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Show Western Brevities 4 from the Many I Western States J Sacramento, Cal.. Much testimony tending to show handicaps wliich contract con-tract mine operators and prospectors have had to face for the past ten years, was given in a two-day gold and silver inquiry conducted here by Fletcher Hamilton, former state min. eralogist, which closed Wednesday. Salt Lake, A cheek for $10,238.3? was received by Attorney General Harvey II. Cluff in payment of the inheritance in-heritance t7ix and interest due Utah on the estate of William Rockefeller Ogden, C. H. Blaes, janitor nt the Moose club, was severely burned about the face and hands when the boiler of the heating plant exploded, Blaes was so badly burned that he had to be taken to the hospital foi special treatment. Prompt work by the fire department was all that saved a serious fire as a result of the ex. plosion. Twin Falls, Joe Nebel of Contact Nov., husband of Sarah Nebel, Indian, whose death by shooting last April was pronounced the result of suicide, I is held a prisoner in the county jail here to answer to a charge of kidnaping kid-naping the 11 year old daughter ol Mrs. Fred Gaig of Rogerson, Idaho last Monday. Los Angeles, Ascot speedway, nationally na-tionally known years ago for dirt track automobile racing, is to be rebuilt re-built at once and prizes large enough to attract the best racing talent are to be offered it was announced here by George R. Bentel. The new speedway speed-way is to be five-eighths of a mile in length. San Francisco, Six- children and CO cows form the bond on which Federal Feder-al Judge Partridge Saturday ordered the release of Hippolite Lapache. Lapache was arrested when government govern-ment agents found three stills on his ranch. Boise, Appropriation of $350,000 to erect an addition to the federal building at Boise is asked in a bill introduced Monday in the house of representatives by Addison T. Smith, Idaho congressman The bill would allow the completion of the building according to the original plans. Boise, -For the first time in several sev-eral years the Snake river will be used as a waterway for log rafts, and if the experiment proves as successful as expected, it may lead to a development develop-ment of logging on a larger scale than ever before, it was said Monday at the ofice of the Boise national forest. Pocatello, A side angle to the failure fail-ure of the Blackfoot bank of D. W. Standrod & Co., with which D. W, Standrod had long been associated, was the resignation Monday of Mr Standrod as president of the Nation al Bank of Idaho at Pocatello. Boise Ten suits have been filed in the district court by owners of Boise downtown business property, appealing appeal-ing from increases totaling $25,000 placed upon their assessed valuations by the board of county commissioners. Protestants claim the increase was voted at a time later than that authorized au-thorized by statute. San Francisco, Japanese farmers of California were prepared Sunday to cancel all crop contracts for 1924 as a result of the decision to comply with the provisions of the alien land law reached at a conference of delegates dele-gates representing thirty-four Japanese Japan-ese agricultural and commercial or-ganizatoins or-ganizatoins here Saturday. Approxi. mately 200,000 acres will be affected by the cancellation. San Diego, Lieutenant Commander Richard II. Booth, eleventh and last of the navy officers to face court-martial court-martial as the result of the wrecking of seven destroyers on Point Honda the night of September S, was Saturday Sat-urday acquitted of charges of negli-gency. negli-gency. ( Seattle, Wash, The bridal suite on the steamship President Grant, which left here Tuesday for the far east, was engaged for Major and Mrs. Frederick McLaughlin of Chicago. Mrs. McLaughlin was Irene Castle, dancer, until her wedding with Major McLaughlin Wednesday. San Francisco The Southern Paci. fic company will clip three hours from the running time of its train number 9, between San Francisco and Chicago Chica-go by way of Omaha and Ogden, beginning be-ginning January 1, company officials announced. - Rock Springs, Wyo., Wool sales in Rock Springs during the week aggregated ag-gregated over 300,000 pounds, with a large amount still in storage awaiting a higher price by those who are willing will-ing to speculate. The wool sold this week brought from 39 to 41 1-2. Del Mar. Mrs. Susannah Stevens-, 102, is, preparing to receive relatives and friends at her one hundred and third birthday anniversary celebration celebra-tion next month, after motoring down to East San Diego Sunday to attend the golden wedding of her daughter Mrs. Mary A. Hosford. Tncoma, As a result of . the first suits brought by the state In superior 1 court here to evict alien land holders under the Washington state law, aliens are rushing into federal court to obtain American citltzeushlj |