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Show Western Brevities I from the Many Western States Boulder, Colo. It was a profitable I snow fjr George Jejinson, farmer j near here. Johnson made 5ol9 In , three days hauling automobiles i through snowdrifts at 25 cents a car. Superior, Neb. Kobbers blew the safe of the State Tank at Oal;a, and escaped with $7,000 in cash and Liberty Lib-erty bonds. Tacomn. Twenty-five dealers from all parts of the state bid on and purchased pur-chased SSO.OOO worth of pelts at the first fur sale of the year held here. Chehalis, Wash. Five Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus bulls from the herd of J. A. Scollard were recently shipped to Hawaii. They will be placed on the Maui agricultural ranch at Kahukul. I'hoenix. The report of the joint legislative committee, made publio declaring the Arizona state higuuuy department to -be hopelessly , bankrupt," bank-rupt," was followed by the release of approximately 2200 workmen from the department. Dawson, N. M. Accidental contact between an electric trolley wire and an iron trip car caused a spark that net off the explosion of dust in Dawson Daw-son mine No. 1, taking a toll of 120 lives, a coroner's jury has decided. Lly. The announcemnet has been made that the "ureka Smelting' and -Mining company has officially taken over the Eureka Croesus Minin? company. com-pany. Nephl, Utah". Reuben Toung, n farmer residing in the northern part of Mona, a town seven miles north of Nephi, was struck by an automobile automo-bile and Instantly killed. Elko, TCev. Word -was received here of the death of Louis Ostiorn Henderson, who died In Bah Francisco Fran-cisco following a prolonged illness. High blood pressure resulted In his death. San Francisco. 'Stanford university univer-sity has accepted an invitation to participate in the national A. A. U. championships in Chicago, April 4 and 5, and will send its water polo team of eight. Alamogordo, N. M. W. L. Rutherford, Ruther-ford, sheriff of Otero county was shot and almost Instantly killed when he accosted two escaped convicts con-victs who drove into town In a stolen car. Salem, Ore. Eddie Rickenback-er Rickenback-er former world war aviator and ex-automobile ex-automobile race driver was slightly bruised when an automobile which he was driving from Portland to Salenl overturned. - San Francisco. Hiram B. Cook, internationally know thirty years ago as a referee of championsnip boxing contests, died at his home at the age of 76. He had been bedridden for eight years. Great Falls. The oil town of Shelby was able to furnish Jack fvearns, manager of jack Dempsey, the guaranty stipulated by Kearns for a meeting there on July 4 between be-tween the champion and Tom Gibbons. Gib-bons. Carson City. The Nevada state senate passed, 12 to 5, the Nevada initiative prohibition repeal act over the veto of Governor ochupham. Los Angeles. Mrs. Wallace Held, widow of the movie star who died a month ago, will have the lea" ing role in a film to be produced D the Los Angeles Antlnarcotic league in a crusade against the drug evil. Elko. For the third time within three years the A. Nv. Sewell company com-pany has suffered a loss from fire, a blaze of unknown origin having destroyed de-stroyed the Union Mercantile company, com-pany, owned by Sewell interests. Elko. A severe windstorm which accompanied the heaviest snowstorm of the season, brought cnsiderable damage here. Walla Walla Believed to be the oldest man to ever enier "a state penitentiary in this country, Thomas H. Iloherson, aged 90, has started serving his second term In the Washington Wash-ington state prison. Salt Lake City. From all points on the Western Pacific railroad to Salt Lake valley smelters the minimum carload weight on ore litis been reduced from 100,000 to 80,000 pounds. Seattle. An air mall service from Seattle to Portland, Ore., will be recommended to the post office department as soon as funds are available, it Is announced. Boulder. Plans are progressing here for the construction of the largest larg-est steam electric generating plant ever built on an artificial body of water wa-ter in the United States. Ontario. G. W. I'.lanton, one of the oldent pionccr3 of Malheur county, Ore., di-d at his Ontario home at the age o! 90 years. .Mr. Blanton is Biir- vived hy SI iivlng descendants. iSalt I.iiko City. J. Pappus, war fo-ind guilty of violating the nt! rj;;-ir,!t law a.nj fine.l l-Q. |