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Show Western Brevities X from the Many t Western States t ,'s'' Seattle, Wash., Four tbouand dollars dol-lars was obtuinc.l by four men who held up two employes of Frederick & Nelson's department store here, it was stated besides checks totaling !?.-i7,00'J. 'J'he checks were recovered. They were in a bag found two miles from the scene of the holdup. San Francisco, .More than half of tlie "'! passengers who arrived here from Japan on the T. K. K. liner Taiyo Maru were Japanese, representing repre-senting the vanguard of thousands seeking to reach the United States before the exclusion clause of the new immigration law becomes effective, effec-tive, July 1. Pasadena, Cal., Dr. Ernest 15. Iloag specialist in mental hygiene, who was stricken while making an address, died. lie was 5(3 years old, born in Evanston, 111., and had testified testi-fied in many murder cases regarding the sanity of defendants. Rock Springs, Wyo., Unofficial report is that a contract entered intc by the Union Pacific System, with Utah coal operators during the strike two years ago, to assure an immedi-ate immedi-ate and future supply nt that time, will expire next August, which is taken tak-en to mean that a greater output will be taken from the mines of the company here. Portland That a bribe of at least $30,000 was, paid to County Commissioners Commis-sioners Walker anil Iludeen by Robert Kremers in consideration of throwing him the job of doing the engineering work on the Williamette r'ver bridges is the theory of the state as revealed in the trial of Walker on a charge oi bribery. Spokane, Farmers and bankers are rejoicing here over the rains in the Big Bend district, the first in more 'than three montus, which they believe be-lieve will increase the crop prospects 100 per cent. Pendleton, Ore., Recent rains assure as-sure a 50 per cent cut of early wheat and about 75 per cent of a normal harvest during the season, according to reliable estimates made recently. Hollywood, Cal. Battled by six fire companies, thirty-five policemen and scores of volunteers, a brush fire burning back of the Hollywood bowl and threatening many costly residences was brought under control. con-trol. No property damage resulted, San Francisco. The management of the San Francisco clbb in the Pacific Coast baseball league is to erect a new baseball plant here capable ca-pable of accommodating 30,000 spectators spec-tators and to cost in excess of $1,000-000. $1,000-000. It is hoped to begin work on the plant as soon as the least on the present park can be sold. Thij lease has thirteen more years to run. Los Angeles. Mrs. Margaret Wilis, Wi-lis, charged with slaying Dr. Benjamin Benja-min Baldwin, Los Angeles physician, stuffing his body into a trunk and throwing it over an embankment on a lonely road April 11, was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury in superior court here. Tin jury recommended life imprisonment Denver , Colo. Captain Lowell Yerex, former officer of the Royal flying corp and well known British flying ace, and Norman Fuller, a newspaper artist, were dangerously injured when an airplaine in which they were flying fell at a local aviation avia-tion field. San Francisco. The San Francisco Francis-co Bulletin, one of the oldest papers in the city has been sold to a syndicate syndi-cate of San Francisco capitalists, headed by Wallace M. Alexander, shipping and sugar magnate, and A. I B. C. Dohrmann, merchant. The new j publisher will be Charles Stanton, 1 present publisher of the Examiner for William Randolph Hurst. Cheyenne, Wyo. Income of ths Wyoming state land office from oil and gas royalties amounted in March ! to ?136,S81.C2, in the month of April j ?136. 359.37, and in the month of May ' to $164.SS1.49. If the March-April- ! May average is maintained in re- ceipts- of the office during the next j nine months, its record of annual re- 1 ceipts wiil be within a few dollars, I of $2,500,000. j Los Ange'es. Napa, Alameda and j Solano counties in Californ'a, hwe been released from quarantine with i the exception of premises where the i foot and mouth disease has existed, 1 G. H. Hecke, director of agriculture for California has informed A. A. j Hinckley, Utah commissioner of ag- j riculture. Large areas in Stanislaus, Madera and Fresno counties also ! have been removed from quarantine. 1 |