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CONDENSED RECORD OF THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD FROM ALL SOURCES < SAYINGS, DOINGS, ACHIEVEMENTS, SUFFERINGS, HOPES AND FEARS OF MANKIND WESTERN Catholic society of the of the Holy in and operating twelve 2,000, Sisters The Mary, Roman Names schools of of Jesus Oregon with an enrollment attack recently filed a brief in an attend- on compulsory public school Federal ance the law, now before the Court. A startling assertion by Clarence Greer, Conlin, attorney for Horace A. charged chauffeur for Mabel Normand, Courtwith having shot and wounded have land S. Dines, that Greer may not confesdone the shooting, despite his sensasion to police, injected a new tion into the Los Angeles case. The Sinclair Oil Company's pipe for conveying oil from the Wyoming comfields through Nebraska was across at Kearney when a link finished. pleted Platte river there was the line runs south from Kearney, Mo., The connecting at Fremont, line. with finally the Oklahoma-Chicago pipe would Millions of barrels of crude oil equaling required to develop power through be that going to waste every year resources failure to develop the power Chandler, the Colorado river, Harry Times, of of the Los Angeles Develpublisher declared before the California in Coropment Association convention onado, near San Diego. Three banks in Silver City, N. They M., their doors last week. the Silclosed the Silver City National, Ameriwere City Savings bank and the after the ver National bank. Soon bank excan of the banks the state of close was asked to take charge instiaminer Bank of Tyrone, N. M. The had comthe all in Grant county, $3,000,tutions, liabilities estimated at of 000, bined according to their statements Dec. 31 last. to homestead and public desert Opening entry of 14,455 acres of counland in Washakie and Big Horn 20, has land ties, Wyoming, beginning at the Interior Feb. Debeen announced at Washington. Adjoining a prepartment and patentees have within the entrymen right on the tracts World ference and ex-service men of preference, the area have a ninety-one day will be war which unentered land public. after thrown open to the general Lander The champion eater Battalago, of is Nevada, Leon Lander county, The only patient in the Battalago dead. hospital for a year, meal was county to think that every eight or seemed one. A breakfast of four or his last half a louf of bread, off with ten eggs, of coffee, topped was comfive cups to twenty hot cakes, also was a fifteen The heavy eater scales at 300 heavyweight, mon. tipping the said pounds. The county physician death was due to overeating. WASHINGTON the bill for the Nearly $750,000,000 is carried Treasury in and annual Postoffice supply Departments reported commitby the House amount appropriation is $729,858,451 total tee. increase The exact of $18,476,889 over departappropriations an for the two year, but the current fiscal estimates. ments for less than budget time , to a $5,447,696 President Coolidge for the bill first passed affixed Congress. his signature It was an act widow giving of Mrs. the . the President, by Florence Kling Harding, congressional she can franking late privilege-so that mails without use the United States the payment of postage. right of a state to borders prevent from naThe banks within its establishtional branch banking Supreme establishing was upheld by the time ruled , ments which at the same conCourt, the same prohibition was themthat in the federal statutes which tained The court's decision, shaken . settles selves. a controversy that has months, banking world for many case of the the handed down in the Louis. The was National Bank of St. Missouri First demurred from a establishbank had prohibiting it from the lower state branches, law and, losing in The deing Court, had appealed. affirmed. Federal of the lower court was reduccision rate of 25 per cent for the was defiA income taxes tion in earned by the House ways of nitely decided upon Recognition means committee. reducand income taxes for special Mellon, earned suggested by Secretary the comtion, approved as yesterday by Garner of mittee. was Representative the Democratic rate tax proposed that the Texas, plan, author of cent. reduction be placed at 33 1-3 per . last agents in their efforts and Federal the prohibition year narcotic to laws enforce spent buying $205,658 "evidence." of gov- funds in Assistant Proernment This total was given by Jones in testihibition Commissioner House appropriation before the recommended that mony which prohibition , committee, set aside for fiscal $10,628,770 enforcement be during the coming year