The Ordway new era., 1919-12-19
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS or
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union New, Service.
WESTERN

WESTERN
Fire of undetermined origin COM
pletely destroyed the Catholic church
in Charles City, Iowa. The loss of the
edifice, which includes costly interior
decorations, is estimated Mt $4,000.
Burned to death, presumably through
an explosion of gasoline, the bodies
of Fldeli Ambrosini and Antonia Gay,
wood haulers, We're found in the cab of
their motor truck near Tonopali, New.
A hundred dollar bonus is paid by
Samuel Phillipson & Co. of Chicago to
any employee who can show proof of
the birth of new baby in his family.
The idea is to encourage marriages.
Coal production in Mckinley and
Colfnx counties, the principal coal pro-
ducing localities In New Mexico, is
within 10 per cent of normal. depart
ment of justice officials have an
nounced.
An airplane mail service between
San Diego and the port of Los Angeles
for men of the Pacific fleet stationed
at those points has been inaiiguratea.
The flights will be made by navy arr
planes.
arrived from Siberia on the transport
Sheridan. sign on the ships side
read: Bolshevists, beware We are
coming home to join the American
Legion.
A man identified by the police as Le-
land w. Zierick of Seattle escaped
from a Jewelry store mt Los Angeles
with diamonds valued at more than
$4,000. after he had held up the mana
ger and clerk with revolver. The
man was caught later.
Mexican immigration officials have
been ordered to watch closely the bor
ders of that country to prevent entry
or departure of radicals, by Aguirre
Berlanga. secretary of the interior, ac-
cording to advices received at El Paso
by Andres G. Garcia, consul general
for Mexico.
s. w. Forester, n wealthy resident
of Wichita, Kan, has bought a 100000
acre ranch at Gregory, Tex, and pro-
poses to rnise deer for market con
sumption. He will build wire fences
twelve feet high around the entire
property. He expects to send 10000
deer to the slaughter house each year
to aid in combating the high cost of
living.
WASHINGTON
Five American aces. credited with
having brought down more than fifty
German airplanes, advocated before a
House subcommittee the creation of an
aeronautical department of the govern
ment to coordinate all aerial activi-
ties.
Prices charged by coal operators
since government control was restored
because of the strike are being scrutin-
lied closely by officials of the railroad
administration and probably will be
submitted to the Department of JUS
tice.
An official investigation will be or
dered by the War Department into
statements attributed to Lieut.. Belvin
w. Maynard of the army air service
that the secret of the failure of some
of the pilots In the recent transconti-
mental army air race "can be attri
brted to too much booze"
The total value of the country's i'm
portant farm crops this year aggre
gates $14,092, ,74O, 900. the Department
of Agriculture estimated in Its final re-
port. That compares with $4,000, ,52G,-
900, the aggregate value of last years
crops as finally revised The total
area planted in these principal crops is
placed at $50 9124,473 acres, compared
with 5G,497, 1872 last year
Omissions in submitted estimates
for the coming fiscal year bring the
proposed expenditures of the govern
ment up to S5,2i9,47O,O31 instead of
S4,S65, 100000, Representative Good,
Republican, Iowa, chairman of the ap-
preparations committee, told the
House. Items omitted from the esti-
mates, Mr.. Good said, included $751;
OOOOOO for road construction, already
authorized; S150,300,000 for redemp-
tion of War Savings certificates, re-
serve notes and miscellaneous public
debts, proposed by Secretary Glass in
his report; $50, 100000 to continue the
S240 annual bonus 10 government
workers, S4O,0OO,OOO for salary in
creases of postoffice employees, $780,
O00,0O for supplemental estimates
and S50,0O0,0OO for deficiencies.
A peace-tlme regular army of 300,-
600 men and $4,000 officers has been
decided on by the House Military Sub
committee, headed by Representative
Anthony, Republican, Kansas, framing
the army reorganization bill The
number of combat troops was fixed at
$4,000.
julius ii. Barnes, Federal Wheat Dl- |
rector has announced the purchase of
the Washington Herald by Herbert
Hoover, Charles II. Crane of Chicago.
and himself. The paper will he under
the unnnn .,nneui of WnllnI I,nnurs