Cheyenne record., 1921-05-12
TIRE ne WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS R I|l'lI
a BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS aN THIS AND FOR
E'oN COUNTRIES
IN !" LATE : DISPATCHES
poINos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
y MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.

" MARK THE PROGRESS
/. OF THE AGE.
(, twsts1 Nesspsp~ Union News s<rice.)
WESTERN
Woolgrowers Of Jericho, Utah, have
rejected all bids on the 100000 pounds
of wool pooled by them. The highest
bid was 16K cents pound.
Fifteen men, including an American
engineer, were badly injured In an ex-
plosion In the Rosita coal mine,
Coahuila, Mexico. Reports stated that
all Of the injured have been taken
from the mine.. ..
A resolution ,petitioning the federal
government to extend the Yukon trunk
road and telegraph system to the Fort
Norman oil fields in the Mackenzie val
ley was unanimously adopted by the
Yukon Legislature. This is the short
est possible route to Fort Norman.
Cantaloupes, first of the season to
reach San Francisco sold recently for
$1.68 each, when crate Of six from
Brawley, Imperial county, California,
was disposed Of at SO in the commits
sion district. The shipment was a
week earlier than the first last year.
A hog with taste for corn mash led
revenue officers to an Illicit still To-
Gated about thirty miles northwest of
Chickasha, Okla. Revenue agents were
looking for the still, but 1t was not 10.
Gated until the hog, nosing Its way out
Of the brush, and roofing in the ground
for the top Of buried barrel Of mash.
brought 1t to their attention.
Women who perform mems work are
entitled to the same wages as men, the
Industrial Relations Court ruled at To-
peka, Kan, In the case of the Wolff
Packing Company Of Topeka. A reduc-
tion hanging from 10 to Is per cent In
wages was ordered and the basic eight
hour day established for the packing
industry In Kansas.
Miss May Brown of Salt Lake City,
%, school teacher, took her brother
in-law's pistol, walked from the house
to an orchard at the rear and while
members of her family watched from
the windows shot herself In the heart
and died instantly. As she left the
house Miss Brown said she was going
for a walk and when she reached the
orchard placed the revolver to her
breast and fired.
WARRINGTON
An increase of $15.4GO,37s.84 In the
public debt during April has been an
nounced by the treasury. On March
81 the total was S23,8sO. 1O4 ,397 .s3, as
compared with $23,095, ,564, ,776.47 on
April 80. Issuance of treasury certifi-
Gates and the payment Of more than
$120. .OO0, 600 Of interest on the public
debt during the month, which was an
off month for income tax receipts, of.
ficials explained, was responsible for
the increase.
The Senate passed the emergency
immigration bill fixing admission Of
aliens to 3 per cent of each nationality
resident In the United States in 1910
The bill is effective for fourteen
beginning fifteen days after
The vote on passage was
7S to 1, Senator Reed, Democrat, Mis-.
souri,, opposing the measure. The
measure was sent to conference with
the House to adjust differences made
In 1t as passed by the House.
A husky navy "gob" apparently eats
half again as much as an army dough |
boy" Senate naval committee informa-
ton indicated. The comparative ra.
tion cost for March was shown to be |
30 cents day for a jackie against 3s |
cents for a lad In khaki. "The salt |
Yea air builds good appetites," OBJ.
Derved Chairman Poindexter.
Austria, foiled In her attempt to get
put Of chancery via the feCeIvership
route, now proposes to turn over her
Industries to foreigners, providing
hey will come In and run them, a
report to the Department Of
Commerce revealed. The Vienna
government has decreed that Austrian
may transfer their entire
business to foreign companies.
Building Of homes and apartments
s beginning to boom generally
the United States, accord
ng to reports to the Federal Reserve
Board. This does not mean that rents
will drop Immediately. The nation
low is five years behind Its normal
'uilding program, and approximately
,25O.O00 dwellings short, according to
lata collected by the government. This
cannot be reduced In a few
nonths.
A bill said to be designed to carry
mt President Harding's desires for
he curbing Of demands from execu-
I've departments for deficiency appro-
riations has been introduced in the
Iouse. 1t would create board, in
which the chairman Of the House
nd Senate appropriations committee
vould sit, to pass on applications for
efficiency appropriations before they