Gilpin observer., 1920-04-08

western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.
w. ID. Askern, prosecuting attorney
of Pierce County, Washington, was
called to the door of his home at Ia
coma and shot. His wounds are re-
ported serious.
Robert NJ. Leatherwood, So years
old, one of AriZona's pioneers and
Apache Indian fighter in the frontier
days, dropped dead from heart failure
in restaurant at Tucson, Ariz.
Swan Odgaard, his wife and an un-
identified man We're killed when II
snowslde carried away the house in
which they were living in Little Cot
tonwood canon, north of Salt Lake
City.
While the special train bearing the
body of H. J. Temple, general super
intendent of the Southern Pacific Rail
road of Mexico, was speeding toward
Nogales, Ariz., Mrs. Temple, the widow,
gave birth to n girl.
Two men were killed, another lies
in Il critical condition, several others
We're injured and the lives of scores
of citizens endangered by the eXplo-
sion of an oil tank that demolished the
rear of the city garage at Porterville.
Cal.
Sale of the Home Oil Refining Com
pany to the Anglo-American Oil Com
pany of London has been completed at
Fort Worth, Texas. The sum involved
In the transaction was S30OOO,OOO, ii
was said. The Home company was
placed in the hands of receiver two
months ago.
Now comes Arizona as Il cotton
state. The last of the 19l9-l920 Egyp-
tian cotton crop has been picked re-
Gently. 1t will bring S20,0OO,0OO at
average market price. The cotton was
raised for the most part in the Salt
River valley, which surrounds Phoe-
nix. Nearly $1,000 acres were planted
to cotton in that district
Prohibition agents have been asked
by the Washington officials to keep
sharp lookout for mysterious air
plane which flies over the Canadian
border every night into Montana and
drops Il paraschute. The information
is that the parachute carries a guam
tity of whisky which is disposed of by
bootleggers. After dropping the para
chute, the airplane goes back into Can
ada without landing.
WASHINGTON.
Mrs. Edward Bell, wife of the sec
retary of the American embassy at
Toxic, has been appointed counselor of
the embassy. She is the first woman
to be named for this position.
Nationwide reports from federal re-
serve bank officials, made public at
Washington disclose their opinion that
the postwar era of "extravagance and
reckless buying by the public is near
ing its end
An airplane mail service operating
between New York and San Francisco
by way of Chicago was authorized by
the Senate in adopting an amendment
TO the postoffice appropriation bill.
The sum of S1,45o,000 is set aside by
the bill to he used by the postmaster
general in purchasing, equipping and
operating the mail planes
Print paper costing not more than
s cents pound would be admitted
tax free under bill amending the
revenue act, passed unanimously by
the House and sent to the Senate.
The present law fixed 3 cents rs the
limit, but members said none ut that
price was obtanable for import.
House and Senate conferees on the
IL, 70
listed and commissioned personnel of
OF the army and navy failed TO reach
an agreement and the House managers
will ask the House for further instruc-
tiOns. The House conferces object to
including increased pay for soldiers In
the measure.
A census of the available stock of
hides and skins in the United States
and public knowledge OF the facts will
tend to reduce the cost of shoes and
OF leather goods, Representative
Charles A. Nichols of Michigan told
the House census committee. While
the United States produces only about
40 per cent of the hides needed for
its leather requirements, there has
never been any difficulty about get
ting an adequate supply from South
America and other foreign countries,
said Nichols.
DIR. A. w. Stickney and II. d. 4.
Reynolds, Americans residing in Lon
don, recently reported to have been
captured by Bolsheviki at Novo Niko.
laievsk, are in the Altai district OF 81.
beria, safe, the American consul nj
Harbn reported to the State Depart.
ment at Washington.
Japan has Informed the State De
partment Mt Washington of its adhe
sion to the arrangement under which