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the Omaha Herald, later made part of
the World-Herald. is dead ut Omaha.
In the Pacific coast states there
were 10000 motor vehicles and 5000
tractors five years ago. whereas to-
day there are 100000 motor vehicles
and 100000 tractors
About $4,000 In cash, nuggets and
jewelry were found in the safe of the
sunken steamship Princess Sophia
when Harold Post, temporary receiver
for the Deep Sea Salvage Company,
opened it at Juneau, Alaska.
Col Malvern Hill Barnum cavalry,
now stationed at San Francisco, has
been detailed commandment of the
United States disciplinary barracks at
Fort Leavenworth, succeeding Maj.
Gen. J. II. McRae, who has been as
signed to command the second di-
vision at Camp Travis.
Two st. Louis army officers are be-
Ing sought by the military authorities
In connection with the disappearance
az $4S.7S9 from the Quartermaster
corps of the United States army 1t be-
came known Mt St Louis when the To-
col police received an army bulletin
containing request for their arrest.
The provisional government of Mex
leo has issued orders closing all sa
looms except four in each town along
the Rio Grnnde, according to informa-
tion received 7at San Antonio, Texas.
The order also provides that hereafter
license to operate saloons in Mexico
will be issued only to Mexican citizens.
Eight hundred ploys. harness for
1000 mules, two tractors, twenty NOW
ing machines, two threshing machines
and thousands of dollars worth of adj
ditional agricultural implements pur
chased in the United States are ex-
pected to complete the subjugntion of
Francisco villa, erstwhile Mexican
bandit and guerilla.
Gold yield of placer camps in the
Yukon valley for 1920 is estimated at
S4,4S5,000 by mining company officials
Mt Dawson. Camps in the interior of
Alaska are expected to yield $685.
600. There has been considerable
shrinkage in the output, 1t is stated,
owing to dry season and the decrease
in the purchasing power of gold.
For brevity the will filed at Seattle,
WASH, for William H. Gordon, former
Instructor in penmanship In the Uni
versity of Colorado, author of text
books and originator of the free-hand
method of card writing, is unique in
the superior court records there 1t
reads: Leave everything l own to.
my sister. Mrs. Douglas Mckay, 1923
Center street, Peru, ILL.,"
WASHINGTON
According to Ell Heraldo, President
de Ia Huerta has announced that no
condition for the recognition of the
Mexican government have been i'm
posed by the United States or France.
"The Mexican government" he is
quoted as saying, SIS giving all guar
antees to foreign countries and not
seeking to break promises with foreign
countries, and it does net believe for
eign nations have any reason to i'm
pose conditions belittling our dignity"
The right of women to the ballot was
formally made part of the Constitu-
ton of the United States when Secre-
tary of State Colby proclaimed ratifi-
cation of the nineteenth amendment.
Combined federal and state expendi-
lures for road building may reach a
total of s250,000OOO during the cur
rent fiscal year, according to Thomas
H. Macdonald, chief OF the bureau of
public roads, department of agricul-
ture.
In an attempt to get baby panther
MS mascot, members of the One Hun
mother panther and four cubs In n
cave near Sanderson, Tex, according
to war department advices In Wash
ington. The mother panther defeated
the squadron.
There will be no Womans party
ticket in the political field this year,
and the chance that there ever will
be one is exceedingly remote, judg-
ing from the views as to the party's
future activities, which have been un-
der animated discussion at the ma
tional headquarters ever since the
suffrage amendment passed definite
ly into the constitution.
President Wilson approved the ma
jority report of the anthracite coal
com m IS o N. awarding anthracite
miners wage increases aggregating
sS5000.000, and notified the miners
that he expected them "to accept the
award and carry 1t into effect in good
faith"
The Chicago, Rock Island Pa
cific railroad have applied to the in
terstate commerce commission for
30
gold bonds to the amount of $1,000
900, and refunding mortgage gold
bonds for S1,000.000.