Taiban Valley news., 1921-12-02


notified by authorities at Leavenworth
Kan, that, through an examination of
finger print records, man who was
mySteriously slain near there about
\ two weeks ago has been identified as
William B. Brousefleld, an /. w. W.
organizer of San Diego, Calf.
c. Frederick Kohl, San Francisco
capitalist and clubman, was found dead
in his room at Del Monte Lodge, at
Del Monte, Cal, with a revolver in
his hand. He had been in ill health
for years as the result Of being shot in
the chest several years ago by do
nestle believed to have been insane,
Relics Of the pioneer California
days of .1S49 were stolen from the mu-
scum OF the Association of Pioneer
Women of California in Golden Gate
park al San Francisco, according to
reports to the police. Many of the
most valuable of the antiques in the
collection, which had taken years to
gather, were reported missing
Gas, which was said to be flowing
ut the rate of 100,O00,000 cubic feet a
day, broke through the casing of a
we'll of the Royal Dutch Shell Oil
Company at Signal hill, near Long
Beach, Calf, and burst into flames.
The cause of the blaze was undeter-
mined, but it was believed to have
been from friction on the cement cas-
ing.
A hip pocket was held to be Joint
or Illicit liquor resort within the mean
ing of the Washington "joihtist' stat
ute, when John Misertrich was. con
victed in Supreme Court at Monte
sano, Wash. Sentence was deferred,
but under the verdict a penitentiary
sentence is mandatory. Witnesses had
testified Misertrich went about selling
whisky from flask.
William Bouck of SedrO Woolley,
Wash, former master of the Washing
ton State Grange; c. r. Cottrell, j.
r. Wrage and X. A. Briggs, all of
Washington state, were expelled from
the National Grange at its convention
at Portland, Ore, and forever barred
from re-entering the order. BoucE
and his associates were accused OF
radical and disloyal actions.
WASHINGTON
The Supreme Court has refused to
hear the case brought by Texas Chero-
kee Indians involving title to more
than a million acres of land In Texas.
A positive order was issued by the
Interstate Commerce Commission re-
quiring railroads to put the approx
mately 16 per cent decrease In hay
and grain rates into effect on or be-
fore next Dec. 81.
BY series Of orders just issued the
Interstate Commerce Commission has
given permission to a number of west
ern railroads to fix their freight rates
on ores in accordance with the value
of the material shipped.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes,
returning from survey of liquor con-
ditlons in Michigan and along the
Canadian border, declared in state
ment he was more optimistic as TO
enforcement Of the Eighteenth amend
ment than any time since assuming Of
flee"
Postmasters have been asked by
Postmaster General Hays to lend Il
hand for the first time in attempts to
locate missing people. While they must
not Interfere with private affairs or
act as collection agents, postmasters
were instructed to investigate each
case reported to them and when con.
vinced of Its genuineness to make in
quirles of other postmasters.
A deficiency appropriation bill car
rying approximately $104,000,000, or
$S6,000,000 less than the S100,000 900
requested by various government de-
partments, was reported by the House
appropriations committee. The navy
asked for $27, 100000 and was granted
nothing, while the veterans bureau,
which requested $121 100000, was al
lotted $65,000,000.
Conservative estimates of motor
vehicle production for 1921 forecast n
total Of 100000 passenger cars ana
trucks. This compares with 1,92S,O00
for 1920. InasmUch as it was predict
ed that 1921 would be a "mlllon-car
year." this output is highly gratifying
to the industry, for it demonstrates
conclusisely that the sale of motor
vehicles is established on solid foun-
dations regardless of general Industrial
conditions.
OF $108,213, 1885 collected in regis
tration fees from 9,245,195 passenger
cars and commercial vehicles, 2S,114
trallers and 177,234 motorcycles, as
we'll as chauffeurs' licenses in the for
ty-eight states and the District Of Co
lumbla, Jan. l to July /, 1921, accord
ing to the United States bureau Of pub
lie roads, the sum Of $101, ,793, ,410, or 81
per cent, is available for good roads.
Total revenue for the year 1920 in reg
Istration fees was $102, SAG, ,21225. The
revenue for the first half Of this year,
therefore, exceeded the entire revenue
for 1920 by S5,660953.0S