prize-and with {
spirit like that you'll be winninl
many and many prize!
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added to t h e
original build
ing and t h Q
dome put on. Il
was his plans
which " er e
used for these
additions.
The dome Is
built Of ca s t
iron and ha 9
what Is called
q skirt around
it. This skirt Is
the thing that
causes the over
hang In the
ToGH front
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LAUNCHING

One Of Mrs. Roosevelt's pet
schemes for social advancement is
to get its graduation papers to.
morrow. It's the reclamation or
reestabliShment or improvement
Of Arthurdale, w. Va, and it Is
to be done through the medium
Of q shirt factory.
Months and months ago Mrs.
aooSogaE decided TO spend some
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Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That It be The sense Of this conOeNtton
that committee should be appointed By the Congress
of the United States to make study of and to report
on the orantino to the residents of the District of
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention Philadelphia,
June 26, 1886.
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TREASURE TROvE

Shades Of Thomas q. Walter!
Thomas u. Walter was the Arch
itect Of the Capitol at the time
the House and Senate wings were
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EXACT MODEL

one Of the main attractions at
the Great Lakes Exposition at
Cleveland, Ohio, Is being readied
ia the crypt Of the Capitol.
It is q plaster replica OF the
Capitol and grounds as it stands
today.
chow members Of Congress why
the proponents think that over
nanR on the structure should be
taken care Of. To the people at
tending the fair it will just be
an exact model Of their Capitol at
washington.
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Listen, World

WHO MAKES UP SONNY's
MIND" IN 1897?
Who tells Junior how to vote
Sister how to dress?
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"A pearling fleet Of fifty
vessels japanese and Aus.
tralian, which had been unre.