Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-23
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
coNoENoED FOR DUSY
PEOPLE.
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WESTERN

scores OF guests escaped from upper
windows In their night clothes when
the Riverside hotel, the largest hotel
at Reno, was destroyed by fire re-
Gently.
Two bandits walked into the office
Of the California theater. In the heart
Of the downtown district Of Los An
Reles and robbed the office safe OF the
days receipts, estimated at between
$4,000 and $4,000. according to re-
ports to the police.
Miss Lydia Fricke Of klamath Falls,
Ore, Klamath county health nurse. is
recovering from hazardous trip OF
tweaty.three miles on skis In a blind
Ing snowstorm. which she undertook
for the relief of destitute family In
the northern part Of Klamath county,
Oregon.
An inspection tour Of the section of
the Colorado river including the site
Of the proposed Boulder Cahon dam
was made by Herbert Hoover, secre-
tary Of commerce, acting as chairman
Of the Colorado River Commission. He
was accompanied by the governors Of
Arizona and Nevada and other Off
cials.
Reckless automobile drivers Of Spo-
kane, WASH, and speeders hereafter
will 60 to the rock pile, which up to
the present has been operated for the
benefit of drunks and vagrants. Police
Judge Witt declared recently. After
this, those going over thirty miles an
hour get no sympathy-they get the
rock pile" he announced.
Robert Ford, II years old, was ac-
quilted OF the murder OF his step
father, C. h. Smith. killed at his home
In Woriey, Idaho, last November, by a
jury which reported In District Court
at Occur D'Alene, Idaho. Judge w. F.
Naughton adjudged the boy juvenile
delinquent and paroled him to the
custody Of his mother.
Freight rates on coal from WyO-
ming mines to Nevada points will he
reduced April ~ as follows, according
to announcement made BY Union Pa
cific officials at Salt Lake City: Be-
tween Montello and Winnemucca $3.50
u ton, compared with the present rate
of $637h; Winnemucca $3.50, present
rate 1915; Reno 1926, present rate
$7.12h.
WASHINGTON
The high cost of living is coming
down very slowly. The retail cost Of
food was three-tenths of l per cent
lower in February than 1t was in jan
uary, according to figures made pub.
lie by the Department of Labor.
Cotton consumed during February
8s,5O9 bales of linters, compared with
S95,115 of lint and 81 $50 of linters
consumed in February last year, the
census bureau announced recently.
The Senate supported It's uppropria-
tons committee, inserting in the an
nual postoffice appropriation bill an
Item Of $1,9OO,O0O for continuation of
the New York. San Francisco air mail
route. Such an appropriation failed
In the House.
Approximately $500 aliens admitted
into the United States under temper
ary permits which expired March %
and left them liable to immediate de-
portation, have been given an indefi-
mite extension Of time for their stay,
Commissioner General Husband of the
immigration bureau has announced.
When Raymond T. Baker retired as
n nf ha mil h..
to c. E. Scobey, his successor, approxi-
mately one-third of the worlds gold
supply. The gold bullion and gold
coin held ut the United States mints
at Philadelphia, Denver and San
Francisco and at the assay office in
New York on March l, totaled more
than $3,OOO,00O,0OO. The worlds sup.
ply amounts to about $4,000, 100000.
A threat to blow up every Polish
consulate in the United States and
Canada was contained in a letter
signed American Ukrainian Black
Hand, which was received at Washing
ton by Senator Willis, Republican, of
Ohio, in an envelope postmarked
Cleveland, March 13. A list embracing
tiC olisii iSSdttOii mere huu lie fOl-
ish consulate at New York City, Chi
cago, Detroit, Buffalo and Pittsburgh,
and at Winnipeg and Montreal, Can,
was embodied in the letter.
Waving the stern wand of economy,
Congress is threatening to shrink the
United States navy to approximately
nine battleships-hal the number
with which 1t emerged from the WASH
ington conference. That, in effect,
will be the result Of the threatened
cut 70 85,0OO men, according to naval
estimates.
The resolution of Senator Lodge,
Republican (Massachusetts), extend
ing for twenty-five years the loan of
$50,000.OOO made to Austria for famine
relief. has been adopted unanimously
by the Senate and sent to the House.