Cheyenne record., 1920-07-15
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PATcHEs PUT INTO SHORT,
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STORY OF the week
SHOWING THE PRooRGSs OF
EVENTS IN our OWN AND
FoREIoN LANDS.
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Ebert w. Baaacett, eoavicted Of taae
murder Of Clyde Armour, was hanged
in the Jail yard at Santa FS. The
crime was committed October %, 1919.
Two well-dressed boyH he3d - tho
bark Of Waterloo, Neb., twenty miles
west OF Omaha, bound and gagged
Cashier w. T. StrattOn. robbed the
bank Of $l,5e0 and escaped In IN an
tomobi3e.
Alfonso q. Bernard, q United States
immigration officer stationed at Cam
DO, sixty miles from San Diego. Calf,
was run down and killed by an auto
mobile when he attempted to halt the
machine in a search for smugglers.
JsAn Neff, l8-year-cld son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Porter ]. Neff. fell out OF a
cherry tree at Ned6ocd, Ore, and was
impaled upon tie thinning shears
which had dropped out of his hands,
one blade driving into his chest and
piercing his lung.
A force Of government hunters tn-
der direction of j. s. Ligon and In
cluding j. s. Lilly, noted lion hunter,
has completed three weeks drive in
the Black range in western New Mex
leo, whereby they bagged fourteen
bear, five lions and two gray wolves.
This catch is said to be the largest
in several years.
Gertrude Kistler, l2-year-old daugh-
ter Of Sedgwick Kistler of Lock Haven
Pa, q delegate to the Democratic ma
tional convention, was drowned in the
Merced River at Yosemite, Caiif., and
H. ]. Pink Of Los Angeles, who went
to her rescue, slipped on rock as he
entered the stream and fractured his
skull, death resulting instantly.
Estimated crop production in Kan
sas for 1920 as based upon the condi-
ton on July I, according to the report
issued by the Kansas office Of the Bu-
reau Of Crop Estimates, United States
Department Of Agriculture, shows win
ter wheat l1O,313.OO0 bushels; spring
wheat, 321 600 bushels; oats, 52,41S,OOC
bushels, and barley, 1906 bushels
The first reported fatalities in con
nection with the airplane patrol Of gov
ernment forest reserves have been re
ported at Alturas, Calf, when a plane
piioted by Wayman Haney fell about
400 feet, killing Haney and two pas,
sengers, Antonio SalcedO and Harold
Robie. The latter was civilian OBJ
server employed by the forest service
WASHINGTON
Guided entirely by radio compass
signals, navy seaplane F-5-L left Nor,
folk and flew ninety-five miles on a
"bee-line" to pick up the battleship
Ohio Mt sea, with no knowledge Mt the
time Of taking the air of the vessels
location. The airplane then navigated
its return to Norfolk entirely by radio
compass.
The first settlement with railroad
company of all claims arising out OF
federal operation has been announced
by the railroad administration, which
has agreed to pay the Spokane, Port
land & Seattle railroad $1,6OO,OOO In
cash, the sum remaining after the bal
ancing of the claims Of the railway
company against the government and
of the government against the railroad
company.
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, chief OF
the Bureau Of Transportation In the
War Department. has been designated
by Secretary Baker to head the inland
and coastwise waterways service, es.
tablished under the new transpOrta-
ton act.
Five thousand draft evaders have
been convicted In Federal Courts and
given sentences of from thirty days to
one year in prison, according to reports
compiled Mt the Department of JUS
tice. Thirty thousand cases remain TO
be investigated.
Bituminous coal production in the
United States from the first of the
year to July 4 totaled 2G2, ,272, 900 tons,
IN increase of 44,173,0OO tons over the
production figures for the same period
in 1919, the geological survey an
nounced Mt Washington.
Marked Improvement in the yellow
fever situation in San Salvador was
reported in an official dispatch re-
ceived ut Washington by the Saliva
dorean legation from Its government.
II was stated that the quarantine Mt
Sonsonate and nearby towns had been
lifted, and that sanitary conditions
throughout the country are good.
The United States must turn to the
oil shales of Utah, Colorado. WyOm-
Ing and Nevada rs sources of oil sup
My for the future, according to Mar
tin J. Gavin, refinery engineer OF the
Bureau Of Mines. '"These states con-
tain enormous deposits Of oil shales
which by proper treatment yield gas.
oil, and ALSO, II desired. ammonia, Of
ys,lue N a fertilizer" said Mr.. Gavin.
Nov. Is has been determined upon as