The Holly chieftain., 1922-07-13
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EioN COUNTRIES.
i'm LATE DISPATCHES
poiNcs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

WESTERN
The Union Pacific railroad will at
once begin the construction of thir-
4 ty-five-niilc branch line into Utah to
tap the rich section in southern Mil
l 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 $50 miles at the rate of
| 97.6 miles an hour Tommy Milton
took second place after leading Muir
ply nearly all the way.
4 j. Lester Gaskill of Long Beach,
Calf, and Earl Furry of Oakland,
Calf, committed suicide in a roOming
house in Salt Lake City by using the
same pistol. The bodies were found in
dressed to their respective mothers,
saying that broken health prompted
the act.
/ The town of Vending, near Eugene,
| Ore, with population of 100, was
threatened by fire which burned the
big Booth-Kelly sawmili Mt the town.
The mill crew and townspeople were
reported fighting the flames which
were famed by strong wind. Eu-
gene sent Its 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 nom
irrigated crops in the Rocky Mountain
states during the last half of June, but
irrigated crops were generally in good
| condition. Winter wheat harvest has
begun as far north as northeastern
Colorado and the crop is heading in
Idaho. Considerable damage to this
1 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
Mexic0's cotton crop is reported in ex-
cellent condition on an increased acre
I age, and Arizona's cotton has been
brought up to 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 total
value of $29, ,892 1887, 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 800. and Cuba
a close fourth with $25,2s8,275.
Charles A. Ritzman, general manag-
er Of the Disco Lighting Company of
Detroit, and former captain in the
army, was sentenced In Criminal Court
to eighteen months in the penitentiary
for accepting a 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 $1,000.
General Improvement in crop cOndi-
tions along the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts and in the Northwest, east of
the Rocky mountains, was noted by the
Agricultural Department In it's crop
summary for the last half of June,
made public in Washington. Through
out the corn belt" the department g
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
$4,000; garment workers, New York
City, from 10000 to 10000.
Selection of site for a $1,OOO,OOO
hospital for disabled veterans, to be
erected at Summerfields, in the vicln-
lty of Beacon, Dutchess county, N. Y.
has been announced in Washington by
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
J Clifford.
NJ. p. Kinkaid, member of the House
of Representatives from the Sixth Ne
braska district, died in Washington
The death of the Nebraska congress
man occurred at Garfield hospital ant
resulted from complication Of dis
eases from which he had been Ill since
early in May. Funeral services were
held at O'Neill, Neb., his home.
Rebel forces were defeated and
scattered by federal troops near the
Aguada camp Of the COrtez Oil Com
t.. H.