Cheyenne record., 1919-12-25

Western Newspaper Union News Service
WESTERN
Approximately Ss.OOO,OOO is now
available for highway construction in
Nevada up to the end of 1921 through
such sources as state revenue, state
and county bond issues, federal aid,
etc.
The Chicago National League base
ball club will leave Chicago for Pasa-
dena, Calf, to begin Its spring train
ing season Feb. %. This Is the earliest
date the team has left on it's spring
training In four years.
Fire destroyed fifty government
trucks, loaned to the Nebraska high
way commission, when a building in
which they were stored at the state
fair grounds at Lincoln burned. The
total loss Is estimated at 100000.
Federal Judge Lands sentenced
Samuel c. PandOlfo, organizer and
head of the PanMotor Company, st.
Cloud, MIMI, convicted of using the
mails to defraud, to serve ten years in
a federal penitentiary and fined him
$4,000.
Gold dust worth approximately
100000, brought by dog trans over
the winter trail from the Kuskokwin
and Iditarod regions of Alaska, are at
Seward awaiting shipment to Seattle.
The gold was the product of "clean-
ups" in the districts since winter set
in.
Famed by heavy gale and with the
temperature close to zero, fire that
started In the basement of n fOur-stOry
building occupied by the National Tail
Ors In Cleveland, defied the efforts of
the fire department for hours to con-
troll II. Damage was estimated ut $780,
600.
The county agent announced in Chi
cago that 1926 Christmas baskets OF
food for the poor this year cost only 23
cents a basket more than in 1918. The
principal increases noted were raisins,
which more than doubled, and pota-
toes, which advanced SLAB a hundred
pounds.
The ashes of the late w. G. Bosch
en- of New York, famous as a Swordfish
angler. were thrown on the waves
twelve miles from Avalon, Calf, one
day recently by Capt. George c. Farms
worth, his former boatman, to whom
he devised II legacy Of $4,000. This
was in accordance with wishes eX-
pressed by Boschen.
WASHINGTON
The urgency deficiency bill prOvid-
;,,,, f.,,. mis- al In S,lb.
jects, including S3O,OOO,OOO for in
creased war risk insurance allowances
have been passed in the United States
Senate.
The Federal Reserve Board has adj
vised all federal reserve banks which
have not yet begun their building OPP
erations to perfect their plans in de-
tail, but to postpone. for the present,
letting contracts for construction.
Enactment by Congress of lcgisla-
tiOn to continue government control
over sugar during 1920 is assured, Sen
ator McNnry, Republican of Oregon, in
charge of the control bill in the Sen
ate, announced after compromise had
been reached with opponents of the
measure limiting extension OF the H.
censing powers to June 30, 1920.
The Indian appropriation bill, re-
ported to the House was reduced by
the House committee from Sl7,47l 900
asked by government officials to Sl3,-
10000, which is approximately $1,000
900 less than the amount for the cur
rent fiscal year.
Forest green has been made the Of
ficinl color of the American Red Cross
field uniforms in an order issued by
Secretary Baker The change was de-
cided on year ago but TO utilize the
large amount of light gray cloth on
hand the order was withheld
The War Department has announced
that requests from relatives of Ameri.
can soldier dead buried abroad that
they be allowed to disinter the bodies
at their own expense will be refused,
except where relatives desire to inter
the bodies i'll cemetrics OF their own
choice in Europe.
Three and half million pounds of
sugar belonging to the Utah Idaho Su-
gar Company, seized Dec. u under libel
proceedings brought by the govern
ment, will be distributed in cities of
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and west
ern Montana at once at wholesale
price Of 1Oiz cents seaboard basis.
The War Departments service and
information bureau has undertaken a
campaign to inform former service
men that all in need of medical or sur
gical treatment because of illness or
injury contracted in the army or navy
can enter an army or public health
service hospital or local civilian sani-
tarium. with all expenses paid by the
government. Discharged service men
should apply TO the nearest army hos