Williams news., 1922-07-14
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
 EIGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PROGRESS
 OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

The Union Pacific railroad will at
 once begin the construction of a thir-
 ty-five-nlile branch line into Utah to
 tap the rich section in southern Mil
 lard county and the surrounding ter
 ritory, according to an announcement
 made at Union Pacific headquarters in
 Omaha.
 Jimmy Murphy, sensational automo-
 bile race driver, added to his laurels
 at Tacoma, Wash, by winning the elev-
 enth annual speedway classic. Murphy
 covered the 25O miles at the rate of
 97.6 miles an hour. Tommy Milton
 took second place after leading nIur-
 phy nearly all the way.
 J. Lester Gaskin of Long Beach,
 Calif., and Earl Furry of Oakland,
 Calif., committed suicide in a roOming
 house in Salt Lake City by using the
 same pistol. The bodies were found in
 adjoining rooms. Each left a note ad-
 dressed to their respective mothers, saying that broken health prompted the act.
 The town of Vending, near Eugene, Ore, with a population of 700, was threatened by fire which burned the big BOoth-Kelly Sawmill at the town. The mill crew and townSpeople were reported fighting the flames which were famed by a strong wind. Flu gene sent it's fire department and fire fighters on special train, and equip ment was sent from the Booth-Kelly mill at Springfield.
 The United States Department of Agriculture reports that the drought and heat caused some damage to non- irrigated crops in the Rocky Mountain states during the last half of June, but S,,,,s condition. Winter wheat harvest has begun as far north as northeastern Colorado and the crop is heading in Idaho. Considerable damage to this crop is reported especially on non-irri- gated lands in Idaho, Colorado and New Mexico, but the condition is good in northeastern Colorado and in Ari- zona. Idaho spring wheat on irrigated lands is generally excellent. New Mexico's cotton crop is reported in ex- cellent condition on an increased acre age, and AriZona's cotton has been brought up to a good condition by re- cent hot weather.
 WASHINGTON
 Japan led the world in exports to the United States in the month of May, with merchandise reaching a total value of $29,6o2,9S7, according to com pilations made public by the Depart ment of Commerce. Canada was sec ond with $2S, ,249, ,429, the United King dom third with 25,43S, ,99o, and Cuba a close fourth with $25, ,275.
 Charles A. Ritzman, general manag- CT of the Disco Lighting Company of Detroit, and a former captain in the army, was sentenced in Criminal Court to eighteen months in the penitentiary for accepting bribe of $500 to influ- ences his action in connection with the purchase of skid chains for the army while acting as officer in charge of the maintenance division of the motor transport corps during the war. He noted an appeal and was released un- der bonds of $3,OOO.
 General improvement in crop condi- 1 dons along the Atlantic and Gulf | coasts and in the Northwest, east of | the Rocky mountains, was noted by the l Agricultural Department in it's crop | summary for the last half of June, | made public in Washington. Through | out the corn belt" the departments | observers found, "small grains were | more or less injured by the unusual | hot and dry weather, as were also | some crops in parts of the mountain | and Pacific coast regions. Irrigated | crops were not so much effected"
 More than 1,25O,OOO workers are idle | in the United States because of strikes, officials of the department of labor have estimated. Four strikes of major importance are in progress. They are coal mines, 100000 bituminous and 100000 anthracite; railroad shopmen, 100000; textile workers, New England, SO,OOO; garment workers, New York City, from 10000 to 10000
 Selection of a site for a S1,OOO,OOO hospital for disabled veterans, to be erected at Summerfields, in the vicin- ty of Beacon, Duchess county, N. Y., has been announced in Washington by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Clifford.
 M. P. Kinkaid, member of the House of Representatives from the Sixth Ne oraska district, died in Washington. The death of the Nebraska congress nan occurred at Garfield hospital and resulted from complication of dis eases from which he had been i'll since | early in May. Funeral services were leld at O'Neill, Neb., his home.
 Rebel forces were defeated and scattered by federal troops near the Aguada camp of the Cortez Oil Con- ,any in the Tampico district of Mex co, according to a message receIved y the State Department