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Show Vestern Brevities J from the Many x Western States t : t 1'i-iueviliu, Ore., l'rinevillo ranchers ranch-ers lire on a vigilant hunt fur a hn-e snake, 13 or 20 feet lens thought to be a python which is believed to have escaped from a show stranded at lledmond last year. People living alons t,ie roac' between l'rineville and Kedmond have been greatly frighten, ed by the reptile. Ely, Nov., Action of Nevada In eliminating personal fumigation restrictions re-strictions at the Nevada-California border except under certain conditions, condi-tions, has paved the way fur a general gen-eral lifting of the fumigation ban In all buffer states in the near future. San Brnardino, Cal., William E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson widely known temperance worker, -Is at his home here,, after a year's tour in Africa. He will spend a week resting. rest-ing. He has purchased property here and expects to retire in this city aftei he finishes his work. He predicted that the world would - be dry In 15 years. Spokane, Wash. Bequeathing $3400 In cash to "the poor people of ,Spo. kane" and naming Police Judge Fred AVitt of this city as executor to distribute dis-tribute the money as he deems best, the will of Jolm Peterson, a woods, man, who died here recently has been filed for probate in the superior court. Salt Lake, The much heralded high price of light, gas ' and fuiel means absolutely nothing to Henrj Nebeker of Salt Lake city, for he ho.a a natural gas well in the Tear yard ot his home. Drilling to a depth ol 435 feet, Nebeker en-countered enough gas to take care of all his home needs and he has a 300-galkm water tank for storage purposes. Seattle, Wash., The remainder o.' baseball games scheduled to be play ed by the Pacific Coast league l Salt Lake this year are to be trans ferred to other league cities or to Vancouver, B. C. according to tie Seattle, Times. Boise. The continued dry weather throughout southern Idaho, generally, general-ly, is causing a shortage of water that is bringing about the use of every possible economy to conserve the supply so that crops may be matured ma-tured and harvested. Long Beach, Cal. One cent bus fares between the hours of 9 a. m, and 4 p. m. have been put into effect here as an experiment by a private bus company. A nickel is paid to the driver as before, but a coupon good for 4 cents in trade at about 100 city stores is given with each ride. Cordova, Alaska. The grand igloo of the pioneers of Alaska, in a resolution, reso-lution, has requested the territorial legislature to make th forget-me-not the floral emblem of Alaska. The resolution declares that this flower grows "on every hill and in every valley through Alaska's more than one-million square miles." Portland, Ore. John Etheridge, former head of the defunct Morris Brothers Bond house, is under indictment in-dictment on a charge of planning fraud and using the United States mails to carry out a scheme in connection con-nection with marketing the Seattle Improvement Bond issue. Salt Lake. Pope Pius has conferred con-ferred the papal decoration of "pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" upon Mrs. Arthur Ar-thur H. S. Bird of Salt Lake, says a telegram to the Salt Lake Tribune from the Rt. Rev. Joseph S. Glass, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Salt Lake. Los Angeles. Statistics made public pub-lic by the Los Angeles Traffic commission com-mission reveal that Los Angeles streets are the most congested in the United States. In making the comparisons, com-parisons, traffic at each intersection of the principal streets outside of the downtown area proper was recorded. Spokane, Wash. Edwin Stromgen, 29, an electrical engineer of Ajo, Ariz., was killed, and Alvin Johnson 22, of Spokane, suffered a broken back when a car driven by Stromgen and carrying Johnson and two young women as passengers, went over a 50-foot bank on the highway about two miles north of Athol, Idaho. The young women were not hurt. Salt Lake City. Major B. W. Speir of San Diego, a member oi Roosevelt's Rough Riders In the Spanish-American war, and one who ha3 seen service in many lands under the Stars and Stripes, led the Twelfth district, comprising delegates from California, Nevada and Arizona, in the D. A. V. parade held here this week. Salt Lake City. Madame Schu-mann-Heink cancelled two engagements engage-ments in northwestern cities and accepted ac-cepted the invitation of D. A. V. officials of-ficials to give a concert at the Assembly As-sembly hall exclusively for the Disabled Dis-abled American Veterans and then families. Boise, Idaho Boise's 12o,00O bond Issue for a straightaway approach to e new main line station of the Union Pacific on the bench southwest of the city wa3 defeated by 232 votes In a special election held here. |