Cheyenne Wells record., 1921-10-27
CONDENSED REC ORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. ooiNcs, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERiNcs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
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WESTERN

IONS OF Dake0 potatoes were seTNeu
free when Idaho celebrated her bump
er potato crop with spud Harvest
week, which festival was held at
Idaho Falls.
Walter Hammond, % years old, of
Belleville. ILL.,, driver Of racing au-
tomobile, was killed and his brother.
Fred, escaped serious injury when the
car overturned on the Belleville race
track at st. Louis.
Packing house employees of Des
Moines, Iowa, voted to accept 5 per
cent wage cut declared recently by the
packing companies. Officers Of the
union said that there will be no strike
by the employees unless 1t Is declared
by the national officers.
A twenty-year courtship eliminated
in the marriage of William Coburn, 80
years old. and Mrs. Edith r. Wood, 80,
in the chapel of the Soldiers Home at
Swatelle, suburb of Los Angeles.
Bride and bridegroom declared they
never felt younger"
DIR. r. NJ. Brumfield, facing sentence
of death by hanging for the murder of
Dennis Russell at Roseburg, Ore. at
tempted suicide by slashing his throat.
Sheriff Starmer found DIR. Brumfield
lying on his cot In the jail cell with
his throat cut. He was semi-cOn-
scious.
Mrs. Emma Depointer was found
unconscious with her skull crushed
and powder burns on her face, and her
1O-year-old daughter. Gladys May
TrowbrIdge of Miami, Okla, was
found dead with two bullet holes In
her body. by motorists, mile west Of
Tyro, Kan.
]. c. MacSpadden, 50 years old. a
former partner of John d. ROckefel-
Ter in the oil business, and u Minneap-
oils pioneer, died at WascO, Calf. Mr.
MacSpadden, who has devoted the last
few years of his life to fruit ranches,
and eucalyptus groves in southern CAL
ifornia, was stricken with apOplexy
several days ago.
The body Of John B. TOrdiff, 55, a
repair shop owner, was found In his
shop ut Globe, Arlz. His clothing had
caught in the machinery in such
manner that he strangled to death. Of
ficials said the machinery apparently
had tightened the clothing about his
neck and kept on running until the
gasoline which furnished the power
was exhausted.
WASHINGTON
A resolution by Senator Overman,
Democrat, North Carolina, adopted by
the Senate, directs the federal reserve
board to report as to the salaries paid
by reserve banks and other expenses
of these banks The resolution reclted
that 1t had been charged that salaries
in the New York bank had been In
creased more than $1,O00.OO0 since the
war.
The new revenue law to be enacted
next year to take the place of the one
which Congress will soon pass, will
contain the chief provisions of the
Smoot bill, providing for manufactur-
ing or sales tax on commodities.
Agreement to this effect has been
reached among Senate leaders Of the
eastern bloc, representing the indus
trial sections of the country.
The outlook is favorable for the
passage Of the federal aid road bill by
Congress In time to help relieve un-
D. employment Ill tic UulluIhk uSli~
ways. The amount asked, 100000, 600,
when doubled by like sum from the
states, would go n long ways toward
helping out things. England has start
ed a movement of this kind.
Director Dawes Of the budget an
nOunced the creation Of two addition
al boards which he declared would put
more business efficiency In govern
mental affairs and result in savings to
the government Of several hundred
million dollars a year. The new bod
les set up are the federal speciflca-
tions and federal traffic boards.
Governor Joseph NJ. Dixon Of Mon
tana, In answer to message from the
wired E. f. Blaine, representative Of
the western governors reclamation
congress, suggesting that $500 men
could be used on the different recla-
nation projects which have already
been started in Montana. Besides the
use of unemployed on Montana pro-
tects, the governor stated that many |
thousands could be employed to ad.
vantage in other big western recla-
nation projects.
The American Lutheran mission at |
Saujbulak, West Persia, has been at |
tackled and looted by Kurds, accord
ing to official advices to the State De-
partment from the American charge |
d'affaires at Teheran, who said he had
been informed Of the attack of the
French and British consuls at Tabrix.
Approval Of loan Of 100000 to
financial institution for credit ex-
tensions on live stock in Montana and
Wyoming, war announced by the War
Finance Corporation. The corporation /
did not make public the name Of the
institution nor the terms Of the loan: ]