, 1920-01-01

Approximately SS,OOO,OOO is now
available for highway construction In
Nevada up to the end of 1921 through
such sources rs state revenue, state
and county bond issues, federal aid,
etc.
Second Lieutenant Herbert Tuch-
borne of Mt. Vernon, n. V, and Pri-
vate Allist-r Lima of San Luis Obispo,
Cflif., were killed at March field, the
army aviation field near Riverside,
when their airplane fell 1000 feet.
Constitutionality of n state law de-
signed to curtail Use Of foreign Ian
guages in Nebraska schools as an
Americanization measure was upheld
by the State Supreme Court of Ne
braska.
A train loaded with $4,000 gallons
of gin, valued at $7,000,0OO, was
shipped from Peoria, ILL.,, to New York.
The gin must be beyond the three-mile
limit ut sea by midnight, Jan. IA, 1920,
when the bonds expire. The gin will
go to Havana, Cuba. In the train there
was twenty-seven cars. Each car will
contain fifty-nine barrels of ~fifty-five
gallons each.
The ashes of the late w. c. Bosch
en- of New York, famous as u swordfish
angler were thrown on the waves
twelve miles from Avalon, Calf, one
day recently by Capt. George G. Farms
worth, his former boatman, to whom
he devised a legacy of $4,000. This
was in accordance with wishes ex-
pressed by Boschen.
The second Pan-Amerlcan Congress,
scheduled to open in Washington, D..
c., January 18th, has been deferred
one week, according to n telegram re-
ceived from Carter Glass, secretary of
the treasury. The p%ostponement was
necessitated by the delay of several
foreign delegations in obtaining steam
ship Accommodations.
Twelve warships have arrived at
San Diego, bringing the humble of
war craft in the harbor up to seventy
eight, said to be the greatest number
of war vessels eve together in the
Pacific under the American flag.
Several of the more recent arrivals
put on extra speed so as to arrive in
time to spend the holidays there.
Announcement that the national gov
is planning an elk ranch for
liz w StOIt IdEh HtGu 10 ne tS-
tablished in Park county, fifteen miles
north of the park, is contained in a
letter to the Livingston Enterprise
from Stephen Mather, director of ma
tional parks. The elk each winter have
crossed the park boundaries and were
killed by hunters or starved to death.
WASHINGTON
The Shipping Board has under con-
sideration the sale of all former Ger
man passenger ships with the stipula-
ton that the vessels be run under the
American flag, it has beer announced
in Washington.
Frances national credit loan was
over-subscribed on the first day, ac-
cording to cable advices received in
Washington from Paris by the French
commission. The advices added that
the over-subscription had exceeded the
most optimistic expectations of the
government.
Successful tests of a motor fuel de-
clared to be not only more economical
than gasoline, but also easier IN motors,
have been announced by Otto Praeger,
second assistant postmaster general in
charge of the air mail service. The
fuel consists of thirty-eight parts alco-
hol, thirty gasoline, nineteen benzol,
seven and one-half ether and four toll
uol. Ingredients making up the re-
naming one and one-half parts were
not given.
Large Increases in the export of
breadstuffs were noted in the Novem-
Der report of the Department of Com
merce, but exports of meat and dairy
products decreased $10,000,00 o as COM
pared with the same month a year ago.
Breadstuffs exported in November a
ued at $71,73S,929 as compared with
$66,271, ga for November, 1918. For the
eleven months ended with November
the total was 1865, 552, 94S against
$70S,127 ,113 for the corresponding pc
Rod of 1918. Meat and dairy products
exported in November were valued at
$61, 94S, 800. and those sent out of the
country for the eleven months period
were worth S1,097, I24,942 against $685.
100000 for the corresponding period
the year before.
The War Departments service and
information bureau has undertaken a
campaign to inform former service
men that all in need of medical or sur
gical treatment because of Illness or
injury contracted in the army or navy
can enter an army or public health
service hospital or local civilian sani-
tarium, with all expenses paid by the
government. Discharged service men
should apply to the nearest army hos
pital or local representative of the
nrhltr hno1fh garyf0a for zppnf..Ag1
or consult Red Cross representatives
or state and municipal health officers.