Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

rooming house in which they were
sleeping at Mitchell, Neb. The fire
is supposed to have been caused by
the upsetting of n lamp.
The bodies of Joe West, ranch
worker, his wife and their two chill
dren, aged and 8 years, were found
in their home near Roundup, Mont,
by relatives. Authorities said the in
dications We're that West killed him
self after shooting his wife and chill
dren.
Life-sized portraits of Theodore
Roosevelt, bearing his last message ON
Americanism, are to bep laced in every
school throughout the country through
the efforts of the American Defense
Society, according to an announcement
from the headquarters of that organiz-
alton.
Sacakuku, chief of the HOpi Indians,
formally welcomed the pale face to his
domains and directed number of In
dian campfire dances symbolic of
peace and good will in special cere-
monial at Grand Canon, Ariz., to mark
the dedication of the Grand Canyon
National Park.
w. r. Powell, Department of JUS
tice agent at Albuquerque, received
package that officials for a time sus-
pected was bomb. When it was fl
nally opened, however, it was found
to contain an alarm clock. 1t bore Il
Tucson, Ariz., postmark and is be-
neved to have been intended as joke.
Imprisonment for from one to three
years was the sentence imposed at
Phoenix In the Superior Court on
Harry Hurley, business man and
rancher, convicted on charge of
grand larceny in connection with the
taking of 1,200 sacks of cement be-
longing to the State Highway Commits
sion.
Thomas Morris, 126 years old, is
dead at the home of Charles Mitten,
ranchman, eight miles northeast of
Ansley, Neb. He was born in Berren,
North Wales, January 10, 1904 The
aged man never married and followed
the profession of q cobbler for 100
years. He came to this country in
1871, locating at Streator, H., and
moved to Custer county, Nebraska, in
1886.
Ex-service men may enlist for an eX-
tended cruise with the fleet, according
to word received at the Denver Navy
Recruiting Station, that the United
States battleship Connecticut, flagship,
accompanied by the U. S. s. Michigan,
the U. S. S. Minnesota, U. S. S. Kan
sas, U. S. S. South Carolina and U. S.
8. New Hampshire will make an ex-
tended cruise. Men re-enlistng for
this cruise will be sent to Philadelphia,
Pa, with orders to report to the com
mander of the squadron for duty.
WASHINGTON.
Approximately $780, 100000 has
been saved for 1921, Chairman Good of
the Appropriations Committee told the
House. The reductions will not pre-
vent the "healthful and vigorous func-
tioning of every needed government
activity" he said, adding, however,
that they did mean retrenchment.
The House bill approprating $780,
100000 for deficiencies in government
operation of railroads and $4,000 900
for miscellaneous deficits has been
passed by the Senate
The navy's radio system wherever
located, would he open to transmission
of commercial business messages. in
Guiding press dispatches for two years,
under u resolution ordered favorably
reported by the House Merchant Ma
rine Committee as substitute for the
Senate measure.
The average cost of living for wage
earners advanced per cent between
November, 1919, and March, 1920, ac-
cording to n report made public by
the national Industrial conference
board. This makes total OF 94S per
cent since July, 1914, and OF 81 per
cent within one year, the report said.
After forty years of congressional
discussion OF the advantages of a bud
get system, the Senate has passed SEN
ator McCormick's budget bill without
a roll call or n dissenting voice. The
House has also passed budget bill,
and with 1t the Mccormick bill will
now go to conference. There is con-
siderable difference between the two
measures,
The United States is consuming its
oil supply fourteen times as fast as the
rest of the world. This fact is brought
to the public attention by the United
States geological survey in warning
Of fuel shortage to come at the present
rate Of consumption of the nations
petroleum supply. The last figures on
the worlds oil supply, the geological
surveys report shows, disclose that the
foreign countries are using only one
half as much petroleum as the United
States, while they have seven times as
much oil In the ground