The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-11-16
History oil
asst Week
The News Happenings Of
Seven Days Paragraphed
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Because 1t Is more valuable rs junk
than AZ a railroad. that portion Of the
Las Vegas 4 TOnOpnh system lying
| between LnR vegns and Beatty has
been abandoned and Will he sold.
Returns from twenty-four Of the
tiirty-nine counties Of the state ON the
IuestiUnnaIre sent out by the fetietal
reclamation service through the Wash
lngtOn State Land Settlement associa.
| tior. show that there art ut least p
10000 acres Of eastern Washington IT.
rigable lands and approximately q
100000 acres OF western Washington
logged.off lands awaiting reclamation.
The rapid growth OF the Rocky Noun
| tain division of the American Red
Cross has made necessary the building
Of II $4,000 addition to the hradquar-
ters building ut Denver.
Women candidates for political Of
ficcs In Sevnda did not fare very well.
except in one or two Isolated instances.
Miss Annie Martin, Independent. whose
aides were confident. finished third In
the senatorial race, beating the So
ciaiist candidate by only few votes.
Five suites senators. three tepubG-
cans nnd two Democrats. elected In
Montana. were indorsed by the nom
partisan league.
Considerable Indignation was aroused
ut the meeting of the city commission
| ers ut Ogden, Utah. when 1t was re-
ported that floral designs placed on
| graves In the cemetery were being re-
| moved by florists and others and used
over again.
DOMESTIC.
The world wnr ended Monday morn
ing. November II. ut O'clock. Wash.
| ington time. II O'Clock Paris time. The
lrmisticc was signed by the German
representatives ut midnight. The
terms of the nrmistlce will include:
Immediate retirement Of the Gernnn
military forces from France; dIsarm-
Ing and rehabilitation Of the Gerinnn
armies: occupation by the allied md
American forces Of such strsltegic
points In Germany NJ will mike I'M
possible renewal Of hostilltIes; de-
livery Of part Of the Germnn high seas
| fleet and certain number Of sub
marines to the nilicd and American
naval forces disarmament Of I'LL other
| German wnrships under supervision of
the nllfed md American nnvies. which
will guard them; occupation of the
principal German naval bnses by sea
forces OF these victorious nations; re-
lease Of allied and American soldiers
sailors and civilians held prisoners In
Germany without such reciprocal nc-
ton ny the associated governments
The first shipment Of Alaska coal To
the states IL expected soon. 1t will con
| slst Of 1000 tons from the mine of The
Alnxka Petroleum 4 Coal company in
the Bering coal fields.
That Charlie Chaplin. the famous
film comedian. had been secretly mar
ried two weeks ngO In Los Angeles 20
Mildred Harris. a young scrcrn beauty
has just become known.
Offices are now open In fourteen "f
the chief cities of the United States Ia
receive the applications of disabled
soldiers and sailors Of the American
army and navy for free education Ia
equip them for the vocation for which
they are most fitted.
All persons known to have been on
board the American steamer Sncta,
sunk off the Maryland coast have been
snved.
1--WE have come back to our country
more thoroughly convinced that our
people and our government stand onl
rs wonderful object lesson to the
peoples of the whole world" declared
Samuel Gompers Friday in his report
to the American people" on the work
OF the labor mission to Europe.
New Mexico elected four women
county school superintendent.
Four steel workers were plunged
1888 feet TO death inside n huge smoke
stack ut Chicago when scaffold col
lapsed. One still WINS alive when found,
but died soon afterwards.
1t Is planned toinaIe the Great Lakes
(lllinOis) trimming station larger with
expectation there will be more than 90
900 men here the coming winter.
Lieut.. Col. William Parker of Ne~
York. listed as killed In action. was
one Of the cuvalry officers who or
gnniz4sl the famous Philippine scouts,
with which he served MS major from
1912 until this country entered the war.
A contribution of S5,0J0.00O To the
united war work campn!gn. said to be
the largest gift ever made to snr., II
cause, was announced mt New York
by the United Stntes Steel corporation.
The sumo corporation gave S2,0WooD
to the Red Cross during its last CAIN
paign.