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Show Western Brevities from the Many Western States Los Angeles. In a quest for clues thnt would lead to the Identity of one of several underworld gangs suspected , of aiding the escape of Clara Phillip convicted murderess, from the county jail, Undersheriff Lisrailuz began a weeping jail probe, grilling a number of prisoners as well as Jail officials. Los Angeles. One is expected to die .and two are seriously wounded as the result of encounter between four nejrroes In an automobile and two detectives de-tectives of the Automobile Club of Southern California. A shot gun and ItiBtols figured In the shooting, according accord-ing to a police report. The detectives x charged that the four were in a stolen automobile. The detectives said they Jlred first to halt the car and later In celf-defence. Los Angeles. An explosion In ft gas main In the harbor district Mew th 'home of Mrs. Anna Petrasich; 15 feel through the air and sat it down again In such a manner that Mrs. Petraslc and her two small cnlldren suffered n Injury, according to report. w r Oakland. "Rack to pormalcy Ii the policy of the Oakland lire department depart-ment The fire fighters are now bad in blue shirts after enjoying theii freedom for several years. Fire Chiel Sam Short has ordered the fire de-' de-' partmcnt to resume the uniform blue outfit s Los Angeles. Douglas Fairbanks was quoted as having declared he would appeal to he United States Su. preme court that the Triangle Film company had the right to reedit motion mo-tion pictures In which he appeared tin der contract several years ago. Astoria. Members of the First Rap. tlst church congregation here were told for the first time how their edifice had been saved from destruction in the great fire by the pastor, the Rev. E. A. Gottberg, whose only fire fight ing apparatus was a buttered felt hat. . Denver. Denver's city council hai made drastic, action to stop loss of life' at a dangerous grade crossing on the outskirts of the city. A bill to ; compel the railroad companies whose J tracks cross the Intersection to take ' , emergency steps to eliminate the dun. ger to motorists at "Death Crossing," was passed on the first rending at a meeting of the city council recently. The ordinance would frce the companies com-panies to station a fingmnn at the crossing, while the question of building a subway or viaduct under or over the tracks Is considered. Salt Lake City. Wonderful success attended the first use of the city's new automate snow loading machine, according to Commissioner T. T. Burton, Bur-ton, head of the city street depart-ment. depart-ment. The machine Is used in removing remov-ing snow from the streets and is said to be speedier than the gang of more than thirty men that formerly did the work. Salt Lake City. Formal charges ol attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon were filed by the po-Bice po-Bice against George Allen, 20 years of age, and Arthur Hayes, 18, tie-cause tie-cause of the shooting of Sergcan N. P. Pierce on the night of Novera fcer 2a ; Salt Lake City. Efforts are being made to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary anni-versary of the discovery of precious metal in Ctsh, -which will occur on September 20, 1023, and the matter It being pushed Jiy Harry S. Joseph, - well known mining man of Salt Lake. It was on September 23, 1923,. thai the first mining claim was recorded la Utah territory. Moab. Trapping of a gaint grej wolf whose dopredat.'ons had caused enormous losses In Mesa county Colo., nnd nearby counties, has brought considerable fame to Luke Hummel Hummel caught the wolf in a trap to which was attached a 20 pound log. For 50 miles he folowed tin drug trailing the trapped cattle killci before finally overtaking him, throe days later. The animal weighed 150 pounds. Logan. Several weeks ago the Boy Pcouta of the city began the task ot preparing a public ice skating rink. The plan is to flood the old tle-yeard on Main street Just north of the Fire hall and then allow It to frot-ze Everything Is now ready for the flood Ing of the lot and all that will be needed for some first-class skating is cold wflAther. The water in the pond Is but two feet deep. nphralm. A meeting to organize ths Feeders Marketing assoc'ation fot Ephralm nnd vicinity was held hero, A constitution and by-laws were adopt ed. The election of ofrirors was loft to ftnother mating to bo hold In Mitntl. Brlgham City, The Box Klder Poultry Poul-try association is nrnmjdng to stair a poultry show ln this city, January 4 to 27. The premium list Is n t!ng prepared. |
