Show F ii western e stem brevities Brevi ies ties f from the tj many western states es victoria B C the salmon run in british columbia rivers is the largest since the record of 1919 according to reports received by an hon william sloan provincial commissioner of fisheries canneries along the fraser skeena and naas rivers are working day and night shifts in an effort to take care of the catch ketchikan alaska A taxi taking passengers to peninsula point near here recently caught up with a bear running along the road the driver speeded up but the bear refusing to be passed accelerated his own gait for a mile the car and the bear raced bruin led then unable to take a curve at high speed he ha catapulted down a bank to a beach and disappeared boise idaho idaho women even though electors elector 9 of the county in which they reside are not competent under the idaho law to act as jurors this was the decision of the state supreme court in the case of robert E kelley convicted in valley county of possession of intoxicating liquor by a jury of 12 women the judgment was reversed alfred budge associate justice dissented rock springs wyo sage chickens are more plentiful in western wyoming than they have been at the same season in many years despite the fact that a large number of the birds were killed this fall according to game warden george parfitt antelopes also are more numerous than usual thriving under protection deer are plentiful but hunters are not bringing many in twin falls idaho an ordinance passed here recently barring the wearing of masks in public places or on the streets will prevent a halloween masked ball to be held on the streets halloween night members of the city council have informed those in charge of the plans chico cal thirty six trained horses of the al G barnes circus valued at were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the car in which they were being transported from chico to willows cal the fire was discovered four miles north of this city salt lake production of alfalfa hay in salt lake lak county has been estimated at from to tons accor according dinT to estimates received by frank andrews united states crop statistician for fo eUtah Utah this estimate represents a reduction from the 1923 production of tons and tons in 1922 fresno cal the king james version of the lords prayer cannot be used in the public schools of california such use being in violation of the state constitution according to an opinion received here ht re by district attorney At lorrey torrey george R lovejoy from the office of attorney general U S webb at sacramento the opinion was given in in response to a request from william john cooper superintendent of schools here portland oret ore ezra meeker bleeker of this city has just completed a trio to dayton ohio by airplane the trip being made in a few hours it was mr meeker who year ago blazed the oregon trail by ox team this trip taking several months ile he is in his ninety first year Port portland landi dissolution of the ore gon grocers association is asked by john coke united states attorney in a suit filed in the federal court here charging barging a combine in addition a permanent injunction is sought against price fixing in restraint of trade and action tending to prevent competition through methods of coercion ermion idaho falls ida As an aftermath of the roping of a wild moose found in the lake at reno park several days ago warrants were issued iss for the arrest of terrance anderson keyes kayes blair and two indians who are alleged to have violated the state game laws in holding the moose in captivity exhibiting the animal for gain and treating it cruelly los angeles while nearly horrified worshippers wor shippers looked on solomon batrow 35 walked into the zion synagogue during jewish festival services here and shot and killed his business enemy harry denny and wounded a man and woman in the struggle that followed with the members of the congregation for possession of the gun san an francisco the first of a series of actions which the government plans to bring against gillons gallons of wine in hooded warehouses in northern and cn central itral california was instituted in federal court hero here by the united states attorney layton utah the layton town board has bay offered a cash prize of 5 to the student of the layton central school for the best sign not dot to exceed eight words that will tend to be productive of more careful dr driving ang on the highways |