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Show ! ; ! ' Western Brevities j j from the Many : Western States : Los Angeles. Department of justice jus-tice agents visited the Horsley studio here anil confiscated the motion picture pic-ture films of the Dempsey-Gibbons fight at Shelby, 'Mont. No arrests were made. Kemmerer, Wyo. The body of Henry Hen-ry Sims n freight conductor, was found on a railroad bridge near here. Indications were that Sims had fell from a train. Ogden, Utah Work on Ogden's proposed pro-posed union station, which will take the place of the one partially destroyed des-troyed by fire last February, will begin be-gin within five weeks, according to an announcement Salt Lake City. Alfred Kilgrow, If), was fatally injured when he was struck on a grade crossing by an Interrurban train. Helena, Mont. Elmer Thompson, a rancher living near Whitetail, was nrres-.ed and charged with interference interfer-ence with the mails. He pleaded not sruilty before a United States commissioner and was released on $1,000 bond. Los Angeles Fred F. McElroy, postmaster of Goldroad, Ariz., was arrested here charged, according to the police, with stealing eight money order forms and obtaining money by cashing a portion of them. Ogden Construction work upon the Oregon Short Line, changes which will place Boise on the main line, will begin at once, according to the an. nouncement of contractors. Los Angeles A trade war between independent gasoline dealers has reduced re-duced the price of the fluid to 12 cents a gallon, 7 cents less than the price asked by a large company. Caldwell, Idaho Idaho potatoes appeared on Portland markets last week and are bringing $3.75 per hundred according to reports of market mar-ket specialists. University of Idaho, Moscow-Creation Moscow-Creation of the position of university architect and professor of architecture architec-ture and the appointment to this position of Rudolph Weaver, are announced an-nounced from the office of President. Portland, Ore. A night watchman was missing and is believed to have lost his life in a fire which destroyed the Pacific sash and door factory. The damage was estimated at $100,000. Seattle, Wash. An effort to rescue their toy sail boats which the wind liad carried into deep water, cost the lives of Wilson Paxton, aged 6, and James Dudley Paxton, aged 7 at a park here. Venice, Calif. Herbert Wilson and Cecil Coates, aviators, were drowned in the ocean here when their engine failed at an altitude of about 200 feet and their seaplane glided into the water. Los Angeles, Calif William F. Morgan, and his wife and daughter, were killed, and two other daughters Injured seriously when their automobile automo-bile was hit by an electric train near here. Modesto, Cal. With arrest of two men here and another at a ranch near Marysville, officers believe they have brokenup a gang to which. they attribute a series of robberies. Kansas City, Mo. Two bandits who held up a branch of the Feltman & Curme shoe store here used a "shot" of morphine in overcoming the resis tance of R. W. Tucker, a clerk. Pasadena, Cal. David B. Gamble, resident here many years and a mem her of the firm of Proctor and Gamble. Cincinnati, O., died here. Denver, Colo. Dr. Toris Sarklsian. widely known Denver physician was senten-ed to four and one half years imprisonment for Eolation of the Harrison Har-rison antinarcotlc law. Eugene, Ore. Jeff Harney, last full blooded male member of the Siuslaw tribe of Indians, is dead at his home near Florence, Ore. He was said to be 125 years old. Denver, Colo. R. II. Keays of Alla-ben, Alla-ben, N. 1"., was named engineer in charge of the construction of the Moffat tunnel through the continental divide. Salt Lake City Alden Thomson, 5 suffered a fractured right foot wher he was run over by a light delivery truck. Portland, Ore. The Japanese freighter, Yonan Maru, which wen' aground at the mouth of the Colum bia river was floated and put back tc Astoria for lnspeot'on. |