The Holly chieftain., 1924-04-10
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK TIL PROGRESS
OF THE AGE
WESTERN

WESTERN
An earthquake shock felt in San
Jose, Calf. caused audiences to leave
theaters. No damage was reported.
charge of first degree murder
against Beatrice Hunter for COM
plicity in the shooting of two Salt
Lake City police officers by her com
paniOn, William Lee, last Jan. Is, has
been dismissed.
Holding up threesome on the sixth
green at Annandale (Callf) Country
Club cost Tony Laport years liberty.
He pleaded guilty to interrupting the
game of three wealthy golfers long
enough to so through their pockets.
Grace Koningen. IA Holstein COW,
owned and bred by the Montana State
College, alished a production of 3D.
$50 pou.ls of milk for the year re-
Gently, which gives her the worlds
record as a milk producer for 1O-year-
olds.
Ralph w. SeyboIdt. convicted of
murder in the first degree by jury
in the District Court at Salt Lake
City for the Staying of Pntrolman
David ii. Crowther of the Salt Lake
City police force, was sentenced to be
shot to death at the state prison on
Wednesday, June 4, next.
Mrs. Ervine II. Brown, wife of Lieu
tenant Brown, naval supply officer al
legged to have deserted his ship in q
Gulf OF Mexico port after taking $780,
OO0 In government money, has turned
over $75,S20 to San Diego naval au-
thorities. She came to San Diego by
automobile from Los Angeles, after
taking grip with the money in it
from her husband while he was un-
aware, she said.
IF we ever have another war l
hope the bankers from Wall street
are put in the front line trenches"
Gov. G. w. p. Hunt of Arizona said
in Tucson in an address before the
state convention of disabled American
veterans. "The railroads and the Wall
street bankers already have received
their bonus" the governor said, "and
now that the soldiers want bonus
the kick comes from Wall street"
WASHINGTON
The wealth of the nation is $780,
sO3,S62,0OO, more than one-half of
which Is real property and improve
ments. The per capita wealth is S2.91S.
Statistics of the countrys wealth as Of
December 81, 1922, revealed that the
total wealth increased 72.2 per cent.
and the per capita wealth 49.6 per
cent in the ten years from 1912 All
classes Of property increased in value in
the decade except livestock. which de-
creased 600 per cent. to $hsO7, i 600.
Taxed real property and improvements
we're valued Mt $155, ,9Os, ,625, 600, an in
crease of 600 per cent. in the ten
years; farm implements and machin-
cry $2.604, ,63S, 600, an increase Of 9O4
per cent; manufacturing machinery,
tools and implements SIS, 200 600,
an increase of 1901 per cent. rail-
roads and their equipment S19,95O, ,SOO.-
600, an increase of 23.5 per cent; pri-
vately owned transportation and trans
mission enterprises, other than rail-
roads, s13,6o7,57O. an increase of Ali
per cent.
American steel and iron products
IRE going into the markets of the
world at prices that are offering fatal
competition to the famous producers
of Great Britain, according to official
government trade dispatches received
from abroad.
The cavalry board of the army has
recommended vacuum cleaner for the
grooming of horses and mules, an in
novation which is expected to have
widespread effect in civilian life and
among foreigners as well. 1t now
takes twentyfour minutes to groom
lsrse with brush and comb, and this
time will be cut down to ten minutes
by the vacuum cleaner.
Harlan Fiske Stone of New York
has been selected by President Cool
idge as attorney general Mr.. Stone,
n native of New Hampshire, and 81
years old, has served since 1910 as
dean of Columbia University Law
School, and recently resigned to be-
come an active member of the New
York law firm of Satterlee, Garfield &
Stone. He received his law education
at Amherst and Columbia, and was
admitted to the New York bar In 1898.
The Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion has approved the proposed reor.
ganization plan, whereby the newly
formed Northern Colorado and East
ern Railroad Company will acquire
and operate line of railroad 112
miles in length, extending from
Laramie, Wyo., to Coalmont, Jackson
county. Colorado.
The week of April 21 to 81 will be
Forest Protection week. so proclaimed
by President Calvin Coolidge to call
the attention OF the country to the
fA,