The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-27
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EiGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoiNGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE

WESTERN
Work Of the clearing up the debris
left In the wake of flood waters at
Holbrook, Ariz., and repairing Of rail-
road lines and state highways lnun-
dated as the result of more than
thirty hours of continuous rainfall, Is
under way as northeastern Arizona Is
recovering from the most serious rain
storm to strike that section in q de-
cade.
Membership in the Industrial Work.
ers Of the World. or similar organiza-
tions, 'is not conclusive proof Of guilt
Of criminal syndicalism as outlined in
the California CODE" according TO a
decision handed down in Los Angeles
by Justice Frederick w. Houser of the
Second District Court of appeals,
division one, reversing former judg-
ment and granting new trial to Felix
Thornton.
The Pacific mail liner Cuba. which
went ashore on reef off San Miguel
island, has been abandoned. total
loss, 1t was announced In Los Angeles.
The loss was estimated at $4O0,0O0. It
ls said the ships destruction was not
due SO much to the pounding uf the
waves against the sides as to the
swelling of cargo of coffee which be-
came water-soaked and exerted such
force against the holds that the hull
and decks were forced out of line.
Nothing short of absolute ruin
faces the producers of raw material in
the West unless an equitable tariff
program is adopted within the next
few years" This statement was made
in Denver by Prague Miller, president
Of the New Mexico Wool Growers As
sociation and a member of the Ma
tional Wool Growers Association, who
was in Denver. recently on tour of
western states in the interest of the
Western Tariff Congress which will
convene Oct. 3 ut Denver.
AS measure to solve the Colorado
river problem centering around the re-
fusal of the Arizona Legislature to rat
ify the seven-state Santa Fe contract,
Dwight B. Heard of Phoenix, publish
er of the Arizona Republican, an
nounced few days ago that he had
offered suggestive plan of action in
the development of the water and pow
er resources of the lower basin of the
Colorado river" Under the plan ad-
yanced, Arizona and Nevada, in coop
Grafton with the federal government,
in which interested municipalities and
irrigation districts might participate,
would be represented In tentative
tri-state agreement for the ALLEGATION
of water rights and distribution Of
power resources in their territory.
WASHINGTON
Eleven-year-old Charlie Williams Of
Grays Siding, Colo, has been written
personal letter of thanks by Secre-
tary Wallace Of the Department of
Agriculture for his service to the gov
ernment in detecting a fire in the
Cochetopa forest and securing the aid
Of railway section crew in putting
it out. Supervisor Agee of the forest
service told the department in report
that Charlie was as thorough fire
fighter as he had ever met outside the
service
President Coolidge and his advisers
still are giving energetic study to the
agricultural situation. Secretary Wal
lace, upon whom has developed the
task of assembling data on the sub
ject, will not have his report ready for
several days. and consequently the
cabinet has made no effort to reach a
conclusion.
Mrs. Gene Glover, daughter of a
politically-prominent family Of Little
Rock, Ark, was convicted Of embez.
zling $2,s6l from Mrs. Amy jenkins
of Berkeley, Calf, although she had
come to San Francisco voluntarily for
trial and told convincing story to the
authorities, placing the blame for her
trouble upon her husband, Smith
Glover, now said to be fugitive.
Broadening of the scope of medical
examinations which aliens must under
80 before entering the United States
was recommended by Assistant Secre.
tary Wadsworth of the treasury, In q
report to Secretary Mellon. The as
sistant secretary, who has charge Of
the public health service, urged the ap
pllcation of the so-called intensive ex.
animation to every incoming immi
grant, rather than to those who
patiently require such physical sur.
vey.
Attorney General Daugherty has ad
vised President Coolidge that the
Lasker-Farley plan for solving the mer'
chant marine problem is not legal, thus
once more throwing into the laps OF
government officials the task of for.
mulating a shipping policy.
Flying in II misty rain which en-.
shrouded her, the Fri, the navy's new
aerial leviathan, visited Washington q
few days ago, flying over the capitol
the White House, Mount Vernon and
tba fomh of tba TTpkpnwn Snj1iar :,