Taiban Valley news., 1921-01-28


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One of the. first official acts OF Gov
Pat. M. .Neff, who was inducted into
office at Austin, Texas. was issuance
of an order for Texas rangers TO re-
main on duty at Galveston for an IN
definite period.
Representative Warren of Butte,
Mont, has given notice in the state
House of Representatives OF Dlll
making picketing in strikes unlawiui'
The measure conforms to the Colorado
statute, it was declared
A temporary dormitory is being in
stalled in one of the shops OF the Ne
braska state penitentiary at Lincoln
to provide sleeping quarters for the
overflow population of the institution
The temporary dormitory will contain
fifty beds.
Wool growers of eight western Ore
gorl counties organized the Oregon
Wool and Mohair Cooperative Associ-
alton at a meeting held in the com
munity house in Albany, Ore. The
plan is to enlist wool growers in poor
and sell the wool crop on a co-opera-
| tive basis.
Discovery by chemists of the United
| States Department of Agriculture OF
| the underlying cause of the destructive
corn disease "Root Rot" will enable
| corn producing states to increase their
crops probably 10 per cent, 4. T. Mer-
edith, secretary of the department, said
ut Les Moines in telling of the discov-
cry.
H. L. Cook, 55 years old, formerly a
wealthy oil operators of Casper, Wyo.'
was found dead in hotel room in Ei
Paso. Texas, with the rubber hose dis
connected from a gas heater in his
mouth. Cook registered at the hotel,
telling the clerk he was without funds
Being well known he was provided
| with accommodations and small sum
of money, This was the last seen OF
him until when his body was found.
WASHINGTON
~Tnattion by the Senate on the thous'
ands of nominations submitted by
President Wilson has been broken and
the way paved for confirmation before
March 4, of emergency appointments
A bill to repeal the excess profits
tax and to substitute for it flat tax
of 10 per cent on the profits of corpor-
ations has been introduced in the
House. Abolition of the $1,000 exemp
ton now granted business concerns
also is proposed.
Convictions of crime should not also
carry loss of civil rights, unless the
crime warrants such deprivation of cit
izenship, a committee representing the
American Bar Association advised
Senate judiciary committee consider
ing legal reform legislation. ~
The agricultural appropriation bill
carrying $33,517, ,459 for the next fisca
year, $19,511,925 less than the esti
mates, has been reported to the House
The total exceeds that for the current
year by $1,S04,675 The bulk of the
appropriation is for use by the De
partment of Agriculture, but $1,000,00C
was authorized for the national fores
reservation committee for acquisition
of additional lands at headquarters o.
naelgable streams. The committee
asked for $10,000,000.
A resolution requesting Presiden
Wilson to inform Congress why. anC
by what authority he Sent Major Gen
eral Crowder to Cuba to Investigate
conditions there was introduced b,
Representative Emerson, Republican
of Ohio.
The annual fund for free distribu
ton of seed by Senators and Repre-
sentatiyes was eliminated from tn
agricultural bill by the House subcom
mittee on appropriations, but shar
fight for the retention was expects
to be made in the House and Senate
Losses running into millions of do
lars would be shown by the shippin
board3in the operation of its vessels
fixed charges were taken into accoun
Col. e. II. Abade informed the Walls
investigating committee. He Is fol
mer general comptroller of the shiI
: ping board.
japanese would not be permitted I
own land in Nevada, provision woul
be made for escheat to the state {
property and leaseholds acquired
N violation of the law and heavy pena
n ties provided for conspiracy, accort
\ ing to the terms of bill introduce
] into the Nevada Legislature by A
semblyman Arnold.
) The Supreme Court has refused
4 review a judgment of the Supren
Court of California holding that IL
;. United States Railway Administratic
was not immune from damage sui
: arising from the operation of cor
mon carrier in that state.
The level OF retail prices declined