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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., May 5, 1933, page 1

FOREST GIVES WAY TO "B-Z CORNERS" AND CAMP FIVE
Small Tracts Being Cleared and Many New Homes Rise

"B-Z CORNERS" at the junction of the Trout Lake-Glenwood roads, a few miles north of Husum, which three or four years ago was considered as a wilderness of the forest is gradually being transformed into Western Klickitat county's newest settlement. New homes are being erected and the forest is giving way to small cleared patches of garden.
It was only a few years ago that William Biesanz purchased an 80-acre tract at the Trout Lake-Glenwood junction. Why he moved there from White Salmon, to cut the big trees of the forest, dig out stumps, etc. was the wonder of the town at the time. The undertaking was a big size job, but Mr. Biesanz came out victorious and today "B-Z Corners is one of the most inviting spots of scenic Western Klickitat county. A fine modern home has been erected as well as a service station and cabins. The Biesanz home, surrounded by its spacious green lawn and clean driveways, is admired by all travelers.
This spring Mr. Biesanz has cleared another acre of ground which will become a vegetable garden. Spring water from the Carson Creek supplies abundant water.
It is reported that the mayor of "B-Z Corners" has made out eleven contract leases with newcomers for small tracts of land and that new homes have already been built and others are underway. It has also been learned that a pumping plant is being planned for the irrigation of the small tracts of land.
A few miles further north along the Trout Lake road, at Camp Five, once the forest primeval where local hunters bagged big game and later the center of logging operations is today also undergoing changes for a number of new homes are being erected and small tracts of land cleared.
John Weingartner, pioneer rancher, living a few miles further north on the Trout Lake road, Monday said that over fifteen new homes have been built or are being constructed between "B-Z Corners" and lower Trout Lake valley and the once virgin forest is now practically changed into a settlement.
The same is true in many other sections of this part of the county. Many abandoned homesteader's cabins are now sheltering new people, who find this district will provide them better homes and more of the necessities of life than the big city or other places.