White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-02-01

Barnes, 81 years old, a great-grand-
daughter of Benjamin Franklin, will
be removed from the Los Angeles
County Farm, where she is now a
county charge, and will be given a
comfortable home in which to spend
her remaining days, according to
plans announced recently by the Los
Angeles Advertising Club, which will
cooperate with other organizations in
assisting the aged woman.
SIDNEY, AUSTRALIA. - Tenders
for the Sydney Harbor bridge, which
1t is estimated will cost about $685.
100000, closed January II. The bids
included those by the McClintock-
Marshall Products, of New York, and
the Canadian Bridge Company. The
bridge will be one of the largest in
the world.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-High COM
mendation of the motives of the Am
erican Bottlers of Carbonated Bev-
erages in establishing research fell
lowship at Iowa State College Is ex-
pressed by Dr. Royal S. Copeland,
United States Senator from New
York and former commissioner of
health Of New York City. DIR. Cope
land comments at length on this &C.
ton by the manufacturers Of soda
water which gives them the services
Of scientific experts to improve the
quality and LOT oh np hat
products.
PLATTSBURG, N. Y.-"Whistling
Lyd" Hutchinson of Ashton, Idaho,
woman dog team driver, has not been
reported since she left Elizabethtown
on route to this city from Port Henry
with dog team.
Miss Hutchinson, who was bound
for the winter sports carnival at
Montreal, said she planned to con-
tinue on to Plattsburg by the Pok-O-
Moonsine road, which Is considerably
shorter than the state highway The
temperature had fallen to rs degrees
below zero and the wind was blowing
heavily at the time.
Radio stations in this city and
Rouse's Point were broadcasting her
description in hopes she would be To-
Gated by some of the scattered woods
population.
ED1NBURGH.--A gift of $3.50, 900 |
has been made by the Rockefeller
Foundation to Edinburgh University
fnv tho re l,I IN,
the completion of the endowment of
the professorship of surgery. In their
letter announcing the gift, the trus-
tees evinced their personal interest
In the medical enterprise Of the Uni
versity of Edinburgh.
LONDON.-Ambassador Frank B.
Kellogg presented his credentials to
the King recently, and unlike some
recent American ambassadors, Mr..
Kellogg will not wear knee pants
He has been informed by Sir John
Bradbury Williams, marshal of cere-
monies, that American diplomats are
only expected to wear ordinary even
ing dress at court functions.
MEAL Orland, one or the nrst
three white men to go to Nome in
1898, founding the present mining
town, died at Nome recently at the
age of 60. He was native of Free
port, III. His body will be held at
Nome until the Ice breaks and the
port Is open for navigation next
June, when 1t will probably be sent
back to Freeport for burial
SAHARA DESERT-For the first
time In history the great sand dunes
Of the Sahara have been crossed by
automobile, and road has been OPP
ened up between Southern Algeria
and Southern Tunisia, which are
separated by an expanse of desert
land 1855 miles wide. This district,
lying between Touggouri, Algeria and
Tozeur, Tunisia, has hitherto been
practicable for crossing by camel
caravan. the trip taking ten to twelve
days. Now 1t has been crossed by an
automobile In two days.