Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-10-27
Fiji WORLD IN BRIEF

Washington Government experts
are making excellent bread out of
three parts potatoes and two and one
half parts flour.
Salem, Ore.-John HI. Thompson, in
sane, of massive strength, tore massive
steel bars from the place of his con
finement and escaped.
Rowley, Mass.-The Glenn Grist
mill, established in 1913, and one of
the oldest mills in the United States,
has been destroyed by fire.
Chicago-Paper manufacturers pro-
pose to cut forests of the west into
chips, dry bale and ship them east to
be used in the manufacture of paper.
Petrograd.-The cheapest shoes are
sold at $14 per pair, and better grades
twice that amount, a condition that
has been brought about by the war.
Trenton, -. J.-Daisy James, dane
err, whose legs were cut off by a rail-
road train, has brought suit against
the railroad company for $4,000 dam
ages.
New York.-Grocers in New York
a year ago paid 81 for a barrel of
squashes; this year, "a; last year for
a bushel Of white beans, $1.65, this
year, Sc.
Oxnard, Calf. - James Benton
makes a living killing r~attIesnakes. He
sells the snakes to the Chinese, who
compounds medicine from the venom
His catch last week netted him 1882
Baltimore Medical experts of John
Hopkins university are making an eff
fort to discover the cause of infan.
tile paralysis. Autopsies showed that
in every ease the intestines were at:
fected.
Philadelphia. John Wannamakel
has suggested that the 150th anniver
sary of the signing of the declaration
of independence be celebrated in Phil
adelphia by holding a great CONNER
cial exposition there.
Columbus, N. MA daily aeroplan'
mail service has been established be
tween this town and Colonia Dublan
Mexico, headquarters of Pershing':
forces. The distance, 120 miles, Ii
covered in &c minutes.
Spokane.-A fraud order has beer
issued by the federal authorize
against Henry Clough, rs years old
who is accused of selling degrees il
the name of a university at Odes
sa. Washington, alleged to be myth
cal.
New York.-John D. Rockefeller
, hearing a sermon in which the evan
gelist, st. Paul, was held up as
model of power and f~orcefulness
said: eff st. Paul had lived a coupl
of thousand years later he would hav
been a captain of industry"
Tulsa, Okla.-Thre hundred Chero
kee Indians, representing their ma
tion. are planning to sue the Unite'
States for SIC 1000 900 for the recov
} erv of the value of land given to tn
slaves of the old time Cherokees
known as Freedmen. The Indian
must first appeal to congress for pei
: mission to bring their claims in
court action.
st. Paul. Recently a St. Paul fir
II contractors, Stems and Cary, re
ceived from the Chinese government
contract for 1900 miles Of the re
building of a huge canal in China, 9
s we'll as a railroad. This is said to I
the biggest railroad contract ever Il
to Americans. Japan has proteste
against China letting this work
5 Americans, and officials in Washin'
ton see possible serious complication
3 between the United States and Japa
over the matter.
q New York.-Virgil Gay Bogue, wi
8 built the mountain portion of the No
8 them Pacific railway, died on boar
. the steamship Esperanto on his WI