Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-11-13
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The News Happenings of
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f0und IN the lake IN Liberty farki OH
Saturday by a boy who was sailing a
toy boat. Ii has not been definitely
decided whether she was murdered
or suicided.
from Price, Utah, to Salt Lake, at the
rate of 125 miles an hour in one of
the smallest monoplanes yet made, l..
Z. Whltmore of Price, Utah, riding
with Pilot McBeth, ran into high ten
ton wires at the Salt Lake landing.
more seriously injured.
The shops of the Denver & Salt
Lake railroad at Utah Junction, three
miles north of Denver, were destroyed
by fire of unknown origin Saturday
night, with loss estimated at 81 ,000.-
900.
Femininism captured the city of
Yoncalla, Ore, in the recent election.
An entire municipal ticket of women
was chosen, men opponents being de-
feated fox all offices.
The street railway strike at Denver
has come to close, the men who were
out having made application to return
to their positions. Eight persons were
killed and scores injured during rioting
that occurred while the strike was in
progress.
Charged with robbery and attempt
ed murder at Grand Junction, Colo,
and said to be wanted for murder at
Kansas City, No., Roy Bell, 20, was
arrested at Salt Lake.
DOMESTIC.
The special grand jury at Chicago
investigating baseball has returned its
final report, in which it stated that
"while evidence has been found that
some games were thrown by players,
the practice was not general, and the
leaders In organized base ball may be
relied upon to keep the game above
suspicion"
The peanut growers of the Montgo-
merry, Ala, section are in for terror
now. Governor Kilby has received re-
ports that "'night riders" have warned
farmers mot to get any peanuts out
of the ground until the price goes
to So q ton."
Alaska's population is 54,71S, a de-
crease of 14.9 per cent in the last dec
ade, according to an announcement
made Saturday.
Two hundred and thirty-five Leland
Stanford college students were exam
ined by Professor Cottrell at Palo Alto,
Cal. TIlrty-seven didn't know the
name of CALIFORNIA; governor; six
thought I'll johnson was still governor
twenty-nine couldn't name a senator
from the state and on the matter of
cabinet officers they were awful"
Some thought Gompers, Roosevelt,
Brynn. McAdoo, Reed Smoot and
Blaine were members.
Three robbers Saturday night held
up the Twin City bank of Rosedale,
suburb of Kansas City, Kan, obtained
about $4,000 in cash and escaped.
Reorganization of the Democratic
national committee may take place in
Washington early in December when
George White, chairman expects to
call a conference of committee mem
bers, he announced Saturday at New
York.
Santa Fe railroad have announced that
contracts are being completed for the
delivery of S1S,000,000 worth of new
rolling stock to the system. Fifty loco
motives, 1000 refrigerators cars and
BOO coal cars are included.
A strike of shoemakers which began
at the factory of the Thomas G. Plant
company at Boston on May 13, 1919,
In an effort by labor unions to enforce
a closed shop, was ordered TO cease in
an injunction granted by the superior
court on Friday.
Four bandits held up bank messen-
ger in Chicago and escaped with a
satchel containing $4,000 in Liberty
bonds and coupons, in addition to
$257 900 in negotiable checks.
Cooperative purchase of farm sup
plies by farmers business organiza-
tons will be taken up by the Farm
ers' National Grain Dealers associa-
ton at a convention at Chicago, De-
cember and 8. The other major sub
ject will be the cooperative selling of
grain.
President Wilson's home district at
Princeton, N. j., the Seventh election
district, was carried by Senator Hard
ing by more than 2 to 1. Governor
Cox had 145 votes, while Harding had
S18.
For the first time in the history of
any Florida town, st. Petersburg went
Republican by a majority of 27S votes
Harding carried seven of the precincts
Congressman a. ]. volstead. Repub-
fican of the Seventh Minnesota district,
author of the prohibition enforcement
set, has been reelected on the Repub-
iican ticket after a close fight.
George w. Stevens. president of the
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