The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-12-14
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WESTERN

WESTERN
October receipts from the Nevad
state gasoline tax of two cents q ga
lon will bring the total derived fror
that source so far this year close L
100000 and with two months NOR,
returns to be made 1t Is expected tina
close to 100000 will have been col
lected since the law went into effec
on March GOTH
A group of Los Angeles men backed
by the chamber OF commerce has in.
vited the Republican national com
mittee to hold the party's 1924 con-
vention in Los Angeles.
J. T. Sanders. resident of Payette,
Ida, lost $50 in cash and had his car
damaged Friday when he invited a
pedestrian to ride with him. The
pedestrian pulled a gun on the motor
list after having ridden about two
miles, asked Mr.. Sanders for his cash
and then told him to leave the car.
Three naval airmen were killed at
noon Monday, when two airplanes col
lided at an altitude OF about 1000
feet at point almost directly over
the bridge between Coronado and
North Island, California.
Federal prohibition enforcement Of
ficers operating in Nevada, were or
dered to San Francisco to remain I'M
I'll after Christmas holidays to aug
ment the force to prevent dry law
violations of drinking in downtown
cafes, according to W. II. Paget. in |
charge of enforcement officer assign
ments here.
-Four hundred passengers from the
Cunard liner Fransonia, which dock
ed at San Francisco Sunday morning,
were guests of the city. The liner
sailed Tuesday for the Orient. con-
tinuing its world cruise.
GENERAL
An alleged plot to rifle sacks aboard
The American liner Mongolia was re-
iealed Saturday, when three men, !
'ers of the crew were brought back !
% New York on the Mlnnekahda from :
The theft was discovered :
When opened sacks were found float :
ng on the Elbe.
Governor McCray will not resign 2
lis office as a result of the indict-
nents returned against him, he stated h
1onday. The indictments charge him q
nth larceny, forgery and embezzle- !,
lent.
When she makes her debut on a 6
ew York concert stage on December t'
D, Mrs. Henry Clay Wright. SO, of II
ustin, Texas, will crafty the ambi-
on of lifetime. Married fifty D,
sven years, with four children and 81
wen grandchildren, Mrs. Wright has tn
1t gray hair. only a few fine NJ
rinkles and her voice is clear and NJ
rm. an
Eight deputy sheriffs and a county IN
Elective raided the Gunner College III
Natureopathy at Hartford, Conn,
ID took twenty-six students and pro- wi
ssors before the grand jury which to
investigating fraudulent practice N,
medicine. ra
A United States labor board deci-
N issued Tuesday, at Chicago mi
anted wage increases OF l to cents til,
hour for z. 612 maintenance of way pa
ployes on seven railroads. The re,
'rease is retroactive to June 1, 1923. tn,
Vine. Takani Miura, japanese prima st'
ma, announced at Des Moines Sun go
Y she had received word that her poi
sband, DR.. Masataro Miura. noted wa
'anese physician, had been granted
iivorce from her In the courts of Ge
Nio, Japan. cd
he superdreadnough West Virgin the
which was commissioned here all
lday compares favorably in some ais
poets and unfavorably in 9TH red
with ships of the latest class in IN
British and Japanese navies. &C 7
ling to figures made public Sun as
stoI
thousands of Virginians turned out ii,
day and Joined by representatives the
European and Iatin.Amer,con ma cha
S and many other visitors, paid L
ute to President James Monroe on TIVE
centennial anniversary of the rece
roe doctrine. of &
aurice, Lux, a 10 year old boy dea'
Shelbyville, Ind, Saturday won 81
title OF Corn Prince" of the In of a
ational Grain and Hay show here com
n his ten ears of White Dent Corn Shal
over several hundred other $500
or entries. ties.
ne government continued its war I'll
nst Illegal oil operations when it men
rned one indictment charging al the
and one woman with misuse OF of a
mails and four men, previously imm
ted who entered pleas of guilty sicia
fined total amount of $4,000 A,
orth Worth, Texas. -,