The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-06-06


Five children of former President
james A. Garfield will share alike IN
the distribution of the $1,000 estate
left by their mother, Lucretia r. Gar
field, who died several months ago at
Los Angeles.
While bank elearings 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,o0O
Clearings on. citrus sales alone are ay-
eraging 100000 daily.
d. Thompson, 4. f. Kennedy and
C. V. Pickup of Los Angeles narrowly
escaped death when two airplanes in
which they We're riding crashed to-
gether a thousand feet in the air above
Santa Monica cafon near Santa Mon
lea, Calf, and plunged to earth.
The 100000 acres of Texas land
sown in wheat last autumn are eX-
pected to produce a crop of 10000
900 bushels, five times larger than any
previous Texas wheat crop. The Tex
as growers, guaranteed a price of
S22S a bushel, figure total return
OF s91, 100000 in round figures, with
a S10000e00 reduction as the approx
innate cost of production.
Although he was handcuffed to a
telegraph pole along with David Da-
more, a 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 Damores request. Damore told
the Sheriff's office that he was robbed
of diamonds and cash aggregating
$1,000.
A good roads program to cost $40
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 sTs
tenn.
Mrs. Ethel MCGOWAN, indicted al
Sacramento, Calf, under the name OF
Ethel Loar, charged with sending q
threatening letter to Governor Ste
phens, appeared in court and furn-
fshed $500 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-
sr.. .1s to- l,.Rfl
been returned against her.
WASHINGTON
More than $4,000 pounds of wool,
valued at more than S7,00o0o0, 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-
thoritfes to station enough troops in
that section to safeguard American
lives and property.
Only by increased rates can the gov
ernment controlled railroads meet OPP
Grating expenses, Director General
Hines of the railroad administration,
told the House Appropriations Com
mittee. He is opposed to any in
crease at this time, however, because
il might advance the cost of necessi-
ties of life.
Secretary Baker told the House Mil
itary Committee he had authorized the
sale of $25,000,000 worth of surplus
food stocks held by the army to the
Cooperative Purchase Society of Rus
sia. The society is composed of 90
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 S10,000,-
900 damages were upheld in part by
The supreme Court in disposing of APP
peals from the Circuit Court of APP
peals which reversed with modifica-
tons that judgment.
Every mint in the United States
has been put to work by Director Ray
Baker turning out 1-cent pieces in an
effort TO keep pace with the enormous
demand f2s This coin. BY instituting
a twenty-four-hour day the output has
been pushed to 90,0oo000 cents a
month.
Federal Court DEGREES dismissing in
junction proceedings brought by the
lincoln, Neb., Gas and Electric Light
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