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Show ' Wtera Brevities' 1 from the Many 2 I Western States t MMtM San Pedro, Cal. Thirty-five alleged al-leged members of the Communist party was arrested in a police raia here on what officers described as a school for soviet sympathizers conducted con-ducted by a Russian in the Russian language. Those taken into custody were booked on charges of suspicion of criminal syndicalism. San Francisco. Dr. S. S. Baldwin, 76 old-time stage magician, who made six theatrical tours around the world, is dead here. He was prominent prom-inent as exposing fake spiritualist practices. Spokane, Wash. A second largo ore strike was reported from Wat-lace, Wat-lace, Idaho, in the Taramock mine In that vicinity, one of the country's largest producers of lead. . A large vein was uncovered in the same mine about 10 days ago and work is being rushed to reach a third vein, also expected ex-pected to contain a quantity of rich ore. Los Angeles. The Antelope Valley Val-ley bank of Lancaster, 70 miles north of here, was held up and roo-bed roo-bed by five men who escaped with $2800. Four employes and one customer cus-tomer were locked in the bank by tne robbers. Great Falls, Mont. Representatives Representa-tives of district No. 27, United Sime Workers of America, comprising North Dakota and Montana, aria Montana coal mine operators concluded con-cluded a wage agreement here which extends the life of the present wage pact for another three-year period. San Francisco, Rival sets of candidates can-didates for delegates to the Democratic Demo-cratic national convention in New York, one list pledged to the nomination nomin-ation of William G. McAdoo, the other uninstructed, may be submitted to the Democratic voters of California at the presidential primary May 6. Los Angeles, "Sunshine Jim" Crof-froth Crof-froth mayor of Tia Juana plans the construction of a great area at the border. In which he hopes to stage matches for both Jack Dempgey and Benny Leonard, according to an announcement an-nouncement made here. Ogden, Eepresentaitves of the Salt Lake and Ogden lodges of Elks met with officials of the Ogden chamber cham-ber of commerce and solicited the support of the chamber in raising $50,000 with which to send the drill team of Salt Lake lodge No. 85 and the band of Ogden lodge No. 719 to the grand lodge meeting at Boston in June. Pocatello, Idaho, The confirmation of the sale of the Idaho Coal Mines company, whose properties are located at Tetonia to the Columbia Trust company, trustees of Salt Lake by Federal Judge F. S. Dietrich is of paramount par-amount interest to residents of southern south-ern Idaho. Denver, The Midwest Refining company posted an advance of 15 cents a barrel for crude oil in all fields in Wyoming and Montana, where it Is a purchaser. Boise, Idaho, Records of 16 years In the forestry service for district 4, which includes Idaho, show a total of 5235 forest fires, with a loss in timber, young growth and forage of $1,30S,476, according to a tabulated report received Monday at the .office of the Boise National forest. Merced, Cal., Central California has joined the extreme southern part of the state in bidding for cotton production. pro-duction. Cotton is becoming a major crop in the San Joaquin valley, which stretches for more than 250 miles east and south of San Francisco. San Francisco. California has more automobiles to each thousand of population than any other state in the Union, according to figures compiled by W. H. March director of the state vehicle department. Lemmon, S. D. J. L. Curtis, oil contractor, was arrested here at the request of Thermopolis, Wyo., authorities au-thorities and is being held under bonds of $1000. Curtis was operating operat-ing for oil in the Wyoming fields for several months after shutting down at the Davis wells here. No definite information concerning the nature of the charge against him was revea' ed. Pocatello, Idaho. The monthly payroll at the local shops of tha Oregon Short Line is $175,000, according ac-cording to information issued from the office of A. C. Ilinkley, superintendent superin-tendent of motive power. The entire monthly payroll of the Short Line In Pocatello, including all departments, is $130,000. Bifmarck, N. D. President Cool-idge Cool-idge and Senator Hiram Johnson of California will be the only candidates for the Republican presidential indorsement in-dorsement in the North Dakota primary, pri-mary, March 18. Phoenix, Ariz. Santa Fe passenger passen-ger train No. 502 was wrecked Saturday Sat-urday at Wickenburg, fifty miles north of here according to reports received here by railroad officials. The engine, baggage car and smoker smok-er left the rails and rolled down a high embankment, turning over. |