The Dolores star., 1924-08-01
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enteen producing companies at Los
Angeles, controlling 95 per cent. Of all
pictures in that section, is on record
for purity in pictures.
Fifteen hundred fishing boats were
tied up at San Diego and at San Pedro
and more than 1000 cannery en-
ployees were out of work as result
Of strike of fishermen begun in pro-
test against n reduction in the price
by canneries for albacore.
Robert Condit died in Los Angeles
of what is believed TO have been botu-
iism poisoning, two days after his
mother, Mrs. Marion ]. Condit, sue
cumbed TO similar cause. Both are
believed to have been poisoned by
preserved food purchased from
street peddler. An investigation is un-
der way.
Quarantine restrictions requiring
disinfection of railroad and automo-
bile passengers from California and
fumigatiOn of their baggage have been
lifted by the Arizona state board of
health. The restrictions have been in
effect several months, having been
Initiated at the outbreak of the foot
and mouth disease in California.
Favoring the preservation of the
battlefield of Saratoga, where the
greatest battle OF the Revolutionary
war was fought, the council assem-
bled at the thlrty-fifth annual con-
gress of the Sons of the American
Revolution in Salt Lake City signified
70 irra
ment to purchase outright the land so
that 1t might be preserved to the ma
ton.
The Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph Company was granted the
right to purchase the Eastern Utah
Telephone Company by the Interstate
Commerce Commission, according to
word received in Denver from Wash
ington. The Utah company, control
ling three exchanges at Price, Helper
and Scofield, Utah, has about 1000
subscribers. The amount involved is
said to be about $4,000 The trans
action will be closed within the next
two weeks, after official notice of the
authorization is received in Denver.
Mayor James A. (Jim) Johnson of
Great Falls, Mont. hacker of the
Dempsey Gibbons battle for the heavy
weight championship of the world. is
sitting on top of the world now, hav-
ing drilled in the second big gusher
for the week in the Kevin-Sunburst
oil field, the Johnson Sunburst-C Corey
No. 2, at 1928 feet The well was
drilled under control head, and Is held
under quarter control, being estimated
as larger well than the Shoshone
No. 4, which came in last week for
something like 10000 barrels per day.
WASHINGTON
The thanks Of the Chinese people
for remission by the United States of
the Chinese Boxer indemnity pay
ments was expressed to President
Coolidge a few days ago by LANG
Shih-Yi, former premier of China, who
called on the President, accompanied
by Chinese Charge d'Affaires Kwai.
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts re-
signed as chairman of the Democratic
senatorial campaign committee and
was succeeded by Senator Jones of
New Mexico.
Organization of the Pueblo Lands
Board, created by the last session of
Congress, was completed by the ap-
polntment by President Coolidge of
Robert Walker, New York attorney,
to serve with Attorney General Stone
and Secretary Work. The purpose of
the act Is to settle questions involving
the Pueblo Indian land titles in New
Mexico which have been pending for
several years in the courts and in
Congress-
Major General Patrick, chief Of the
army air service, has cabled irstruc-
lions to Lieut.. Lowell Smith, COM
manding officer Of the world flight,
to start the transatlantic hop as soon
as supplies are distributed along the
path of the flight, and naval vessels
have taken their position on the water
stretches between stopping points. A
statement issued by the army air serv-
Ice said ''the flight is not expected to
leave England before August l."
The brunt of active campaigning for
the LaFollette ticket probably will fall
on Senator Wheeler of Montana, the
vice presidential candidate. He ex-
poets to take the stump late in Au-
gust in Boston and from then on to
conduct a speech-making campaign Of
growing Intensity.
Minister Kornfeld at Teheran has
advised the State Department that the
minister and representatives of the
crown prince had called ON him to ex-
press their regrets at the Staying by
mob Of American Vice Consul I'm
trie.