The Ordway new era., 1919-03-28
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. DC ~ q ., ACHIEVE
MENTs, suFFERiNos, HoPEs
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
western N.wsp.p.r Union rev. s.rvie..
WESTERN

OtAn llDEtGGuth DitnDiui LcSioiA
ture adjourned after having worked
four days past the legal time by
adopting the time-worn method of
stopping the clock.
Louis Young. 10, boy burglar, was
shot and instantly killed following a
revolver battle with four detectives,
who caught him and companion rob-
bing barber shop In Omaha.
Several persons are reported killed.
scores injured, and vast amount of
property damaged by tornadoes and
cloud bursts which struck towns In
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma with
in the past few days.
The home of John Turner, miner,
was dynamited at Butte, Mont, while
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner and three chill
dren were asleep. The building was
damaged but the occupants were un-
hurt. No motive for the attack is
known.
Sixteen thousand or more officers
and men of the Fortieth Sunshine"
division will go to Camp Kearny for
rehabilitation by April 10, according
to word received ut San Diego by Maj.
J. G. Dooley, intelligence officer of
the division.
BY vote of eight to four, the Sen
ate of the Nevada Legislature refused
to pass resolution indorsing league
of nations 'of which the United States
shall be member" The resolution
was passed by the assembly early in
the session.
A herd OF between 300 and 400 buf-
falo, all of them said to be us wild as
when they roved the Western plains,
are rulers of Antelope island, in great
Salt Lake. Antelope island contains
approximately 10000 acres and is the
estate of the late John Dooly, West
ern pioneer.
Eighteen Mexicans are confined in
the federal section of the county jail
at Ell Paso, Texas, the government has
three truck loads of military supplies,
and army officers declared the revo-
luton of General Felipe Angeles,
which was planned to start in north
ern Mexico May In conjunction with
Francisco Villas movement, had been
checked by the arrest of Angeles
staff.
WASHINGTON
Census report shows the cotton
crop of 1913, excluding linters, to be
11,SSs,13S bales. counting round as
half bales, compared with 11,24S.242
for 1917.
Persons who neglected to pay the
first installment of income taxes have
lost the installment paying privi-
lege and must now pay their entire tax
upon demand of revenue collector.
About 100000 pounds of wool, rep
resenting part of the surplus stocks
held by the War Department. will be
offered for sale ut Philadelphia. An
other auction is to be held at Boston.
Although food prices showed de-
cline of 6 per cent during the month
ending last February 18th, the prices
were o per cent higher than those pre-
vailing in February, 1918, and about
10 per cent higher than the average
price of 1913.
Nationwide observance of Arbor
Day through the planting of trees ded-
icated to soldiers who died during the
war was urged by Secretary Houston
in a letter to governors of the states
He asserted he could not conceive Il
better way to keep alive the memory
of those youths who had fallen.
Director General Hines announced
at Washington that the railroad ad-
ministration had under consideration
reduction in freight rates on crushed
rock, stone, sand and gravel for road
construction when consigned to, and
the freight is paid by the state, county
or township government or the federal
government
Statistics made public by the War
Department showed that the govern
ment has on hand or contracted for,
4ST, ,100.540 pounds of wool remaining
to he disposed of. Wool purchased or
contracted for amounted TO T22, ,45O. .16S
pounds, valued at more than S5OO,OOO,-
900. 1t included 10,0OO000 pounds OF
domestic clip yet to be delivered, A.
0OO,O00 pounds to come from South
America. and 94,OOO.OOO pounds con-
tracted for with the British govern
ment.
Loans tOtaling approximately S14,-
799,S00 were made to 4,209 farmers
throughout the United States by the
federal banks on long time first mort
cages in February, according to n
monthly statement of the farm loan
bureau board given out in Washing
ton.
The war finance corporation is con-
sidering floating n large bond issue,
probably OF S20O,OO9.O00. within few
weeks, to provide funds for railroads
and TO meet any other demands on the
corporation. The interest rate con-
femplated is AZ per cent