White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-05-22
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senior college and university students
and graduate students of proved abil-
| ity, who wish to specialize in the study
of meat packing subjects as means
of fitting themselves to enter some
administrative or technical depart
ment of the packing industry, have
| been established at the University of
Chicago, according to an announce
ment by Oscar G. Mayer Of Chicago
president of the Institute of American
Meat Packers. Application for these
scholarships, which amount to $500
| each, will be received from graduates
of any university, agricultural college,
or school of business" the announce
ment states.
NEW YORK.-Copper, lead and tin
have taken turn for the better in
the week just ending, prices advanc-
ing, with rather sharp increases in
the red metal. The strength of these
markets is based mainly on improved
business conditions abroad, Mining
JOul iietl-A 1898 ISpUIlS. 1IGuL DllIdlu
return to the gold standard is hailed
with much satisfaction by metal pro-
ducers
EDMONrON.-Acqu the tract
of 100000 acres OF land holdings Of
the Western Canada Land Company,
originally purchased from the Cana
dian Pacific Railway, the British Set
Element Corporation plans great col
onization scheme for central and
northern Alberta. The lands in ques-
ton stretch across the province north
of Edmonton from the district north
of Vermillion to Wasamum 1t is in
tended to bring out large groups OF
immigrants, who will receive financial
assistance.
MOSCOW. Gen. Boris Savinkoff,
notorious anti-Bolshvist leader, has
committed suicide in his prison cell.
CIlICAGO.-Army aviators and ra-
do experts, who have been conducting
experimental flights, announced that
for the first time in radio history a
successful plane to earth converse
ton ha dbeen picked up and sent out
over the air again on Il different wave
length by broadcasting station. The
plane used 50-watt transmitter
broadcasting on $50 meters. This was
picked up by station WIS and re-
broadcast on their regular wave of 345
m with 1Ou nf MANY
listeners heard the airplane conversa-
ton.
C1ICAGO.-Inattention on the part
Of the automobile drived to the pedes-
loss of life in traffic accidents, ac-
cording TO bulletin issued by the
National Safety Council. "Inattention
causes more automobile accidents, as
far as is known, than any other one
thing" says the council. while speed
probably causes larger percentage
OF fatalities, it is ninth in the list of
causes of accidents" according to Mo
tor Vehicle Commissioner Steockel of
Connecticut.
WALLACE, 1daho.-Fire which for
a time threatened to wipe out the
town Of Gem, Idaho, destroyed four
residences recently and two women
were seriously burned. Workmen Of
the Hecla, Hamarack and Custer
mines were called to fight the flames
and brought the blaze under control.
CHICAGO.-Elbert III. Garry, chair
man of the board of the Steel Corpor-
alton, is conservative optimist" on
the business outlook. Gary Is here
for luncheon at Northwestern Uni
versity. He recently donated a law
building to the institution. There Is
no slump in business, Gary said, but
corporations next tonnage report will
show decrease Of between 100000
and $1,000 tons, he said.
MELBOURNE.-The Labor Council
functions for reception and entertain
ment of the United States fleet during
It's forthcoming visit to Australia. The
action was taken as protest against
Imprisonment of labor workers in Am
erica under the terms of the "espion-
age" act passed during the war. La
Dor leaders later explained that the
councils action did not constitute a
boycott and that the workers of Aus
tralia would fraternalize with the
rank and file of the men OF the Amer
lean fleet.
LOS ANGELES.-John G.. Pickford,
otherwise known as Jack Pickford,
and his wife, Marilyn Miller Pickford,
have applied for passports in the fed
eral court here for a several months
tour OF the British Isles, France, Italy,
Germany, Switzerland and other Euro
Dean countries. Pickford and his wife
will sal from New Yors on May %
on the steamer Majestic They stated
that they arc making the trip for
pleasure only.
| Despite the fact that from 1910 to
1920 the population Of the United
States increased Is per cent during
this same decade of domestic servants
decreased nearly rs per cent. Their
places, however were taken by the
various household electrical app1i-