Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-11-30

ly. The quake originated in the vi
cinity of Taal Valcona, so miles
south of Manila.
Miserable poverty has forced the
villagers Of Obergammergau to cease
the production of the Passion Play,
and to go out into the world to earn
their daily bread.
The secretary of the treasury says
that the budget system has brought
business into government. 1t has
cut down unnecessary governmental
expenditures and it has saved the
country much money The integrity
of the system should be maintained.
The children of Alaska celebrated
their Fourth of July on Halloween
night. Owing to the "a hours of
daylight on the real Fourth of July,
they have always been cheated out
of the usual display of fireworks on
that night, so they celebrated the
national holiday on October 81 for
the first time in 81 years.
In about 81 hours II inches of rain
fell in Hongkong, causing great dam
age. Ground floors of many city Of
fees were flooded; minor landslides
have been reported from many parts
Of the island.
Luther Burbank's' golden jubilee
year of improving on nature" has
been most fruitful in the production
of new fruits, flowers, vegetables and
cereals. He has succeeded in en-
larging the kernels and adding rows
Of kernels to a variety of corn, two
varieties of ounces, surprising any
thing previously produced; also two
new types of gladioi are delignting
visitors to his experimental gardens.
Norwich, England, has the honor
of naming the first woman lord mayor
Of England. The dignity has been
bestowed upon Miss Ethel Colman,
daughter of the late ]. j. Colman,
M. p.
WASHINGTON. - Asserting that
the question of the United States
joining the Permanent Court of Inter
national Justice is not a PARTISAN
issue and that politics should have
~ t0 ID 1ryith
sion on International Justice and
Goodwill of the Federal Council of
Churches in statement issued re-
Gently declares that it is moral
question and one in which the
churches are vitality interested
This statement is being sent broad
cast to pastors throughout the coun-
try under the heading: "Presient
Harding's Proposal" 1t is part Of an
aggressive move on the part of the
churches for the United States to
join the Permanent Court Of Inter-
national Justice. AS part of this
movement the week beginning No
vember 5 and ending on Armistice
Day, November II, was observed by
the churches as World Court Week.
REGINA, Sask.-The worlds rec
ord for large grain trains was
shattered by the Canadian Pacific
Railway recently. One mile in
en- tn, monster train of 1875
carloads of wheat was operated over
the line between Stoughton and Ar
cola; the contents of the car weighed
1856 tons, which, with a tare of
1880 tons, made a total weight
hauled by a single engine of 1854
tons. The great string of cars con-
tanned approximately $4,000 bushels
of wheat
In the Purple Mountain Indian
camp, near Prescott, Arizona, an In
dian chief was killed by brave for
refusing to give over shotgun
in the sale of a squaw. Fans, the
chief, offered to sell his squaw to
Mokahque, a brave of the tribe, for
1 horse, l saddle and 1 shotgun in
payment. When the squaw went to
Mokahque the latter gave Fans the
horse and saddle, but refused to part
with the shotgun. An alteration en-
sued, and Mokahque shot the chief
dead with the shotgun. Mokahque