Gilpin observer., 1919-12-25

Approximately SS,OOO,OOO is now
available for highway construction in
Nevada up to the end of 1921 through
such sources as state revenue, state
and county bond issues, federal aid,
etc.
Changes In Mexican laws allowing
expectation of silver will result in two
of the biggest mines in chihuahua be-
ing re-opened after Jan. 1, 1t was an
nounced at I'll PasO by #. l.. Cunning
ham, an owner Of one. The mines had
been closed for several years.
Famed by a heavy gale and with the
temperature close to zero, fire that
started in the basement of four-story
building occupied by the National Tall
ors in Cleveland, defied the efforts Of
the fire department for hours to con-
troll it. Damage was estimated Mt $780,
600
The county agent announced in Chi
cagO that 4,236 Christmas baskets of
food for the poor this year cost only 23
cents a basket more than in 1918. The
principal increases noted were raisins
which more than doubled, and pota
toes, which advanced S1.45 hundred
pounds
Thomas Baker, editor of the first
daily newspaper published in Montana,
the Montana Post, issued in Virginia
City In 1868, died ut the home of his
son, John Baker, aged 80. He was
born in London and during more than
thirty years he took n prominent part
In pioneer Montana journalism.
The ashes of the late w. c. Bosch
en- of New York, famous as n swOrdflsh
angler We're thrown on the waves
twelve miles from Avalon, Calf, one
day recently by Capt. George G. Farms
worth, his former boatman, to whom
he devised legacy of $4,000. This
was in accordance with wishes ex-
pressed by Boschen.
a twenty-four-day battle with death
ended at San Francisco with the ar
rival of the little schooner S. \. Castle,
. l3-year-old boy at her helm, bring
ing TO safety his father, the captain
his sick mother and crew of three
men. The Castle, three-masted
schooner, was ninetyfour days from
Apia, with a cargo of copra. Three
days from the Samoan port, the Castle
started leaking and shipping seas at
the rate of twelve feet day. Her
donkey engine was started up to run
the pumps and the cargo of copra fed
as fuel. Harry Anderson, 13-year-old
son of Captain Anderson, manned the
ship while his father worked with the
men at the pumps.
WASHINGTON
The urgency deficiency bill provid
Ing S33,000,00O for miscellaneous sub
iects, including s30,OOO,OOO for In
creased war risk insurance allowances
have been passed in the United States
Senate.
The Supreme Court has ordered the
government to show cause Jan. s why
original proceedings should not be in
stituted by the state of Rhode Island
ers to have determined the constitu-
tionality of the national prohibition
constitutional amendment.
Compromise efforts for ratification
of the peace treaty moved forward
with increasing impetus when the
leaders of both parties in the Senate,
released from legislative duties by the
holiday recess Of Congress, came ac-
lively into the negotiations for an
agreement on reservations.
Three and half million pounds of
sugar belonging to the Utah-Idaho Su-
proceedings brought by the govern
ment, will be distributed In cities of
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and west
ern Montana at once Mt wholesale
price OF 10h cents seaboard basis.
The War Departments service and
information bureau has undertaken a
campaign to inform former service
men that all in need OF medical or sur
gical treatment because of illness or
injury contracted in the army or navy
can enter an army or public health
service hospital or local civilian sani-
tarium, with all expenses paid by the
government. Discharged service men
should apply to the nearest army hos
pital or local representative of the
public health service for examination
or consult Red Cross representatives
or state and municipal health officers
Enactment by Congress of legisla-
tion to continue government control
over sugar during 1920 Is assured, Sen.
ator McNary, Republican of Oregon, in
charge of the control bill In the Sen.
ate, announced after u compromise had
been reached with opponents Of the
measure limiting extension Of the H.
censing powers to June 30, 1920.
The Federal Reserve Board has ad
vised all federal reserve banks which
have not yet begun their building op