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Show 1 Western Brevities j X from the Many Western States I I Lincoln Neb. Governor Chas. W. Bryan warned the ail companies that they must reduce the retail price of gasoline, or state-owned filling stations sta-tions will be placed in operation. Portland, Ore. 'Searchers are dragging drag-ging the Columbia river for the body of Virgil Stewart, 23, who was drowned drown-ed while swimming. His parents reside re-side at Stockton, Cal. La (Junta, Colo. While the temperature tem-perature was 87 here a light fall of snow occurred at Roekyford only 12 miles away and in the same altitude. alti-tude. Wallace, Idaho. William Beard-more, Beard-more, a contractor of Spokane, pleaded guilty in the probate court last, week, to starting a fire in a national na-tional forest without a permit. Elko, New A total of 24,000 lambs on summer ranges in this vicinity have been sold to a Twin Falls, Idaho, Ida-ho, company. Spokane, Wash. The state of Washington has announced an offer of SI for every Chinese pheasant hatched and brought to maturity by farmers. Venice, Cal. Joe Huff, known along the Pacific coast as the tailor-aviator, tailor-aviator, and Edwin Pihall, a negro, 21 years old were killed when the airplane in which they were riding crashed to earth here. Everett, Wash. The state convention conven-tion of Elks adopted a resolution to place the name of Warren G. Harding Hard-ing upon the roll of every lodge in Washington state. Lostine, Ore. The Idaho Producers' Produc-ers' Union will start packing lettuce at Lostine, Ore., during the present week. The crop is maturing rapidly and is ready for shipment. Portland, Ore. The government w.uld like to sell about 400 buffalo ranging on the bison range of Montana, Mon-tana, near the old Flathead Indian reservation at Dixon, according to Smith Riley, head of the bird and animal reservation department. Plans are now complete for the Big Frontier Day's celebration which will be held at Jackson, Wyoming, August 30, 31 and September 1, under the auspices of the American Legion. Cisco, Cal. For the sole purpose of recovering the body of Cylde Patnoe, a 12-year-old cripple, engineers of the Pacific Gas and Electric company com-pany changed the course of the Ruba river here recently. Oakland, Cal. William Manning, alias Francis Manning, was arrefifjd here last week in connection with s train robbery in Buffalo, N. Y., in March, 1920, and was said by tin police to have acknowledged partici. pation in the crime. Pueblo, Colo. Five men were killed kill-ed and fifteen injured when Colora do & Southern passenger train No fJ09 and Santa Fe passenger train No 6 collided head-on at the wester: outskirts of Fowler, thirty-five mile, east of here. Salt I-ake City. Only a few dollar and the suits they had on them woi left Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Boyd of Per. ver, Colo., whose automobile was stol en from in front of the Salt Lake tab ernacle, while they were attendin services there. All their campln outfit and clothing was taken witl the car. Los Angeles, Cal. Kent Marshall oil promoter, gave bonds of $25,001 before a United Stales commission'-here commission'-here on a federal warrant from Nov York charging him with having usei the mails to defraud. Miami, Ok la. The cashier of th Ketchum State bank of Ketchuui near here, was shot and killed whn he attempted to reBlst three men win held up and robbed the bank. Tin bandits escaped. I'ocalello, lldaho. Joseph llogan well known resident of the Hatch dis trlct, was fatally Injured diving a' the state natalorium at Lava Hoi Springs. Canon City, Colo. Miss Dorothj Burns thrashed a tramp who accost ed her while she wns picking flowen and then led him to Jail. Eureka, Nevada. Six stacks of bay amounting to npproxlmtely nlnot tons, was destroyed by fire at tin Hunt & Banks ranch, near this city Los Angeles, Cal. Two bnndils wh-attempted wh-attempted to hold up the Bank of Sar Gabriel, near here and wounded th cashier were run down hy a posse ol citizens. One wac captured. Helena, Mont. Aid In fuelling disorders dis-orders In tho harvest, fluids attributed to farm labor agitators was asked ol the United Slates mai-Hhal's office here. Phoenix, Ariz. A bond limue of $23,000,000 for Irrigation mid power development on the Verde river In north cerilral Arizona wan authorized nt an election of landholders. Salt I .alio City. Mrs. Minnie Ileus, who tool; chlorldo of mercury tablets by inlHlake died In St. Murk's hospital. |