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Show I Western Brevities I I from the Many 1 I Yestem States f Kl Paso. "Little Phil" Olgiun, also known as Aguin, has confessed that he shot and killed Detective Sergeant .1. J. Fitzgerald in Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Announcement of the engagement of Harold Lloyd motion picture comedian, to marry Mildred Davis, his leading woman was made known. Los Angeles. Jlrs. Clara Phillips of Denver Colo., who drove from th;'. city in an automobile, was taken into custody here on a charge of stealing an automobile. San Diego. Chester Cnrleton, who shot and killed George Monteverde, a member of tho Mexteun police force at Tijuana at the border town was banged in Tijuana Jail. Albuquerque. Leon lialph Linstrot, 15 years of age, confessed, according to police officers, that he had robbed a floor mill at Wichita and more than a dozen homes. Portland. An old man, with tna weight of 70 years on him, will face bigamy proceedings In clrcut court here, according to a charge filed by" wife No. 2. Vortland. Ted Thyre, of Portland, world's light heavyweight wrestling champion, successfully defended his title against Mike yokel, of Salt Lake City. Kelso. Claims filed against Cowlitz Cow-litz coun'y by relatives of persons relieved re-lieved lost when the wooden suspension suspen-sion 'bridge collapsed here have totaled total-ed $200,000, it was announced. Manitoba. Carrier pigeons will be used in the next Hudson Bay dog derby to carry reports of the progress of the race, for the first time in history. his-tory. Seattle. An indictment charging J. 13. Childberg, former president ot the defunct Canadian-American bank of Seattle, with borrowing from the bank without autnority of the directors direc-tors was dismissed. San Francisco. James L. Wade and David L. Moore were arrested here by secret service and police detectives de-tectives on charges of having passed postal money orders with forged signatures. sig-natures. Klko. With completion of a successful suc-cessful fishing job at the test well of the Elko Oil Improvement and Development De-velopment company, drilling lias been resumed. i Ixis Angeles. -Mrs. M. P. Blin was bnrned to death and her two children narrowly escaped death when leaking leak-ing gas in the kitchen of their house was Ignited. Los Angeles. hire, believed of Incendiary In-cendiary origin destroyed the GrilTin avenue intennedip.te school, with a loss of $23,000. Seattle. The crew of the University Univer-sity of Washington has been Invited to row in n regatta at ltoclclord, JiL on the Kockford river, June lb". Ft. Worth. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic explorer, was arrested by federal feder-al authorities on charges of having liquor in his possession. Sacramento. The sennto of the state legislature adopted a resolution ratifying the Santa Fe Colorado river pact. Klko Basketball teams of the Klko, Tonopah, Winneir.ucca and lieno basketball bas-ketball teams will be tho strongest contenders for state honors at the tournament which will be held at Ticno. Los Angeles A large party of southern south-ern California orange growers is on the way to Florida for a months study of citrus growing methods used in that state. Klko. Dividends declared by directors direc-tors of the Fvderal Land bank of Berkeley January 2( have been rs-coived rs-coived hero nnd distributed. Elko. Recurrence of an influenza epidemic is feared by physicians in this city. Several peoplo are suffering suffer-ing from an ailment which closely resembles re-sembles influenza. 1.08 Angeles. Wallace Iteid, motion mo-tion picture actor, who died here recently, re-cently, left an estate aggregating ?o0,-000. ?o0,-000. Denver. Mass meetings at which the necessity for enforcing prohibition prohibi-tion laws will be discussed are plan-nod plan-nod by Governor llliam K. Sweet. Seattle. 'I I s steamship P.cssle dollar with iter rudder broken, ii drifting hcipiopsly about I'M miles from Kobe, Japan, acordin-,- to a wireless Tuesttnge received horo. |