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Show 1 Western Brevities from the Many E 1 Western States 1 Vancouver, B. C Seven carloads of British Columbia Christmas trees Pacific Railway, at Sumus, Wash., for have been delivered to the Northern shipment to Chicago and Omaha, it was learned here. These trees pay 10 per cent tariff entering the United Uni-ted States. Aberdeen, S. D. Apparently recon. ciled to the fact that their real son lies buried in a lonely Nebraska cent, etery, the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Fra-zier, Fra-zier, who several months ago mado a futile attempt to establish the identity identi-ty of Arthur Lopez, a Mexican, as their son, Arthur Frazier, applied to Adjutant General W. A. Ilazlo of Aberdeen for government and state war bonuses. The application is based bas-ed on the death of Arthur Frazier in the world war. Shedd, Ore. The Shedd Savings bank was entered by robbers. After blowing the safe and deposit boxes, they escaped with bonds and negotiable negotia-ble securities. The loot will "probably "probab-ly total more than $100,000" ' said C J. Shedd, president of the bank. Thu robbers did not get into the main vault where the bank's funds are kept. Pearce, Ariz. The word "finis" was written to another chapter in the history his-tory of the old west hero when Joseph Jos-eph Bignon, 85, proprietor of the old Bird Cage theatre at Tombstone was laid to rest. Greeley, Colo. The right of pubMc school authorities in the state of Colorado Col-orado to have passages from the biHQ read "without comment" as part of the regular school exercises was upheld up-held in a decision announced recently by District Judge Robert G. B. Smith. Los Angeles, Calif. Chief of the Santa Ysabel tribe of Mission Indians in San Diego county filed suit in the United States district court here asking ask-ing $50,000 damages and the return of land from which the tribe says it has been driven by the white men. The defendants are three trustees of the Charles Marin company, four ranchers ranch-ers "and four persons and a corporation, corpora-tion, names unknown, all of San Diego-county. Diego-county. San Francisco, Calif. Five salt pro ducing companies and distributing-companies distributing-companies of California, with total assets as-sets of approximately $3,500,000 have been consolidated under the name of the Leslie California Salt company. Spokane, Wash. Resolutions demanding de-manding that vast areas of federal land in the eleven Rocky mountain and Pacific coast states be ceded to the states to permit its taxation and control, and opposing any abandonment abandon-ment of the government railroad in Alaska, were passed by th6 Northwest North-west Mining association at the closing session of its annual convention here. Los Angeles. Constance Talmadge is a citizen again. The nationality she lost by marrying J. T. Pialoglou, a New York Greek, has been restored by court order. She is now divorced. Rock Springs, Wyo.- It is not every man who can sleep when his bed is on fire and still enjoy his sleep. R-centliy R-centliy an attendant of a local soil drink establishment was rudely awakened awak-ened from his sleep by the fire department de-partment to learn that his bed was on fire. Even after he was awakened he asked as to the trouble, but his query was answered by fire scorching a foot on the burning bedclothes. Great Falls, Mont. Sam W. Weeks, secretary-manager and promoter of the defunct Montana Automobile Finance Fi-nance company of Great Falls, pleaded plead-ed guilcy to making a false statement for the company to the First National bank cf Butte, and was sentenced to a term of 2 to 5 years in the state penitojtiary. Fort Collins, Colo. A grade crossing cross-ing encounter between a Union Pacific Pa-cific locomotive and an automobile truck near here resulted in a draw. The I ruck was demolished and the engine disabled. The truck driver escaped without injury. The truck hit the engine pilot, was thrown against a telephone pole, and re-hounded re-hounded against the engine, breaking a drive shaft. Seattle, Wash. Evidence "sufficient "suffi-cient to justify the removal of Mayor Brown from office, either by impeachment im-peachment proceedings or recall." was reported by the King county grand jury. Sheriff Matt Starwich was held responsible for laxity of law enforcement outside the city, and County Auditor E. F. Ferguson was indicted for misconduct in office. Anchorage, Alaska. The First Na tional bank of this city announced that a $731 nugget brought here recently re-cently by C. B. Nelson was one of a collection worth $1000. On the $731 nugget Nelson borrowed money with which he bought an outfit before going go-ing back to where he found the gold. Nederlands, Colo. Firesides in the little homes of Ihe mining town of Cardinal and surrounding communities communi-ties are blazing merrily, for all of the men, except two, who were trapped in the Fairview company's gold, silver and lead mine, had come out alive. Salt Lake City The full bench of the Utah supreme court will decido which parent !n to have custody of Shirley Cooko, pretty 5-year old daughter daugh-ter of Her.ry J. Cooke, Toronto barrister, barris-ter, ami his estranged wife, Hilda Betty Bet-ty Cooke. |