The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-05-07
14-year-old Martha Huff, white
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l14-year-Old Martha Huff, white
GIRL on April 49,
Phoenix, Ariz.-Near Canon DiablC
in northern Arizona, Is one of the
strangest of mines, where efforts are
being made to reach a great meteor
or asteroid, that imbedded itself in
the plain, leaving depression 600
feet deep and with an average width
of $500 feet.
Chicago-Seven hundred robber-
les, whose loot is believed to total
more than 100000, were cleared up
when police examined the effects of
Harry J. James, silk mask burglar
who was killed after shooting up the
town hall police station, wounding
two policemen.
Washington - The subcommittee
of the house committee on Indian af-
fairs that will visit the Flathead and
Crow reservations in May will be
composed of Snyder of New Mexico;
Rhodes, Missouri; Cole, Ohio; all
Republicans, and Hastings of Okla
homa and Hayden of Arizona, demo-
Gratis.
Washington Congressional in
vestigation of the print paper short
age has been started by sub-com-
mittee of the senate committee on
manufactures, headed by Senator
Reed, democrat, Missouri. The COM
mittee plans include inquiry into sup
plies, distribution and prevailing
prices.
Elko, Nev.-Sheep shearing has
begun in eastern Nevada and grow
ers declare shearers are making big
| ,,,rr &c &c
the price paid and some expert shear
ers can clip 100 animals a day, thus
earning SIT, in addition to board and
lodging, which is included with the
job.
Evansville, Ind.--A loss estimated
at 100000 resulted when the Wa
bash river levee near Oaktown, Ind,
gave way and water swept into TO-
900 acres of land sown to wheat. The
fields are said to be covered with
from three to five feet of water. The
break of the levee caused a temper
airy fall of the Wabash, which now
is on a stand at 20 feet at Vincennes.
Washington-Docu purport-
ing to have been signed by Sylvia
Pankhurst, the British suffrage lead
er, James Gordon and Clara Zelof,
promising assistance in spreading the
bolshevik propaganda throughout the
world, were found in the possession
of three communist couriers arrested
in Letvia, the state department has
been advised.
BerIin-Germany's financial col
lapse is near, according to a state
ment made before the national as
sembly by DR.. Wirth, minister of the
treasury, while presenting the bud
get for the coming year. The minis
ter attacked war profiteers who, he
declared, "are turning the nations
economic plight to their own advan-
tage."
Minneapolis-Flour advanced so |
cents barrel in the market here last |
week, marking the biggest single rise |
this year and the highest price ever
received for flour here. The in
crease, which brought flour of the
standard grade sold in 98-pound cot
ton sacks in. carload lots, to $3.50 |
a barrel was due to the high wheat
market.
Boston-The average cost of living
Tor American wage-earners advanced
seven per cent between November,
SlJ, anu MdlCu, I0Au, oSSOl VIM "
/ report made public here by the Ma /
ional Industrial Conference board.
This makes total increase in the
cost of living of 94.S per cent since
July, 1914, and of 21 per cent within
me year the report said. T.
Neutrality-suspicious. increases
If nearly $10,000,000 in funds for
laval aviation were approved by the
enate when the annual naval appro- ,
riation measure was taken up. The
louise fixed the aviation fund at S15,- ,
$4,000 and the senate committee in :
reased this to s25, 100000. New :
TENS for the Pacific coast added by :
he senate committee include ST. ;
$4,000 for fuel oil storage plant ]
t Puget Sound and $1.000,000 for !
similar plant at Pearl Harbor; !
100000 for a submarine base at :
an Pedro, and 100000 for a sub
larine and destroyer base at Port n
.ngeles, Wash. Il