The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-12-05
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WESTERN
After being in the Gold Hunter mime
al Mullan, Idaho, since Nov loth'
when they were entOmbed by a siide
of earth, P. H. Grant and Emil Sayko'
miners. were taken out alive after two
weeks
An American negro who deserted
recently from the Tenth United States
cavalry is reported to be the leader
of band of approximately 300 Yaqui
Indians who raided the eastern part
of the Moctezuma District in Noyem-
ber.
Alb. Cook of Helena and Townsend,
Mont, railroad contractor, whose hob
by is raising fancy Hereford cattle,
was elected president of the American
Hereford Cattle Breeders Association
Kansas City, Mo.
The Oregon Short Line has been or
dered by the United States railroad
administration to complete at once the
spur track near Briggs, Idaho, which
will unlock 100000 tons of coal. 1t
is said that 25,OO0 tons of coal is ready
for shipment as soon as the track is
completed.
Eighteen aerOplanes will be station
ed in Montana next summer for forest
patrol work, six of them at sub-base
in Helena and twelve at the main base
in Missoula, if plans of the state and
federal foresters of the Northwest, ap-
proved by the director of air service
training and operations, are carried
out.
Direct from London statue of the
late Queen Victoria was received at
Victoria B. C. recently TO be set up OH
the grounds in front of the British
Columbia parliament buildings. The
statue weighs three tons. 1t was ready
for shipment last year. British Col
umbia officials did not have it shipped
at that time because they feared Ger,
man submarines.
A bomb was found in the employ
ment office of the San Francisco Wa
ter Front Employers Association, po
lice said, shortly before it was timed
to explode. About 200 persons wert
in the office at the time. The employ
ers' association for some time has
been hiring men to replace striking
members of the Riggers and Steve
dores' union.
Sheriff William Viersma of Sioux
County, Orange City, Iowa, would like
TO hear from some one who can identi
fy the body of a man found dead one
mile west of Ireton, Iowa, in NOvem
ber He was evidently about As years
of age. five feet tall and weighed
about 140 pounds. The only identifi
cation marks found was the tattoo OF
his left arm of an anchor. cross ant
heart with the initials C. T. below it
General appearance would indicate III
was man of more than passing con
sequence.
WASHINGTON
President Wilson has appointed Con
gressman Joshua w. Alexander o
Gallatin, No., to be Secretary of Com
merce.
]. Franklin Fort, former governo
of New Jersey and chairman of tn
Federal Trade Commission, has re
signed because of Ill health.
Senator Sterling's bill making it ur
lawful to display radical flags or en-
blems and barring from the mails a
matter advocating overthrow of tn
government or destruction of propert
has been considered by the Senate, bu
final action was deferred on objectio
by Senator Borah of Idaho.
Testimony that Frederic c. Howe
former commissioner Of immigratio
at Ellis Island, had ordered deporta
tions of radicals held up, althoug
final deportation orders had been re
ceived from the Department Of Labol
was given to the House Immigratio
Committee by Percy A. Baker, super
intendent of the island.
Navy department officials expresse
surprise at the action of the suprem
council in allocating one German bat
tleship and destroyer to each of tn
allies and associated powers for ex
perimental purposes. The Unite
States had not asked for any of tn
German vessels and said they woul
be of little use to this country, evel
for experimental WORK, as 1t is a.
serted there was little the American
navy can learn from the German YES
seis
The board of temperance, prohibi
ton and public morals of the Meth
odist Episcopal church announces tha
it contemplates no general campaign
against the use of tobacco, but woul'
confne its efforts to n fight agains
its use by minors.
The record billion dollar congresse
of ordinary peace times faded into tn
past when Secretary Glass, presenting
the annual estimates, proposed ap
preparations of practically S5,0O0,00o,
900 for conducting the peace-time nc
tivities of the government during th'