The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-15

monthly payroll of the railroad admin
iStration since the end of government
control has been announced by Score
tary Payne. From 2.6l2 employees ir
February. with payroll of S57O,O7S
the number dropped to 1.195 in Au
gust. with payroll Of $2iO.575.
West Virginia, with a population OF
1.463,61O. an increase Of 24o.49l. O,
1919 per cent of 1910. has passed
Maryland in the relative standing OF
the states. West Virginia stood twenty.
eighth in 1910, and Maryland twenty.
seventh.
GENERAL
Health authorities at Boston have
detained as leper Joaquin Costa. 90
n mill operative. who had gone to a
hospital for treatment for a skin dis.
ease. 1t was said ne had undoubtedly
had lerrosy for several years withou,
Knowing it. Costa will he sent to the
state leprosarinm at Penikese island
the seventeenth of the unfortunates re.
| stricted there.
The death toll from the Wall street
explosion September Is has been in
| creased to 80 by the death of Alfred
G. Phipps. age IS. broker of New
York City. as a result Of burns. inter
nal injuries and fractures of both legs
A million and a half copies of the
text of the league of nations covenan
have been distributed over the United
States by the Democratic campaicn or
canization. it was announced in New
York by George White. chairman of
the Democratic national committee
More are on the press he added
land they will be going out to tn,
voters soon.
Albert A. Rosch. president of the
Aberdeen Chemical company of New
York. was held in $4,000 bail for OK
animation in connection with the Seiz
ure by federal agents of cocaine anr
morphine valued at So5O.OOo. Herman
Segal, salesman for the company
was held in 5000 bail While IN.
company had a permit to deal in
drugs. the federal agents charged thu,
the defendants had not complied with
the law requiring that all purchases
and sales be recorded on government
blanks.
Gimhel Brothers. Il large New Yor',
department store. will be tried on :
charge of profiteering December l
Federal Judge Sheppard set that dat"
on motion by counsel for the defense
There can he no immediate reduc-
ton in the price of furniture. accord,
ing To statement made by John I.
Young of Cleveland. president of the
Retail Furniture Dealers association
Of the United States.
The Lee Tire & Rubber company of
New York has announced reduction
in the price of its entire line of tires
from X to 20 per cent effective at once
throughout the country.
Real estate in New York City will
have an assessed valuation of S9.6OS.-
o1'.i61 for 1927. the board Of taxes
and assessments announces. This is
an increase of Sl.399 co.. 49i over the
present year. Value of taxable per-
Sonal property was placed at $685.
94' 600. The value on personal prop
critics Of John H. Rockefeller and John
n. Rockefeller. Jr. We're fixed at S.
100000 and S50O.NOO
Two indictments were returned hy
the grand jury in Boston against
Charles PonZi. the 80 per cent profit
financier who has been in Jail since
August 13. Each Indictment contains
AZ counts. charging use of the mails
in scheme TO defraud. The maxi
mum penalty on each count of an in
dictment for fraudulent use of the
mails in case of conviction is five
years imprisonment. Ponzi will be
arraigned later.
The White Star liner Baltic from
Liverpool and. Queenstown arrived in
New York last week with gold bullion
valued AT S7.5Oo.O0O consigned to
American bankers
The Hare'S Motors. Inc. operating
company for the Locomohle and Mer-
Ger concerns. announces the price of
standard IocomOhile cars has been
reduced $3.50. and Mercer models
81 600. The reductions are due TO .'Our
belief that the spirit of the times de-
mnndS a reduction in prices 50 that
The purchasing value Of the dollar may
he Increased 10 Il point where there i
sufficient buying power 10 properly
finance the business needs Of the couu-
Try, the announcement said.
Congressman Nicholas L0ngworth Of
Ohio announces thar he is Investigate
ing what scope congressional power
may have in protecting baseball games
He said he favorS fasehall auti-gam-
bling legislation and that he hopes to
find ways and means for congress TO
take speedy action.
e. +. Bates. prominent attorney of
Sioux Falls. s. H.. and Jack RrenZier
a fisherman of Spicer. Mimi. were
drowned at the latter place when a
boat in which they and F.. G. Kennedy
also of Sioux Falls. were rowing. cap