The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
CONDENSED RE EcORO D OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. DOING s. ACHIEVE
MENTe. SuFFERiNGS. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

WESTERN
Muriel Stark, aged : months. was In
Siantly killed when the water jacket
oT a kitchen range near which her cot
had been placed exploded in her home
in Vancouver. Il. C.. The child was
struck by a flying fragment OF Iron
rhree Mexicans were killed in
running fight with mounted customs
inspectors and Texas rangers near Mi
raudo City, Webb county. Texas, ac-
curdng to a report received in San An
tonic by Deputy Collector of Customs
Ed COtulia. No member of the teder;h
force was injured.
Air Mail Pilot Henry C. Boonstra,
lost in blizzard wiaie flying with
government mail from Salt Lake u
Rock Springs. Wyo, was found alive
and well at Eigby ranch, near Coal
Vile. Utah. by Il searching party
EoonStra declared thar except for
slightly frusthittcn foot he was unhurt,
Capt. George MacIlinnon, master Of
the Pacific mail passenger steamer
Newport, has been accused formally of
sailing away and leaving in peril the
lumber schooner Svea when the two
vessels collided near Port San Luis
few days ago. A complaint was filed
with the federal steamboat INSPECTORS
at San Francisco 10y Capt Karl Roh-
berg Of the schooner Svcp. An inNeS-
Iigution has been ""h""ed.
Wilbur W. wiswull Of Denver, who
has done mech to advance the West in
the travel world through photographs
of the scenic Rockies. has gone TO
bishops Lodge. near Santa Fe, to
study the Southwest with II camera
Hr will devote part of his time to the
regional development Of the historic
iudge, lately the scene OF the signing
Of the Colorado river pact, known as
the Treaty of Bishops Lodge" Mr..
Wiswatl is keenly interested in old
Spanish and Indian art to be found in
the Santa Fe district. Pictures taken
are to be used in attracting Fasteners
to New Mexico and Colorado in winter.
lie believes the entire Rocky Mountain
region some day will be regarded us 4
winter and summer tourist area.
WASHINGTON
The budget bureau left out the an
nuaI item of S360,O0O for free seed dis
tribution by senators and representa-
tives. and it was not placed in the bill
10y the appropriations committee.
The PUstoffice Department has esti-
mated that a waste of Sl.74O,OOO an
nually results from wrongly addressed
mail. A survey just completed re
ha ba
ters received at pOstOffices daily with
improper addresses was 3TJ,3Sl, and
that the salaries of postal employees
required to readdress this mail
amounts alone to more than S1,OOO,OUO
81 year.
The refusal of Representative Kel-
ier, Republican, Minnesota to respond
to subpoena requiring him to give
under oath the information upon which
lie based his impeachment charges
against Attorney General Daugherty,
has created a precedent of such possi-
BILE far-reaching Importance that the
House judiciary committee decided to
refer the whole matter to sub-com-
1Iittee for investigation.
bttiOn agent for Utah, Wyoming and
Colorado, with headquarters at Den
yer, was ordered suspended by the
acting prohibition commissioner at
Washington, ID. c.
An appropriation of $322,3O0,0OO for
construction of forest roads and trail
and rural post roads as authorized un-
der the federal highway act is recon-
inended in the agricultural bill for next
fiscal year, as reported to the house.
Ed Hayes entered the headquarters
of the /. w. W. in Salt Lake City and.
1t is alleged, at the point of Il revolver
held up Pat Nee, secretary of the Salt
Lake City branch of the /. w. w, and
Thomas Hodges, who happened to be
in the room.
An Investigation by the Senate for
eign relations committee to ascertain
.the true state of affairs in Nicara-
qua, the facts concerning American oc-
cupation of that republic in 1910, why
American forces are still quartered
there, and the connection between
certain New York commercial houses
and the ChamOrro clan government of
Nicaragua" was proposed in resolu-
rion introduced by Senator Ladd, Re
publican, North Dakota.
Senate and House conferees have
reached an agreement on the Bursum-
Fuller pension bill. 1t is planned to
press for an early ratifyIng vote in
both houses to aid soldiers and widows
If the Mexican. Civil and Indian wars,
and also for the manned soldiers OF all
wars-inciudng the World War.
Permanent organization of the Ma
tionai Council of Farmers CO-opera-
tive Marketing Associations was au-
thoriZed in the closing session in
Washington of a three-day conference
Of representatives of farmers associ-
stions in 8'l sections of the country.