The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19
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| tnaC PROJECT f0l No or agreement un'
der which they will be required to obi
gate themselves to the extent Of $751;
| per acre to cover the costs Of the work.
Uncle Sam Is making money out OF
his naval radio equipment. The com.
mercial business carried not only re-
duced the cost to the government Of its
own business, but brought into the
United States treasury mare than
$6O0, 600 In cash In a year.
Passage Of the Dunn act, signed by
President Harding makes 1t possible
for Utah to count on an additional 3d.
151 ,479 of federal aid for Utah roads,
| within the next three fiscal years, and
will stir good roads enthusiasts of the
tate up to proportionate ACTIVITY. The
bill as passed provides $5O,OOO,OOO for
federal aid in he construction Of roads
on the feleral highawy system in the
fiscal year begun July l, $65,O0OOOO
the following year and $75,OOO,OOO in
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1925.
The amount appropriated for the fiscal
year now ending was $75,OOOyOOO. In.
Guiding federal aid previously approp-
rated and still unexpended, Utah be-
gan the present calender year with
about $2,250,OOO, in round numbers, to
be allocatel to Utah road projects, in
addition to part of $1,1OOOOO which
had already been allocated and had
haan - Ia w fvn
structiOn.
The coal strike. almost forgotten by
the public until the bloddy outbreaks
In Illinois and West Virginia brought
1t fOrciblly to mind, has resulted dur.
Ing the twelve weeks Of its life in cut
ting down available stock piles to with.
100000 tons Of the danger line,
according to reports to the geological
survey and the department Of com.
merce. These agencies estimate than
the industries Of the country can con.
tinue operation at their present rate
or about four weeks more and will
then have to curtail operations to
isis of four or five days a week, gen.
orally because of the approaching coal
shortage, now regarded as certain.
Support of the movement in con-
gress for reduction Of secOnd-class
postal rates will not receive official
Endorsement of the postoffice depart
msnt, 1t was said at the department
until thorough investigation has
been completed and the department is
assured that such proposed reductions
Will not impose additional burdens.
House and senate conferees On the
army appropriation bill have agreed
on maximum of 1900 officers as the
permanent strength for the army for
the next twelve months.
FOREIGN
Oxford university has no academic
gown large enough to fit the ample
proportions of William Howard Taft,
so the former president had a tailor
take measurem for a new robe, In
which, he received the degree Of doc.
tor Of laws.
Japan has sealed her pledge to pro.
mote world peace taken at the limita-
ton of armament conference at Wash
ington by declaring her final decision
to withdraw her troops from Siberia
and announcing to the world a policy
OF non-aggression. The diplomatic adj
visory council ut Toxic fixed October
30 as the day when the last japanese
soldier must be out of the maritime
provinces of Siberia.
,, With the murder recently Of DR.,
Walter Rathenau Germea .oreign min.
lister, who was shot down by unknown
lssassins, political consequences, radi
cal in their SCOPE. are forecast. Tur
hulent scenes were enacted in tn,
| reichstag following the assassination
Socialists attacking Nationalist mem
bers trying to drive them from .As
chamber.
The Spanish steamer Renalic IL
,ut to depart from Spain through tn,
| uudiiit tdllui. ne SL6unler VIII car
~ a cargo Of various Spanish products
for commercial propaganda.
WI Ting-Fang, former minister to
washington, more recently foreign
minister for Sun Vat Sen in the dis
rupted southern republican government,
t Canton Is dead.
| Madame Marie LOuiss Bessarabo
writer Of feverish verse and sensa.
tional stories under the name of Hera
Murtel, was convicted at Paris of the
murder Of her husband and shipping
the body away in trunk, and sen.
fenced to twenty years hard labor
upon confession made in open
court by her daughter, Paule Jacques,
tried Jointly with her. but acquitted
when the mother. who had just been
condemned by her daughter, became
her daughters defender; she implored
the Jurors mercy for her daughter
and later when she was convicted and