Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-20

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WESTERN
Fire In Pecos, Texas, destroyed
property estimated at 100000, includ-
ing the postoffice and the Western
Union Telegraph office.
An ordinance passed in Los Angeles
BY the city council prohibits rentals In
excess of II per cent of the gross in
vestment on real property and 16 per
cent on furnishings.
Eight-year-old Adeline Fisher Is dead
as a result of injuries received when
the clapper Of 3OO-pound bell fell up
on her as she was ringing for recess at
the school she attended at Weston,
Nebr.
Postmaster Lester Zook swallowed
poison at Auburn, Nebr., while a postal
inspector was examining the books of
his office. Zook acknowledged n short
age of 500 In War Savings stamps
accounts. He will live.
Police were called upon to search
for a suitcase containing jewelry and
valuables said to have been worth S10,-
900, belonging to Harley Wilson of
New York. The suitcase disappeared
somewhere between the Oakland mole
and San Francisco.
A fine Of 1 cent for violation Of the
VOlstead prohibition act imposed by
Judge b. f. Bledsoe of the United
States District Court on Sam Graves,
negro, was on record at Los Angeles.
Graves pleaded guilty to having case
OF whisky illegally In his possession.
With about 5000 men unemployed In
Omaha, according to report compiled
by the Chamber of Commerce for the
United States Department of Labor,
anticipated revival of activity at the
packing houses Is expected to re-em-
piOy from 1000 to 5000 wOrkmen,
while prospective building forecasts
work for a considerable number of
tradesmen.
The reported recovery of nearly
$25O,OOO in Liberty bonds and currency
and the death of one of the bandits,
were features of the police investiga-
ton into the robbery by six bandits of
II sub-pOstOffice station at Dallas. Tex.
The amount of loot taken was not
known and four of the band remain ut
liberty. Police estimates placed the
sum at about $2S,OOO.
Funeral services were held at Seat
tie for L. X. Hall. 81, OF Greensboro,
Pa, who died while on II visit to his
daughter, Mrs. Chester II. Blackburn
of Seattle. Hall for years operated Al
hotel at Washington. ID. c., during the
time of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster,
John Quincy Adams and other cclebri-
ties with whom he claimed personal
acquaintances.
WASHINGTON
The automobile industry is paying
<l43,0OO.OOO annually to the federal
government, with state fees of S64,-
100000. and personal property taxes
and other fees Of $5O,OOO.OOO.
Garrisoning of the United States
naval base Mt Hawaii has been done
by Japanese recruited into the Amer
lean National Guard, Senator Phelan,
California, declared In the Senate dur
ing discussion of the new resolution to
tIx the limit Of the strength of the
army at 175,OOO.
TO stop enormous importations of
Canadian wheat" Senator McCumber,
Republican, North Dakota. announced
that he would ask for a tariff of prob
ably so cents bushel on wheat to be
included In the Fordney emergency
tariff bill instead of the duty OF 30
cents carried by the measure as 1t
passed the House.
Nearly 40 per cent Of the discharged
disabled veterans of the World war
are suffering from some form of men,
tai arrangement, according to esti-
mates made on the basis Of public
health service reports by Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury La Porte,
who, in commenting upon the situation,
said government hospital facilities for
the treatment of these men were 'the
scsntiest."
The urban population of the United
States, or people living in places OF
$500 or more, is 54,31s,O32, or 51.4 per
cent Of the country's total population,
and the number Of people living in ru-
raj territory is $3.50. .739, the census
bureau has announced. In 1910 urban
population represented 45.S per cent.
This Is the first time in history more
than half of the population OF the
United States is living In ''urban terri
tory" the census bureau said.
Approximately s,5OOOOO automobiles
are registered in the United States to-
day. This is the amazing figure just
announced by Alfred Reeves, general
manager Of the National Automobile
Cbamber Of Commerce, in n report on
"Facts and Figures Of the Automobile
Industry In 1920"
Deportation Of Donai OCallaghan,
lord mayor Of Cork. who arrived at
Nevnort News as stowaway and
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