The Holly chieftain., 1923-10-25
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EvF'.--- AT.
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM all SOURCES
SAYINGS. oiNes. ACHIEVE.
MENTc, suFFERlNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND
WESTERN

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The United States Department Of
Agriculture at Washington recently is-
sued a new estimate of this years su-
gar beet crop. The estimate forecasts
yield Of 1,898,O 900 short tons Of sugar
beets in Colorado, which Is not far
from one-third of the estimated yield
of 6623 goo short tons for the entire
country.
Robert ]. Murphy of Iowa has been
elected chef de chemin de fer of La
SOciete des 40 Hommes ct 8 Chevaux.
which held its annual convention ut
San francisco. George Dobson OF Pas
sale, N. J., was reelected commissaire
intendant national. and Paul McGahun
of Washington. u. c., was fenanied
historian national.
Nebraska has Jared well on feeding
crops this year. The corn crop, 26:5.-
O0O, 600 bushels. is 81. .O0O.O 600 more than
last year, and close to the second on
record. Yield of oats. S8,OO0.0O0 BUSH
els, Is 3OOO0,OOO more than in 1922.
barley crop is high record. 9,500.O0O
bushels. 5,00O.OOO more than last year.
Mangled and crushed by tons of rock
and wedged under heavy umbers the
bodies Of two miners still are held in
the clutches of stope No. 20 of the
Utah-Apex metal mine. while Supt.
Joseph Norden and Jose Rataiza,
saved by the choice Of fate, are now
basking In Utah's sunlight. Batainza
was untouched and Nordcn suffered
minor leg bruises.
A sweeping inquiry into the "entire
field Of activities and responsibilities
of the bureau of reclamation was In
ington of the special advisory COM
mittee. i2Fited by Secretary Work to
undertake. that task. Former Governor
Thomas p. Campbell Of Arizona was
elected chairman and Dr. John A.
Widtsoe, former president of the Uni.
versity of Utah. vice chairman and
secretary.
A total Of 21,5OO acres out OF the
aggregate of 2hOO0 acres of oil leases
offered at auction at Santa Fe, New
Mexico. by the government--all on
the Navajo Indian reservation were
sold under the hammer. Two groups
Of leases were offered. Group leases
cover land in wildcat" territory, and
Group 2 leases are in the Hogback
structure, where the Midwest Oil &
Refining Company Las two producing
wells.
WASHINGTON
A sweeping program of federal and
state cooperation and education--de-
signed to dry up America and stop the
leakages Of the volstead act and the
eighteenth amendment--was adopted
by President Coolidge's "law and or
der conference" at the White House.
attended by the governors of thirty six
states and territories.
John ]. Pershing, who little oyer
six years ago secretly left Washington
for France. again has slipped quietly
away from the capital for n sojourn
on French soil. He sailed aboard the
liner Leviathan from New York a few
days ago. and 1t will be three months
before he returns again from the land
history during the great war.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
has launched new campaign against
home brew. In order to stamp out
what he characterized as 'the menace'
of trafficking in home brew ingredi-
ents he announced few days ago TINT
he would revoke the permits of all
breweries which continue the practice
of making malt syrups, now widely
used as base for homemade beers.
Another m e assuring Governor
General Wood Of the support of the
Washington government In his disa.
greement with group OF native DO.
litical leaders in the Philippines has
been sent to Manila by Secretary
Weeks. 1t is expected In Washington
that General Wood will make 1t public
In connection with the latest phase OF
the Internal controversy in the islands
Public hearings to begin Jan. 15
will mark the final phase OF the tariff
commissions inquiry into the relation
of present tariff duties to the price of
sugar to the American consumer, un-
dertaken when the price scared to ex-
orbitant levels some months ago. The
Increase brought charges that 1t WAS
caused directly by the duty of 175
cents n pound on imports from Cuba
and 220 cents on other foreign sugar
A five-foot bag Of cookies baked by
Girl Scouts was presented to Mrs
Coolidge. wife of the President. who
has accepted the honorary presidency
Of the organization. The cookies were
presented by IL group of, Washington
Girl Scouts.
President Coolidge has suggested to
Samuel Ren. president of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, tnut Il freight rate re-
ductlon be put into effect by the rail-
roads or wheat designed for export
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