Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-09-23
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Damage estimated at 100000 was
caused at Filler, Idaho, by fire which
destroyed nearly an entire business
block.
Jack Johnson, former worlds
heavyweight champion, was sentenced
to ono year and q day in Leavenworth
peHitentiary and fined 1000 by Fed
eral Judge George A. Carpenter Of Chi
cago for violation of the Mann act.
R. G. Bills, automobile dealer Of
Blackfoot, Idaho, was killed when a
racing automobile he was testing out
on the county fair grounds dirt track
threw a tire when the machine was
speeding at the rate Of sixty miles an
hour.
The North Dakota Supreme Court
has issued an order enjoining rail-
roads operating In the state from fur
ther charging increased intrastate
rates which were put into effect on
Sept /. The order also directs the
railroads to rebate any increase al
ready collected.
A serious scourge Of flies and in
sects is attacking cattle and horses in
western Oklahoma counties, according
to reports received at Oklahoma City
by the State Board Of Agriculture
Autumn plowfng with animals has been
discontinued in some sections, it was
reported.
Emmett Bancroft, also known as
Neil Hart, was sentenced at Pendle-
ton, Ore, to be hanged Nov. 9Th for
the murder of Sheriff Til Taylor in a
Jail delivery Aug. 2Sth. He pleaded
guilty of murder in the first degree
and is the first man to receive death
sentence since capital punishment was
restored in Oregon.
Montana wool growers, through
their organization, perfected Mt n
meeting held at Helena, Mont, will
deliver finished blankets and cloth
for mems and wOmen's clothing, made
from virgin wool from Montana, to
the consumers at price that will
eliminate the profits which now pre-
vail between the grower and the ulti-
mate consumer.
California, the 1920 population of
which was announced by the census
bureau as 1926, ,536, an increase of l,
04S,987, or AL per cent in the last ten
years, has Outgrown Indiana and Geor-
gia. California, which ranked as the
twelfth state ten years ago, will rank
in tenth place or above. The numer-
cal increase Of the state 10 the largest
in it's history.
WASHINGTON
First reports of an analysis of Amer
lean freight traffic on railroads, be-
gun this year by the Interstate Com
merce Commission have been issued,
and show that during the first quarter
of 1920 railroads moved 8,007, ,435 cars
OF freight, aggregating 275,931, ,6O3
tons.
Attorney General Palmer, it was de-
clarcd at the department Of justice,
would use the Wall street explosion
outrage as lever upon Congress for
legislation to strengthen the arm of
the department for handling Red" agi-
tators in the country who seek to over
throw the government.
The state department at Washington
has been advised that RuInnnia had de-
posted it's ratification of the peace
treaty, bringing the number Of sigma
tories up to twenty-six.
Contracts for three new air mail
routes, at total cost OF Ss5, 600 II
year, have been awarded by the Post
office Department to the Lawson Air
Line Company OF Chicago.
pronounced drop in the general
level of wholesale prices during Aug
ust has been reported by the depart
ment OF labor Measured by chunges
In the Index numbers Of the bureau Of
labor statistics, the decrease was An
per cent. Foodstuffs showed the great
est price recessions, the decrease aver
aging more than u per cent Farm
products declined nearly 6 per cent
Roy H. Kuehling, held by the police
Tor investigation in connection with
the browning of his wife, Gertrude "
6he1hine, was released after the grand
39ry in the District Of Columbia court
lid voted not to return IN Indictment
against him. Kuehling was e1onernted
BY eoroner's jury from blame In con-
psction with the death 0 his wife,
Which Occurred while they were canoe
Ing on the Potomac river.
Few important changes in the forms
for filing income tax returns will be
necessary, the bureau Of internal reve-
nue. announced after n conference be-
tween representatives of various busi-
ness organizations and a committee on
the proposed reviAon Of income tax
forms for 1920. appointed by Commits
sioner Williams
The United States Shipping Board
has announced the sale of five Hog