Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-07-06
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OF age ana mad lived in the West
since 1862, when he moved from New
Hampshire, where he was born, to
Denver.
Alvin Adams, 10, driving the auto
mobile of the man whom he murdered
according to his own confession, was
captured at Portland. Adams murder
ed Milton II. Raymer In Seattle.
California and Nevada will be called
upon to furnish practically the entire
amount of tungsten required by the
United States, according to J. ii. Nc
Kenzie of the United States bureau of
mines.
With more than half the 5000 citi-
zens of Cleelum, Wash, homeless, the
result of Tuesdays devastating fire,
leading citizens face with scant hope
the problem of reconstructing the
town. The loss is over a million dol
ars.
G. II. Young, Seattle, Wash, was
elected president of the association of
governmental labor officials of the
United States and Canada In conyen-
ton at Des Moines.
Officials of the United States forest
district No. l, which includes western
Montana and northern Idaho, esti-
mate that forest fire fighting in the
district In June will cost approximate
ly $4,000.
Construction of 55-mile highway
across the main range of the Rocky
mountains from Glacier Park station
on the east to Bolton, Mont, on the
west will be started Immediately by
The state highway commission, it was
announced Wednesday at Helena.
. DOMESTIC.
The toll of dead in the Ruff build
Ing, three-story brick structure at
Sioux City, Iowa, which collapsed Sat
urday afternoon, was estimated at 10
to 20, with score more injured.
No more perishable goods, such as
fruit and foods, will be accepted at
postoffices for mailing to troops be-
cause almost always they cannot be
delivered in edible condition.
That Americas economic help to
Europe Is beginning to count is shown
by the fact that coal has become rela-
lively less scarce again after a long
period of stringency and railway
trains are again able to run sharply
on time on the trunk lines across
Northern Italy.
30
lawn mowers at Springfield, Ill. The
idea is Governor Lowden's. There are
225 of them grazing daily on the
grounds. War time economy is the OBJ
ject
S. J. Konenkamp, president Of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union Of
America on June 30, issued general
order to all subordinate units of the
union calling for strike against the
Western Union Telegraph company on
Monday July 8, at 7 a. m.
Lieut.. William De c. Ravenall, Jr.,
of Washington, d. c., and Corporal
Ray l.. banning of Cresco, Iowa, sta
toned at Hicks aviation field, Fort
when the airplane in which they were
flying fell In flames.
Daniel Stone and Mrs. Roma Brouck,
father and daughter, We're shot and
instantly killed at Blaco, Okla, by
Perry Tucker, a neighbor. Tucker
was arrested and placed In Jail. No
motive for the double killing has been
discovered.
The nomination of Governor Lynn ].
Frazier of Hoople, N. D.. non-partisan
Rugby, indorsed by the Independent
Voters association, in the Republican
gubernatorial race in the primaries Is
conceded.
A quarter of million American
boys between the ages of 16 and p are
going to help increase war food pro-
duction this summer. Thirty-seven of
the As states report an actual enroll
ment of 10000 and an expected en-
rollment of 230.000. Several large
states still are to report.
Edward Cermok. Chicago, wandered
wounded for eight days in no mans
land and was rescued by Red Cross
party, according to letters received by
the young mans parents from Red
Cross headquarters in the field.
A loss of between 100000 and
$S,000,000 In corn alone was sustained
by Northern Indiana farmers as re-
suit of the frost last Saturday night,
according to estimates made public at
the Purdue university agricultural ex-
pertinent station.
Three men were killed outright. an
army major was fatally injured, and a
score or more hurt when an electric
train crashed into an auto truck
loaded with stone at Elmhurst, Ill.
Five workmen who were digging a
shaft in a tunnel near Oakland, CAL,
to locate water supply source, were
killed instantly when they dug into
and exploded a pocket of natural gas.