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Show I: Western' Brevities j; from the Many J ; i: Western States ' Boulder, Colo. It was a profitable snow for George Johnson, fanner near hore. Johnson made $319 In three days hauling automobiles through snowdrifts at 25 cents a car. Superior, Nob. Robbers blew ths safe of the State Tank at Oaka, an3 escaped with $7,000 in cash and Lib-erty Lib-erty bonds. - Tacoma. Twenty-five dealers from all parts of the state bid on and purchased pur-chased $80,000 worth of pelts at the first fur sale of the year held here. Chehnlis, Wash. Five Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus bulls from the herd of J. A. Scollard were recently shipped to Hawaii. They will be placed on the Maul agricultural ranch at KahukuL Phoenix. The report of the Joint legislative committee, made publio declaring the Arizona state highway department to foe hopelessly bank-rupt," bank-rupt," was followed by the release of approximately 2200 workmen from the department. Dawson, N. M. Accidental contact between an electric trolley wire and an iron trip car cnused a spark that set off the explosion of dust in Daw son mine No. 1, taking a toll of 120 lives, a coroner's Jury has decided. Ely. The announcemnet has been made that the Eureka Smelting and Mining company has officially taken I over the Eureka Croesus fining com pany. Nephl, Utah". Reuben Young, a farmer residing in the northern part of Mona, a town seven miles north of Nephl, was struck by an automobile automo-bile and instantly killed. Elko, Kev. Word was received here of the death of Louis Osborn Henderson, who died in Sah Francisco, Fran-cisco, following a prolonged illness. High blood pressure resulted In his death. ' San Francisco. Stanford university univer-sity has accepted an invitation to participate in the national A. A. U. championships in Chicago, April 4 and S, and will send Its water polo team of eight Alamogordo, N. SI. W. L. Rutherford, Ruther-ford, sheriff of Otero county was shot and almost Instantly killed when he accosted two escaped con. vlcts who drove Into town In a stolen car. Salem, Ore. Eddie Rickenback. er former world war aviator and ex-automobile ex-automobile race driver was slightly bruised when an automobile which he was driving from Portland to Salem overturned. San Francisco. Hiram B. Cook, internationally know thirty years ago as a referee of champlonsnlp boxing contests, died at his home at the age of 70. He had been bedridden tor eight years. Great Falls. The oil town of Shelby was able to furnish Jack Kearns, manager of Tack Dertvpsey, the guaranty stipulated by Reams for a meeting there on July 4 be-twecn be-twecn the champion and Tom Gibbons. Gib-bons. Carson City. The Nevada state senate passed, 12 to 8, the Nevada initiative prohibition repeal act over the veto of Governor Sehuphnm. Los Angeles. Mrs. Wallace Retd, widow of the movie stnr who I died a month ago, will have the lea" ing role in a film to be produced by the l)s Angeles Antinarcotic league in a crusade against the drug evil. Elko. For the tMrd time within three years the A. W. Sewell company com-pany has suffered a loss from tire, a blaze of unknown origin having destroyed de-stroyed the Union Mercantile company, com-pany, owned by Sewell interests. Elko. A severe windstorm which accompanied the heaviest snowstorm of the season, brought cnslderable damage here. Walla Wulln. Believed to be the oldest man to ever entdr "a state penitentiary In this country, Thomas H. Robcrson, aged DO, has started nerving his second term In the Washington Wash-ington stute prison. Salt Lake City. From all points on the Western Pacific railroad to Suit Ioke valley smeltors the minimum carload weight n ore has been reduced from 100,000 to 80,0(o pounds. Seattle. An air mail service from Seattle to Portland, Ore., will be recommended to the i0Bt office tlepurtment as soon as funds are available, It Is announced. Boulder. I'liins are progressing here for the construction of the largest larg-est steam electric generating plant ever built on an artificial body of water wa-ter in the United States. Ontario. O. W. lllanton, one of the oldest pioneers of Mnllieur county. Ore., died at his Ontario home nt the ne of 1)0 years. Mr. I'.lanton Is stir vived by SI living descendants. (Salt Uike City. J. Pappus, war found guilty of violating the ant! clgurot law and fined J'.'O. |