Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-06-15
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Half of Pineville's (Ote.C brstnss,
section was wiped out by.:a.fife.which'
caused damage estimated at 100000
before it was checked by dynamiting.
Otto Stelnen, pioneer, trapper and
.latsf civilian scout for the army In
campaigns In Arizona and, New Mex
leo, died at his home In Los Angeles.
Thomas Lee Woolwine, district at
torney of Los Angeles county, has an.
nonnced his candidacy for the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor Of
California. .-a..5s.--. ..-ss.
The ownership Of the Los Angeles
Evening Express has passed from the
Edwin T. Earl estate to E. A. Dickson
and F. w. Kellogg, according to an an
nouncement they authorized.
Forest fires are threatening the
Northwest In many places. From cen
fraI Oregon, southern Washington and
British Columbia come reports Of de-
vaxfation by the red menace.
I: The highest honor in the gift Of the
National Association Of Real Estate
boards came to L. F. Eppich Of Den
.YSc when he was elected president for
the long term at the election for Of
idcers recently in San Francisco.
.5sLucile Erfle, IS years old. was none
thd worse despite her encounter with
a. locomotive on a railroad trestle near
Spokane, Wash. The engine knocked
. the girl into the Spokane river. The
crew stopped and fished her out. She
lost her pocketbook.
Closing OF the Mexican California
border to all persons save those show
ing signs Of having been successfully
vaccinated has been urged upon the
United States public health service by
the State Board Of Health, after an in
.veStigation Of an epidemic Of smallpox
In Mexicali, Mexico.
Donald E. Stevenson, railway brake
man, confessed at Everett. Wash, ac-
cording to the police, that he killed A.
A.. Almour, Seattle salesman. whose
ikedy was found in patch Of woods
near Stanwood, Wash. According to
the. police, Stevenson says he killed
Amour with club during fight over
the question whether or not they
would rob farmer In the vicinity to
procure funds to. buy "moonshine."
WASHINGTON
- a reduction of4al, ,382, ,74o In the pub
lie debt Of the United States in May
was announced by the Treasury De-
partment recently. The nations total
gross debt on May 81 was .$23, 13S, 1885,
e07.
;. President Harding took action af-
fecting more than $1,000 postal clerks
. Ind carriers throughout the country
when he approved Recommendation
!. of the Postoffice Department for the
establishment of strict eight-hour
basis for postal employees. &C.,
Chief Justice William Howard Taft
of the Supreme Court will leave this
country about the middle of June for
England, where he will spend several
weeks in n survey of the English
courts, it was announced. The tour
Will be unofficial, TAFT said. This is
the firstt ime that chief justice has
made such trip during his term of
office.
The House bill authorizing loan of
S5,OOO,O00 to Liberia as urged by the
administration was reported favorably
by the Senate finance committee.
Jennie p. Musser of Salt Lake City
has been nominated to be collector Of
customs for District No. 4S, with head
quarters at Salt Lake City.
A new bill for regulation of future
trading on grain exchanges, designed
to meet the recent decision of the Su-
preme Court holding the present trad
iSg act imperative in part, was intro
ducd in the Senate by Senator Capper,
Republican, Kansas, chairman of the
unofficial Senate agricultural bloc and
author of the original act.
Cyanide was placed on the free list
recently after long battle on the tar.
If schedules in the Senate. The COM
niittee amendment placing duty of
10 per cent nd valOrem was stricken
out on motion offered by Senator
Oddie of Nevada and adopted 40 to IA.
The restoration Of cyanide to the free
list is vitally important to the mining
industry Of the west and to the citrus
industry of California, where the
chemical is used as fumlgant against
destructive insects.
The Senate commerce committee
agreed to incorporate in
the rivers and harbors bill u provision
the government to an ulti-
mate expenditure of $1,394, 900 for the
or deep-water harbor at
Corpus Christi, Texas. The entire pro-
!sct calls for an expenditure Of 5000
300.
2 The resignation of Alvin Hovey-
King of New York as commercial nt-
ache ut Mexico City has been an
by the Commerce Depart