Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-01-19
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Donald G. Wi,seler. 70, Of Reno.
New. was frozen to death In the Black
Rock desert, near 0erlach. New, fol
lowing an accident to his automobile.
william Freeman WAS killed and
Deputy Sheriff Ed Nance Of Center
Vile, Texas, was slightly wounded
when Sheriff Cobb and Deputies Nance
and r. b. Balm engaged In u pistol
fight with band of alleged moOnshin-
ers In Leon county.
At special meeting of the State
Board of Examiners ut Helena. Mont,
1t was announced that the record book
containing the minutes Of the board
during the years 1918, 1919 and 1920
had strangely disappeared from the
vaults In the office of Clerk A. +. Nc
Partridge.
Permission from Attorney General
Daugherty for william C. Grant, for
Iner cashier of the First National Bank
of Santa Rosa, TO leave San Quentin
prison under guard and come to the
bedside Of his wife ut Merritt hOspi-
tai at Oakland, has saved her life. ply
sicians announced.
Fifty pounds Of brass passed IL gold
test applied by John Miller, nssayer
and pawnbrOker at st. Louis, and was
bought by him for $1,000, according to
his report to police. Miller said the
chemicals he used evidently had beer,
iampered with. Two men asked Sl3,-
200 for the metal, lie said.
The charred body OF an unidentified
man was found by veteran of the
Soldiers Home In a ravine near rail
road south of the home at Leaven-
worth, Kan.. County authorities be-
lieve the man was murdered. A bank
book bearing the name Of Walter Lar
sen and issued by the State Bank of
Omaha, was found on the body.
A portion Of the $4,000 In gold
amalgam taken In the holdup of the
Argonaut mine at Jackson, AmadOr
county, Dec. !, has been traced to Ne
vada City, It was announced by Off
cIals Of the Argonaut Mining Company,
Grass Valley, Calf, who posted re-
wards totaling S1O.25O for recovery Of
the money or arrest Of the robbers.
WASHINGTON
Higher prices for sugar may be ex-
pected, according to the results of an
investigation into the situation In the
sugar industry made public by the
Commerce Department.
A new white, hulless oat that thrGsli-
es out like wheat and weighs approx
imately sixty pounds to the bushel In
stead of fOrty-five pounds. is one of
the chief new horticultural productions
of Luther Burbank, plant wizard, mt
San Jose, Calf.
Per capita circulation Of money in
the United States declined 5000 dur
ing the last year, according to Il state
ment issued by the treasury. On Jan.
1, 1922, the per capita circulation was
$500, based on n total of $5,775.4OO,-
315, and an estimated population of
10S,817 600 as compared with per
capita of S59.12 on Jan. ]. 1921, based
ON total Of s8.34O, ,436,71S In circula.
ton and m estimated population of
! 1O7 7.249,OOO. ...s
A tax of 3 cents gallon on gasO-
line, TO be paid by the producer, the
proceeds of which would be used for a
soldiers bonus, is proposed in bill
introduced by Representative Bacha-
rach, New Jersey, Republican. The
tax, he estimated, would yield from
$24O. 200, 900 to 250,OO0.OOO annually
sufficient revenue, lie said, to meet
cash payments to former service men.
Boies Penrose, late United States
senator from Pennsylvania, had $226,-
100 in cash In safe deposit box of the
American Security and Trust Company
in Washington, it became known
through the filing Of n report by The
odore Cogswell, deputy registrar Of
Wills. According to the deputy regis
trar, the money includes five $4,000
notes, with the balance In bills of 81
900, $500 and 500.
The United States Supreme Court
held invalid the North Dakota state
capital stock tax, as applied to rail-
roads doing business in the state. The
lower courts had upheld the tax but
its invalidity had been contested by
James G. Davis, director general of
railroads; the Northern Pacific rail-
way and other roads, on the ground
that the law violated the commerce
clause of the federal constitution.
A tour unique in the history of the
United States army will be undertake
en- IN the course Uf the next few days
when Capt. John T. Axton, chief of
f.ha nlains will vislt many nOSts xpd
hold conferences with chaplains Of the
regular army, the officers reserve
CORDS and the National Guard. The
itinerary will cover approximately
10000 miles.
President Harding signed an execu-
five order establishing a permanent
hospital for ex.service men at Jeffer-
son City, NO., on part of the Jeffer-
son City barracks military reservation.