The Dolores star., 1924-01-25
THE WORLD IN
PA RA G R APP H s
BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE
WESTERN

" Ifso CEN
The State National bank and tho
State TrEst and Savings Company of
Albuquerque both closed their doors
last week. Action by these banks
makes "A total of seventeen banks to
close their doors in New Mexico dur
ing the past twelve months
The Inhabitants of Belkofsky, Alas
ka, and vicinity reported that a Sc
we're earthquake occurred there a 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.
An appeal for extension Of time to
make payments on reclamation prof.
ects was made by William Wlsener,
representing the Yuma-Mesa project
in Arizona, and L. F. Magee of the
Boise project in Idaho before the
opening hearing of the government
fact-finding commission at Salt Lake
City.
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
DR.. Donald Grahum. DR.. Graham and
she had lived together for thirteen
years and have two children
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 S26.T17 900, compared with
S1S,o31 $50 in 1922. There was n
marked Improvement in the general
condition of mining and marketing
ores and metals and decided in
crease In production.
Gov. Joseph NJ Dixon has issued a
call for a special session of the Mon
tana Legislature to convene on Jan. 81
for the purpose of enaCting appropria-
ton laws to remedy the situation
brought about by the recent decision
of the Supreme Court which declared
appropriation laws passed at the reg
ular session and vetoed in part by the
validate the warrants now outstanding
against state appropriations also will
be considered
WASHINGTON
The wreck OF the Twentieth Cen
tury limited train Of the New York
Central railroad near Forsyth. n. Y.
Dec. Q, 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 II, to obey automatic block sig
nails, Interstate Commerce Commits
sion inspectors reported.
A novelty in more than a half CEN
tury of American politics-a national
convention in New York city-is to he
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
national committee after spectacu-
lar contest with Chicago, San Fran
cisco and st. Louis.
Plans for another expedition to ex-
plore the navy's largest petroleum re-
serve, located in the extreme north
ern part of Alaska, were announced
by the Interior Department The navy
department will pay the expenses of
the trip and DR.. Phillip S. Smith, a
government geologist, will be IN
charge
A moultiencrusted leaden casket con-
tainipg some crudely fashioned beeds
and an undecipherable document was
uneartbed in Washington near the spot
where a week ago was found a leaden
plate bearing the name Virgin Dare"
supposedly Virginia Dare, the first
white child born in America Under
powerful reading glasses, the hand
written print on the paper or parch-
ment could not be deciphered.
A committee composed of i've 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 a 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
Unc"r satisfactory economic condi-
tions sugar production in the United
States could be expanded more nearly
to meet domestic needs, declared the
department of agriculture in re-
view of the sugar industry issued in
Washington. Market conditions rather
than conditions of soil and climate are
the ',stacles to present development.
Postal receipts in December, 1923,
were the highest in the history of the
POstoff1ce Department, 1t was an
nOunced at Washington.