Cheyenne record., 1920-06-24
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PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PRooREss OF
EvENTs IN OUR OWN AND
FoREIoN LANDS. ,e'
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WESTERN -a-7


f5.0O0oOt worth Of silver has been lost
at the Broken Hills mines In Australia.
Lightning killed two men who were
working in sandplt seven miles east
Of Bear River, MINI. Several build
ings in the vicinity were struck by
lightning.
Members of his family have been
conducting q search since March for
Henry X. Norton, former attorney and
executive officer of the California
housing and immigration commission.
One lumber manufacturing plant in
Portland, Ore, and at least three in
nearby towns have been closed, accord
ing to statements by company officials,
because Of the car shortage and q de-
clining market.
A disease, diagnosed by state Off
cials as anthrax, during the past week
has caused the death Of $1,000 worth
Of livestock belonging to farmer liv-
ing near Beatrice, Neb. Steps to check
its spread have been taken.
Public school instruction on how to
deal with banks was advocated before
the Nebraska bankers convention by
Raymond T. McNally of st. Louis. He
said people who deal with banks today
know less about them than other busi-
ness institutions.
II had to do it he had made several
threats against my life," was the only
explanation James Wolff, farmer,
would give for shooting and killing
Omar Erwin, also farmer, near Bar
ton, q small mountain settlement about
thirty miles east Of Albuquerque, N. NJ.
A large rattlesnake recently cap
tured near Coburg, small town near
Eugene, Ore, committed suicide after
live days Of captivity. The reptile
was kept in store window on exhibi-
ton and persons passing the window
say the snake coiled and plunged its
:angs into its own body.
The fight to preserve the great tim
ber lands Of Oregon is on. Reflected
sunrays by day and direct searchlight
rays by night will help to fight Ore
gon's forest fires this summer. A huge
searchlight will have a point of van
tage on Willamette Heights, from
which point 1t will flash "heliograph"
signals throughout the night to the
summit of Larch mountain, where for
estry observers will carry on "helio-
graphic" conversation with observers
at Salem, Silverton and other forestry
centers.
WASHINGTON
Withdrawal Of four Of the six de-
stroyers now Mt Mexican gulf ports has
been ordered by the Navy Department.
Norman II. Davis of Tennessee has
been appointed by President Wilson to
be undersecretary Of state. He has as
sumed his duties, succeeding Frank l..
Polk, who has resigned because of the
state Of his health.
Although Senator Warren G. Hard
ing will not be formally notified OF his
selection rs the Republican presiden.
tial candidate until the middle Of July,
he has already formulated the main
idea Of his speech Of acceptance.
American mining interests already
ore demonstrating a feeling OF conf
0CuSC luC oCSldAuNAOu oA tuc uC
factor government Of Mexico by great
ly increased activities in the states of
Sonora and Sinaloa, said n report re-
ceived ut Washington from the Amer
'can consul at Nogales.
In an effort to obtain better fitting
uniforms for American soldiers, more
than 100000 men in the army have
hal tnly IN
partment announced. The measure
ments were said to form the most com
prehensive survey ever made for tailor
ing purposes and will be made uvaila-
BILE to the clothing trade.
A number Of changes In rules re-
garding the departure OF aliens from
this country will be made by the State
June 3Oth, OF the office of foreign per-
mits and the concentration of such
work in the division OF passport con-
troll. Alien enemies are to be allowed
to depart from the United States to
all countries, with certain exceptions,
without permits, and 1t will no longer
be necessary to have permits TO leave
the United States by way of the Mexi-
can and Canadian borders.
State public utilities commissions
will be asked by the Bureau of Mines
to put into effect before October 1,
1920, certain regulations for the use
Of natural gas 'in order that the best
possible use may he made Of the rap
dly waning natural gas in this coun-
iry."
Under a War Department order
officers holding the emer-
gency rank Of major general have been
reduced to brigadIers or colonies, and
sixteen officars now brigadier generals
are reduced TO ranks ranging from