The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-22
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STORY OF The week
eHoWik6 THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN

tn run because OF a crippled hip, shot
and killed John Leonardo, escaped pa
fient from the State Hospital for the
Insane, when Leonardo charged him
with a pitchfork In q field.
Col. NJ. NJ. Tinley Of Iowa, l6sth In
fantry, Rainbow division. was chosen
by the nominating committee Of the
first reunion Of veterans Of that divi-
sion TO head the organization for the
coming year and elected ut the conven-
tion at Birmingham.
After having refused to accept OK
ecutiye clemency from former Cover.
nors Colqutt and Ferguson, Uncle"
Bill Edwards, eccentric Texas convict.
aged 10, wrote the governor for par
don as birthday present on July 10.
1870 II was Immediately granted.
Piloted by Admiral Hugh Rodman,
rommaDder-in-chief OF the Pacific fleet.
the destroyer on which Secretary Dan
iels and Secretary Payne left Seattle,
reached ketchikan. Alaska, In the rec
ord time Of thirty-six hours. cutting
five hours off the previous best time
for that run.
Three men were instantly killed
when an airplane In which they were
riding crashed to the ground ut coeur
d'Alene, Idaho. The dend are Gus
Erickson, Bonner's Ferry, Idnho; Pc
ter Savage, Kellogg. Idaho, aud Pilot
Cleo Shelton Miller OF Pullman, Wash.
The accident was witnessed by more
than 1000 spectators.
Prediction that Nebraska's corn pro-
duction this year will exceed last
years yield by 4.055.000 bushels is
made In joint crop report by the
United States Burenn Of Crop Esti-
mates and State Department Of Ag.
riculture. The report estimates 1885,
24I.0oo bushels will be produced, as
compared TO lSi,is6,000 bushels In
1919.
The Farmers Bank OF Page, Neb.
n state institution. was closed on the
advice OF former State Senator James
A. Donoh0e, counsel for the stock
holders, and the State Banking Board
was requested to take charge. Eugene
Smith, president Of the bank, was
found dead In COW pasture near Page.
Experts from O'Neill banks who have
been going over the banks books said
they had found apparent Irregularities
WASHINGTON
Less gold was produced throughout
the world last year than In 1918 and
indications are that the 1920 output
also will show a reduction, according
10 the geological survey which, on
incomplete returns, places the 1919
production at from S3i5,000,0O0 to
S35o,0O0,000.
Secretary OF War Baker, who Is
chairman Of the water power commits
sion, created by the new water power
act, has appointed committee OF de-
partmental representatives to draw up
rules and regulations for the admin.
istration Of the new act. Maj. Gen.
r. II. Crowder. judge advocate gen.
eral and former provost marshal gen.
eral In charge OF the administration
Of the draft act. is head Of the com.
mlttee.
Commander J. c. Hunsaker, u. s. n,
who will deliver the Wilbur Wright
memorial address for 1920 before the
Royal Aeronautical Society OF Eng
land, has been elected an honorary
Fellow OF that society. This is the
first time the distinction has been con.
ferred on one not British subject.
The big packers have demanded
more than $8,OO0,000 from the War DE
partment for the cancellation Of an oral
contract for meats which were to have
been delivered during the three months
after the signing Of the armistice.
Whether this sum or any part Of II
will be paid will be determined BY Sec
rretary Baker.
Berlin.-The second OF two Zeppelin
cruisers, which, II In reported, are to
pe sent to America, have left Fried
tichshafen. says message to the
rages Zeitung from Constance. Ac-
-ording to the same source, German
agents In New York are endeayoring
70 sell the Zeppelin patents to Ameri.
an interests az the Friedrichshafen
jards, BY the peace treaty. are de-
barred from building further sirships.
An agreement has been reached be-
'ween wholesalers and retailers Of
Pittsburg, Pa, 1t has been announced.
TO sell bread by the ounce instead OF
by the loaf. Three fourths Of a cent
an ounce was fixed as the standard
price.
A gray timber wolf. weighing sixty
pounds or more, was killed the other
day By James Kees, who lives east Of
Richmond. Ind, in woods adjoining
the golf links Of the Richmond Country
Club. The animal had been preying on
poultry In the vicinity for several
days.