White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-08-14
Worlds News

NEW YORK.-The trend of the ma
chine tool and machinery business Sc
far this month has been favorable
The activity, which started in June
has continued, and in most localitie.
shows no signs of slowing down, Am
erican Machinist reports. The activ
ity of industry in general is reflected
in the demands for machinery to in
crease production. The outlook is sat
isfactory and dealers look for business
to show steady Improvement over last
year.
LONDON.-The Canadian Pacific
show at Wembley this year includes
a Wonderland for children in the
shape of Treasure Island, which is
encircled by miniature train drawn
by a replica of one of the giant Pacific
type engines. There the children see
the sandy beach on which Robinson
Crusoe and his man Friday disported
themselves. They can meet well-be
loved characters out of the story
books, such as Long John Silver, Jim
Hawkins, Tweedledum and Tweedle-
dee, and they can visit caves and
Noah's arks with strings of moving
animals, see 18th century ships
manned by pirates, etc. The train
passes through the Connaught Tunnel
and winds in and out of the Canadian
Rockies through the Great Divide,
passing realistic reproductions of
Banff and Lake Louise, and there is
a park full Of wild" animals and all
sorts of marvellous things. Viscount
Jellicoe was one of the early visitors
to Treasure Island and he said: "This
is but another of the great things the
Canadian Pacific Railway is doing,
and am sure that the miniature
trains are going to prove in conjunc-
ton with Treasure Island one of the
drawing cards of the Exhibition :"
Treasure Island" was honored by a
visit also from King George and
Queen Mary.
SAN FRANCISCO. = Secretary of
Commerce Herbert Hoover is taking
eastward an engraved gold plate in.
wiling President Coolidge to attend
the California Diamond Jubilee Cele.
bration here early in September Mr.
Hoover told the jubilee committee
that he would try to persuade the
President to come. The invitation Is
signed by Governor Richardson, Mayor
Rolph of San Francisco and officials
Of the festival. The gold used in 1t
was mined near Grass Valley, Cal.
NEW YORK.I-Mill operations are
heavier than year ago in most of
the building materials. Despite pos.
sibilities of fuel difficulties at manu-
featuring plants in the not distant fu-
ture, prices have shown no marked
tendency to advance, Engineering
NewsRecord reports. The past week
witnessed slight expansion in the
steel output. No actual scarcity of
any basic material exists. The de-
mand has been good, but buying has
been confined mostly to small ton
mage lots, with quick mill deliveries
Aside from slight fluctuations in the
price OF pipe, concrete aggregates and
lime, and a drop in linseed oil, the
market is holding quietly to last
weeks levels. The trend in labor Is
in the direction of more work and
fewer strikes. There are few major
time in the construction industry. In
the neutrality-suspicious. controversy, a
working agreement has been entered
into between employers and members
of the plasterers union, whereby the
| latter may return to work.
SAN F'RANCISCO.-David M. Fol
som, assistant to the president Of the
General Petroleum Corporation, at the
request of Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover, left for Washingtno,
d. c., to assist in recognizing the
federal Bureau of Mines. Secretary
Hoover has selected representative
group Of mining and petroleum engi-
neers to aid him in his efforts to
bring the mining bureau closer to the
people. Mr.. Folsom will represent the
petroleum branch. He was federal oil
director for the Pacific Coast under
the oil division Of the Fuel Admins
tration in 1918.