The Ordway new era., 1919-07-04
1oNoENsGp RGcoRp OF TIE
PRooREss OF EvENTs At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAVINGS. ONO ., ACHIEVE
MENTs, suFFERINos. HoPEs
AND PEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

Formal announcement OF the candi-
dacy of General Alvaro Obregon for
the presidency of Mexico at the cleo
tion in 1920 was made public this
week.
Governor McKelvie tentatively de-
cided to call the Nebraska Legislature
in special session Monday, July 21, for
the purpose of ratifying the woman
suffrage amendment to the constitu-
tion of the United States.
The e.6OOton steel steamship Colo
RADIO Springs, Victory Loan honor
ship named after Colorado Springs,
Colo, as a reward for that city's over
subscription, was launched at the
Skinner & Eddy shipbuilding plant at
Seattle, Wash.
Announcement has been made by
representative Of Boston firm that
he had purchased from one grower
his clip of 41,000 pounds of wool for
COZ cents pound, at Great Falls,
Mont. the highest price paid for wool
in that vicinity.
Crops on 700 acres of Yakima valley
land, most of 1t belonging to the Union
Orchards Company and planted to ap-
crete standpipe by the Wenas dam was
blown up by dynamite. Tie perpetrat-
or is not known. There has been high
feeling In regard to the water rights of
the Wenas valley for several years.
The Kansas winter wheat crop, now
being harvested. was estimated at 229,
2lT00 bushels in the monthly report
issued by J. @. Mohler, secretary of
the State Board of Horticulture. This
is an increase of more than 100000
bushels over Mohlers May report and
1t is approximately 33,000,000 bushels
greater than the last federal monthly
report.
All of the expenditures of the
United States for war propaganda
total less than German propagandists
spent in Mexico alone, George Creel,
manager of the committee on public
information, stated ut San Francisco
America expended S4,OO0,OOO for Its
propaganda, which, besides lining up
the nation itself, put America and
Americas aims before many foreign
countries In a true light.
Establishment of branch of the In
terror Department in some Western
state with several of the departments
bureaus removed there from Washing
ton, was proposed In bill introduced
by Representative Mays Dem.) of
Utah. His measure would appropriate
S1,OOO,OOO for the branch headquarters,
which would house the general land Of
flee. the geological survey, the bureau
of mines, the reclamation service, the
Indian bureau and the national park
and forest services.
WASHINGTON
Total casualties of the American ex-
peditiOnary forces reported to date was
announced by the War Department as
2s0,0l6, including: Killed In action Qn-
Guiding 3sl lost at seal, 33,754. Died
of wounds, 1870 Died Of disease, 3D.
89d. Died from accidents and other
causes, 4,942, Total deaths, -75,682.
Wounded in action, 21O,9s4. Miss..a's
IN action tnot including prisoners re-
leased or returned), 2,370.
The War Department announced
award Of the distinguished service
cross BY General PershTng TO Capt. Al
bert +, Baxter, FuIrmount, Nebi
Corp. Thomas Stirling, Denver, Colo;
Priyates clifford G. Kidd and Fred s.
Smith, Denver, Colo. all members of
the A. R F.
That the financial aid required from
America to rehabilitate devastated
European countries will not exceed ST.
5OO,OOO,O 600, was the view expressed by
Governor Harding Of the federal re-
serve board. Governor Harding gave
this figure as his personal estimate,
and 1t 10 just one-half the sum esti-
mated in recent issue of the federal
reserve bulletin.
Demobilization of the navy is pro-
ceeding rapidly and satisfac ctorily,
Secretary Daniels announced, with the
result that the total strength will
have been reduced to 250,0O0 men by
the end of this week. More than 800
men day are being released, the
secretary said, most of them being
taken from the shore establishments.
Since the signing of the armistice
more than 265,OOO men have been dis
charged from the navy or released to
inactive duty in the reserve force.
Evidence that Nikolai Lenine, pre-
mler of the Russian soviet republic is
the master brain" directing radical
propaganda in this country. was sub
mitted before the Lusk committee In
vestigating alleged Bolshevism in New
York.
Repeal of the postal zone system
for newspapers and periodicals is pro-
posed In bill by Representative
Mondell Of Wyoming, the Republican
laadar Hinder the measure second
class mail would be at the flat rate IN
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