The Raymer enterprise., 1920-09-30
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STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS or
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
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The National Rural Letter Carriers'
Association voted unanimously against
affiliating with the American Fedora
ton Of Labor at their meeting at DIAL
las, Texas.
Miss Ella Pratt, "a, Of Walla Walla,
WASH, senior at Cornell college. has
been ordained minister BY the Daven.
port district Of the Upper Iowa Meth.
edist Episcopal conference. ..
Flying from Laharpe. ILL.,, to Bir-
mingham. Iowa, to visit a friend. L. c.
Stout was instantly killed when At
tempting to land. One wing Of his
plane crumpled when 800 fest from
the landing field.
Suit for $1,70O.l 45 inheritance taxes,
interest and penalties alleged to be
unpaid was filed In the United States
district court 1t San Francisco by the
government against the estate of the
late Henry Miller. millionaire Call.
fornia cattIeman.
Raw alcohol that cost him SIS
quart was watered by Pete KOnwinsky
and sold In pop bottles at SO the bot
tie, konwinsky told the Judge at Al
oion, Nebr. His only expense was a
commission Of 80 cents bottle, which
ne paid agents" who attended to his
sales Of the $3.50 connection.
The Santa Fe railroad handled IS
by per cent more business in the first
eight months Of this year. represented
by carloads, than 1t did In the CORE
spending period last year and H. per
cent more than for the same period In
1918, according to a bulletin just Is
sued by the railroads general office at
Topeka, Kan.
Bodies Of two unidentified men, EVIL
IDENTIFY slain by being beaten over the
bends with q hammer and shot In the
backs, were found In field near Rol
Ia, N. d.. by farmer boy. The men
were about 30 years old. The authori.
ties believe they were murdered and
their automobile stolen, as tracks of
machine led away from the scene.
While Jake Kramer. a farmer llv-
Ing near Fort Morgan. was trying to
fix tractor, his left leg became
caught In the moving machinery and
was torn off above the knee. Kramer
and another man were using tractor
to pull their pillow. Something went
wrong with the tractor, and Kramer
left his pillow and climbed to the top
of the tractor to adjust it. The motor
was still running, and us he stopped
over he slipped and his left leg was
thrust into the machinery.
Mrs Irene Root Gordon of San
Francisco has obtained an annulment
Of her marriage to James NJ. (Blue-
beard) Watson, confessed murderer
OF nine women whom he had married,
and who Is now serving life term In
San Quentin state penitentInry. Mrs
Gordon said she was married to Wat
son ut Sacramento, March IS, 1919,
and that he left her shortly there.
after
WASHINGTON
Establishment Of new supervising
prohibition agents department, con-
sisting Of the states Of Arizona, New
Mexico and Texas, was announced by
the bureau of Internal revenue.
News that Roberto Pesqueira, finan-
eial agent Of the Mexican government
1t New York, called on Under Secre-
tnry Davis at the state department to
urge immediate recognition of the new
Mexican regime, caused something of
stir at the Mexican embassy. An
official statement issued by the en-
bassy said that 1t was the only agency
authorized to speak for Mexico in the
United States.
Officials Of eight foreign countries
and seventeen states, as well as the
Philippines and Porto Rico. contem-
plate drafting bills similar to the Kan
sas Industrial Court law, according to
letters Of inquiry filed In the Cover.
nor's office ut Topeka, Kan. A draft
Of similar act, proposed for Iowa,
has been forwarded to Gov. Henry J.
Allen for comment.
Consumption of wines and liquors In
the United States In 1919 was less per
capita than during any year since 1870,
according to estimates Of the depart.
ment Of commerce. In 1870 the amount
was ITO gallons per capita, rising to
e2.79 gallons In both 1907 and 1911
and falling to oil gallons last year.
The total consumption Of wines and
liquors in 1919 totaled 992, 394, TO gal.
ions, compared with q total Of i,7Ol,.
827,21s gallons
Secretary Colby has refused to grant
the request of anti-suffragists from
Tennessee that he rescind his action In
proclaiming ratification Of the federal
suffrage amendment on the basis Of
favorable action on the amendment by
the Tennessee legislature.
Gradual return to the law Of supply
and demand a. governing influence
sref prices and the end Of war
eAarxss" for necessary commodities