Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-07
Worlds News


ernment, when in fact they are not
SO doing, will encounter opposition
from the Federal Trade Commission.
An order in the matter was issued
yesterday by the commission against
an operator of stores in Indiana, re-
quiring him to desist The custom
is said to give the dealer an unfair
advantage over competitors, based
on Misrepresentation
Lincoln Hutchinson of Berkeley,
CAL, has been appointed by Secretary
Hoover to take charge of the investi-
CATION recently authorized by the
sportation difficulties confronting ship
pers in the West. The shipping sur
yey is being undertaken at the re-
quest of more than 80 associations
of shippers and growers on the Pa
cific Coast.
The Chicago wholesale prices of
fresh pork loins have declined approx
imately so per cent during the last
two and half months. and today
are 10 per cent below the quotations
which prevailed at this time in 1913,
a statement issued today by the In
stitute of American Meat Packers
said.
A $5,OOO,OOO advertising campaign
to be spent almost entirely with
iI>a ioI on h1y
the Portland Cement Association. it
was decided at their annual meeting
at Chicago. The campaign will be to
extend and improve the uses of ce
mSnt.
Charges that 500 Koreans were
massacred and $4,000 imprisoned by
the Japanese during the period fol
lowing the recent earthquake are con-
tanned in a protest filed with Secre-
tary of State Hughes by DR.. Floyd
w. Tomkins as president of the
Friends of Koreans in America.
America, we thank you. With all
our hearts we thank YOU Such
was the reward that the peace-loving
Quakers received from thousands of
young German children for their ef-
#9rts in German children relief work.
AS means of encouraging the pro
duction of better-bred livestock, the
Institute of American Meat Packers
announces that at this years Inter
national Livestock Exposition, held
90 ~, I tn
1928, it will offer 16 silver cups and
the same number of prize ribbons for
the best-bred carload lots Of the va
rious breeds of cattle, sheep and
swine, and IA silver medals for pre-
sentation to boys and girls whose en-
tries in the junior feeding contest
are adjudged the best-bred animals.
"Our educational SYSTEM" says DR..
David Kinley, president of the Uni
versity Of Illinois, must give oppor-
tunity for what we may call an ele-
mentary and middle education for
those who wish training for practi-
cal life of service in a democratic
republic"
During the last eight months world
consumption of new copper was ap-
proximately 23O,OOO,0oO pounds a
month, which is at the rate OF
2,75O, 100000 pounds year, according
to the Copper and Brass Research
Association. OF this monthly con-
sumption 192,5OO,OOO pounds was sup
piled by American mines and refin-
cries. These figures show that de-
spite European conditions consump-
ton over the eight months mentioned
has been within about 10 per cent OF
war peak and more than IL per cent
above the pre-war world rate. Aug
ust consumption of copper was the
largest for any month of the year
and was actually in excess Of pro-
duction.
During October construction con-
tracts awarded in Canada amounted
to $3O,078, 100, compared with $23,-
3S2,10O in September and $24,270,3O0
in October, 1922. Residential build
ings accounted for Isl per cent of
un6 OCCOD6T lOLdl duu dLiOuutCo ~
S,434,6O0 Business buildings amount
ed to $4,345, 900, or 14.4 per cent; in
dustrial buildings, $1,329,S0O, or "A
per cent; public works and utilities,
$1a,96S,100 or 53.1 per cent The
value of contemplated new work re-
ported during October was $685.
900.
Farmers in the Prairie Privinces
where threshing has been completed
have made excellent progress with
their fall ploughing, and with best OF
soil conditions an increased acreage
is looked for next year, according to.
the weekly crop report of the Cana
dian Pacific agricultural departments
report. Threshing has been COM
pleted in Saskatchewan, and has made
considerable advancement in AL
berta.
More than 1,250,000 box of apples
have been SHIPPED this season by the
Associated Growers of British Co.
lumbia. said President A. T. Howe