The Arvada enterprise., 1921-09-15

WESTERN
California's population, according to
the 1920 census, is 75.4 per cent native
white, 1919 per cent foreign.born, 81
per cent Japanese, O.8 per cent Chi
nese, O.5 per cent Indian and IL per
cent negro.
Lightning struck 5O,OOO-barrel oil
tank ut Redel. Kan. The tunk cxplo,.
ed and the column OF smoke could b.
seen from Kansas City. No one WIS
injured. At CarrOltOn, Mo-. another oil
tank was struck and destroyed. Both
tanks were owned by the Prairie Pipa
Line Company.
The California alien poll tax luw wa
declared unconstitutional by the State
Supreme Court In unanimous deci
sion which held that the measure WIS
In violation of the fourteenth amend
ment to the United Suites Constitution
and to the treaty between the United
States and Japan.
Ransome j. Thompson was sen
fenced to term not to exceed fif
teen years In the state penltentinry
after he had pleaded guilty to two
counts charging grand larceny In the
misapprOpriatiOn Of $780, 900 and $780,
600 from George A. HORNED 4 Co..
packers. Mt Austin, Texas.
Mike Mccoy. alias f. w. Brown.
confessed to the police of Oakland To
the murder Of IL patrOlman In Parsons.
Kan, Aug. IL, 1919. Mccoy has been
employed until recently In n lumber
camp at Standard, Calf. He says In
his confession, according to the police,
that he fired on the officer while re.
sisting arrest.
A thug went to the home Of A. j.
Peterson. postmaster ut Tornillo. Tex,
first made friends with the watch do.
and tied him securely I'm shed, then
went to the porch, where Mr.. Peterson
and his wife were asleep and stabbed
the postmaster over the heart. After
choking Mrs. Peterson and hitting her
In the face with gun, the man es-
capped. The pOstmaster's recovery Is
doubtful. Mrs. Peterson said the thug
was a man who nursed grievance
against her and her husband.
Mrs. Henry o. Hale. wife Of a Gyp-
sum miner in Fort Dodge, Iowa, has
become the wealthiest woman, and
possibly the wealthiest person In that
city. She is the daughter Of Wallnce
Farley, weafthiest citizen Of Boone
county, who died. His will, filed for
probate in Boone, left her onc.lIalf OF
bis estate, valued at more than $1,000
600. Her husband digs rock for the
American Cement Plaster Company.
He has been on strike since July l..
Hale and his wife live In a humble
dwelling In the Gypsum district. They
have been married little more than u
year.
WARRINGTON
Representative Samuel N. Taylor OF
Arkansas died ut his home In WASH
ingtOn, after an Illness Of several
week, Of pleurIsy and pneumonia.
Farm crops Of the United States,
excluding forest, nursery ind green
house products, had n total value Of
$l4, 1853 .S5s. 4O7 In 1910, the bureau Of
census announced. The corresponding
value Of crops In 1909 was 1921 $50
683, the 1919 figure representing un In.
crease Of 1872 per cent In ten years.
appointment Of Jewish H. -Carris. for.
merly Of Newark, N. J., AZ director Of
the federal board for vocational cduc,,
ton was announced by the board. Mr..
CsrrIs, who formerly was chief Of tn"
Industrial rehabilitation division. viii
have charge Of all educational nctIvi.
ties Of the board and supervision over
allotment Of federal funds TO tho
states.
The National Wholesale Grocers' A..
ISOLATION filed q protest with the de-
partment Of Justice against any mohIf.
cation OF the recent court decree
which divorced the big packing con.
Germs from their grocery interests. TO
allow the packing interest to re.cngago
In the grocery business "would be
against the public interests" the pro.
test SGT forth.
The War Department, In an official
announcement. disposed Of the runor
that the olive drab uniform was going
to give way to the blue uniform "f Old.
However, the department stated TINT
regulations would be changed TO permit
the wearing Of slit In the bottom Of
the coat skirt and to permit hook on
the coat that will hold the revived Sam
Browne belts In place.
Plans for 4 nationwide demons'ra-
ton srmistIce DAY under the leadership
Of organized labor IN support Of the
purpose underlying the international
conference on the limitation Of urina.
meat" were announced by the An3rI.
can Federation Of Labor. Central
unions have been asked to organize
parades and mass meetings on thnt day
VIXEN the international conference b..
Gins.
President Harding has accepted the
hsnsrary presidency u the Press Con.
sssps Of the World, 70 b held 10 Hon.
sae1A nsEt Deea.