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Show Western Brevities j from the Many , Western States 1 1 Kugene The establishment of cooperative co-operative stockyards and a packing house in Eugene in the near future is a probability, according to farmers and business men of this city, who have been discussing the project for soma ; time past. Vancouver. One hundred and twenty twen-ty carloads of dried prunes will he shipped this year by the Washington Growers' Packing Corporation of this city, which controls about 80 per cent of all the prune acreage in Clarke county. j Butte. The Sheridan State iank at ' Sheridan, Mont., was robbed by yeggs who escaped with 5197 in cash and the contents of 27 safety deposit boxes. Tacoma A record price for eggs in this section was established when H. M. Leathers of Woodland sold twenty ; eggs from "Lady Jewell," his champ. ' 'on White Leghorn hon for $500. 'Lady Jewell" laid 315 eggs for the year ending November 1, at the official offi-cial egg laying contest conducted by the Western Washington Experiment station. Venture. Bounty on male mountain Hons should he raised to $20 by the state, and to $50 on females, in tha opinion of Edwin L. Hedderly of the California fish and game commission. Mexieali. The belief was expressed by officials here that the two Mexicans who shot and killed Richard Newton rmd perhaps fatally wounded Dan Mc-Kinnon, Mc-Kinnon, both of Williams, Cal., near Mexieali, had escaped into the United States. Seattle. Dance halls fostered by Mayor Edwin J. Brown to bring the money of timber workers to the city are under double attack. Denver. Recommendations for the rehabilitation of the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad urging the expenditure of $16,700,000 fo requlp-ment requlp-ment anu improvement by January 1, 1024, have been filed in the United States district court. Spokane. United States Senator-elect Senator-elect Clarence C. Dill, Democrat, indicated indi-cated that he would not accept an Invitation In-vitation from Senator La Follette of Wisconsin and Representative Hud-dleston Hud-dleston of Alabama to attend a conference con-ference of "progressive leaders," In Washington, D. C, soon. Grand Junction. The Rev. B. L. Throw, pastor of the local Presbyterian Presbyter-ian church, who is alleged to have criticised local American Legion members mem-bers for dedicating their new $26,000 home with a dance, is reported to be taking the attitude that he owes no one an apology as demanded iby a committee of legion members who called on him. The pastor Is said to have made his remarks in his last Sunday's sermon. San Francisco. A comparative sear-city sear-city of Thanksgiving turkeys with consequent high prices is predicted by local produce men. At present young dressed turkeys are retailing at 50 to 56 cents a pound. Los Angeles. To attend church one each Sunday for three years was the sentence Imposed upon John Kozma, who pleaded guilty to having taken for his own use an automobile which he found parked outside a church. San Francisco. John I. Nolan, representative rep-resentative in congress from the Fifth California district, died here after an illness of three months. He was reelected re-elected without opposition this month. He was prominent in labor circles and was elected to congress for the first time in 1910. Omaha. Discovery was announced here by Dr. Robert F. Gilder, an archaeologist of this city, of two mounds near Blair. Neb., which he estimated contained the skeletons of at least 1000 humans, probably Indians, In-dians, so ancient that there are no modern records of them. Omaha. Authorization for construction construc-tion of new shop and yard facilities at Los Angeles. Cal., by the Union Pacific system's general headquarters here. The new facilities will consist of an engine house, locomotive shops, freight car shops, coach shops and coach yard and will cost $1,750,000, the onnounce-ment onnounce-ment Bald, adding that construction would be started at once and would be completed in seven or eight months. Los Angeles. For the saving of two women from drowning, William Can-inn, Can-inn, 16-year-old high school student of Los Angeles, will receive a silver medal of the national organi.-Mtion of the Boy Scouts of America. San Francisco. John Swanson, by an unusual dispensation of Justice will, for a period of a year and three months, give half of his monthly earnings earn-ings to Mrs. James Bolt for having run dwon ,and killed her huBhand with his automobile. Salt Lake City. David H. Reed is In a local hospital suffering a very serious Injury to hii right eye. The nccident, which may cost him the sifht of his eye, occurred Wednendny, ' when he was acldentaliy struck by a tone thrown by a companion ' |