The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-08-25
THE WORLD IN
 PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
 EIcN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoiNGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

WESTERN -''' '-- '' The Union Pacific railroad will al once begin the construction of thir- ty-five-niile branch line into Utah to tap the rich section in southern Mill lard county and the surrounding. ter ritory, according to an announcement made at Union Pacific headquarters in Omaha. = ~~-.
 Jimmy Murphy, sensational automo- bile race driver, added to his laurels at Tacoma, Wash, by winning the elev- enth annual speedway classic. Murphy covered the 250 miles at the rate of 97.6 miles an hour. Tommy Milton took second place after leading Mur- phy nearly ali the way.
 J. Lester Gaskill of Long Beach, Calif., and Earl Furry of Oakland, Calif., committed suicide in a rooming house in Salt Lake City by using the same pistol. The bodies were found in adjoining rooms Each left a note ad- dressed to their respective mothers, saying that broken health prompted the act
 The town of Vending, near Eugene, Ore, with a population of 700, was threatened by fire which burned the big Booth-Kelly sawmill at the town. The mill crew and townspeople were reported fighting the flames which were famed by strong wind. Flu gene sent it's fire department and fire fighters on special train, and equip. ment was sent from the BOoth-Kelly mill at Springfield.
 The United States Department of Agriculture reports that the drought and heat caused some damage to non irrigated crops in the Rocky Mountain states during the last half of June, but irrigated crops were generally in good condition. Winter wheat harvest has begun as far north as northeastern Colorado and the crop is heading in Idaho. Considerable damage to this crop is reported especially on non-irri- gated lands in Idaho. Colorado and New Mexico, but the condition is good In northeastern Colorado and in Ali zena. Idaho spring wheat on irrigated lands is generally excellent. New MexicO's cotton crop is reported in ex- eellent condition on an increased acre age, and Arizona's cotton has been brought up to good condition by re cent hot weather.
 WASHINGTON
 Japan led the world in exports to the United States in the month of May, with merchandise reaching a total value of $29. 1892 ,9S7, according to com pilatidns' made public by the Depart ment of Commerce. Canada was sec : end with $2s. .249, ,429, the United King dom third with 25,43S, ,999, and Cuba close fourth with $25, ,2S9, ,275. @'
 Charles A. Ritzman, general manag- CT of the Disco Lighting Company of Detroit, and former captain in the army, was sentenced in Criminal Court to eighteen months in the penitentiary for accepting bribe of $500 to influ- ences his action in connection with the purchase of skid. chains for the army while acting as officer in charge of the maintenance division of the motor transport corps during the war. He noted an appeal and was released un- der bonds of $3,0O0.
 General improvement in crop condi- tiOns along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and in the Northwest, east of the Rocky mountains, was noted by the Agricultural Department in it's crop summary for the last half of June, made public in Washington. Through out the corn belt,'' the department 8 observers found, "small grains were more or less injured by the unusual hot and dry weather, as were also some crops in parts of the mountain and Pacific coast regions. Irrigated crops were not so much effected
 More than 1,250OO0 workers are idle in the United States because of strikes, officials of the department of labor have estimated. Four strikes of major importance are in progress They are coal mines,. 100000 bituminous and 100000 anthracite; railroad shopmen, 100000; textile workers, New England, SO,O00; garment workers, New York City, from 10000 to 10000
 Selection of site for $1,OOOOOO hospital for disabled veterans, to be erected at Summerfields, in the vicin- ity of Beacon, Duchess county, N Y., has been announced in Washington by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Clifford.
 M. P. Kinkaia, lssmDer of the House ef RsPresentatfves, rom the Sixth Ne braska district, ytisd~ in Washington. The death of the Nebraska congress man occurred at Garfield hospital and resulted from a complication of dis cases from which he had been i'll since early :n May. Funeral services were held al O'Neili, Neb., his home.
 Rebel forces were defeated and scattered by federal troops near. the Aguada camp of the Cortez OH Com pany in the Tampico district of Mex bco, according to q message rscsaysd hy the State Department