The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-09-15

n every state In the Union. Candidates
for public office must stand up and be
counted. Officials of the League OF
1t Women Voters made this very plain
a at the Washington office. They assert
t ed that their membership, country
e wide has no intention of voting blind.
e All women frankly are curious. they
g explained and as election day draws
; near they will become more and more
e so.
q Funds totaling 100000 have been
authorized by President Harding to
enable army engineers to begin con-
: struction work on the Wilson dam,
at Muscle Shoals. Ala. on an extensive
, scale. pending use of the $4,000
, appropriated by congress, which be-
comes available October 1.
Since November, 1920, the refining
branch of the oil industry has been
conducted at a loss, according to evil
dence submitted to the state commit
tee ON manufacturers, which is in
vestigating the oil business. The in.
dustry as whoe-producers, refin-
ers, transporters and jobbers-made
an average net profit in 1921 of little
more than per cent.
| Congress is given an opportunity 'tO
do a grand thing in empire building
in connection with the soldiers bonus,
Senator McNary, republican, Oregon,
declared in the senate in urging his
reclamation amendment that measure.
Calling attention that in every war the
government had provided as aid, land
for the veterans, he argued that there
was no good reason for the abannon-
ment of this national policy at this
time"
The administration bill for control
ana distribution of coal during the
mining and transportation emergency
WIS passed by the house, PA to 81,
and sent to the senate with assurance
of early consideration.
FOREIGN
A British delegation headed by Sir
Charles Wakefield and organized by
the Sulgrave institution have sail for
an American tour, the principal pur-
pose of which is to take a statue of
Burke and busts of Chatham and
Bryce, as gifts to the American peo
pie.
A new grain elevator is to be built
at Tarte Pier, Montreal, costing ST.
374, 900 with an initial capacity of >
600, 900 bushels to be ultimately in
creased to S,000.000 bushels, accarding
to the announcement of the minister
of marines and fisheries.
Australian manufacturers have been
caused some perturbation by the Ger.
man catalogues now being circulated
throughout the couatry because of the
low prices quoted for goods which are
permitted to enter Australia.
Frank II. Dunn of Outermount,
revenue collector has been arrested
chared with stealing 100000 from the
province of Quebec The money al
legged to have been stolen comprises
government receipts and taxes from
race tracks
Following the official protest which
the Latvian government sent to Mos
COW regarding the unseemingly con-
duct of seventy communists now
spending a vacation at the seaside at .
Riga, the Latvian police obtained evil :
lence to support the note. The po-
ice possess photographs showing that Z
he communists are not wearing the Z
ed bathing suits furnished them and ,
hat they are Adam and Eveing in the
garden surrounding their pa
atial palace. The police say that the 4,
negatives would be con-
in any other country in the
world except Russia.
The majority OF 44,545 against pro- a
Iibition is shown by the unofficial d
abulatIon of the votes cast In Sun I
avs referendum throughout Sweden, /,
n what are believed to be complete "
eturns. r,
Figures complied by thirty-seven life
assurance companies show that 1921
as the heaIthiest year for Canada of d.
hich there is any record. al
r
The mayor and chief Of police OF Ia
10 town OF Ober-Cassel, in Belgian a'
coupled territory, we're arrested By Sc
eigian military authorities in pur III
nance Of the ultimatum giving the 81
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snder the persons who shot and killed -
70 Belgian soldiers