Show the interstate commerce commission has haa ordered reductions in express rates which will take from the profits ol of th e express companies approximately annually this order is to become effective by oct 15 under the new net rules packages weighing under four pounds and going more than and less than 2000 roll miles es will be carried by express more cheaply than by parcel post it is believed lu iu official circles that the companies will try to test the constitutionality of the order the number of baff buffaloes aloes in the governments ern ments berd at the wichita national fore forest st and game refuge near lawton out okla has been increased to 48 by the birth ol of 10 calves recently this Is said to be the finest herd of these animals in the country and uncle sam is justly proud of them there is no longer an any y tear fear that the bison race will become extinct president wilson has just sign signed ed an order prohibiting any acro aeronaut from flying over the panama canal zone without written authority from washington the penalty for violation of this order is a fine of 1000 and imprisonment lot jor one year for or each of tense bense on your flying trips therefore fly elsewhere at a cost of several million dollars a model mode I 1 penitentiary is being erected at comstock N Y lohouse to house the convicts now held in fu sing sing prison at ossin ing the disgusting conditions at this prison have lately be been en exposed the new prison known as great meadows will be more modern in ia construction and 1 equipment than in any prison in the country california his has suffered i a loss to h her r orange lemon and other fruit crops of during the present year it is I 1 entil estimated ibid this loss warnot was not due altogether to io the frosts though that loss was very great hot winds which have caused the fruit to shrivel and dry UD are blamed for a large part of the damage |