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Show by his pet can ana was urowueu. Francisco Villa, with 1,200 followers, follow-ers, is in the state of Durango near the Zacatecas border, according to a report made to General Bell by a ecout who reached the border after a month's individual pursuit of the ibandlt chieftain. Fred H. Merrick, convicted of Inciting Incit-ing to riot in connection with the attack at-tack of the Westinghouse strikers in the Edgar Thompson mill at Pittsburg In May was sentenced to three and one-half years in the workhouse. The First battery of Utah field artillery, ar-tillery, with Capt. W. C. Webb in command, com-mand, arrived at Nogales, Ariz., on June 30, and immediately detrained and went into camp. The mulct repeal law which closed saloons in Iowa, January 1, 1916, is valid and constitutional, according to a unanimous decision of the Iowa supreme su-preme court. The dead bodies of Randolph Alger and. wife and a miner were found by a. brother of Alger in the bottom of a 100-foot mine shaft twenty miles southwest of Kingiuan, Ariz. It is believed be-lieved the two men were killed by a premature explosion and that the wo man lost her life in attempting to 1 rescue them. The twenty-three negro troopers of the Tenth cavalry, who at Carrizal. Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua City and Juarez have been central figures in the moft !,tr;kiiig and pout-till chapters chap-ters of the Mexican situat'. m, arc once more safely out of Mexico, reaching reach-ing El Paso, June 29. Hans Tauscher, former German army officer, was acquitted by a jury at New York of conspiracy to blow up the Welland canal. Four Villistas who took part in the Columbus raid were executed by hanging hang-ing in the county jail at Deming, N. M., on June 30. Police Judge Brady was granted permission by the city commissioners of Kansas City to erect a post in the business district to which men convicted con-victed of beating their wives could be chained during the day for any number num-ber of days the court fixed company. Two American sailors from the cruiser Salem were wounded during a clash with armed Mexicans at Tarn-pico. Tarn-pico. Mobilization of troops in western Sonora has been brought practically to a standstill through lack of fuel to operate lines of transportation, according accord-ing to reports to railway officials in Nogales, Sonora. The details of the appointment of David Lloyd-George as minister of war have been settled, the Daily Chro-Dicle Chro-Dicle says, and his appointment will be announced shortly. Successes for the entente allies on the three most important European fronts in France, in the Italian theater thea-ter and in East Galicia are chronicled chroni-cled in the latest official communications, communica-tions, says a London dispatch. In a Russian attack over a front of twenty-five miles, extending eastward from Kolomea, in Galicia, the Austrl-ans Austrl-ans have been compelled to retire on a part of the front in the region of Kolomea and southward. Fighting has broken out again in Morocco between natives and Spanish troops. The announcement is made that in a heavy engagement the Moroccan Mo-roccan rebels had been repulsed with large losses. It is announced semiofficially at Berlin that a general meat card for the entire empire will be introduced September 1. The cards already have been introduced in the south German states and the larger cities of Prussia. In official circles in Mexic City it is believed that with the release of the twenty-three United States troopers troop-ers and the American guide, taken prisoners at Carrizal, a great step toward the peaceful solution of the controversies between the United States and Mexico had been taken. Street rows in Berlin after the sentencing sen-tencing of Editor Karl Liebknecht, the Socialist leader, to penal servitude and dismasal from the army for attempted at-tempted high treason and resistance to the authorities, are described ip Dutch newspapers. Mr. Marshall, the chief geographer, was equally impressed after making his tour of inspection in October. In the course of his report he said: "This section of the Sawtooth range is unusually striking in mountain sculpture and is a brilliant composite example of the characteristics of three of the main mountain ranges in the United States. The southern portion strongly resembles the Rocky mountains moun-tains in Colorado; the middle section is a counterpart of the Sierras in California, Califor-nia, and the northern end is a rugged brother of the Cascade range in Washington. Wash-ington. The lakes are rare in their brilliant transparency, reflecting the mountains and the black pine fringing their edges, making most inviting places for'campers and tourists to rest and enjoy nature in all her glory." Tho mountains in this section are bold, Jagged and precipitous. From a distance the range gives the impression impres-sion of a great inverted crosscut saw, hence the name. Mount Hyndman, the highest peak in Idaho. 12,078 feet, is found here within easy reach of the end of the railroad at Ketchum. The wild and grotesque mountain scenery on all sides leads all travelers to com pare the country wun tne Alps iu Switzerland. Three rivers of inestimable value for irrigation in the valleys far below have their common source in the mountains of the proposed park. They are the Salmon, the Boise and the Payette. These streams, together with a number num-ber of smaller ones, swarm with trout and other game fish. This is equally true of the lakes, some sixty in number. num-ber. The redfish, found in but few places on the continent, is common here. It has given its name to the largest of the lakes. Streams Full of Salmon. David Starr Jordan, speaking for the United States fish commission in a recent re-cent report, tells how the Chinook and Colorado river salmon ascend the streams, shoofing the rapids and leaping leap-ing the falls, until-they reach their favorite fa-vorite spawning beds in the headwaters headwa-ters of the Salmon river in the Sawtooth Saw-tooth mountains of Idaho, more than |