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pletely destroyed the Catholic church
in Charles City, Iowa. The loss of the
edifice, which includes costly interior
decorations is estimated at $4,000.
Coal production in Mckinley and
Colfax 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 inaugurate1.
The flights will be made by navy ar
planes.
Eleven hundred American soldiers
arrived from Siberia on the transport
Sheridan. A sign on the ships side
read: Bolshevists, bewarel We are
coming home to join the American
Legion.
The interior of cottage in the Los
Angeles harbor district, occupied by
George Kastivik, said to be an ex-Ger-
man army officer, was wrecked by
party of several hundred men accord
ing to police reports.
Twenty dollars day is being earn
ed by Miss Margaret Myers champion
peach pitter of California, and that
means the world. She is working
piece work in local cannery. Her
lowest days wages has been $14 while
her average is $40.
The Hansen suspension bridge, span
ming a canon 6SS feet and 345 feet
deep, through which the Snake river
runs, was opened near Twin Falls,
highest bridge in the United States
and perhaps in the world.
A plea of guilty to nine of the
twenty-One counts charging Kim with
making false entries, was entered in
the United States District Court at
San Francisco by Harold X. Loughery
accused with Frank A. Bush and VIII
liam T. Grant of defaulting to the ex-
tent of $72S,20S from the Santa Rosa
National Bank
Thermometers in Ketchiken, Alaska,
registered % degrees above zero, the
coolest day of this season, ac-
cording to dispatch received at
registered % degrees above zero at
Seattle. ALASKA regrets" said the
message, "the cold being endured by
the people in northwestern states who
have not such a sunny Cline"
$. W. Forester, wealthy resident
of Wichita, Kan, has bought a 100000
acre ranch at Gregory, Tex, and pro
. poses to raise deer for market con
sumption He will build wire fences
twelve feet high around the entire
property. He expects to send 10,OOt
deer to the slaughter house each veal
to aid in combating the high cost ol
living.
WASHINGTON
An official investigation will be or
dered by the War Department int
statements attributed to Lieut.. BelviI
W. Maynard of the army air service
that the secret of the failure of soIn'
of the pilots in the recent transconti
mental army air race "can be attri
buted to too much booze"
The American embassy at Mexico
City has notified the state department
at Washington that American Consu
lar Agent William o. jenkins at Pu
ebla, Mexico. has been released iron
custody.
Gen. J. F. VOTERS, commanding th'
Texas cavalry, with headquarters a
Houston, Texas, has received advice
of raid by Mexican bandits on {
store near the border, eleven mile
south of Zapata, county seat of Zapati
county.
The League of Nations Association
in Brussels adopted a resolution rec
ommending that the covenant of th
League of Nations be amended to to
tally eliminate from the text th
clauses giving nations the right to g.
to war.
High tribute to the courage and yea
of Indian service employees during tn
influenza epidemic among the tribes
paid by the board of Indian commits
sioners in its annual report just mad
public. In some cases, the report sale
the action of these employees amount
ed to heroism, and the devoted wor
of the corps undoubtedly kept dow
the death toll among the government
wards.
A peace-time regular army of 300
600 men and $4,000 officers has bee
decided on by the House Military Sub
committee, headed by Representativ
Anthony, Republican, Kansas, framin
the army reorganization bill Th
number of combat troops was fixed a
25O,OO0.
julius 81. Barnes, Federal Wheat Di
rector has announced the purchase o
the Washington Herald by Herber
Hoover, Charles r. Crane of Chicago
and himself. The paper will be unde
the management of Walter S. Roger
and Herman Sutter.