Gilpin observer., 1920-01-22

kota City, Neb., was instantly killed
in an automobile accident at Sioux
Falls, S. d.
Ward McCrill, serving ninety-day
sentence in the county Jail ut MinOt,
N. d., on n bootlegging charge, shot
and killed Ernie Thompson, the jailer,
and escaped.
Jack Britton, welterweight champion
of America, will accompany Promoter
Cochrane to England in order to ac-
cept a $1G.50O offer to box the winner
of the Kid Lewis-Johnny Basham
match.
Starvation Is believed to threaten the
elk of the Sun river district in Mon
tana. There are 5000 animals in the
herds there. The range was in the
drought area and has been visited by
heavy storms.
Theodore Bell, counsel for California
wine interests, has announced that
some of his clients would submit to
prosecution in order to test the valid
ity Of constitutional prohibition. Manu-
facture and sale of wine for purposes
of testing the law would take piace
soon, he said.
Bank notes worth $4,000 were
stolen from the mailroom of the
steamer Cheloshin just before the
boat entered Vancouver harbor from
Prince Rupert, b. G. The mailrOom
was broken into and mail sacks We're
cut Open Police did not reach the
boat until all the passengers had left.
A dense fog, the first in the history
of Douglas, Ariz., obscuring objects
only few feet away, caused almost
total suspension of business for one
day. A headon street-car collision, re-
sulting in the injury of both the mo-
tOrmen, and an automobile truck col
lision, In which one man was injured,
occurred
American automobile manufacturers
have decided to spend $5,O00000 in
building good roads in China us pre-
liminary to an automobile sales cam
paign in that country, according to II.
j. Moore, sales manager for several
American automobile concerns, who
arrived in San Francisco from the Far
East on the liner TenyO Maru.
Production of oil from California
fields amounted to 101 ,221, ,7S4 barrels
in 1919, the daily average being 277,-
800, according to figures announced by
the Standard Oil Company. Total
crude stocks amounted to 32,042 ,923
barrels on Dec. 81, 1918, and 30, 4S0, ,323
on Dec 81, 1919, a decrease of 1,562, 500
In the crude oil reserve. Wells to the
number of $50 were completed and rs
wells were abandoned during the year.
WASHINGTON
With much pork" eliminated, the
annual rivers and harbor appropria-
tion bill carrying funds for the next
fiscal year has been reported to the
House by the ways and means com
mittee. The bill would appropriate
only Sl2,400,00O, slashing down of
$30,50O,O0O from the total submitted
and considerable cut from the amounts
usually carried.
Many marine mines which were car
ried away by the heavy storm which
prevailed over the North sea for sew
eral days are floating through the
Scandinavian straits.
The Supreme Court affirmed federal
court DEGREES approving rates pre-
scribed by the California railroad com
mission to be charged by Napa Valley
Electric Company, for power sold to
the California Light and Telephone
Company, and dismissing injunction
proceedings brought to prevent the
rates being put into effect.
Suffragists are speculating which
state will give the Susan B. Anthon!
amendments the vote necessary to ratl
flcation. Twenty-six notifications hav,
been achieved, four special sessions
have been agreed upon-Wyoming
New Mexico, Idaho and Arizona. Thre,
full suffrage states-Washington Ne
vada and Oklahoma-and West Vlr
ginia, where the legislature Is pledged
and the governor has declared he will
call a session sooner or later-brinl
the number to thirty-four. leaving tho
thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth to be wor
from Delaware, New Jersey, Missls
sippi, Maryland, Vermont and Con
necticut.
President Wilson may go to Hon
Olulu at the expiration of his term o.
office. At least Alexander Hum,
Ford rendered the President an invi
tation TO become active president o
the Pan-Paclfic Association and t.
"consder residence and leadership II
land where there is no race preju
dice"
Secretary Of the Interior and Mrs
Lane have announced the engagement
Of their only daughter. Nancy. to Phil
lip G. Kauffmann, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Victor Kaufman. The wedding will
take place In the late spring.