The Holly chieftain., 1923-02-01
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EloN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
oolNes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

D..
in the case .Of Fatty Arbuckle, who
under. the new ruling will never again
be allowed to exhibit himself upon
the screen in the United States.
1 Harry l.. Wilson, prominent attorney
Of Billings and Great Falls and tepub-
lican candidate for governor of Mon
lana in 1912, w;ls found dead in his
berth on his return from AIissoula,
where he attended the annual banquet
of the western Montana fish and
game commission.
The assembly of the Nevada Legis-
lature voted in favor of ratifying the
Colorado river compact, which was en-
tered into last summer between rep
resentatiyes of the federal government
and the Western states claiming rights
to the waters and powers of that
stream.
The Nevada Senate adopted the
State Assembly resolution approving
the Colorado river compact and the
resolution has been signed by the gov
ernor The resolution pledges Ne
vada to work with the federal govern
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concerned along, the lines recom-
| mended by the commission headed by
Secretary Hoover.
1 All officers of the National Wool
| Growers Association were reelected
at the closing session of the annual
convention ut Spokane, Wash. They
We're: President, Frank ]. Ergen-
barth, Idaho; vice presidents, F. A.
Allenwood of California for the West !;
w. c. Coffey of Minnesota for the
East, and Hugh Campbell of Arizona
| for the South; and secretary treas
urer, Fred Il. Marshall of Utah
A primary measure which would
abolish state party conventions except
for the purpose of drawing up plat
forms was introduced in the House of
Representatives of the Seventeenth
Idaho Legislature by Republican
members, Including Campbell Of
Boundary county, Hull of Bear Lake
and Call of Jefferson. The measure
would provide a primary or nominut-
Ing election, to be held the fourth
Tuesday in May and biennialIy there
after. The state platform conven-
| ton would be under the auspices of
the state central committee of each
party and not later than sixteen days
following The primary balloting.
WASHINGTON
Dixon d. Pennington has been nom
mated to be postmaster at Victor.
Colo.
President Harding returned to his
desk few days ago for the first time
since he was taken i'll with grip.
Modification of the Red river deci-
sion of May l, 1922, in the Oklahoma
Texas boundary dispute, in which title
to land in the bed of the river was set
tied by the Supreme Court, was asked
by the Red River Syndicate, which
filed u brief
The House, by vote of 204 to n,
approved the action of its Judiciary
committee in giving Attorney General
Daugherty clean bill of health on the
impeachment charges brought agains,
him by Representative Keller Repub.
lican, Minnesota.
/ A demand for Intervention by the
state Of Arkansas into the situation at
Harrison arising from attacks on Mis-
souri, and North Arkansas strikers was
issued by Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor
One lynching and mob action" direct
ed against union members, Mr.. Com
pers said, made action of the kind i'm
perative.
Acceptance of Henry Ford's offal
for Muscle Shoals, provided no better
offer Is available and conditions or
the actual production of nitrogen fol
fertilizer at the rate of 10000 tons q
year, is recommended in special re
port made to the American Farm Bu
reau Federation by Bernard NJ
Baruch, war time chairman of the
war industries board.
| An individual Investigation of EN-
ployes of civil service status who
were dismissed from the bureau OF
engraving and printing last April b,
executive order of President Harding
to effect Il reorganization of the plant
is now under way, II was declared nj
the White House by an administration
spokesman. who added that those who
deserve it will be restored TO the pay
roll'
The reparations question again was
brought up in the Senate Senator
Owen, Democrat, Oklahoma, critI-
cising the French invasion of the
Ruhr and declaring that the United
States, before it is too late" should
join in guaranteeing France from in.
vasion and in guaranteeing also the
rights OF the German people.
The annual naval appropriation bill
which includes a request by Congress
that President Harding negotiate with
the other powers for further Limitation
OF naval armament, was signed by the