The Holly chieftain., 1923-11-15
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mEhTs. sUFFERINos. HOPES.
AND FEARS OF MANKIND
WESTERN

WESTERN
Charles L. Fransham, young man.
thought to be from Bozeman, Mont,
was ground to death underneath
freight train at Shoshoni, Idaho.
One hundred and sixty-five en-
ployees Of the division shops OF the
Chicago 4 Northwestern railway in
mona, Mimi, were laid off for an
indefinite period.
Three bandits boarded Pacific
Electric car ut Pasadena and robbed
passengers of money and
valuables. They dropped off the rear
step and disappeared.
When the liner President Harrison
sails from San Francisco on Jan. s,
she will start the first regular around
the-world passenger and freight serv-
ice, which will he maintained by the
Dollar Steamship line with fortnight
ly sailings, 1t was announced by Capt.
Robert Dollar, the president
Assurance was given at the meeting
of the Boulder Dam Association, held
in Santa Ana, Calf, that the city of
Los Angeles will cooperate in every
way to make irrigation by diversion of
the waters of the Colorado river sue
cess. 1t had been held in some quar-
ters that proposals by the city of Los
Angeles conflicted with general plans
for the Colorado's development.
For attacking a mad dog on a
crowded downtown street In Long
Beach, Calf. and choking 1t to death
with her bare hands, after it had bit
ten several persons and was attempt
Ing to bite others, Mrs. Grace w.
Newell has been awarded 1924 by the
city council for damages to her cloth
Ing and for doctors bills. Mrs. New
ell asked the city to pay $12S in doc
tor bills and $108 for clothing dam
aged. The city auditor objected, but
members of the council held the
municipality was under moral obliga-
tion to the woman and oyerruled the
objection.
WASHINGTON
All phases Of the cotton business
were represented at Washington re-
Gently at hearings before the federal
trade commission on conditions and
practices.
Federal prohibition officials will
quickly follow up the seizures Of a
large number OF Pennsylvania brew
cries with seizures of between forty
and fifty breweries in New Jersey.
Ohio, New York and probably few In
other states.
Plans for standardizing lumber
sizes which their sponsors claim will
save the American lumber industry
and lumber consumers $3.50, 100000 u
year were presented to Secretary
Hoover and the secretary called a
conference of lumber interests for
Dec. u to take action ON them.
All traffic on Market street, Sun
Francisco's busiest thoroughfare, was
blocked more than two hours during
the busiest rush period few days ago
by fire which damaged four small
buildings on the north side of the
street between Kearney and Montgom-
cry streets to the extent of 100000.
Thousands Of commuters had to walk
to the ferries or take streets on round
about lines.
Proposals for the new naval base at
Alameda, Calf. are regarded by Pres
ident Coolidge as likely to involve un-
warrented expenditures in view of the
at Mare Island, and also is likely to
violate the spirit of the naval defense
reduction policy embarked upon at the
arms conference.
Frederick N. Lttleton. former chief
field examiner for the United States
naturalization bureau at San Francis
co. who was acquitted by jury in
Federal Court on a charge of fraud in
connection with naturalization cases,
will not be tried on five other indict-
ments against him for alleged similar
offenses, according to federal officials.
Eradication OF cattle tuberculosis Is
making much progress. Nearly 5000.
600 cattle are under supervision of fed
eral and state veterinary inspectors
and there is waiting list of more
than 145,0O0 herds that will be tested
as soon as inspectors can get to them,
the Department of Agriculture states.
Fully accredited herds, including both
beef and dairy breeds, now total 88l,-
260 cattle, while nearly 3,OOO,OO0 more
have successfully passed the first test
in the process of becoming accredited.
The Senate investigation into the
United States Veterans Bureau cen
tered again recently on the sale of
s3,000,0O0 worth Of supplies to the
Thompson Kelly Company of Boston
for 100000 during the administration
Of Col. Charles X. Forbes. Brigadier
General Charles Il. Sawyer. personal
nhysicinn to President Harding told