| Show buff buffalo alo girls homesteaders three girls from buffalo N Y were visiting at north yakima last year when the government threw open a tract along ther columbia river for or settlement they entered homesteads I 1 and on commuting next month after 14 months residence on the land they will ie be worth several thousand dollars each the girls got 40 acres each their claims adjoining another homesteaded homestead ed quarter section the claims will come under the high line ditch of 0 the hanford irrigation project greatly increasing their value the young women are leona swank winifred stevens and bessie cook to obtain supplies the girls bought a horse between them all three riding the mount to white bluff duft five miles dl distant stant tacoma corre spon dence san francisco chronicle |