The Colorado statesman., 1921-09-24

WESTERN
Out of custody hut not out of pris-
on for nearly three days, three of the
five men who took part In the break
from the Utah state prison at Salt
Lake City were found hiding within
the prison wall.
Alaska yielded the greatest amount
OF gold in the Yukon valley this year
Statistics made public recently by
Superintendent Richard of the north
ern commercial posts in Alaska,
showed that of the valleys total yield
of S4,0O0,OOO, Alaska's output wos 81
$4,000 Yukon terIltory's output was
Sl,25O,OO0 and Atlin, B. G., $4,000.
Veterans of the famous Eighty
ninth division, recruited from Colo
RADIO, New Mexico, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska and South Dakota, are to be
reassembled in the first great reunion
OF the division In Kansas City, Mo,
on Oct. 80, 81 and Nov. !, according To
plans announced by Burton A. Smead,
secretary of the Division War Society
which is planning the event.
City and county supervisors of San
Francisco recently voted three eXten-
sions of the municipal street railway
system calling for immediate eNpendi-
ture of $S50,OOO. The expenditure is
TO be made, ii was announced, from
surplus earnings tOtnling Sl,2OOOOO In
the street railway replacement fund.
San Francisco street rulIways, city and
privately owned, collect > cents car
fare.
Jimmy Murphy, American automo-
biledrlver, who won the Grand Prix
race in Paris last month, will drive in
the Thanksgiving day race on the Bev-
erly Hills track at Los Angeles, 1t was
announced recently. Bitter elmina-
ton trials for the Thanksgiving day
race, as more drivers than are permit
ted in the contest have already applied
for entrance blanks, will be held. Rules
for the American Automobile AssOcia-
ton permit eighteen cars to start.
WASHINGTON
A solemn ceremonial TO voice at once
the nations gratitude to the soldier
dead and its hope of deliverance from
heavy armaments will he observed
from coast to coast on Armstice day
under the leadership of President
Harding and officials of his admins
tration.
Travellers paid 1853 railroads S573,-
234,2 ,211 in passenger fares under in
creased rates for the first six months
of this year as against SJG4, ,jS6,2i2 for
the same period of 1920, before the in
crease went into effect, the Interstate
Commerce Commission announced.
Fares were paid by 522, $4,000 per-
sons as compared with 595,T71 900 in
1920, the average journey in 1921 be-
ing 35.O4 MS against 36.41 miles in
1920. Each traveller paid an average
of 3.133 cents mile this year as
against 2.603 in 1920.
Decision of the transcontinental rail-
roads to reduce rates on vegetables
from California and other Pacific coast
territory points to the territory be-
tween the Rocky mountains and Chi
cago and the Mississippi river was an
nounced by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The reductions will sub
stitute Is per cent increase over the
rates in effect Aug. %, 1920 for the
33h per cent increase which went into
effect Aug. 20, 1920, thus removing
more than half of the increase made
at that time" the commission said.
DIR. ]. d. Prince, II language profess
sor at Columbia University and pres-
dent of the State Civil Commission of
New Jersey, has been selected by
President Harding as minister to Den
mark.
Ray Moore and Bert Orcutt shot by
officers near Vancouver, Wash, were
later identified as two of the men who
robbed Sells-Floto circus truck of
more than $4,000 near Vancouver re-
Gently.
Postmasters of the first, second and
third class hereafter must put in an
eight-hour day under an order an
nounced by Postmaster General Hays.
Postmasters "shall devote II minimum
of eight hours daily during the bust
ness part of the day to duties as post
masters" the order reads, "and shall
give their personal attention TO the
business of their offices and shall not
absent themselves therefrom for II
longer period than two days without
written authority"
Incomplete treasury reports OF col
lections of Sept. 10, installments of in
come and excess profits taxes Indicate
practical certainty that Secretary
MELONS estimate of $525,000,000 Will
be realized. Collections so far, Off
-cials said, showed $425 100000 in the
federal reserve banks with reports
from various outlying districts to be
received.
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