White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-09-12
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houses collapsed in the foods in the
area near Kaifeng, capital Of Honan
Province, and many casualties were
reported from Chiao Tao among the
cave-dwellers, who were drowned by
the flood waters, according to ad-
vices received here recently. The
American Red Cross authorized the
international Famine Relief Commits.
sion to draw on 1t for 100000 in gold.
This sum represents half the amount
requested by the relief organizations,
which proposes to use churches and
missions throughout the devastated
areas for relief. September Ia has
been designated as day Of special
devotion on behalf of the flood vic
Tins.
| NORTH PARK, Colo.-Barbara Fox
and her brother Ray, residing on a
ranch in North Park, had the time
Of their lives when they tried to cap
ture 27S-pound bear with lasso
and an axe. They were repairing a
fence in pasture when they started
a bear, which ambled off. The girl
ran to her horse, snatched a lariat
and ran into the timber. The broth
ar followed, and by expert maneuver.
ing they ran the bear into the open,
where the girl Tipped moose over
his head. Bruin dragged the girl and
her brother, dashed out furiously at
the rope, and finally cut it In two
with his teeth. With his sister fleetly
outmaneuvering the bear, Ray ran up
with his lariat and on second try
roped him. With Bruin gnawing at
the rope the two got the axe and fin
ished the job.
BOHEMIAN, Mont. The cost of
railroad labor can be reduced without
lowering wages, Ralph Budd, presi-
dent of the Great Northern Railway,
declared in an address here. Cooper
ltion between the employees and the
management and the shippers pro-
luce more transportation per en-
ploye, he declared. Budd called at.
ention to the fact that In 1921 at the
end Of federal control the railroads
we're producing $4,000 ton-miles of
transportation per employe, while in
1928 they produced $4,000. He at
tributed this increase largely to
greater cooperation.
BERLIN. = Ten racing ostriches
which are to vie with horses for speed
lonors at race course have arrived
N in ,,Io ;,
II stables which appear to be very
listatsteful to the big birds. For rae
ng the ostriches are hitched to light
weight sulkys and have their work
outs every day when in training,
which follows the lines generally ap-
9lied to trotting or pacing horses.
rhe ostrches all have names and are
Jared for by stable boys just as are
.horoughbreds horses The birds are
guided by reins attached to leather
caps which fit over the heads of the
ostriches, which take the place of bits
as used for horses.
Tony, zone Of the racers here,
which came from Italy, and Franz"
owned in Vienna, are natural born"
racers, according to the ostrich rae
ing tonts, and appear to love the
sport as much as their drivers, but
the other fellows, they assert, are
sort OF mechanical in their racing,
merely following directions of their
drivers and without seeming to know
what 1t Is all about. But Franz" and
''VnnVp Inn" ah II,
any horse.
SAN FRANCISCO. = Diff Jessica
Peixotto Of the University of Califor
ala has been appointed to the advis-
DRY committee Of the Foreign Ian.
guage Information Service, headquar.
tiers In New York Efforts will be
made to form San Francisco unit of
the organization.
BEDFORD. Ind. - Building stona
produced in the United States this
year may greatly exceed the total of
asst year II activity of the first seven
months continues. Figures compiled
by the geological survey Department
of the Interior, place the building
stone production of last year at &c..
100000 cubic feet. OF this total In
diana limestone from the Bedford
Bloomington district made up approx
imately 80 per cent of 11,500,0O0 Gu.
bic feet.
CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y.-An attack
on the policies Of the United States
In dealing with South and Central
American countries and review of
in Europe from the view
point Of the Christian Church were
heard at the sessions Of the Institute
on International Relations, held I'M
der direction of the Commission on
international Justice and Goodwill Of
the Federal Council of Churches.