Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-05-25

WESTERN
Prohibition Director Samuel F. Rut'
ter of San Francisco, announces ne
will request Attorney General Daush-
erty to frame . national law with
most stringent restrictions on the
carrying Of firearms.
Mrs. ]. T. Hazard of Seattle escaped
without serious injury and seven other
persons were unhurt when the eight
members of the Mountaineers. an or
ganization of mountain climbers. were
swept by an avalanche OF snow Nv feet
down Mcclellan S butte In tue Cascade
mountains recently.
The east end Of Riverside county,
Calf. consisting of about 1000 acres
Of fine farm lands, was flooded recent
~ as a result OF a break In the levee
Of the Colorado river at Hauser Bend.
q short distance from Ripley. The
town of Ripley was said to be under
four feet of water.
Authorization for Immediate action
toward the merger of Tie Salt Lake
and Denver Railroad Company. and
the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad
Company. the latter Of Colorado, has
been made by directors Of the former
road. Simon hamburger, general man.
ager, announced ut Salt Lake.
Establishment of union stockyards
in Los Angeles with full complement
Of packing houses and tby-products
plants has been assured through the
purchase by group Of Chicago men
Of 247 acres Of land In the southeast
ern part Of the city, according to q
story the Los Angeles Times published
recently.
Rodolph Valentino. hero of the
screen, is free under $4,000 bond. fac
ing trial on a charge Of higamy as a
result Of his romantic marriage In
Mexico to Winifrcd Hadnut. daughter
Of a wealthy New York perfumer, with.
out awaiting the for,nnIity Of final
decree of divorce from Jean Acker, his
first wife.
Fred A. Knox, rancher, was instant
1y killed In roundup staged Mt
Grants Pass, Ore. Knox was engaged
in cutchinS n horse. which had thrown
its rider. His own horse became un.
manageable nud ran beneath large
oak tree with low branches, two of
which hit Knox In the head. killing
him instantly.
The death of Hiram B. Adams near
.Lolo Hot Springs. in Missoula coun-
L.. et,a in
Montana from spotted fever, accord.
ing to reports received by the State
Board OF Health. The disease is
caused by the bite of an infected
woodtick. Nine cases have been re-
ported to the board this year.
WASHINGTON &
The McKellar resolution directing
an inquiry into the causes of increas-
ing prices of gasoline would he broad
ened so that the Senate. investigating
committee could employ attorneys and
summon witnesses and records under
a substitute resolution introduced by
Senator La Toilette, Republican, Wis
consin. chairman of the manufactures
committee. which will have charge of
the inquiry.
An army of 10000 men with an av-
erage officer strength for next year of
approximately 1880 has been agreed
upon by the Senate appropriation sub
committee which has charge Of the
measure.
Steps are being taken by the gov.
ernment TO forstn1l tendencies toward
rising prices OF bituminous coal Mt the
mines, It was said at the White House.
Il is stated Secretary Of Commerce
Hoover has the Investigation and ac-
tion In charge.
Acceptance by the government Of
Henry Ford's offer for development of
the Muscle Shoals projects was recon-
mended to members of the Senate agri-
cultural committee in. conference In
Washington by Thomas A. Edison, who
recently surveyed the Alabama prop
ties in company with the Detroit man
ufacturer.
President Harding was asked in a
memorial presented TO him recently by
Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary OF the
National Federation Of Postoffice
Clerks to assist in obtaining proper
observance" of the postal eight-hour
law. Mr.. Flaherty said that many
clerks in the large postoffices were
working Ten hours daily.
Approval Of twenty-ninc advances
for agricultural and live stock pur-
poses aggregating $676,OOO, has been
announced by the Wnr Finance Cor
poration. Distribution of the loans in
cludcd: Colorado, S245.OO0; Idaho,
$4,000; Kansas, $4,000; Minnesota,
s25,OOO; Nebraska, $4,000; New Mexi-
co. $1,000; Oklahoma. $4,000. and
Texas. $4,000. ~.
Without roll call the House voted
n special fund Of half million dollars
for use BY the Department Of Justice
In 4nxesiIeatins and prosecuting war
fraud contract cases.