The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1920-07-09
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ed to S99GOO.OOO. or an increase of
about S3.OOO.OOO over the same month
last year. while exports of meat and
dairy products valued at Sol .NO.NN
showed a decrease of S4oNN.oO0 from
May. 1919. it was announced by the de-
partment Of commerce. Cotton eN-
ports for the month amounted to Hi4.-
0O4 bales. Il decrease of I?Sl4 bales
from May. 1919. Exports of mineral
oils totaled 264 oOO.O 600 gallons. against
175.3OO,OOO for the same month last
year.
Coal production statistics compiled
by the federal trade commission from
reports submitted by 1.0S1 coal opera
tors for March. indicate an increase in
the profit per ton of 13 cents. or ~
per cent. The margin of profit per ton
in March. the commission declared.
was ~ cents. against 20 in February.
Production in March by the opera
tors reporting aggregated 1907 .642
tons. as compared with 13.7114.916 tons
in the preceding month. and a monthly
average Of 14.197.7W tons in 1918.
Secretary Baker has been named by
President Wilson to be chairman Of
the board provided for in the water
power bill to carry out the provisions
of that measure Secretaries Meredith
and Payne We're named at the same
time to be members of the board.
The state department has instructed
the American commissioner at Con-
Stantinople TO investigate Il report that
Mrs. Paul Nielsen. an American mis-
sionary. has been captured by Turkish
natiOnali>ts at TarS,ls. Information as
to the capture of Mrs. Nielsen reached
the state department in Il telegram
from her father. II. A. Fisher. of
Wheaton college. Illinois.
Secretaries Daniels and Payne will
go to Alaska next month to study CON
dtionS there as relating to their re-
spective departments. 1t is understood
The cabinet officers will spent ut least
a month in the territory. They will
leave Seattle July s on destroyer
WESTERN
Between 5000 and $4,000 worth of
liberty bonds and S5.1S6 in cash was
the loot obtained by five bandits who
held up the Great Northern State bank
in st. Paul bank officials reported
Victor Hedman. cashier. was slightly
wounded when he stepped our of a
vault while the robbery was in prog
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him. The bullet srazed ..ls left chest
Just over the heart.
Fire that broke out in the Golden
Krust bakery at Centralia. WASH
caused property loss that may reach
$4,000 and resulted in the death of
Fire Chief Tom Cunningham. Gun
ningham was Suffocated when he
smashed glass door. the glass cut
ting his mask The body was found an
hour later by firemen.
Fred Dutch" Mol,hen. former Mon
fana university all-arouna athletic
star and a member of the famous
Mare Island marine football team of
1917. WAS killed in an airplane accident
st Paris Island. s. G.. Two other men
in the plane with him We're also killed
The board Of directors of the Jap
senting 16.OO0 Japanese in central and
northern California. Utah. Colorado
and Nevada will meet ''n a few days"
to consider Governor Stephens re
quest tn Washington for diplomatic ne
sotiationS or an exclusion act to de
crease Japanese immigration into Cal
ifornia. X. KanZaki. secretary of the
organization. said in San Francisco.
We are very much surprised at the
governors statement" Kanzaki said.
The United States must continue
providing for its navy and keep il
great. said .loSephlS Daniels. secretary
of the navy. in an address 70 the San
Diego. Cal. Rotary club. The Secre-
iary'S speech was part Of a program
which kept him busy during his day
in San Diego. Much of his time was
devoted To inspection of the great ma
rine base on which work is proceeding
rapidly.
Kansas City. No. was selected for
the next annual Shrine meeting place.
at the closing session of the conven-
tion in Portland last week. Kansas
City was the only candidate fer the
1921 meeting.
Frank Vale. 60 years old, of FL Cen
tro. Cal. a native of Mexico. became
a father for the thirty-fifth time when
his second wife. whom he married in
1900, gave birth 10 her seventeenth
child. an 11-pound boy. Sixteen Of
valle's children are living.
A. c. Townley. president Of the Ma
tional NonpartiS;ln league. will come
To Washington next month for an air
plane tour in the interests Of farmers
candidates. according to an announce
ment at Nonpartisan league headquar-
ters at Spokane. He recently com
pleted similar campaign tour of Min
ueSCtu.