The Holly chieftain., 1924-01-24
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WESTERN

WESTERN
The State National bank and the
State Trust and Savings Company of
Albuquerque both closed their doors
last week. Action by these banks
makes total of seventeen banks to
close their doors in New Mexico dur
ing the past twelve months.
The Inhabitants of Bekofsky, Alas
ka, and vicinity reported that a Sc
we're earthquake occurred there few
days ago. The southern edge of Paw
lof volcano blew off. Belkofsky is on
the Alaska peninsula. st. Paul island
is one Of the Pribilof islands.
Ninety cases of smallpox have been
reported in quarantine in the harbor
| district of Los Angeles. 1t was said
that unless the contagion is checked
harbor schools will have to be closed
| Over 300 persons We're vaccinated ut
the harbor before doctors discontinued
the work because of shortage of
serum.
On the grounds that the husband
she had thought dead for many years
had turned up alive in New York,
Mrs. Mary Mohaney Graham of Oak
land, Calf, was awarded an annul-
ment of her subsequent marriage to
DIR. Donald Graham. DR.. Graham and
she had lived together for thirteen
years and have two children.
The body of Omar r. Woods, con-
victed wife slayer, pierced by four
bullets from the rifles of firing
squad in the Utah state prison, was
quietly placed In II grave in Olivet
cemetery at Salt Lake City. Woods
met his fate calmly and without Il
| CULVER He protested innocence of the
grewsome murder of his wife to the
very last.
The value of gold, silver, copper,
lead and zinc produced from ore
mined in Idaho in 1923, according to a
statement issued by the Department
of the Interior, based on estimates by
c. N. Gerry of the geological survey,
was about $26,717, 900, compared with
$1S,O31,555 in 1922. There was a
marked Improvement in the general
condition Of mining and marketing
ores and metals and decided in
crease in production.
WASHINGTON
A committee composed of five engi-
neers, four Of whom are in the service
of the government and the fifth an
outside engineer, is being organized
by Secretary of the Interior Work for
the purpose Of advising on definite
plan for the control of floods on the
Colorado river, the development of
Its water power, and the storage of
water for irrigation of arid lands in
the lower Colorado river basin.
A novelty in more than a half cen
tury Of American polItics-a national
convention in New York cIty-is to be
presented in the 1924 campaign. His
toric Madison Square garden In New
York will be the scene of this years
Democratic national convention. New
York was chosen by the Democratic
| AaiAoihi NpllIhIltlCG dlttI SuGCtuCu
lar contest with Chicago San Fran
cisco and ST. Louis.
The wreck of the Twentieth Cen
tury limited train of the New York
Central railroad, near Forsyth, N. Y,
Dec. 8, which resulted in the death of
nine persons and injury of thirty-five,
was caused by the failure of Engine
man Patterson, driving the train fol-
lowing it, to obey automatic block sig
nails, Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion inspectors reported
Joint maneuvers of the army and
navy in the canal zone and adjacent
waters are believed by Secretary
| Weeks and war department staff ex-
perts to have resulted in failure on
the part of the Pacific fleet to pass
through the canal In the face of
theoretical enemy forces and rescue
the ships of the Atlantic fleet engaged
| in Atlantic coast waters by other
enemy warcraft.
Federal aid aggregating S465, 600
was assured to Idaho roads after n
| meeting in Spokane, Wash. between
c. II. Purcell, district engineer of the
United States forestry service, and w.
]. Hall. of Idaho, state highway com
missioner. OF the amount, S245 600
will be expended on northern Idaho
roads, 100000 on roads in the south
ern part of the state, grading and sur
facing, and 100000 for maintenance.
An average of S6S.37 for every man,
woman and child in the United States
was collected in taxes in 1922 by the
national, state. county and city gov
| ernments and all other civil divisions
having power to levy and collect taxes.
Taxes collected in that year amounted
to S1,433, ,0S1 900, the census bureau
announced few days ago. Taxes col
ected by the federal government in
the fiscal year beginning July l, 1922,
amounted to $3,204, $4,000, which was
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