Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-30
TELEGRAPH|C TALES
TERSELY TOLD
A RESUME OF THE WEEKS
OolNGS IN THIS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES.
Important Events of the Past Seven
Days Reported by Wire and Pre-
pared for the Benefit of the
Busy Reader.
INTERN oUNTAIN.

1gnited, according to the owner, by
a spark from a descending forest pa
troll airplane, the residence of ID. NJ.
Lowe of Medford, Oregon, was burn
ed to the ground at loss of S50O0
The Lowe residence is at the edge
of Barber field, the airplanes passing
it when alighting. The exhaust of
the plane, according to Lowe, set fire
to the grass, which, famed by the
wind, ignited the grain field and house
The second Of two oil tanks fired by
lightning ON the Midwest Oil CON-
pany's tank farm near Casper Wyo.,
burned out last Tuesday, after 10000
barrels of crude in the tank had been
pumped out from under the flames.
The total loss was estimated by COM
pany officials at $4,000.
General offices of the Denver & Rio
Grande Western Railroad company
will be located in Denver, according
to the articles Of Incorporation filed
with the Secretary of State at Den
YER Capital stock of the operating
company will be divided into 100000
shares, of which 100000 are preferred
Of 500 par value. The remaining mil
lion shares are designated as common
stock and no par value is given. ~
Thieves at Walla Walla WASH, cut
the bars of an outer window in the
county Jail and removed all the bond
ed and moonshine whiskey which had
been accumulated in several months
raiding activities against the boot
leggers, with the exception of a gal
Ion jug partly filled with low quail.
lily Of liquor.
Governor Pat NJ. Neff of Texas, in
a special message to the lower house
Of the legislature today, reiterated his
charge that graft and extravaganza
exists in the state capital. He gave
no definite information. merely re-
newing the charge made in recent
public speeches.
James Hughes, chief horticulturalisi
from the Denver 4 Rio Grande Wes-
tern railroad, was drowned in the
Columbia river at White Bluffs when
he lost control of his car and drove
1t from small ferry into the water
last week. The body has not been re
covered. Mr.. Hughes had offices al
Denver, but spent much Of his time
on the railroads fruit ranch at Corfu
Wash He was unmarried.
An armored automobile, equipped
with two machine guns and protected
by steel, one and half inches thick
is to be used by San Francisco police
officers in operating against thieves
who work from automobiles, Chief OF
Police Daniel O'Brien announced Sat
urday The armored car will be In
operation WITHIN fifteen days and will
be a permanent addition to the police
departments equipment. 1t will car
ry acrew of four or five men.
John Lindquist of Butte was elected
president Saturday at the concluding
session of the annual convention OF
the seventh district of the Scandinavia
Fraternity of America at Butte Mont.
including Montana, Idaho, Oregon and
British Columbia.
DOMESTIC.
Lachrymatory, or tear gas, the in
vention of Major Stephen de la Noy OF
the chemical warfare division, United
States army, was given is first official
tryout as mob scatterer and in re
polling attacks near Philadelphia
Tuesday, and 200 policemen We're driy.
en- back, weeping, three times.
The Macmillan Attic expedition
took final departure from American
shores Monday. The explorers auxil.
larry schooner Bowdoin, which came In
to Booth Bay, Me-. Saturday night af
Tor formal Godsnead from Governor