Taiban Valley news., 1921-09-09
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN

WESTERN
Albert G. Baker, justice of the Ari-
ZoHa Supreme Court, died at Los An
geles, according to advices received.
Airs. Bessie Keyes, charged with i'm
nlication in the killing of the 5-months-
I'D daughter of W. II. Aven, was ar
rested at Wylie, Texas, and taken to
Waco.
While tapping keg OF near beer at
Dubuque Iowa, William TrainOr had
his right arm broken in two places
when the keg exploded blowing out
the head.
II. Il. Grimes, ticket agent at Suisun,
Calf, was shot and killed by a rob
ber who held up the railway ticket Of
flee at Suisun and escaped with $92,
according TO reports
All records for sales of individual
rams at local auction were equalIed at
Salt Lake City when Monarch, a show
winning Rambouillet ram, owned by
the Butterfield Livestock Company of
WeiSer, Idaho, was sold to BulIard
Brothers OF Woodland, Calf, for $3,-
600.
fIans Georgeson of Niagara, Grand
Fork county, was elected president of
the North Dakota Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON at Fargo, n. d., by the state
executive committee to succeed Usher
l.. Burdick, who resigned because of
work in connection with the Grain
Growers, Inc.
Two bandits broke through screen
door in the rear Of the ChicagO-Lake
State bank in an outlying residence
district in Minneapolis, Mimi, lined up
five men and two women employees
and escaped with about $4,500 in cash
1t was the second robbery OF the bank
in two years.
The CARRIER State Bank of CARRIER,
'kla., was robbed by two unmasked
ten, who escaped with $500. The
hen held up Glenn Il. Courier, cashier,
and his father locked both men in the
vault and sped away in motor car.
Courier released his father and him
self by an inside combination.
An unidentified Chinese was shot to
death in his cabin at Nina, 175 miles
southeast of Reno, New, by two chi
nese who drove from Reno I'm taxi
cab. Hughie Sing of Carson City and
Lee John OF San Francisco, both said
to be Hop Sing tongmen, were arrest
ed in Reno and are charged with the
Rlurder.
According to a tabulated statement
by the Texas State Highway Depart
ment. 1870 new road projects have been
completed involving 1,106.1 miles at
total cost of $7,3G6, ,314.20 on which ST.
312,258.S5 state aid and $1,794,335.14
federal aid was paid. OF these roads,
32.4 miles were paved with concrete,
1928 miles with bituminous materials
and 601 miles with gravel.
WASHINGTON
Amusement-loving America spent
nearly $l000,000,000 during the fiscal
year 1921 for theatrical entertainments
according to statistics made public by
Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair |
The 10 per cent tax collection on the
aters and places of amusement during
the fiscal year just closed amounted
to S0,725,905, Blair announced.
Col. Thomas w. Miller, allen proper
ty custodian, has recommended to
President Harding that the property
seized by the United States from Ger
many during the war be used to pay |
the claims of American citizens for in
juries and damages incurred before
the entry of this country into the war; |
A replica of the President of the
United States in personal appearance
is Capt A. T.. Johnson, commanding
the ocean steamship City of st. Louis,
plying between Savannah and Boston.
In citizens attire Captain Johnson re-
sembles more closely President Hard
ing than when the skipper is wearing
the steamship uniform. Captain John
son is about the age Of the President
and is a Republican.
A new basis of taxation to take the
place of the House revenue measure
and practically all present tax laws
was proposed by Senator SmOot, Re
publican, Utah, who announced he was
preparing bill embOdylng the plan,
which he estimated would yield So, $685.
100000 this year. He added that he
would take the question up with the
Senate finance committee when 1t be-
gins consideration of revenue ques-
tions.
A pigeon which carried message
from Mayor Thompson of Chicago to |
President Harding in sixteen hours ac- {
Iuaf flying time for the 614h miles /
broke worlds record, the Depart |
nent of Agriculture announced. The {
'lrd was a product of the govern c
nent's loft at BeltsviIle, Md. n
White House.
Charles w. Pugsey of Nebraska has (
,een selected by President Harding ]
or appointment as assistant secre- q
airy Of agriculture to succeed DR.. Ell v
ner -. Bell, whose resignation, effec u