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Show History of Past Week The News Happenings of Seven Days Paragraphed j INTEKMOU.J I Al N. Willi the announcement that more than half of the fund for the expenses expen-ses of tin- Intcnnomitaln Livestock show, to be hold In Salt Iake next April, Ap-ril, has already been raised, members Of the livestock commit let: of the Commercial Com-mercial club took initial steps toward detailed plans for the big event. Chairman Chair-man J. P. Casey was authorized to print 500 posters, advertising the show, which will be ready at an early date for circulation. Col. O. L. Longloy, superintendent nt I he United States assay office In Boise, is convinced that there Is greater great-er mining activity in southern Idaho End eastern Oregon than since before the World war. The receipts this year nro smaller than in some previous years, but the number of receipts B'hows a marked Increase. ' As a result of a volunteer committee at Buhl, Idaho, 381 was collected on the Red Cross tag day. The money will be devoted to home, service relief. Donations of wheat and other foodstuffs food-stuffs and clothing were also received by the committee. A Southeastern Idaho Historical association as-sociation Is to be formed In Pocatello shortly. One of the chief purposes of the association will be the gathering and -atalnging for preservation of original orig-inal source material of the early history his-tory of ihe northwest in particular and the west in general. GENERAL Radium and the X-ray can supplant the knife and save thousands of people peo-ple from horror of having their tonsils ton-sils removed, Dr. A. J. Pacini, chief of the X-ray section of the United States public health service, asserted wt the nueetlng of the Radiological Society of America. Although keenly hurt by the cold shoulder which he said the medical profession of America had turned toward to-ward him. Dr. Adolph Lorenz, famous Austrian, Indicated he would probably carry on his free clinics for cripples. He had announced earlier that he would return to Vienna. m m m The gold medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers was awarded to H. G. Carlson of Worcester, Worces-ter, Mass., an expert sheet metal worker, for his wartime invention of R device for use in high explosive shells which enabled American overseas over-seas forces to receive adequate ammunition am-munition supplies at a critical moment. t Data compiled by tde Horse Association Asso-ciation of America indicates that there are more than 19,000,000 horses and mules in the United States, 17,000.000 of which are on farms and -more than 2.000.000 in cities, according to the an nual report of the secretary of the association, as-sociation, With "Save the Children of America Ameri-ca !" as its slogan, the Brotherhood of American Yeomen will establish a national na-tional home for the orphans and half orphans of the order. Plans for this great project were adopted at a meeting meet-ing In Des Moines, la., of the directors direc-tors of the society, one ofthe most Influential fraternal organizations in the country, when it was decided to levy a monthly tax of 10 cents upon each of the more than 300,000 members. mem-bers. Dr. Adolf Lorenz, famous Austrain Orthopedic surgeon, has been invited to make a tour of the United States at the expense of the American Osteopathic Osteo-pathic association. A Nebraska state commission is trying try-ing to discover who is responsible for the tremendous "spread" in the price of farm products from the time they leave the farm to the time they appear ap-pear onthe table of the consumer, rt has found a bushel of potatoes for which the farmer received about 60 cents, sells for $24 when served in a restaurant, baked ; that coffee which retails for 29 cents per pounds sells for $2 in a cafe : a loaf of bread retails re-tails for 11 cents but costs 90 cents when served as toast, and a pound of beef which the farmer sold for 6 cents is served to him at 45 cents in a cafeteria. cafe-teria. There was a large attendence at the government wool auction In Boston, when about seven million pounds of wool was offered and not a single pound withdrawn. The bidding was animated throughout. Prices are generally gen-erally considered to have advanced 10 to 15 per cent as compare?! with the sale held a month ago. Eight tons of turkeys were shipped fro Fallon for Thanksgiving consumption. con-sumption. The number of turkeys would approximate 2000. Mexican oil resource are proportionately propor-tionately equal to those of the United States. This country annually uses 110,000,000 barrels of Mexican oil. The oil Industry represents an Invested capital of $2,421, 000,000 and $1,795,-000,000 $1,795,-000,000 If invested la the refining industry. in-dustry. 2200 women members of the police reserves stepped forward to replace the men who have been transferred to strike districts In New York recently. re-cently. WASHINGTON. President Harding's suggestions for flexible tariff rates and u provision for proclaimed American valuation apparently ap-parently have been well received by many Republican members of congress, but a formal decision by the senate finance committee is likely to be deferred de-ferred until the rewriting of the house tariff measure is started, probably next month. The gross expenditures under the national na-tional reclamation act from the date of its passage In 1902 to June 30 of this year amounted to $160,000,000; of this approximately $130,000,000 was Invested In-vested in construction work. The total to-tal value of all crops grown on government govern-ment projects exceeds $400,000,000, exclusive ex-clusive of crops grown on projects served by the government under the Warren act. a The first deficiency bill, carrying slightly more than $106,000,000, or ap. proximately $3,000,000 more than the measure passed by the house, was reported re-ported to the senate. The principal Increases In-creases over the house bill are $1,500,- 000 to repair and replace the government govern-ment cable to Alaska, and $400,000 more for the payment to farmers to meet losses resulting from livestocn slaughtered under government orders because of tuberculosis. The long pending King resolution directing di-recting an investigation by congress into the activities of a alleged dye-stuffs dye-stuffs lobby, was adopted by the senate sen-ate without a record vote. Records of the war department on the legal execution of eleven members of the A. E. F. were presented to a senate investigating committee by way of denial of charges that scores oi soldiers had been hanged without trial The new Irish free state will assum the obligations in this country of the Irish republic amounting to about $6,-000,000, $6,-000,000, Stephen M. O'Mara, mayor ol Limerick, and finance agent of the Irish government states. These certificates cer-tificates of the republic sold in this country are regarded as a moral ob ligation of the Irish people and probably prob-ably will be converted into bonds bear ing interest at 5 per cent to corres pond to the rates on the certificates. An increase in the cadet corps at the West Point military academy from 1334 to 2500, is recommended by Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur, superintendent superin-tendent of the academy. Expansion oi the cadet corps to 2500 would necessitate neces-sitate new construction, the cost ot Which is estimated at $6,000,000. FOREIGN. According to the Zwoelfuhrblatt, former Emperor William has decided tc marry again. The lady of his choice, the newspaper says, is the widow of a high officer from Danzig who was killed in the war. a a Hard times in Europe have resulted in the dumping of "literally thousands" of oil paintings and other works of art inti the market, the majority ol which have proved to he fakes or copies cop-ies of masterpieces, in opinion of Gus-tavius Gus-tavius T. Kirby of the American art m King George issued a proclamation releasing all political prisoners interned in-terned in Ireland as a result of the agreement signed between the British and Irish. The biggest opium seizure achieved in years by the police of the International Interna-tional settlement of Shanghai was brought about when a ten-ton truck was halted as it was traversing the business district and searched. Opium valued at $384,000 were found and confiscated. The Duke of Brunswick, the former kaiser's only son-in-law, is suing the state of Brunswick for 1,200,000 marks with the interest which has accrued since the revolution, claiming that he has not received a penny from his estates, es-tates, although an annuity of 400,000 marks was agreed upon. The Pfaelzer bank, one of the most important in south Germany, has col-lopsed. col-lopsed. Speculation by confidential clerks is attributed as the cause. The bank had a deficit of 345,000,000 marks. a The Germans are gradually returning return-ing to China and picking up the threads of their former business, not trading for the present under their own names, but in partnership with Chinese. m m m President Harding has decided there is no need of inviting Germany to the armament conference. His intention, recently announced, was to call Germany Ger-many in toward the closa of the conference con-ference to put her on record as ap- 1 proving certain . res adopted. |