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Show I Western Brevities 1 from the Many j Western States 1 Los Angeles, Calif. The jiollco apparently ap-parently hold no fear for Kalzmer Karpenty, 22, sailor from the U. S. S. Mexico. Karpenty walked Into police headquarters at Loa Angeled harbor, looked over the staff and then motored motor-ed away with the official police car. Denver, Colo. William Gill of Salt Iako City, wan elected president of the Rocky Mountain Hotel Men's aa-noclatlon aa-noclatlon which has Just closed Us convention In this city. Mr. dill Is assistant manager of tho Hotel Utah. Ran Francsco, Calif. Chief Justice fronts W. Myers of the supreme court of California, who succeeded to that position when Curtis I). Wilbur was appointed (secretary of the navy has resigned. In his letter to the gover-nor gover-nor ho asked that his resignation he effectlre January 1, and aald that after more than thirty years of law practice In California he desired mciro leisure than the position permitted. Phoenix, Ariz. Will Lawrence of Muskogee, Okla., sentenced to he hanged on January C, for the murder of Haze Ilurch, Phoenix policeman, last February, was denied a writ of habeas corpus in federal court here. Lawrence asked for tho writ under tho contention that he was destitute of funds to carry his appeal to the United Slates supreme court. Denver, Colo. Tho Colorado antitrust anti-trust act, passed by the state assembly assem-bly In 1313, Is unconstitutional and District Attorney Foster W. Clino cannot can-not prosecuto Denver dairy firms for ullaged violations. This was tho decision de-cision handed down here by tho United Uni-ted States circuit court of appeals In . cases which had been instituted ugainst four local dairies charged With fixing retail milk prices. Denver, Colo. "All open war on bandits," which "citizens and peace officers who kill desperadoes" kill be given protection by the law, was declared de-clared by Foster W. Cline, Denver district attorney. "Officers and citl-rens citl-rens should take no chanceB" with bandits, and "dead bandits are preferable prefer-able to captured ones," was the pronouncement pro-nouncement of District Attorney Cllno. Spokane, Wash. Tho lntermoun-tain lntermoun-tain west will be officially represented represent-ed at Washington, D. C, during tho campaign for passage of the Gooding long and short haul freight rate bill at tho coming session of congress. Acting on tho request of Intermcdiato ' F.ato association which represents the eloven western lntermountain states, tho-trustees of the Spokane chamber of commerce havo voted to send Managing Man-aging Secretary James A. Ford to Washington to assist in the work of organizing for passage of the bill. Denver, Colo. The board of directors direc-tors of a Denver church has officially voted In favor of a "warm-blooded execution" ex-ecution" for Barney Haughey, prominent promi-nent attorney and politician, who is Buffering from a malignant disease, provided Haughey is found to be Incurable In-curable and desirious of dying, and a way can be found to take such action ac-tion legally. Seattle, Wash. The schooner Boxer, Box-er, operated by tho United States bureau of education in tho Far North Is in Seattle harbor after returning from the annual Alaskan Bummer cruise. A J3.000 cargo of reindeer meat, fox furs and ivory and eight passengers were aboard. Sterling, Colo. A mammoth sugar beet, two feet long and weighing twenty-nine pounds and seven ounces oun-ces Is on display here. The beet was frown near Merino, where it is said that beet fields are yielding fifteen and sixteen tons to the acre. Las Vegas, Nev. Construction of the great dam at Black canyon in the Boulder Gorge between Nevada and Arizona will be commenced in the near future, according to the concensus con-census of opinion of members of the senate committee on irrigation and reclamation, which held its last great meeting in the west at Las Vegas. Portland, Ore. The Pacific Northwest North-west Industrial and Commercial exposition ex-position was definitely assured when Industrial and commercial leaders, meeting here, pledged their backing to the enterprise which will be the lirst unified effort of the Pacific uorthwest to exploit its industries and natural resources. Santa Rosa, Calif. A bill intended definitely to divorce postmasterships from politics by making appointments to such positions permanent, will be Introduced in the next congress. Representative Rep-resentative Clarence F. Lea of the First congresional district of California, Califor-nia, announced here. Lea said the measure will be aimed at the old patronage pa-tronage system, traces of which, he maintains still exist despite attempts to legislate them into the political scrap heap. Fresno. CaJif. Selling at S3 per hundred weight retail, Irish potatoes have reached the highest price in local markets in 20 years. Freezing conditions condi-tions in Washington and Idaho last month and heavy snows which will prevent the harvesting of potatoes in eastern production centers, are responsible re-sponsible for the shortage, according to wholesalers. Los Angeles, Calif. Having refused to promise that she will desist from publishing free love literature, Edith Maida Lessing is to spend two years and two daj8 In prison. |