Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-05-18
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With the exception of the San Juan
region, Colorado missed the heaviest
part of the storm that recently swept
wyoming, South Dakota and parts OF
Nebraska.
Two youthful bandits recently held
up the office Of the circulation depart
uent of the Los Angeles Herald and
escaped in an automobile with $3.50.
The office Is within block of the po-
lice station.
Mrs. Frank Lokaijeck, wife OF the
vice president Of the Denton State
bank Of Lewistown. Mont, shot and
killed both her 13-year-old son and
her 3-year-old son. She then went out
in the field where her husband was
running a seeder, shot him In the head
and he fell from the machine uncon'
scious.
Four women are nursing minor
hurts and Antoine Nava, 50 years oid,
is in Jail as the result of his second
attempt to leap from the Southern "a
cific yiaduct at Colma to probable
death on the highway fifty feet below.
The women were passing under the
bridge in an automobile when Nava
jumped.
Warm spring weather has caused the
streams in cafions adjOcent TO SAT-
Lake City to overflow their banks and
in the Sugar House district Easements
are flooded and homes, in many IN
stances are completely surrounded py
water. There has been no danger to
residents. but property damage is ex-
pected to reach approximately $lW,-
600.
Governor Neff Of Texas has ordered
two detachments Of state rangers to
he sent to Fairfield, county seat OF
Freestone county, to prevent an upris-
ing of negroes which Sheriff W. n.
Mayo Of Freestone county said was i'm
minent. The sheriff said the negroes
of the county are threatening to
uvenge the death Of the three negroes
who were burned Mt Kirvin.
The total shipments Of California
oranges for the 1922 crop. it was
estimated by E. Z. Kaufman, agricul-
tural statistician Of the Federal De-
partment of Agriculture, Will aggre-
gate only IS per cent of the total or
apge crop, as estimated Dec. l, 1921.
This estimate is reported as of May /,
1920. Five thousand cars Of oranges
were lost as result Of the December
winds and the loss directly attributed
10 the cold weather will be about 49,
600 cars.
WASHINGTON
Authority given federal reserve
banks TO purchase 4a per cent Vic
tory notes direct from holders at par
and accrued interest up to an aggre-
gate amount of S1OO,OOOOOO has been
further extended from May Is TO
June Is. 1922, Secretary Mellon has
announced.
Federal reserve banks would be en-
powered to buy and sell farm land
bonds under Il bill introduced recently
by Senator Fletcher. Democrat, Flor
ida. The measure, designed to pro-
vide long term credits for farmers,
also would establish farm credits
department in each federal land bank.
A little black steamer has headed
for the sea on the first leg of her run
to the British Isles, where, off Kin.
sale Head, she will attempt to recov-
er gold, silver and jewels which went
down with the Lusitania seven years
ago. The vessel was the Blakely Of
the shipping boards wartime fleet.
The report Of the special treasury
committee which made an inventory
of the supplies and equipment of the
bureau of printing and engraving fol-
lowing the recent reorganization Of
the bureaus personnel, Is understood
to be a substantial vindlcation Of the
declaration by treasury officials that
no. material output of illegal bond,
note or stamp issues had taken place
within recent years.
An upward trend in the retail cost
of food was noted in statistics made
public by the bureau of labor statis-
tics of the Department Of Labor. Re
ports from fifteen cities showed in
creases from March 10 to April Is,
ranging up to 3 per cent, while only
four reported decreases and only one
of these, Fall River, with 2 per cent,
showing more than one-half of l per
cent decline. .--s .-..
President Harding has asked Con-
gress for an appropriation of $1,000
GOO for survey and designing of
dock at juneau, Alaska, the War De-
partment reporting the construction of
a new dock there would materially re-
duce operating costs and shipping de-
lays.
The experiment of decentralizing the
work of internal revenue headquarters.
which will be made in the four Pacific
coast cities of Portland, Los Angeles,
Tacoma and San Francisco probably
will be inaugurated within month, 1t
was said at the treasury.