White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-08-01
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plication from veterinarians.
CALGARY.-Chased by hawks ant
wounded, a carrier pigeon took refuge
on the shoulder of George Armstrong
farmer, near Vulcan, recently. On one
leg of the pigeon is a rubber bant
with the inscription on the outside
"8194-A. R. D. NJ" On the innel
side of the band is the inscription
American Racing Pigeon Union" Or
the other leg is a silver band. Only
part of the inscription is decipher
able. 1t reads, "A 1913 M 9281."
LOS ANGELES.-If John Thomas
Hawley comes home now he will meet
his widow. She testified in superior
court recently that she had waited 81
years for some word from him after
he left her during a quarrel. Though
she did not want divorce, she said
that she thought her husbands long
absence entitled her to the freedom of
widowhood, and the court issued de.
cree declaring him legally dead.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Bob Sloan,
of the town of Babb in the Glacier
National Park Reservation, Montana,
holds the record as coyote hunter in
the Rocky Mountain region, accord
ing to reports that have reached the
bureau of national parks. He bagged
more than hundred wolves last win
ter.
CHICAGO.-At the annual meeting
of the National Livestock and Meat
Board, D. A. Millett of Denver, repre-
senting the American National Live
stock Association, was elected chair
man for the fiscal year. Thomas e.
Wilson, vice-chairman; Everett G.
Brown. treasurer, and R. C Pollock,
managing director, were reelected.
GENEVA.-The enormous extent of
opium smuggling in China is proved,
according to the British government,
by seizure Of opium recently made
at the British colony at Hongkong.
The London foreign Office, which has
forwarded the details to the opium
section Of the League Of Nations, said
that the Hongkong seizure showed the
existence Of an organized opium traf-
nc between Swatow and Hongkong,
Chinese exchanging the drug at
Hongkong for arms and ammunition,
presumably for rebellion or piracy.
Children were found carrying opium
hidden in their belts, and raided
club was found to be really den for
opium smoking.
SAN FRANCIsCO.-A ton and a
half Of opium and other narcotics, on
which the government has set value
Of $1,50O,0O0, was destroyed by fire re-
Gently The narcotics were seized in
contraband raids throughout northern
ing vessels.
SACRAMENTO.-The state of Cali
fornia has contracted to pay indemni-
ties to owners Of livestock slaughtered
In the campaign to eradicate the foot
and-mouth disease, approximately ST.
100000, according to figures released
recently by II. w. Levers, chief &C.
countant of the State Department of
Agriculture. About one-fourth of this
amount has actually been paid to the
livestock men. The total appraised
value Of the livestock slaughtered in
California to the first week in July is
$3,S07,911.27, representing a sum OF
money of which half will be paid by
the state and half by the federal gov
eminent. OF the total Of 96,563 head
OF livestock which have been put un-
der the ground, 59,471 were cattle, a.
978 sheep, 20,996 swine and 8OS goats.
The number of herds involved was
1923. Los Angeles is the greatest suf-
ferer, the total appraised value Of
livestock there being s1,494,29S.95.
covering 1904 head.
Observation-Disclosures damage has
been done to crops in the Middle West
by hordes Of army worms recently.
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa are
the chief sufferers, and advices from
Wisconsin say the lower tier Of coun-
les are literally alive with the worms,
that leave path more desolate than
that of tornado.
LONDON. - Prime Minister Mac
Donald announced recently In the
House Of Commons that the British
government had decided against the
construction of tunnel under the
English Channel. Mr.. Macdonald de-
clared that the government had &C.
copied the advice of the committee
on imperial defence that the advant
ages of the tunnel were not common
surate with its disadvantages from q
defensive viewpoint.
NEW YORK.-While his mothe,
watched him, George Speckt, age 8
took silver-colored ball about inch
8 in diameter, placed 1t on choppine
block and hit it with an ak. The ball
fireworks bomb, exploded ant
George was instantly killed. His chum
Walter Rokiczki, also 8, died later,
BERLIN. One hundred boys an,
girls-all children of Berlin journal
ists-have been taken to Denmark t.