Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1922-01-05

Iowa, Is required by law to conduct
the execution. II have to spring the
trap on Throst, and I'll do my duty
Mrs. Mnrtlndale said.
The first meeting Of the Colorado
River Commission will be held In
Washington the latter part of January.
Secretary Hoover announced. The COM
mission later will meet in the South
west, Mr.. Hoover said, .and hold pub
lie hearings upon the definite prob
lens connected with the Improvement
of the resources of the Colorado river.
Eastern scientists to whom was
shipped the ashes In which it was be-
lIeved a quantity of radium lost in the
Axtell hospital mt Newton, Kan, would
be found, report that they have reeov-
cred about $500, or about One-third
Of the radium lost, from 800 pounds
of ashes, 1t was learned. On the sup
position that the radlum had found its
way into the hospital furnace the ashes
were shipped east for analysis.
EleuteriO Corral, 16 years of age,
hanged ut Silver City, n. NJ, on Jan.
20 unless the governor cOmmutes their
sentences. The Supreme Court which
recently affirmed their conviction OF
first degree murder for killing Ven
turo Bencomo, jniler ut the Grant co,in-
ty jail, fixed the date for execution.
The youths were fOiled In plot to es-
cape when their sentence was Of
firmed, files and hacksaws being found
secreted In their cells.
WASHINGTON
Deaths from tuberculosis in the reg
istratiOn area" Of the United States
during 1920 totaled nearly 1OOOOO, the
census bureau announced. estimating
that the mortality from this one cause
in the entire country Mt 122,OOO. This
would indicate n reduction of 10000
from the total of the previous year, 1t
was said.
Deaths from cancer In the death reg
istratiOn area of the United States In
1920 totaled approximately $4,000, ac-
cording to n report by the census bu-
renu, which on IL basis of proportional
population estimates the total of
deaths for the entire country Mt $1,000.
or an increase of 5000 from the esti-
mate for 1919.
The exchange Of ratificatIors OF the
treaty between the United States and
Colombia Is expected to take place
within a few days, 1t was learned at
the State Department. The depart
ment was officially advised that the
pact was signed by the acting presl-
dent of Colombia and the minister for
foreign affairs OIL Dec. "a.
The area sown to winter wheat this
fall is 44,e03, 600 acres. which is IL per
cent less than the revised estimated
area sOwn in the fall of 1920. which
was 44,S47, 600 acres, the Department
OF Agriculture announced. The urea
sOwn' to rye is 5,1s4,OOO acres, which
is 22.8 per cent more than the revised
estimated area s0wn In the fall of 1920.
which was DDS, 600 acres.
The army horse and mule, too. face
another war horror. this time in the
form of astronomical tests. They
are being fed "horse bricks" Army
officers declared. however, they are
not as bad as the name implies, for
they are made of the finest grade
oats with about IS per cent pure
cane mOlasses for food value. Each
brick equals four quarts of oats.
1.-THE animal appears to be thriving
on the new fodder" said an official
statement.
The number of cattle and calves
slaughtered on farms in the United
States in 1919 for beef and veal. ac-
cording to the fourteenth census. was
1,9O4,5S1, as compared with $780,
24O in 1909. The number of farms
reporting cattle or calves slaughtered
in 1919 was 1851, or 1873 per
cent of all farms; while in 1909,
5ss.2S5. or SO per cent of all farms.
reported cattle slaughtered, and
26S,508 farms, or AZ per cent of all
farms, reported calves slaughtered.
The average number of cattle and
calves slaughtered in 1919 per farms
reporting was 81.
Declared to be members Of an in-
ternational gang Of bandits whose OPP
erations during the last two years have
netted approximately 1880. 600 in loot
from many cities, Herbert Cox and
Herbert Wilson were held In Jail In
Los Angeles by federal and county au-
thorities.
Two defendants were dismissed and
eleven others were bound over to the
next term Of Criminal District Court
under bonds of $4,000 for trial on
charges of murder in connection with
the killing Of three men at Wilson,
Ohio tho NIGHT of ref. IN