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Show : Western Brevities ' from the Many if Western States : Oklahoma City, Okla. Two persons vere killed and three seriously injured in-jured in an automobile wreck here. Los Angeles A new altitude rec jrd for women fliers was set here, when Mile Andree Peyre, French iviatrix, reached a height of 15,000 feet, according to officials of the 4-ero Club of Southern California. Los Angeles. "Bull" Montana, vrestler and motion picture actor, has received an invitation to join the training ramp of Jack Dempsey at Great Falls, Mont. Spokane The highest price paid this year for eastern Washington wools was 53 ',4 cents a pound in tha grease. This however was bid for an exceptionally fine lot of full blood wools. vAlamogordo, N. M. Timber re serves in the Sacramento mountain district, twenty miles from here and 100 miles from El Paso, were threat ened by a forest fire. Phoenix, Ariz. Governor nunt, fol lowing a hearing granted the extradition extradi-tion of Andrew L. Helper, wanted in Butler, Pa., on charges of embezzlement embezzle-ment and conspiracy. San Francisco. Michael McCloskey, formerly connected with the E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin racing stables, and well known to turf followers of a generation ago, lied here last week. He was 83 years old. Boise, Idaho. The new edition o( the mining laws of the state of Idn-ho, Idn-ho, including extracts from the United States mining laws, published by the mining department of the state of Idaho, is just off the press. San Francisco. Twenty persons were slightly Injured and property damage, estimated at approximatelj $75,000, was caused by a fire which for a time threatened one entire city block. Elko, Nev. Eating weeds which had been sprayed with an arsenic solution so-lution caused the death of 500 sheep out of a block of 3,000 owned by the Union Land & Livestock company. Seattle, Wash. British Columbia authorities are patrolling the high ways with machine guns mounted on motorcycles looking for autoists smuggling smug-gling liquor into the United States, Carl F. Jackson, prohibition director, reported. Elcentro, Calif. Carload shipment of cantaloupes from the Imperial valley val-ley to eastern markets have begun. Elko, Nev. 'Pedro Correa, Mexican, on trial for manslaughter in connection connec-tion with the killing of a negro at Valley Pass two month ago, was found not guilty of the charge. Wells, Nev. That a county fair will be held at Wells, rather than nt Elko, the county seat, next fall, was decided upon at a meeting of the members of the county fair board. Elko, Nev. Spawn from native cutthroat cut-throat trout to stock the streams of the state will he procured in the future fu-ture from Willow creek dam, in this county, according to an announcement made by Game Warden Frank Mid-rileton. Ogden, Utah Bonus checks amounting amount-ing to more than $0,000,000 will be distributed to sugar beet farmers in Utah and Idaho it is announced by officials of the sugar companies. Omaha. The Uninn Pacfic railroad wi ! spend almost S43.00O.000 this year In improvements, of which $11,500,000 will be for seventy-eight freight locomotives loco-motives and 13.000 freight cars, a statement by Carl R. Gray, president of the system, said. Susanville, Cal. Sidney Murrell, wanted in Middlesex county, Ontario, Canada, on charges of bank robbery and murder, is in the Susanville county jail under heavy guard. Reno, Nev. A warrant charging Margaret Baldwin, 20-year old blind girl, a student at the University of Nevada, with passing fictitious checks was issued by the district attorney here. Long Beach, Calif. Judge John Pryor Hand, former chief justice of Illnois died at a local hotel. He ias been ill for years and was on an annual visit here. He was T3 years of age. Blackfoot, Idaho. The double curves cur-ves in the Yellowstone highway near the Fort Hall school, scene of thirty-eight thirty-eight accidents in 1022, are to be re formed when that section of the highway high-way is next repaired. Spokane, Wash. About 200 residents resi-dents of Pacific northwestern states and provinces interested in mining registered at the opening sessions here of the twenty-eighth annual convention of the Northwest Minins Men's association. San Frencisco A Southern Pacific tunnel near Coram, Shasta county was partly destroyed by fire and cave-ins. It was announced that pas sengers between California and Ore gon point will e forced in id':e twanty-nlni mile detour |