The Ordway new era., 1920-05-07

ashes are reported spouting from the
volcanoes crater. which can be seen
from a distance Of thirty miles.
Everett Morgan and Ole Marsh lost
their lives In n fire which-burned the
roomiDg house In which they were
sleeping at Mitchell, Neb. The fire
is supposed to have been caused by
the upsetting of lamp.
Sacukuku, chief of the Hopi Indians,
formally welcomed the pale face to his
domains and directed n number of In
dian campfire dances symbolic of
peace and good will in a special cere-
monial at Grand Canon, Ariz., TO mark
the dedication of the Grand Canyon
National Park
Charles II. Crane, newly appointed
United States minister to China; Mrs.
Crane and Miss Dorothy Reed, cou-
sin to Robert Lansing, former secre-
tnry of state, were passengers on the
China Mall Company steamer Nan
king, which steamed from San Fran
cisco to Hongkong recently.
Imprisonment for from one to three
years was the sentence imposed at
Phoenix In the Superior Court on
Harry Hurley, business man and
rancher, convicted on n charge of
grand larceny In connection with the
taking of 1900 sacks of cement be-
longing to the State Highway Commits
sion.
Organization Of a committe of 100
ito rid the community OF radicals"
has been completed at Tonopnh, New.
This action followed the return TO
work of miners of the Tonopah dis
trict who walked out after handblll,
stating that strike would be called
the next day, had been circulated
among them. No disorders have been
reported.
Kansas wheat growers raised their
1919 wheat crop at an average loss of
43 cents an acre, ]. c. Mohler, secre-
tary of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, announced in II report complied
from questionnaires returned by 2,040
farmers on 401,O62 acres. The only
gain was in the western division,
where there was an average profit of
S1.S9 nm acre.
ot1otatht " kioJtet <haLuEti L.
Foster, there will be over 1900 acres
of cotton planted in the Carlsbad, N.
NJ, soction this spring and 95 per cent
of the crop will be long staple. About
GO per cent Of the crop Is yet to be
planted. The season Is now on in real
earnest and it is expected that there
will be at least 25,OOO acres of land
under irrigation before the season is
over.
WASHINGTON.
Judgments against the Lehigh VAL
ley Railroad Company for approx
mntely S75O.O0O. resulting from the
Black Tom explosion of war munitions
in the company's yards on New York
bay In 1916, will stand rs result of
the refusal Of the Supreme Court to
review appeals brought in thirteen
separate proceedings. Sixteen hun
dred claims aggregating 1,622, 900
have been instituted as result of
the explosion.
The House bill appropriating $780,
100000 for deficiencies in government
operation of railroads and 100000
for miscellaneous deficits has been
passed by the Senate and sent to con-
ference.
Henry ]. Orr, 19-year-old soldier in
the transport corps, confessed, the po-
lice said, that he killed his wife, Mar
garet. in New Haven. Conn, Septem-
ber 21st Orr was ready to sail for the
Hawaiian islands from San Francisco
when he made the confession.
The average cost of living for wage
earners advanced Z per cent between
November, 1910, and March, 1920, ac-
cording to report made public by
the national industrial conference
board. This makes n total of 94.S per
cent since July, 1914, and of 81 per
cent within one year, the report said.
Government revenues since Septem-
ber, 1917, about equalled revenues for
the fifty-five years prior to that year.
The Internal Revenue Bureau an
nOunced thut In the two and one-half
years of war taxation, revenue receipts
aggregated $11,4S1, ,109.0OO willie for
the fifty-five year period they were
S11,5S2, 100000.
Collection of the nations taxes last
year cost the government 53 cents for
each 500 in revenue, according TO a
statement by the Bureau of Internal
Revenue. Total collections for the
year were $3.50, $50 600, and total ex-
pepditures in collecting that amount
of $20, 0,573. 900, the statement declared.
Van H. Manning. director of the
bureau of mines, has resigned, effec-
tive June 80. to become director of re-
search Of the newly organized Ameri-
can Petroleum Institute. composed of
the leading petroleum producers of the
country.