The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-01


negro, died at Ardmore. Okla, at the
lge of l07. ....
A S650,O0 parcel post building is to
be erected as Il temporary relief from
the mail congestion In the postoffice
al Chicago. A ten-year lease at $500
900 term rental was made by the gov.
ernment.
The proposed Hudson bay trade
route. designed to relieve traffic con
gestion during the heavy annual
movement of grain from the West, has
been pronounced feasible by the spe-
eial Senate committee appointed to in
vestigate the project.
The Ancient Arabic order, Mobiles OF
the Mystic Shrine, made net gain OF
74,125 In membership In the past year,
according to the report submitted B,
NJ. Rowell, imperial recorder. at the
annual imperial reunion at Portland,
Ore. The 1921 convention will be held
at Atlantic City, N. J.
A letter mailed Jan l, 1913, has been
returned to the writer, +. s. Heroder,
an attorney at Kansas City. after rest
ing nearly seven years In the mail
chute OF the New York Life building.
There was fire in the building the
last day OF December. 1912, and the let.
ter was dropped In the damaged mail
chute day later. II was found when
the chute was repaired, and because
the address was illegible was returned
TO Mr.. Heroder.
WASHINGTON
The population Of Continental
United States Is estimated at l05,00O,-
600 by J. A. Hill. chief statIstician of
the census bureau. His calculation is
based on the combined population of
1,408 cities and towns for which statis-
tics have been announced.
Philadelphla's population has been
announced by the census bureau as L.
S23, l5s, showing that the country's
third most populous city had main
tanned during the last ten years the
steady rate Of growth II has had since
the first federal census In 1890.
Coal production statistics compiled
by the federal trade commission from
reports submitted by 1.0sl operators
for the month Of March indicate an
increase In the profit per ton of l3
cents, or 40 per cent. The margin of
profit per ton In March, the commits.
sion declared, was AZ cents against 2g
In February.
President Wilson has been asked By
the allied nations to issue call for
the first meeting of the League of
Nations. State department officials
said that the call could not be made
Immediately. as the time and place
for the meeting had not yet been
agreed upon by the allies.
Women's hats, plain or adorned. are
necessities OF life under the meaning
Of that term. us used in the Lever act,
Howard Figg, special assistant to the
attorney general, ruled Mr. Figg's
ruling was In reply to an inquiry from
the National Retail MIlliners' AssocI-
alton as to whether women's hats
come within the range Of the act
under which the department OF justice
Is authorized to prosecute for prof.
teering In necessities.
Tennessee may be the thrty.sixth
state 10 ratify the suffrage amendment
In spite Of the clause In the constitu.
tion OF the state providing that no Leg
islature shall act on an amendment TO
the federal constitution unless elected
after the proposal OF the amendment.
The present Legislature was elected
before the proposal OF the amendment,
but II nevertheless has the 'clear pow
er to ratify the amendment" accord
ing to William T, Frierson, acting at.
torney general Of the United States.
Plans for financing the wool grow
ers until a market for wool il estab.
llshed have been worked out at con.
ferences between the growers and the
federal reserve board, was announced
by +. r. Marshall Of Salt Lake City,
secretary Of the National Wool Grow.
ers' Association. Under the plan. Mr..
Marshall said, "a wool grower NAV
ship his wool to one OF the usual
points Of distribution, obtaining from
the railroad bill OF ladlng for the
shipment; the grower may then draw
draft against his bank for such an
amount as may be agreed upon By the
grower and the bank, secured by the
bill Of lading
The National Woman's party will
call convention OF women voters to
decide upon an election policy. Alice
Paul. leader OF the militant suffragists,
announced In Washington. The con.
vention will meet In one OF three suf.
frage cities-Chicago, San Francisco
or Denver-and the call for II viii be
issued shortly.
Bubonic plague has appeared at Ca
tania, Italy. several cases having been
reported Of which two have proved
fatnl, the state department at Wash
ington has been advised by the Ameri-
can consul at Catania
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