The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-01-21
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
CONDENSED FOR READERS

Senior Joaquin Nabuco, Brazilian
ambassador to Washington, died
Monday.
This years orange crop in Cali
fornia has been damaged approx
mately $l,000,000 by heavy frosts.
George Tophan, who is believed
to have been one of the oldest white
men in the United States, died in
Grangeville, Idaho, at the age of 1903.
An agreement. between the rail-
roads operating out of Chicago and
their switchmen has not been
reached
For the third time the house of
representatives has passed bill
giving separate statehood to the ter
ritories to New Mexico and Arizona.
Secretary Ballinger has recon-
mended the appropriation of 100000
to survey the agricultural and graz
ing lands in Alaska. -
During the calendar year 1909
Portland, Or, exported more wheat
than any other customs district in
the United States except New York.
A fight on the federal corporation
tax law has been launched in Chica-
60 to test the constitutionality of
the act.
Secretary Ballinger has recon-
mended the appropriation of $780,
600 to irrigate and drain from 10000
to 10000 acres of low land on the
Yakima Indian reservation.
Every indication that the price of
shoes will go up was given at the
National Shoe Wholesalers Associa-
ton convention held in Boston.
The river and habor appropriation
bill provides upwards of $30,O00,OOO
for improvements upon the national
streams and harbors.
The international Harvester Com
pany has distributed $20,0OO,0O0 in
common stock to its stockholders,
representing part of its profits for
the past seven years.
President Taft. has expressed the
wish that at least one house insur-
gent be placed on the committee
that is to investigate the Pinchot-
Ballinger affair.
Representative Diekma of Michi-
gan has formally announced his can
didacy for speaker of the house OF
representatives to succeed Mr.. Can
non at the next session.
More than $4,000 acres of timber
grass and brush land were burned
over and loss exceeding $l,000,00C
was entailed by forest fires in Cali
fornia last year,
sion has decided in favor of the Cal
ifornia Growers Exchange in its ap-
peal for relief from excessive charges
for refrigerator cars.
That the Cunningham coal cases
will drag on many years is the ap.
parent promise from the statement
made by some of the claimants that
they will spend their fortunes be-
fore they will quit fighting.
Federal control of the open range
Endorsement of the Pinchot admin.
istration of the forest service and
range lease law were approved
at the session of the National Live.
stock Association at Denver.
An attack has been made before
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion on the legality of the trans
portation by express companies or
parcels or packages weighing foul
pounds or less.
The Lafean apple-packing bill, in
tended to drive Western apples on
of the Eastern markets, lies dor
mant in the house committee on ag
riculture, and thus far there ha
been no indication that it is to b.
pressed for consideration.
The United States has lost it
place as the greatest wheat produc
ing country in the world and Russi;
has won that distinction, Russia hav
ing last year produced 7S3,0O0,OO'
bushels, or 100000 more than TIL
United States.
To solve the mystery of the dis
appearance of Lord Osborn Beau
clerk, wealthy and titled English
man, and his companion, Warrington
Pike, of Victoria, B. c., an expedi
ton is being fitted out at San Diego
Cal, to search the shores of thu
Gulf of California.