Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
GENERAL.

~ 44lla4 = BTteL announced IN en-
cage be vas going into politics with
SreneTed vigor. 4
The nations bank clearings continue
to expand. Last weeks disclosed a
gain Of s255 900. 900 over the corre-
spending period Of 1910.
The Res. Clarence V. T. Richeson
viii be placed on trial on the chatge
of numbering Miss Avis LinneH, at
Boston. on January Is. 1912.
Wellesley College girls Of Boston
have started shoe shining parIor in
the basement Of the college building
They earned $50 the first week
Express Messenger Irving G. Barger
was killed and the safe IN sds eer Ola
the Delaware, Lackaxanna & Western
road looted of $500 TO $4,000. near
Scranton, Pa.
The small 2Ox epidemic in Duluth IS
assuming considerable proportions and
new cases are being reported daily
During the month Of October The dis
ease doubled in the number of its vic
Tins.
Red Cross Christmas stamps may
be sold in any building under the con-
( troll Of the Treasury Department. AS
sistant Secretary Bailey of the Treas
ury Department has issued the neces-
I sary permission.
Moving picture show promoters re
I ceiyed blow when the United States
( Supre me Court decided that moving
pictures based on scenes Of copyright
books may constitute an infringement
Of copyright rights.
The cost OF protective measures
/ taken by the United States along the
the Mexican border last spring was
. s1,73O,52G.52. This Is almost the grand
total. for by June goth a large part OF
the expense had been cut down
Secretary OF the Interior Fisher is
OF opinion that much Of the 100000
I 600 which # Is estimated is lost an
nually in American mining and metal
T lurgical Industries can be saved;
i wherefore. in his estimates for the
next fiscal year. he asks for 100000
for mineral waste Investigations.
'FeIon's stripes" as punishment
for trust criminals" in the UniteI
States to end Commercial piracy un-
/ der benevolent rules Of reason" arc
proposed. ia a bill amending the Sher-
man antitrust law drafted by Repre-
sentative henry Of Texas. to be intro
duced In the House upon the opening
Of Congress next month.
A contract has been let at New York
Z 10 sne American Bridge Company, for
a bridge across Hell Gate. The bridge
AL be three miles in length and the
largest OF !ts kind in fle world. Work
lnon the steel fabric viii commence in
pitisburg at Cnce and the contract
must be completed in two years and q
half
Mrs. Alexander B. White of Paris.
Tenn, was elected president of the
United Daughters OF the Confederacy
on tho second ballot at Richmond. Va.
Mrs. Livingston Il. Schuyler OF New
York. who had the support OF the Geor-
gia delegation Of 2I2. was defeated by
. 335 votes. the vote standing 1917 for
Mrs. White and Ti2 for Mrs. Schuyler.
/ The other general offices were unani-
mously reelected.
In the majority opinion OF the Com
merce Court in Washington. formally
I handed down in the transcontlnentai
rate cases. 1t is held that the long and
/ short haul provision Of The Interstate
/ Commerce act Is constitutional. Judge
Archibald cnncTrs in the issuance OF a
temporary Injunction of the orders o.
( the Interstate Commerce Commission.
btu in his opinion holds the long and
/ short haul provision to be invalid.
. .Fa,r .trla l.,
been meeting in Chicago for the last
I few days. closed their session after
formulating plans to combat the propa-
ganda in the interest of free sugar, al
legged to be carried on by the cane
sugar refiners and the New York i'm
porting interests. The beet sugar men
declare that they produce annually
100000 tons oil sugar, draw material
from sixteen states, extending from
Ohio to California, and pay the Amer
lean farmer $30,O00000 annually there
for. They contend that by putting raw
sugar on the fre list the domestic in
dustry would be destroyed. all compe-
titlon eliminated. and that thereafter
the importers and refiners would have
a complete monopoly.
Following the arrival Of 400 dele
gates to the seventh convention of the
Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs
In Galesburg. by special train. 300
more arrived, making this the largest
convention ever held in the state.
In order to maintain the parity OF
the postal savings bonds. the trustees
of the postal savings banks have an
nounced that they would purchase The
securities at par from persons com
PEELED to relinquish them. This action