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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-10

There is an article, by Jim Mar
shall, in the Golfers magazine for
June 10th The article concerns
Bonneville, "the Dam of Doubt,
and the exploitation program for the
entire Columbia River. The article
will, do mo- good toward advancing
the development of this great In
land Empire OF the Northwest. 1t
casts dpupt on the wi eioraaS of pro
ducing power for which there may
be no outlet and in a section which
already enjoys among the cheapest
power rates in the nation. And the
argument of over production is used
In discounting the value of the ir-
rigation projects. There are other,
rather indirect and invidiouS, state
merts in regard to the political or
3gin of the development program
for Bonneville and the Columbia
River. Read it. 1t is an excellent
example of 'santi" arguments used
for, apparently, knocking" purpos-
es only. This writer failed to use
the vision necessary to conceive the
development of an area that is ca
pable of supporting many times its
present number of inha bitants. in
certain and sure manner, as COM
pared, for instance, to the hazard
GUS gamble of the residents of the
"d1,st- bowl" areas and the eastern
slope desert. He revels in the politi-
cal racketeering angle of the case
and. apparently, is resentful that
money from eastern taxes must go
to the development of so unsound
project. The writer Of this article
came from Minnesota, where, about
eighteen years ago, the road build
ing program was entrusted to a sim
gle man with vision. Rich southern
Minnesota protested vigorously
when funds were spent in building
excellent roads in impoverished
northern Minnesota-but those
roads are paying wonderful divi-
dends in increased tourist trade and
In profitable development Of what
was once Wilderness So with the
state of Washington. We cannot
believe that the nation will lose by
its investment in Columbia River
development, even if that develop
ment costs twice what it should.
due to racketeering politicians. A
haven for excess population should
be sought. Why not Washington?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-10
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-10

years our cutting has started from
March 18th to April LIST, making this
the earliest producing section of the
Northwest, being but ten days to
two weeks later than the California
cutting"
! TURKEYS
RAY RAMSEY: "In one year /
have marketed 700 turkeys raised
from 20 turkey hens and lost, less
than ten percent of the poults. Ex-
Ipensive equipment is unnecessary.
Freedom from rains and soil co1ldi-
tions are favorable"
GRAPES
C. F. WTOOTEN: Tests / have
had made on Eurusea11 varieties of
grapes grown here nave shown a.
about % percent ana better sugar
content. The locality is especially
! adapted to growing of American va
rietieS" !,,.
PEACHES
A, III. HEIDENIANN: IT am
growiny the new Conrdokas Fuzzless
peach, which. has produced eight
|sboxesa tree FROM ttseg four wears
Old from planting. = They are peach
es having 80 percent color, excellent
flavor, and which are good ship
pers."
CHICKENS Z"
ID. j. BURCH: my experience
with chickens has been such that 1
can make one dollar per year profit
per hen"
APPLES
w. #. SHAW: II have ten acres
of yellow Transparent apples which
find a satisfactory and profitable
crop"
T Settlement: A group of local
people are jointly seeking to pro-
mote settlement of the Valley and
to prevent exploitation of prospec-
tive settlers. This group, the Priest
Rapids Valley Development Associ-
alton, will gladly furnish necessary
transportation about the Valley to.
all prospective purchasers for the
purpose of viewing and examining
all available properties ogered for
sale. They too will aid in answer
ing questions and otherwise assist
purchasers in the selection of g.
farm home.
Statement: "The Priest kapdds
Valley Development Association, the
members of which include residents
throughout the Valley and which is
organized for the purpose of aiding
new settlers to obtain farm homes;
in the Priest Rapids Valley, does
hereby certify that all statements
made in this folder are approved as
being correct to the best of our
knowledge and belief.-LEVI F..
AUSTIN, President; d. S.. WILK-
INSON, Secretary" +,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-10
WhTTE B]4UFFS WASH INGTON, SPOKESMAN


Tered for sale at extremely low pric-
es, that settlers may have the ad-
vantage Of minimum initial cost.
Land Prices: Properties available
for purchase comprise improved
partly improved, and untnlproVed
lands in tracts of varying sizes.
Prices are generally low and terms
fair and reasonable, thus atfording
real opportunity for the man with
limited means who desires to own
and operate AN irrigated farm that
is capable of producing ahrmdantly
the wide variety of crops listed in
this folder. Descriptive lists OF
lands for sale in the Priest Rapids
Valley will be sent i1lquirers upon
request. They offer the best source
of information as to ranges of price
between lands in different stages OF
development.
Experiences: Farmers living in
the Priest Rapids, Valley laud the
falr11inp, home and financial opper-
turities afforded land owners. In
THE following quoted ;tstatemeents
telling the experiences Of only a
few, you will note a wide choice of
sources of income:
PEACHES
ALEX PARKE: TN two recent
seasons, / have packed an average
of LOO Is lib. boxes of peaches per
acre from my orchard near White
Bluffs, Washington. One season,
recently, these sold for IS 1-2 cents
per box and the neyt season they
averaged SIS cents per box net to me,
over and above commissions.
APRICOTS, CHERRIES, AsPAR-
~. AGUS
ISABELLE b. BURNS: Several
years ago, planted an apricot and
cherry orchard with asparagus beds
between the tree rows. For three
years the asparagus has aferaged a
gross income of $3.50 per acre per
year and I have taken tons Of fruit
from the trees"
PEACHES
SHAUN KELLY: I'm season, /
have averaged 1000 boxes of peach
es per acre. These Melted me IS
cents per box. over and above pick
ing, packing, boxes, wrapping paper
and commissions"
ASPARAGUS
FRED VERTNER: II am farm
ing IL acres of asparagus at Han
ford which is four years old, just
coming into bearing, and will pro-
duce about one ton per acre this
season, at a market value average
of $40 per ton Asparagus is not
in full bearing until the 7th and
9Th year. Beds dell cared for and
properly fortified will produce from
3 to tons per acre, The past four
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-10

alert and on the go, for he is the
liaison department of the moving
divisions. Some day, real Epic
of the Sheep" will be written
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-06-10

Coast.
Poultry: Laying hens. turkeys,
and either poultry do well, because
of the favorable climate, soil, and
variety of crops grown. This indus
try warrants material expansion In
the valley.
Towns: White Bluffs ana Han
ford are the two towns in the VAL
ley. They are situated seven and
one-haIf miles apart and are Joined
by a good oiled highway. They pro-
vide the usual town facilities such
as stores, barber shops. poolroons.
canrlery, cold Storage plant, power
and light Office, garages, bank. re-
pair shops, telephone exchange, To-
cal newspaper, warehouses, fruit
packing plants, Catholic and Prot
estant churches. etc.
Education: Educational !. facili-
ties in, the Valley" include grade
scfools,, an accredited high school,
and school bus serya 81 Advanced ey1
education may be secured ait the Ag-
ricultural Coleg in Pullman, the
Normal schools in El1ensburg and
Cheney, and the State University in
Seattle.
Transportation: The Milwaukee
Railroad serves the valley by a
branch line from Beverly, Washing
ton. The Valley is also provided
with freight and passenger stage
service. Mail service is daily except
Sunday. There is an emergency
airplane landing field.
Markets: Being in the central
part of the state, the valley is a.
bout the same distance from the
following large market certers: Sc
attic, Portland, Spokane. Fruits OF
all kinds in car lots, find a market
in Minneapolis, st. Paul, and other
eastern cities.
Organizations: There are a num-
Der of Clubs and other organiza-
tons in the Valley which aid the
citizens in their combined business,
citizenship and social activities,
such as commercial, women's, golf,
rod & gun clubs, oranges, fraternal
orders, legion post, drum and bugle
corps, and astband.
Recreation: Some kind of recre-
alton may be had by all who enjoy
either vigorous or mild activities.
Among them is swimming, boating,
golf, upland bird hunting, white
fish bass, and sal1non-trout fishing
in season, and a fifty by one hun
dred foot community hall for indoor
sports and recreation.
Archaeology:. Like all other parts
of the United States, this Valley
was at one time inhabited by Indi-
ans. A few Indians still remain. in
this vicinity, living much as they
did before the coming Of the white
man. Their winter camp is near
Priest Rapids, as it has been, per-
;haps, for several hundred years. The
number is now small, numbering
only a small group of those who re-
fused to go to a reservation but
prefer to exc out living by work
ing for the settlers at common la
Dor and catching salmon which run
up the river in the fall
Along both shores of the river, all
the way through the valley, may be
found chipping beds Locations
where arrowheads and other stone
implements have been nade) ane
old camp sites strewn with arrow
points and many other types Of
stone implements and weapons. Not
all of these are relics of the present
Indians, for there are traces OF q
yet earlier people having lived there
There are rock carvings and othel
signs which are considered as being
the work of dwarf people who livee
hereabout, from 1000 to 5000 years
i lJ- rvyl NHt
Evening star., 1937-05-02
By Lucy Salamanca

W YH1LE the war on cancer has
n made the headlines during
Wv the past few weeks to an ex-
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EXPERTS ON CANCERS TRAIL
Secret of Life Itself May Be Goal of Scientists Who Work in
aores Here and Elsewhere, in Hope Of Conquerng Deadly
Enemy Which Overvhems Many Victims

cure for cancer with money" it is also
true AS DR.. Voegtlin adds - that
money is vitality necessary for con-
tinued research into a subject that is
as basic as life itself.
Since the human cell is the most
complex thing in nature, and it is the
human cell which gets out OF control
TO produce cancer, when scientists
have unearthed the knowledge that will
explain the normal cell they will have
taken big step toward solving the
secret of life We cannot logically or
reasonably ask of the scientist that
he accomplish this within any stated
span Of time. Give us q few little
centuries" observed one scientist, and
we shall remake the world"
Thus for years now scientists have
been laboring in the fight against
cancer conducting their experiments,
jotting down their findings and con-
clusions, piling one little bit of knowl-
edge upon another, until gradually they
are arriving at certain milestones
where they may pause to announce
that progress Is being made - that
science is growing more and more con-
vinced that there is hope for those af-
flicted, provided they take it in hand
In time. Present experiments being
conducted in the laboratories Of the
National Institute Of Health in Wash
ington, under DR.. Voegtlin, and else
where in the United States. may even
tually lead to still more encouraging
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about IS years ago Upon this occa-
sion Mr.. Wineberser said:
Upon this line, about 80 yards
south OF the present stand pipe. near
the brow Of the hill, Commodore David
Porter had a mansion, the entrance
door of which was due north of the
center door of the Presidents house.
On the edge of the south lawn, in
close proximity TO the house, was
placed the meridian stone
1T was wrought and near 2 feet
across, and Of the same height. The
north edge Of it was circular, and
upon it was afterward placed a brass
sun dial. From this stone Meridian
Hill received its name The old
mansion was occasionally occupied by
| President John @. Adams during Sum-
mer months; at later period it was
removed.
The meridian stone was allowed
to remain until about the time OF the
opening Of Sixteenth street extended,
when it was removed to its present
place, at the southwest corner Of
Fourteenth and r streets northwest,
and where 1t is used as q carriage
step. This disposition of an old and
! valued Landmark by the then county
surveyor gave rise to angry expressions
OF condemnation by many of the
citizens The precise spot should have
been noted when the stone was taken
up, and then, after the street was
completed, the stone should have
been replanted below the surface.
The line crossing the merida at a
right angle near the Washington
obelisk extends west across the Poto-
mac and passes near old Fort Cor
coran, and on to the intersection OF
the diagonal lines to a stone at the
west point of the District, near the
village Of Falls Church, In Virginia.
Eastward it extends through the ro-
tunda of the Capitol and center OF
East Capitol street, crossing the
Anacostia, and on to the intersection
of the diagonal lines to a stone at the
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bring back fond recollections to MANY
an old-timer who in his boyhood days
delighted in throwing stones against
its iron sides in order to hear the
clamorous noise it made, and when
this pastime became monotonous,
threw the stones in the air so that
they would fall within the cylindrical
structure.
This standpipe served to supply
Potomac water TO Capitol Hill and
other high points of Washington. 1t
was on the beaten path to Rock Creek,
where the boys went to swim in the
Summer. and became quite a land
mark before it was removed many
years ago. 1t was built BY GRAY &
Noyes. whose iron foundry was on
Maine avenue, near Third street SOUTH
west
Not far to the south of this was
the log cabin of Joaquin Miller. poet
OF the Sierras, which was early re-
moved, and is now located in Rock
Creek Park.
At this time, instead of embassies
and fine homes, Meridian Hill was
occupied-With one or two exceptions
by few shacks and small dwellings.
and the vacant ground, of which
there was considerable furnished
pasturage for cows owned by the peo-
pie OF Cow Town and other OUTLYING
places.
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that there is another stone 1--WE will
call it the Capitol stone, now standing
about IS yards westerly from the
obelisk.
1T is rough-hewn freestone, now
somewhat mutilated, and projects
above the surrounding earth about
3 feet, being l foot in diameter on
the earth line and inches across
at the top. Since it was located the
surrounding earth has been excavated
Except that portion Immediately
around it, to depth of about feet.
The distance between this stone and
the center stone corresponds with
half the length OF the old part OF the
Capitol Building wherefore it's name)
and there can be no doubt but that
it was placed to represent a point due
west OF the south end of the old Capitol
Building. This fact has been entirely
unknown among the many authors
OF handbooks Of Washington city.
Gen. Babcock seems also to have been
ignorant of the character of this
stone, when, as commissioner of pub
lie buildings and grounds, he took
this stone to be on a line with the
Presidents House"
THE reference to the old standpipe
that once stood In the center of
Sixteenth street at about where it
interests with Kalorama road will
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Wv the past few weeks to an ex-
tent unprecedented in med
ical history, none the less it has been
going on quietly in laboratories the
length and breadth of the land for
many years now. The fact that
scientists are beginning to learn some
thing about it, and hence are on the
threshold OF vitality important an
nouncements, may be responsible for
the reaWakened interest of the Amer.
lean public in scourge that is re-
sponsible, after heart disease. for the
greatest number of deaths annually in
the United States. Indeed. it is
question. as heart trouble" covers so
many Affections, or is sometimes the
final stage of other af1lictions, whether
or not cancer cannot accurately be
listed first as the main destroyer Of
human life in our present civilization.
This fact impressed Senator Homer
Bone OF Washington to such an extent
that he made legislative history by Sc
curing the signature of "a out of 95
Senators (Senator Smathers not yet
having been seated as co-authors Of
a bill designed to appropriate $1,000.
600 yearly for study Of this dreaded
disease. While, as Dr. Carl Voegtlin,
chief Of the Division of Pharmacology
of the National Institute of Health of
the United States Public Health Serv-
ice, points out, You cannot buy a
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east point Of the District about 3
miles east OF Benning bridge

\ T THE crossing of these lines
near the Washington obelisk was
located in 1892 the stone which desig-
mates the center Of the 10 miles square,
called the Jefferson or center stone
1T has been used as the basis for
the bench mark calculations for the
city grades, and the original measure
ment for the Washington obelisk was
taken from it. 1t was situated about
$50 yards northwest from the obelisk
on the banks of old Tiber creek. 1t
had blue rock foundation, which
was about 6 feet high on the creek
side, and covered by hewn sand
stone cap about feet square and 8
inches thick. On the south side the
shore earth covered it partly. This
cap stone and part of the foundation
were removed in 1872 by order Of
Gen. Babcock, the commissioner of
public buildings and grounds, through
a mistake in its identity. What re-
mains of the original masonry was
covered by earth several feet deep
when the roadway was made. It is
on the east side Of the road line be-
tween the lakes and the intersection
OF Virginia avenue. Its longitude is
79 degrees II minutes Is seconds Z"
In this connection it may be stated
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the town Of Falls Church. Thirty
years ago, according to Mr.. woodward
this stone was standing at the edge OF
little grove Of trees, and was some
what crowded by large oak tree that
seriously endangered it.
The corner stone at the east point
Of the District is said to stand on level
marsh ground, owned. in 1906, by j.
w. Lee, a colored man, and is about
500 feet south Of the Chesapeake Beach
Junction.
The corner stone at the northern
point Of the District stands on ground
once part Of the estate Of P Fenwick
and later the property of the heirs of
D. Clagett. This stone has been
surrounded with an iron railing fence,
provided by the local body of the
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton, and is only one OF a number
similarly cared for by this organiza-
ton. 1t stands in ravine close by
the East-West Highway, and probably
less than half a mile from the circle
at the District line and Sixteenth
street, going northwest.
IT WAS from the initial stone at
Jones Point that a meridian line
was drawn across the Jefferson stone,
thence through the White House
north along the center of Sixteenth
street, over Peters Hill, later called
Meridian Hill, to She intersection of
the diagonal lines where was the north
stone before referred to as being on
the East-West Highway.
Regarding the Jefferson stone, the
Capitol stone and the Meridian stone
all but the latter being placed within
the old city limits-there has been
much controversy. but after having
read the several discussions, the writer
Is inclined to agree with James A.
Wineberger. whose account of these
stones-evidently prepared with much
care and pains-appeared in The Star
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the west Of the meridian of the south
or original stone and also throw the
west corner 1886 feet farther to the
north than the east corner. A closer
examination shows that the distances
between the successive stones vary
considerably from exact miles, and in
no single instance can a milestone
be found placed at exactly a distance
Of l mile from its neighbor. The
nearest approach to an exact mile
is between Nos and on the south
west line, near Benning. and be-
tween Nos. 7 and on the northwest
line. near Chevy Chase Circle, each
OF which measures 5,279 feet, or l
foot short of mile
These errors in measurement
amount to as much as 40 feet over
mile in one instance, and to 1873
feet short in another Of the various
intervals, and these discrepancies
apply to those spaces which are sup
posed to be exact miles and not to
certain spaces which were intended
to be either more or less than q mile
and are 50 marked"
IN SURVEYING the four lines OF the
District of Columbia, and in lay
ing of the streets Of the city, Ellicott
was materially assisted by Benjamin
Bannaker, free colored man, Of
partly white extraction, whose knowl-
edge of the exact sciences was suf-
lciently remarkable to attract the at
tention Of both Washington and JET
ferson. He was marvel In mathe-
matics, and was recognized for his
work by the French Academy Of
Sciences. Apparently he was Of the
type Of Frederick Douglass. for he is
described as being noble and imposing
in appearance
His broadcloth coat" we are told.
though Of ancient cut, was of good
material and adorned with antique
metal buttons. Later in life he Is de-
scribed as having venerable face and
an abundance of white hair, which
caused him to become an object OF
much interest"
The Bannaker Public School in this
city, for colored children, is named for
this celebrated protege OF Maj. Eli
colt.
But the Ten Miles Square was not
to last for always. Indeed, Alexandria
did not feel it was being given a
square deal by the United States Gov
ernment-just as the people Of Wash
ington have always felt, and still feel
and as early as 1924 the residents Of
our neighboring city decided to test
out the voice Of its people. in order to
petition Congress for the privilege OF
returning to the sovereignty of Vlr-
ginia, but the vote at this time was
286 for the proposition and 4O4 against.
TWO decades later the matter again
came up, with the result that 763 voted
for returning to Virginia against 222
who preferred to remain a part of the
Federal Territory, and, accordingly,
after Congress had legislated on the
matter, President Polk, by proclama-
ton of September 7, 1846, announced
that the portion Of the District de-
rived from the State Of Virginia was
receded. And, naturally, all the boun-
dairy stones on the southwest side Of
the District, together with several on
the northwest side, have since then
been within the Old Dominion State,
and this includes the west corner stone,
WHICH is just about l mile northwest OF