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A MIUMS OF THE WKSK'8
DOINGS IN THIS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES
•"•portant Eventa of the Loot »oven
Days Reported by Wire and Pre
pared for the Benefit of the
Buoy Reader
WESTERN
The rail mill of the steel plant
at the Colorado Fuel A Iron company
IMumed operations after being idle
•to* several months. Five hundred
■ s en started work and will be cm
Bloyetl in two shifts of eight hours
each, It was announced at Pueblo,
Colorado.
John Ellegood, 66, was killed, $40,
000 worth of property was ruined
•ad three buildings were wrecked in
• double explosion at the Du Pont
J*owder company's plant at Du Pont,
(Wash.
The conviction of L. H. Lathrop, S.
8. Champlain and George W. Clark,
officials of the Northwestern Im
provement company of Pocatello, Ida
fco, on a charge of using the mails
to defraud in connection with a $40,
000 real estate transaction, was up
held by the United States circuit
court of appeals at San Francisco.
Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross, governor
elect of Wyoming, will not attend the
ceremonies In January inaugurating
Mrs. Hiram A. Ferguson as governor
at the Lone Star state, it became
■kown at Cheyenne, Wyo. The Wyo
ming legislature will be in session at
the time and Mrs. Ross said she felt
■he should remain at Cheyenne.
Matthew Decker, held as a suspect
hi the slaying of Walter W. Power,
automobile salesman, was postively
identified ln Los Angeles by Mrs.
Ethel Garcia as the man she saw
running from the scene of the killing,
H waa announced at the district attor
ney's office.
Two more large Nevada wool clips
have been disposed of, according to
word received in Elko, the first bring
ing the top price so far recorded of
48 cents, and the second bringing 43
cents. The top price clip is that of
Adams and McGill in White Pine
county, amounting to approximately
200,000 pounds and is one of the larg
est in the eastern part of the state.
Effective immediately an embargo
was declared by the California state
department of agriculture on the im
portation into California of live poul
try consisting of chickens, turkeys,
geese, ducks, pheasants, pigeons and
pea fowl from the states of North Da
kota. South Dakota, Kansas, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri.
GENERAL
The fourth Mrs. Willard Mack left
her husband in New York she said,
because he drank too much and now
Mr. Mack has come to regard her
point of view with favor. Mr. and
Mrs. Mack, before their attorneys,
reached a separation agreement and
the author-actor-producer told her he
would provide her with every possi
ble comfort until a divorce is ob
tained.
A forty-four-word letter, reposing
in the eye of a needle, has been re
ceived at the Smithsonian Institute.
The microscopic missive, which was
sent to the institute for display be
fore the annual meeting of the board
of regents, is so small it has to be
magnified eighty-eight times before
It can be read. It measures exactly
1 11.250th of a square inch. The text
of the letter follows • "This is a
crude, hurriedly prepared, large sam
pie of the micro-engraving, I trust it
will contain a moment of interest to
the regents and regret that time pre
vents preparing an exhibition more
worthy of their inspection. Believe
me to be, your cordially, Alfred Mc
Ewen."
The Missouri Pacific railway, which,
through recent acquisition of control
Jn the Gulf Coast lines and the In
ternational Great Northern railroad
became the largest transportation
system on the United States announ
ced the purchase of fifty additional
locomotives, 3000 freight cars ana
forty cabooses at an aggregate cost
of about $9,000,000.
James Higgeson, 62, of Oklahoma
City, conductor on a St Louis and
San Francisco train, was suffocated
while directing passengers to safety
when fire destroyed two coaches of
his train.
The House committee investigating
the .«hipping board received testimony
showing the board held 343 claims
in its deferred liquidation division ag
gregting $117,0000,0000 on which it
fa estimated only $6,000,000 could be
collected.
Statements by a number of univer
sity law school deans indorsing the
child labor amendment to the consti
tution were made public by the head
quarters of the national organization
associated for the ratification of the
ameudnu nt.
Coincident with the congressional
memorial services for Woodrow Wil
son, Representative La Guardia, Re
publican, New York, introduced a
resolution to authorize payment of a
$6000 annuity to Edith BoîMng Wil
son, widow of the war time president.
This would follow custom.
John F. Hylan told the board of es
timate in New York that he would
be mayor of New York another term.
"If anybody has got any thought in
their mind that I intend to retire, let
them get rid of it," he said,
be on this job until I am 60 years of
I will
age.'
Jack Johnson, negro, former heavy
weight fighter, was fired upon and
halted by a Gary police officer in
Gary, Ind., who alleged that the pu
gilist was driving his automobile
seventy miles an hour. He first gave
his name as John Smith, but when
he presented as bond a watch inscrib
ed "Presented to Jack Johnson by the
King of Spain," he admitted his iden
tity. He paid a fine of $1 and costs
and was released.
Oregon's appeal in the case involv
ing its compulsory public school law
was advanced by the supreme
at Washington and will be argued
February 24.
Government construction of a $30,
000,000 flood condition dam at Bould
er canyon on the Colorado river was
proposed in a bill introduced by Rep
resentative Fredricks, Republican or
California.
Samuel Gompers, who for nearly
a half century led the labor ranks
of the country was buried near the
graves of some of the wealthiest
court
and most prominent men of Ameri
ca. The Gompers plot in Sleepy Hoi-,,
low cemetery at Tarrytown, N. Y. is
within 200 feet of the grave of An
drew Carnegie and about the same
distance from the mausoleum of Wil
liam Rockefeller. Also near by are
the graves of John D. Archbold
president of the Standard Oil com
pany, and Carl Schurtz. Mr. Gom
pers purchased the burial plot about
1000 square feet in area, five or six
years ago. No member of the family
has heretofore been buried in the
plot.
once
Representative Colton of Utah in
troduced a measure under which jur
isdiction would be conferred on the
court of claims to adjudicate all
claims between the United States and
the Uinta and White River tribes
of Ute Indians.
A bomb explosion demolished the
front porch of the home of Franklin
Lorraco, who had received threaten
ing letters demanding $5000. Orlando
Morganti, who lived on the first
floor had received a warning that he
should move, as the building was to
be destroyed.
FOREIGN
It was officially announced that
Tsueno Matsudoria has accepted the
post of ambassador to the United
States from Japan. He will sail for
America early in January. It is
officially intimated he will reopen the
immigration issue outlining a
protest on the stand taken by tne
United States regarding Japanese im
migration.
semi
new
Chi Hsieh Yuan, the deposed mili
tary governor of Kiahksu province,
is reported to be a prisoner of a de
tachment of his own troops in Nan
king capital of the province, accord
ing to advices at Shanghai. He is
said to be held for a ransom of $300
to be paid to each one of the mem
bers of the detachment holding him.
The English Labor amendment to
the King's address expressing regret
at the Conservative government's at
titude on the housing problem,
defeated In the house of
was
commons.
Vincente Blasco Ibanez, the Spanish
author, who recently from Paris has
been attacking the king and govern
ment of Spain in pamphlets which
were scattered in various parts ol
Spain by airplanes, has been
moned to appear before a military
judge in Madrid to answer charges
made against him. Ibenez is at
sent in France.
sum
pre
William Van Anden Hester, presi
dent of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
poration died of heart failure at his
summer home at Glencove, after
illness of several months. He was
66 years of age. Mr. Hester was the
son of Colonel William Hester, for
mer president of the corporation, and
nephew of Isaac Anden who founded
the paper in 1841.
A dispatch to La Nacion from Rio
Janeiro says the Brazilian govern
ment has decided to lift the state of
siege in the state of Sao Paulo.
Ofelia Rivas, famous Cuban actress
went to a horrible death in a vain ef
fort to save the life of her pet dog
when the Ward liner Esperanza piled
up on the rocks on November 21. Both
the actress and her dog were devour
ed by a shark, it was revealed.
cor
an
The red flag of the Union of So
cialist Soviet Republics, as Russia
now is officially named, was ceremon
iously hoisted from the Russian em
bassy at Paris. Leonid Krassin, the
ambassador issuer! a note saying that
the cermony took place in the pres
ence of the embassy staff and "every
citizen of the union who is in Paris."
H. Jalmar Branting, premier of
Sweden, is seriously ill, according to
advices reaching Copenhagen. It was
said that he had developed inflama
tion of the lungs and that grave fears
for his recovery were entertained. !
THE OAKLEY HERALD.
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EN SAWYER always came down
the back stairs the same way.
New Tear's morning was no ex
ception. There was a rush, a clatter
and a general tumbling noise—and
Ben emerged Into the kitchen.
His mother was just putting ths
Isst things on the table for breakfast
"Happy New Year, mother I" called
Ben, disappearing Into the dining
room.
His mother, strange to say, did not
reply.
Polly Sawyer, the youngest of the
family, and Harry were standing
around the dining room waiting for
breakfast to oe served.
"Mother's sort of queer this mom
Ing," whispered Polly to Ben. "Sh*
looks Just the same, but there's a kind
of difference about her. She hasn't
said 'Happy New Year' to one of us."
Ben frowned and looked at bis
boots. "Oh, well, I guess she's a little
tired after the party last night
Shouldn't blame her."
Ben really began to feeT uncomfort
able and be attempted a timid ques
tion.
"Mother, don't you feel well this
morning?" he asked.
Mrs. Sawyer looked up, surprised.
"Why, yes, Ben.
What made you
ask ?"
"You seem so—
so sort of, well"
—he floundered—
"sort of quiet."
"Quiet?" asked
Mrs. Sawyer.
Harry and Pol
ly looked at each
other uneasily.
What was the
matter wllh break
fast anyhow?
"Yes," said Ben,
"and you haven't
wished one of us
a Happy New
Year."
"Dear, me,
smiled Mrs. Sawyer. "I'm sorry. I for
got all about It. Well, I'll do It now.
Happy New Year, Ben and Harry and
Polly I"
But this was not at all what they
wanted. She did not say It that way
when she meant It. She shotted It up
the stairs the first thing In the morn
ing, to get ahead of everybody else.
The children felt strange and out
of tune. Mother was always so Jolly.
It took all the fun out of things to
have her this way.
"We had a fine party last night,
didn't we?" asked Polly. "Every one
said they never had a better time."
Ben looked hard at his mother. He
was the oldest and, though careless and
noisy, loved her very much. "It was
because mother worked sc hard to give
It to us," he smiled. "Those little
cakes were Just the ticket, and the ice
cream—oh. boy !"
The other children nodded. "Sure
thing," mumbled Harry, looking as
solemn as an owl.
Mrs. Sawyer glanced from one to
another. "Children," she said, 'Tve
something to to Nqjy
say
Year's morning. I think this Is the
best time, for it Is the very beginning
of the New Year."
"Yes, mother," they all agreed.
"It Is the custom to say that wo
make new reso
lutions, but I
wish we could
make new faces."
"New faces I"
exclaimed the
children together.
"Yes—just that.
But new faces are
not made from
the outside ; the
molding has to
come from wlth
F a tea are
made by thoughts,
and thoughts are
our only tools. I
worked for two
days to make it
a happy one for
you and your
friends. I grew very tired, but I did
not mind that. If it gave you pleasure.
You say you had a good time, but this
morning is the first I have heard about
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"Oh, mother!" they walled, con
science-stricken.
"Yon take too much for granted,
children. And If you don't begin to
think a little about other people and
what they are doing and feeling, yon
will grow up baring very disagreeable
faces. 1 want you all to try to have
new face*' this year. Make your eyee
*ee nice things about others ; make
001- mouths say kind words when
ever Y° u can. Next New ïear * morn
* pd **ke shout a 'Happy New
Year,' and mean IL I want to see
happy face * Äot bec * us * yon h V e a
KOO<1 rime, but because you have
hell,e<1 „ t0 ' ahlne "P* tha worl <l tor
otl er *
" Yp *- mother," replied all the chll
dnn. and then they got up with one
'' ord und ran •«►und the table and
kis»e.l her.
OAKLEY. IDAHO
News Notes
From All Part* of
UTAH
Salt Lake City.—Damage, roughly
estimated at from $16,000 to $25,000,
was done by a fire which destroyed
part of the buildings and equipment
at Beck's Hot Springs. The blaze
was burning fiercely when the fire
department arrived about 1 o'clock,
but an hour later Fire Chief W. H.
Bywater announced that the flames
were under control. The loss is said
to be covered by insurance.
Salt Lake City.—New traffic ordin
ances for Salt Lake which will re
lievo congested conditions in the bus
iness district were discussed at the
meeting of the city commission. The
elimination of left-hand turns in the
middle of blocks and shorter park
ing hours for automobiles and the re
routing of street cars, thus taking
them from Main Street, were among
the remedies suggested.
Salt Lake City.—Gasoline tax re
ceipts for November will total $62,
000, it was estimated by Charles
Heiner, chief deputy in the secretary
state's office. The figure will be
about $2000 less than for October.
Salt Lake City.—The University of I
Utah requested the state board of
examiners tf> authorize a déficit of
$9,263.83 in the maintenance account !
The petition will j
considered at early meeting of
the institution.
the board. Dr. George Thomas, pres
ident, said that the figure represents
the amount spent in securing five
dinosaur skeletons from the Jensen
ed for an exceptionally low expendi
ture. Dr. Thomas said, since the
quarry. The skeletons were obtain
Pittsburg Museum spent nearly ten
times as much in obtaining a simi
lar collection.
Spanish Fork.—The Spanish Fork
Fish and Game association has gone
on record as heartily in favor of pro
tecting catfish in Utah lake. At a
meeting of the association held at |
the American Legion club rooms,
various subjects concerning fish and I
game were freely discussed, chiefly
the present method of trap fishing In
Utah lake, which was condemned be
of the careless methods used |
Ogden.—A county isolation hospital I
will be built adjoining the Thomas
D. Dee Memorial hospital on the |
south, it was announced by the board I
of county commissioners. The matter j
has been considered by the commis- |
rangements are practically complete. |
cause
by trap owners.
Ogden.—Eighteen thousand dollars
damages was awarded Ernest Gubler
in the United States district court to
be paid by the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company. The federal jury
was out about forty five minutes fol
lowing the completion of the personal
injury suit, returning with a unani
mous verdict for this amount. Gubler
sued for $30,000.
sioners for many months and ar
Monroe.—Bids will be askd in the
near future for construction of a new
municipal power plant for this city,
to replace the one now functioning
with more modern equipment and a
doubled capacity. The present plant
has a power load alone equal to the
capacity of the plant, and this vir
tually means that the lighting load
may not be used until the load
has been discontinued or diminished.
Mount Pleasant.—C. A. Clark, 82,
a native of England and a resident
of Mount Pleasant for the past twen
ty years, died at his home here fol
lowing a few days' illness from pneu
monia.
Salt Lake City.—A directed verdict
in favor of the United States in its
case against Nephi M Keel and others
for rents alleged to be owing two In
dian wards was granted by Judge
Tillman D. Johnson in the United
States district court. Two cases were
consolidated and judgment was
granted Rosetta Cesspooch in the
amount of $116.48 and Alberta Cess
pooch for $184.80. Both are land al
lotees on the Uintah reservation.
Ogden. —A petition for the release
from the state mental hospital of
Mnridros Mausigan, Armnian Dacter
ioligist, who became mentally unbal
anced while in Ogden and fired a
shot, which wounded one of his dau
ghters in July, 1923, was filed in the
district court by Samuel G. Dye,
guardian of the estate.
Salt Lake City.-The state of
Utah will have a net deficit of $122,
797.63 in the general fund March 3,
1926, or a smaller amount than tor
the past ten years, Mark Tuttle, state
auditor, estimates in his annual re
port to Governor Charles R. Mnbey.
j
0 f getting at the real needs of each
department Mr. Keddington points
put jn j,i 8 letter, asking for estimates
to b« sent in early to be in for its
Salt Lake City.—All departments
of the city administration are being
asked to submit estimates for next
year's budget without any regard for
the expenditures this year, in letters
being sent out by City Auditor Al
v ; n Keddington. The basing of the
coming year's expenditures on past
expenditures is not the best method
meeting January 12.
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HEAVY SNOW IN MOUNTAINS
PREVENT MUCH ADVER
TISED ANIMAL DRIVE
Animals in Kaibab Forest Refuse to
Act Like Cattle; Movie Men
Battle Storm Back
to Flagstaff
Flagstaff, Ariz.—Efforts of man
I to relieve the plight of thousands of
deer starving in the Kaibab nation
al forest met failure when George
( McCormick, veteran cattleman, con
ceded the futility of an attempt to
drive the herd across the inaccessible
chasm of the Grand Canyon of the
| Colorado River,
| ered by McCormick's army of cow
Insurmountable obstacles encount
boys and Indians in a blinding bliz
zard that swept the wilderness, ob
literated the hopes of the intrepid in
vaders and stampeded the animals in
all directions.
The first word of the outcome ot
the drive—an unparalelled task in
western range annals—was brought
to Flagstaff, Arizona by
0 f motion picture men, who bucked
great drifts and sleet storms in au
tomobiles to come from the scene of
the attempted roundup, north of the
a score
canyon. They were accompanied by
Zane Grey, the author.
McCormick's plan was to drive the
j e er across a slender trail over the
mesas and precipices stretching for
more than thirty miles in the canyon
to the south rim, where better feed
ing grounds awaited the congested
herd, which has added thousands to
its numbers since the Kaibab was
created a national game refuge by
Roosevelt in 1906.
McCormick in the Kaibab awaiting a
the return trip. Food and supplies
the motion picture men's party
were left with McCormick's band to
l**t them the three days that will be
required for their journey on foot
and horseback to Flagstaff.
Eneirely untrackable and showing
unexpected wildness, the deer refused
to be herded and less than a thous
and of the animals were visible from
points of eminence above the plateau
occupied by the film men, it was
ported here. After a day of fighting
against the gale, McCormick defin
itely gave up the plan to encircle the
herd, the film men said.
On the west side of the Kaibab—
separated by a range of impassable
canyons, from the scene of McCor
mick's attempted roundup_another
part of the great herd is being re
duced under a limited hunting plan
authorized by the state and the for
estry service. Whether hunting will
be permitted on the east side of the
refuge in view of the failure of the
drive could not be learned here.
The film men, who had planned to
screen the drive, arrived in advance
of the more than 160 cowmen with
lull in the storm before packing for
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Note of Alarm Is Sounded
Washington. — The administration
has prepared for quick action to head
off the resolution calling on President
Coolidge to summon a conference of
white nations bordering on the Paci
fic to organize against Japan, which
Representative Britten, Illinois,
publican, announced he would intro
duce Into the house,
preparation for a war la a reason why
the white people surrounding the Pa
cific ocean should have a definite de
fensive policy for mutual protection
and the quicker this Is done, the bet
ter." said Britten In announcing his
resolution. High officials deplored as
untrue and dangerous the statement
that Japan was preparlngg for war.
"The feeling between the two govern
ments Is one of complete friendliness
and understanding, despite the efforts
ot ill-advised groups In each country
to stir up trouble," an administration
leader said In a semi-official utter
ance.
Re
"Japan's open
Couzens Under Fire
Washington.—Treasury and depart
ment of justice officials are consid
ering whether Senator Couzens of
Michigan violated the law impelling
secrecy for income tax returns when
he recently made specific mention of
tax figures of the United States Steel
corporation.
Parliament Call Refused
*nlro. Egypt.—The Egyptian gov
ernment of Zlwar Pasha has refuaed
to convoke the national parliament. It
was announced, despite the petitions
for such convocation sent to King
Fuad and the premier from parlia
mentary an<l oilier quarters.
Explosion Kill, Four
Seattle, Wash.—Four known dead,
two others believed dead and two In
jured form the toll of an explosion In
thp Burnett mine of the Pacific coast
coal company, 27 miles south of Ta
coma. The bodies of Charles Klrhy,
It. H. Washburn, Elmer Crlppen, and
Elmer 1-andls have been brought to
the surface. Harry Ilumecke fa In a
hospital here in a critical condition,
and It. Lazarus also le In the hospital.
He is not expected to live.
Short News Notes \
From All Part* of
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IDAHO :
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Twin Falls.—With the completion
here of a stretch of road between
Twin Falla and Filer, the Oregon
trail highway is now completed from
Granger, Wyo., to Portland, Oregon,
officials of the Filer highway an
nounced. Approximately one and
eight-tenths miles of road which here
tofore has caused the state hignway
department to station men and teams
during the muddy weather to pu.l
cars through is now hard surfaced,
completing the hard surfaced road.
between Granger and Portland.
Boise.—State Senator H. A. Tail
man of Ada county, well-known,
water-master for the Boise district,
has formally presented his resigna
tion as senator to Governor Moore,,
giving as his reason ill health. Ha
is now in Florida.
Lewiston.—Campaign for funds for
work on the uncompleted portions of
the Lewis and Clark highway, that
some day will connect Lewiston and
Missoula, Mont., by the Clearwater
river route, has been opened. The
amount of money for forest high
ways in northern Idaho' will not be
known until the bill now before con
gress receives attention.
Caldwell.—The Caldwell branch of
the Boise Valley Co-operative Cream
ery has handled 276,632 pounds of
butterfat up to December 1. This
branch of the concern, managed by
H. E. McClusky, has been in operation
since Janury last, and in the eleven
months of business a substantial in
crease has been reported each month.
For the month of November the total
was approximately 36,000 pounds.
Boise.—Five years will be required
to build the Boise-Mountain Home
irrigation project which will involve
the expenditure of $40,000,000 and
irrigate 325,000 acres. This was the
information given out recently by
S. H. Hays who, with others, is work
ing on the project plans. Mr. riays
makes the important announcement
that the problem of building the tun
nels for tfie project has been solved.
Weiser. —An increase of from 150
members in December, 1922, to 416 In
December, 1924, is the record of the
Weiser Valley Dairymen's associa
tion as disclosed at the annual meet
ing.
Gooding.—President Charles Wes
ley Tenney of Gooding colloge, who
has worked with the teachers of Lin
coln county in their annual institute
at Davenport for the past two years
has been chosen by Superintendent
H. B. Aldrich to give the commence
ment address for the high school
graduates at Reardan Wash, when
the spring term closes. May 21, 1926.
Boise..—The rapid approach of the
new year, which will bring with it the
eighteenth Idaho legislature, is caus
ing no little speculation as to the na
ture of the legislation that will come
before that body and how it will be
handled.
From outside there is be
ing heard a demand that the new
legislature practice strict econmy, so
that state taxes can be held down to
the minimum.
Nampa.—Business men of the city
are backing a campaign for funds for
the Salvation Army to carry on its
in the coming montns. Of
ferings will be received without so
licitation and subscription blanks have
been placed in the Nampa National
and Stockmen's National banks.
Rupert—Claims that the United
States government through the
clamation bureau has failed to give
credit for $1,300,000 due the Mini
doka project for profits for the past
10 years, are contained in an advance
statement of a report by Byron Def
enbach, employed by settlers to audit
the books of the reclamation office at
Burley.
Twin Falls.—Oregon Short Line
trt-ck layers who have begun laying
steel at Rogerson expect to continue
without interruption of their work
over a grade between Rogerson, Ida
ho and Wells, Nevada, that is now
about 86 per cent completed, and
which provided weather conditions
continue favorable, will be completed
throughout by January 10, next, at
the least.
Nampa,—Woid of the action of the
Ada and Canyon county Ponmona
granges' legislative committee In
recommending to Secretary of the In
terior Work, that the United States
turn over operation of the Boise pro
ject, exclusive of irrigation -districts,
o the settlers, was telegraphed to the
Idaho delegation in congress by the
Nampa chamber of commerce.
Nampa.
whether Nampa may expect a new
post office building in the near fu
ture were started by the local Cham
ber of Commerce when they instruct
ed the secretary to write a letter of
inquiry to Congrssman Burton L.
French concerning the postal building
fund.
McCall,—The McCall winter carni
val will be held on March 13 and 14,
and the annual Ashton dog race on
Washington's birthday, it was
nounced by the Union Pacific cys
tem.
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Investigations as to
an-