The Colorado statesman., 1919-06-07
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN
Western New.pap.r Union. rew. service.

WGSIEhN
Five children of former President
James A. Garfield will share alike in
the distribution of the 1900 estate
left by their mother, Lucretia II. Gar
field, who died several months ago at
Los Angeles.
While bank clearings for citrus
sales are breaking records in Ontario,
Calf, new high mark for orange
grove values was set by the sale re-
Gently of ten-acre grove for $2S,OOO.
Clearings on citrus sales alone are av-
eraging 100000 daily.
ID. Thompson, II. e. Kennedy and
c. V. Pickup of Los Angeles narrowly
escaped death when two airplanes In
which they were riding crashed to-
gether a thousand feet in the air above
Santa Monica canon near Santa Mon
1ca, Calf, and plunged to earth.
The 100000 acres of Texas land
sown in wheat last autumn are ex-
pected to produce crop of 4O,OOO,-
600 bushels, five times larger than any
previous Texas wheat crop. The Tex
as growers, guaranteed price OF
$22S a bushel, figure total return
of $91 100000 in round figures, with
$10,000,000 reduction as the approx
innate cost of production.
Although he was handcuffed to a
telegraph pole along with David Da-
more, Sacramento jeweler, by three
men who, they said, held up their auto
mobile near Mariner, Calf, Morris
Halpin, driver of the car, was arrest
ed as an accomplice to the robbery
upon Damore's request. DamOre told
the sheriff's office that he was robbed
of diamonds and cash aggregating
$4,000.
A good roads program to cost S4O,-
100000 is outlined in bonds for this
sum to be submitted to the people of
California in the next state election.
Chambers of commerce, automobile
clubs and commercial and civic organ
izations generally are advocating the
issue, which leads to the belief that
the bonds will carry and place Cali
fornia in the lead of all states in the
Union in improving its highway sys-
TEN.
Mrs. Ethel MCGOWAN, indicted at
Sdill., lut huiit VI
Ethel Loar, charged with sending a
threatening letter to Governor Ste
phens, appeared in court and furn-
ished 81, 800 bail for her release pend
ing arraignment in the Superior Court.
The bail was reduced from $1,000 be-
cause Mrs. MCGOWAN voluntarily sur
rendered when she learned in Chey-
enne, Wyo., that an indictment had
been returned against her.
WASHINGTON
More than $1,000 pounds of wool,
valued at more than S7,000,000, was
clipped in Utah during the sheep
shearing season just ended, according
to a statement made by c. b. Stewart,
secretary of the Utah Wool Growers
Association.
Reports of disturbed conditions in
the Yaqui valley in Sonora have
caused the State Department through
the American embassy in the City of
Mexico to request the Mexican au-
thorities to station enough troops in
that section to safeguard American
lives and property.
Only by increased rates can the gov
ernment controlled railroads meet op-
Grating expenses, Director General
Hines of the railrGd administration,
told the House Appropriations Com
mittee. He is opposed to any in
crease at this time, however, because
it might advance the cost of necessi-
ties of life.
Secretary Baker told the House Mil
itary Committee he had authorized the
sale of $25,00O,000 worth of surplus
food stocks held by the army to the
Cooperative Purchase Society of Rus
sia. The society is composed of 30
100000 heads of families, the secre-
tary said, and will give in exchange
for the food raw materials badly
needed in the United States.
Opinions of the Federal District
Court holding the Butte and Superior
Mining Company guilty of infringing
upon patented process owned by the
Minerals Separation, Ltd, and award
ing the latter approximately $10,000,-
900 damages We're upheld in part by
the Supreme Court in disposing of ap-
peals from the Circuit Court of Ap-
peais winch TeNerSeu WIFI moultlca-
tions that judgment
Every mint in the United States
has been put tr work by Director Ray
Baker turning out 1-cent pieces in an
effort to keep pace with the enormous
demand for this coin. By instituting
a twenty-four-hour day the output has
been pushed to 90,0000o0 cents a
month.
Federal Court DEGREES dismissing in
junction proceedings brought by the
Lincoln, Neb., Gas and Electric Light
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