Show ea western Brevi brevities ties from the f he many I 1 western states portland Port landi with no water or fire I 1 fighting equipment owners and tenants of a business block at hillsdale near here stood helpless while flames destroyed a garage grocery store and a two story dwelling the damage is estimated at los angeles five hundred motorists are under arrest for speeding here as the opening move in a police campaign to reduce this cites terrific mortality rate it took less than twelve hours houri to reach the 50 0 mark and according to officials of the police traffic bureau the drive will continue with undiminished vigor until streets here are safe for pedestrians beach cal three mexicans were killed and three seriously injured when hen a pacific electric interurban car bound from the beach to los angeles struck a gasoline hand c car on which a dozen or more section hands were riding Che cheyenne yenney wyo ntine men were badly injured by a bull that broke out of its pen in the railroad yard portland Port landi financial and business conditi conditions onu throughout the pacific northwest are better than for years assets and deposits on the increase and loans on the decrease according to reports made at a meeting of we western wesie ern rn state bank superintendent superintend eni held hald here at which an organization to be called the western association I 1 of I 1 bank supervisors was formed baker ore construction of a new ton capacity mill and the blocking out of thousands of tons of valuable ore is progressing progress ing rapidly at the gold hill mine five miles northeast of durkee which is being oper abed under lease and bond by the durkee gold mines company J P acham general manager the ne new mill will be ready to receive its first ore within a few weeks and every indication about the property points to a long and steady run emmett carrying his pack mule in in a trailer attached to his auto a leer deer hunter from the lower county passed through town a few days ago for the hunting grounds near knox arriving at his destination he park ed his car placed a pack of his camp equipment on the mule and set out for the wilds of the forest the mule seemingly enjoys riding in his special car and gets in and out without any urging whatever los angeles playing his first round of golf since last february babe ruth home run king made a driva from the first tee at the rancho country club which netted yards the longest drive ever made at rancho the babe drove the ball yar yard dg in the air and an additional roll of 30 3 yards ards gave him the record san antonio mrs clara clar swearingen e a r brooks 58 whose son was s 0 one n e of the first americans killed in the world war and for whom brooks flying field was named died here brighton colo william hebbener He ebener candidate for county commissioner believing he would be elected by a comfortable majority voted for his opponent frank kemp he admitted to friends when the vote vota was officially fici ally counted heebner and kemp were tied when the mail vote was counted kemp was declared the winner by one vote los angeles A motion that the county appoint and pay foi four alienists to ta conduct another egarr examination of kid mccoy ex pugilist awaiting trial for the al alleged legeL murder oi 01 mrs theresa mors here last august was denied in superior court after court coun 1 el I for the former boxer had submitted several affidavits to show that his cl client clent ent is a pauper and therefore cannot retain alienists at his own expense I 1 salt lake amended articles of increasing the capital tock of the utah power light company from to OCO NO were filed in the secretary of tates states office the company intends I 1 0 finance its extensive power development nt program in utah and through the increase in stock representatives of the corporation said san diego cal every usable airplane and aea seaplane plane attached to the battle fleet will be sent berrt from san dago to hawaii in the near future for six months maneuvers with the a face craft of the fact fet captain stanford vo anford E moses has announced this he said would be the mightiest force of aerial fighting craft assembled in one general movement by the navy since the world war salt lake the sixteenth nth annual convention of the national wool growers association will be hell held in san francisco january 2 21 1 22 20 and 23 1925 according to n nade made by professor F R marshall national secretary of the aso mation los angeles tro deaths from pneumonic plague u e a l 14 i month old od in fit fant and a 9 year od child raise raisel the total deaths since sin the pa plau uz started here octol october cr 19 to 0 3 3 1 fou of at which were pneumonic p abue |