The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-08-25


Revival of the antiprofiteering pro-
visions of the wartime Lever law Is
under consideration in administration
circles to check soaring coal prices
i Secretary of Commerce Hoover point
ed out here that the price control ar
rangement he has with producing nom
union coal operators was merely for
the duration of the strike and that
with scores OF mines resuming opera
tons new method will have to be
found to prevent higher coal prices.
The soy bean is rapidly taking a
place as a major crop in the farming
systems OF the corn belt, replacing
oats to considerable extent and tax
ing part of the corn acreage. says the
department of agriculture.
The American Tobacco company
and the Chicago Tobacco Jobbers as
ISOLATION, has been cited to appear
before the federal trade commission
to answer charges of alleged price
fixing agreements.
Rail labor officials declared them
selves pleased over the settlement of
the coal strike. The resumption of
mining activities, they declared, would
aggravate the plight of the railroads.
The fact that the railroads had been
able to make as good showing as
they have since the shopmen's strike
began was due largely to their being
relieved of the necessity for handling
the usual seasonable traffic in coal
When the mines began producing
again, they explained, the country
would soon appreciate how unable the
railroads would be to handle the nor
NAL amount of traffic.
1t Is probable the Colorado River
commission meeting, scheduled to be
held at Sante Fe, n. NJ, August %,
will be postponed at least until Oc-
tober, at which time Chairman Her.
bert Hoover, secretary of commerce,
believes he can be present; or it may
CNCh az thC ouSEoliOh VI JuQSt -. |
Davis, New Mexico member of the
commission, be postponed until after
the November elections.
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Two Indian chiefs positively identi-
fled Barney Mcbride. wealthy half
breed Indian, found slain near Mea-
doves, Md, and expressed the belief
that he was murdered in vengeance
because of feud between Oklahoma
Indians and oil interests.
FOREIGN
Sixty carloads of foodstuffs from
New Jersey on the food ship Saugus,
20, has arrived at the American
orphan City" at Alevandropool, where
he near east relief is maintaining
70, 900 Armenian children
Lord Northcliffe, famous British
publisher and political power. died of
.cute blood poisoning at London.
Reports from the Alsatian frontier .
Indicate that considerable physical ,
nd financial hardships are being i'm
'Osed on German families who are
low being forcibly deported across
he Rhine. The minister of the in
erior of Germany has authorized the
serman Red Cross to establish re-
Giving stations at various points in :
'Sden. where refugees are now find
AZ temporary assistance.
French scientists have found that
ne death of many fine trees on streets )
here automobile traffic is heady is v
ne to fumes from the motors. A
Colonization of the rural districts Il
[ Hawaii by citizen farmers" re- d
ruited from among discharged sol II
ers of the United States army who Il
ave seen service in the islands and n
ave there received, as a part of thei:
ilitary training, courses in tropical
.riculture, will probably result from
conference held at Honolulu be- =,
,een Major-General Charles L. Sum- =.
erall. L. s. A.. commanding the :,
awaiian Department of the United IN
ates army, Executive George =. :.
,oke. OF the Hawaiian Home Com b.
sslon. and DIR. Elwood Mead, noted n
nd settlement expert, of the Univer- ~
y of California, according to an
made following the con
;ence.
Fighting is now in progress around DIT
llarney. Erskine Ch;lders is leading pc
2 irregulars, numbering ahont 500. Tn
neral Daley is anxious to spare the M
nous beauty spot and IS res ervins be