Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-10-19
CONDEMNED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HUME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, poiNes. ACHIEVE
MENTs, suFFERINes. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

ing, including that done by reliable
promoters and lily by night" finan-
ciers, received major part OF I'll at
tention of the session Of the American
Association of Investment. Bankers IN
convention at Del Monte, Calf.
Los Angeles.-Arthur C. Burcf, who
is awaiting his third trial for til: mur-
der of J. Bolton Kennedy, was ordered
confined to his cell by Sheriff r. n.
Traeger, following the reported discov-
cry Of an attempt to smugsle revoi-
yer into the Los Angeles county !ail.
A permanent injunction against in
reference by union men with tire op-
Grafton of the Pacific Electric railway
was granted the line in decision tiled
in the United States District Court at
Los Angeles upon its receipt from
Judge Frank H. Rudkin of the Eastern
District Of Washington.
Gen. Leonard Wood, governor OF the
Philippines, will return TO the Uni 'ed
States about the first of next year snd
assume the presidency of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. reported John
W. Ziegler of Philadelphia, who is to
leave Seattle soon for his home after
visit to the islands.
Travel across the Utah desert is
somewhat speedier now than 1t wds
sixty years ago-sixty times as fast,
to be exact. In 1862, If the trip were
negotiated with n mule team in ten
hours 1t was considered fast time, but.
according to a recent air mail report,
the trip Is now made by airplane in
about ten minutes.
Pocatello, Ida.-Judge Edward Flan-
merry, 75 years old, Indian fighter in
the early days of New Mexico, Ari-
zona and the Dakotas, committed sui
eide at Clarendon Hot Springs. Ida,
by shooting himself in the mouth with
n pistol. Judge Flannery was born in
New York and was said to have been,
as young man, secretary to Samuel
Tilden.
"This Building Closed for One Year
for Violation of the National Prohibi-
ton Act" reads sign nailed over the
entrance to the Milona hotel at San
Jose, Calf. Padlocks were placed on
all doors to make the closing effective.
The resort Is said to be the first actu-
ally closed in California under the
abatement clause of the federal dry
law.
WASHINGTON
The governments new bond issue,
the first since the war, has been over
subscribed, Secretary Mellon an
nounced. The total subscriptions, it is
understood, aggregate something near
81 ,OO0, 100000 on an offering limited to
about $5OO,OOO,OOO.
Fifteen to twenty years of building
good roads lie ahead of the United
States. Under the program which the
country has adopted, there will be
built during that time. 10000 miles of
improved highways, which will consti
tute the federal aid highway system,
and an equal or greater mileage of
state and local roads. When the great
job Is done. the transportation facili-
ties Of the country will far exceed
those of any other nation.
The Department of Commerce an
nounced that the center of negro pop.
ulation as determined by the bureau of
census Is located In the extreme north
western corner of Georgia.
The English plan of dispatclling lit
igation brought to the highest court
with least possible delay Is to be fol-
lowed by the United States Supreme
Court, It was disclosed recently.
Washington.-The governments new
offering Of OO,OO0,OOO of Az per cent
bonds has been Oversubscribed 81, ,OOO,-
100000, Under-Secretary of the Treas
ury Gilbert announced after compiling
reports from federal reserve banks.
Washington. = Mr.. Political Candi-
date, If you use Uncle Sans mails to
garner in the sheaves, be sure your
stumping letters and other mail matter
are sent correctly. Be sure the ad-
dresses you use are correct. Don't use
ancient mailing lists or city directories
to get the home addresses of those YOU
desire for YOUR followers. Such is the
warning Of the pOstoffice department
in announcing that the amount of dead
letter material received at the dead
letter office during the months of
June, July and August, in which many
primaries were held, showed an in
crease Of approximately 25 per cent.
To expedite the movement of coal.
Conroad Spens, federal coal dIstrib-
utor, made nm urgent appeal to coal
operators and shippers to confine their
operations as far as possible to their
normal spheres Of shipment to reduce
the amount Of transportation service
now required. Consumers were asked
to confine their purchases to the
grades Of coal to which they have been
accustomed.
Three hundred officers of the law
have been shot and killed during the
past year while engaged In enforcing
LIQUOR laws.