The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-04
FOREIGN

enburg. owing to the flood of the mine
by the Erlenbach river.
Caribou and native reindeer are re-
ported ranging the hills like droves OF
sheep in full view of Dawson, Y L.
As it is calving time, the herds are not
allowed to be molested, and instead of
shooting with gun the citizens OF
Dawson are shooting" with camera.
Electrically operated trains on the
mountain lines at Gotlhard ana
I.oetschberg are making part OF the
Iclrrent they consume. On down grades
where gravity is the motive force. cleo
iricity is generated 50 successfully that
there is an estimated saving of % TO
so per cent in current.
Two hundred and four tenements,
stores and other buildings in Honolulu,
declared unsafe and insanitary. have
been torn down since the beginning of
! The building cleanup campaign IN
augurated last year by city Officials.
according to recent official report on
the progress of the drive
A link with the old days of the
Hawaiian monarchy was broken re-
Gently when the death occurred of
Mrs. Emily c. Judd. widow of Charles
Hastings Judd. chamberlain To King
Kalabaua, the last king of Hawaii.
IN. H., March 10, 1910. and went to
Hawaii in 1858.
Pursuit of the mirage of religious
freedom has been taken up again by
10000 Mennonites. For four centuries
the sect has followed the phantom. Ar
rangements were completed for the
transportation of the colony now resid-
ing in Canada to land in Mexico, pur-
chased from the Obregon government
for S3.0O0.0OO.
A conference of the foreign minis
ters of Lithuania. Letva ana Esthonia
will be held in Riga in June, according
TO advices. 1t is understood that the
originally WAS suggested by
Finland with the view to organization
Of II league of Baltic states. Although
Finland and Poland are nor expected
10 participate 1t is believed that the
eague, if it comes into being, Will have
he support of both countries.
GENERAL
Letters and documents signed by
'oyal personages of former centuries
brought only 81 TO Sl4 each in an auc
ion sale at Philadelphia, while Bcnja
min Franklin's essay on "Hysrone
ers" went for S2T0.
There is great increase in the
number of bankruptcies which have
,een gazetted by the Board of Trad,
Turing the last three months, 1913 hin
ng been listed against $40 for the COZ
period in 1920.
State police headquarters al Viii
iaSlson, nv Na,. received repar.s ,liat
i west Virginia state trooper and a
kentucky nutional gu;lrdsnan were |
killed AT Nolan, when fighting in the |
rug river battle zone was resumed
Governor Stephens of California
'igIied tt bill which provid : That all
male alien residents of California over
Il years of age shall be reg ,, cred and
hall pay an annual poll tan 81 $40 into
he school fund of the county III which
hey reside.
\. s.. Enbree, self-acknowledged l.
" W. lender. was sentenced from one
o ten years in the stare penitenliary |
fter having been found guilty of Grim
nal syndicalsm by a jury at Wallace
daho. On the witness stand Einl,re
declared he filled The place of Wali,ln
,. Haywood rs supreme officer of ih,
{. W. w. for two months in 1918.
Sidney J. Cats. former governor of |
Florida. was indicted for peonage ~ /
Pensacola, Fla, by federal grand |
jury. The indictment charges thu,
arts. atter obtaining pardons for two |
negro convic1s. forced them to work Oh |
one of his farms in west Florida. The
CORNER governor recently was indicted
ny the Eradford county grand jury for
accepting SI0o for II pardon for Il pris
oner serving a life term for murder.
1t was announced al the Union Ma
ttonal bank in Newcastle, Pa, That The
five bandits who held up the bank had
secured S6O,300 1t was also stated
thai the bandits failed 10 take S41s.-
900 in securities which was within
their reach
The Board Of Regents of the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma adopted II resolution
prohibiting students from maintaining
automobiles while attending The insti-
tuition. Possession of motor cars was
declared TO be detrimental to the best
interests of the students.
The universe is one thousand times
greater than ever claimed by scientists.
according to DIR. Harlow Shapley. Har.
ward astronomer. DIR. Shapley an
nounces discoveries which go to prove
that the earth is at least 100000. .Ooo.-
o0o,000,0 100000 miles from the center
OF the center of the universe.
Offering of cigars at election polls
by candidates was held to be a viola
tlon of the corrupt practices act by the
District Court after Jacob Beck town
ship treasurer of Granite Falls, Mimi.
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