The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-04
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FOR BUSY READERS
4 RESUME OF THE WEEKS
ooINos IN THIS AND OT.IER
COUNTRIES
important Events OF the Last Seven
Days Reported by Wire and Pre-
pared for the Benefit OF the
Busy Reader
WESTERN

Mrs. Mary Obreta Mcdonald,
pioneer of Utah and California, di,
at Los Angeles at her residence
South Flower street. Mrs. McDol
aid, according to her son, Walter Sa
terwhite, noted California attorne
was the first girl baby born In Uta
He said that his grandfather h
mothers father, David Randolp
Seely, and the latter's wife arrive
in Salt Lake with the first band {
Mormon pioneers in 1917. The da
after their arrival he stated, Will
the immigrants were camped In wha
Is now pioneer park In Salt Lake, hi
mother was born.
An octopus measuring seven fee
from tip to tip and weighing severa
hundred pounds was hauled ashor
at Los Angeles by Tom Albright an,
Clyde Russell after a forty-five min
ute battle. Experienced fishermen es
timated the age OF the devil fish a
100 years.
The charred body of Frank Chomp
ton, 20. q patient at the Fort Nc
kenzie veterans hospital at Sheridan
was found chained to two small cot
tonwood trees in coulee a short dis
lance west Of this city at s O'Clock
Monday. The evidence indicated
Crompton burned himself to death,
according to DIR. w. A. Steffen.
coroner.
L. L. Legg, 80 years of age. a di-
rector of the Standard Coal company,
died Monday at Riverside. CAL, ac-
cording to information received at
Salt Lake.
A committee from the Jerome,
Idaho Rotary clab. with r. E. Shep-
herd is working to obtain sufficient
beet acreage promised to warrant the
erection OF sugar beet factory in thsi
section. Nothing definite has been
obtained to date.
Three Emmett, Ida. farmers, ]. w.
Strang, ]. S. Johnson and w. 7.
Eager, were awarded prizes for red
clover seed at the International
Seed Show, at which there were 5000
entries.
Six petty officers of the U. S. S.
Procyon. navy supply ship, and three
civilians are recuperating from hard
ships experienced on rocky San Gle
mente island, go miles south of San |
Pedro, Calf, where they were maroon
ed for five days after the 50-ton fish
Ing boat in which they sailed to the
Island capsized while at anchor, In a
heavy storm.
GENERAL
Grown tired of making home brew,
he American people are giving up
heir opposition to prohibition and
Will never permit a return of liquor,
ormer Congressman Andrew j. Vol
Itead told the Minnesota law enforce
nent conference at its closing.
While Governor William Z. Sweet
II Colorado and his advisory board
IN pardons were holding a session
within the state penitentiary grounds
wo convicts, Paul Rand and Albert
I. Green, jumped into the official au-
omobile used by the governor and
is party and drove through the
ates. Both were wounded by rifle
Ire from guards on the wall and
Tere later recaptured.
Discovery of tribe whose people {
e believed to have annotated, the I
ncient Egyptians was reported to S
he national foreign trade council by
ohm Giffen Culbertson. a manufact-
rer OF Wichita Falls, Texas on his
eturn from South American tour
year and half
Pioneer residents Of the Niagara .
ontier have united in an appeal to d
lie war department for the preserva-
on of THE Castle" an ancient
Hiding at Fort Niagara, erected by a
e French in 1725. Il
An issue has been raised between
e modernist and fundamental fac
)ns of the Protestant Episcopal y
urch, which some churchmen be- d.
we will develop into one of the OF
eatcst theological controversies of Z
cent years. &C
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Named by prominent society leaders
Chicago who entertained her as
wing represented herself to be 2,
'auline Lord" stage actress. and eN
earl White" photoplay star, Helen sa
llane is under arrest here by direc- tn
IN OF authorities in San Diego. Cal. II
10 charge her with cashing bogus II
ecks and drafts for 5000. We
Promoting scnemes involving near
$5,00O000 and covering period OF SO
,re than 10 years. were disclosed by III
ates Attorney Robert NJ. Grove of tn
icago, after a raid on the offices
Leo Koretz, an attorney, for whom mr.
International search is being made.
Captain Harold f. Sturcken, COM pu
.nder Of the Forty seventh school I'll
Iadron, Brooks field and Sergeant Ill
e. Ryafs were killed when their no
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