, 1922-07-06
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DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY DE-
-A-""iS PEOPLE.
WESTERN

WESTERN
Selection OF the Flnlen site Mt Butte,
Mont, was announced by the citizens
hotel committee AS location OF a SIS,
100000 hotel for which a company is
being organized. The available ground
Is 1913 by 132 feet. Including the site of
the present Finlen hotel, one Of the
pioneer houses OF the city. IL
Fred Ramsey died at Yakima, Wash:,'
recently of hemorrhage caused by a
stab in the shoulder, accidently inflict-
ed by his 4-year-oId brother, Robert,
ms they were at play at the home of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. Z. Ram
sey. The wound was made with a pen
knife and 1t Is said 1t caused internal
bleeding which could not be stopped,
Mrs. Williams, asplr-
ant for the Republican nomination for
United States senator from Nevada,
has taught her male opponents a new
political maneuver and her tactics are
jarousing lively interest. The feminine
senatorial candidate is following the
circus companies across the state and
III lhlS way lllhS opportunities ~ du-
dress large audiences.
President Harding has committed
the sentence of two more political
prisoners and ordered their release
from the Leavenworth prison, where
they were held for wartime o~ffenses,
ii was learned at the White House re-
Gently. They are Clyde Hough of
Rockford, ILL.,, serving a f%ifteen-year
sentence as IA conscientious objector,
and Vincent st. John, nationally
known ten years ago as secretary
treasurer of the l. w. W.
WASHINGTON
Former United States Senator Cor
nelius Cole of California, who will be
100 years old in September, was a
caller at the White House recently, his
first visit in twenty-fiv years. He was
accompanied by Senator Shortridge,
Republican, California. Senator Cole,
who served in the Senate from 1857 to
1873. is said to be the last surviving
member of the body that tried Andrew
Johnson for Impeachment.
After an all-day fight the House
passed a bill to continue certain pub
lie land offices which under legislation
enacted this session would have been
closed July L. The House, by q vote of
11S to 9S, amended the Senate bill to
continue the offices at Be~llefourche,
s. d.. W%aterville, Wash; Dickinson,
~ N . NNutArNIIIn NTnah nf.Isa,.,
N. D.; Del Norte and Sterling, Colo.
Clayton and Fort Sumner, n. NJ; Har-
riSon and Camden, Ark, and Alliance,
Neb. 1t struck from the bill provisions
by the Senate for the continuance of
offices at Timber Lake and Lennon,
:. d.. Williston and Mino, y. d;
Broken Bow. Neb. Durango, Colo, and
Springfield, Mo. After having, in com
mittee of the whole, adopted an
amendment which would have reduced
the offices TO be continued to Belle
fourche, :. D.; Del Norte. Colo. Wa
t~erville, Wash, and Alliance. Neb., the
House revised itself by adopting the
senate bill al reported by the House
committee on public lands. The bill
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The House adopted the conference
report on the 1872 naval bill. accept
ing Senate increases which pnt the
total appropriation around S2S9.OOO,-
600. Some minor amendments were
adopted and the report went bnck 10.
the Senate for final action before be
ing sent 10 the President.
Actual knowledge is necessary TO
obtain scared warrant. Il was ruled
10y Judge benjamin +. Bledsoe in the
United state District Court in Los
Angeles. sustaining Il motion to duash
an indictment charging violation OF the
N"lstrad ACT by luuis .Gucrrerl and
Andrea Michaeli, propIietors OF II vim
cry.
Increased prices OF agricultural
products, which will follow the enact.
ment of the tariff bill, will mean n
TAX upon American people amounting
TO S1.316. 569.4i9, according to u state.
ment made by senator Walsh. NIassa.
chusetts, Democratic member NJ The
Senate Finance Committee. Senator
Walsh estimated that the burden due
10 the tariff viii amount To Sf3.l5 per
capita more than the present Under
wood act and S363 per capita more
than the former P~ayne-Aldriet aet.
About 100000 c%antaloupes have
rottcd on the ground in the vicinity Of
Brawley, Calf, the growers having de-.
tided 10 cease picking Tor a day and.
take the resultant loss in the hope that
as a consequence Ov%erstocking Of
markets would be eliminated
and they could get a price FOR their.
product which would afford them a
profit.