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Show : Western Brevities from the Many J I Western States : Seattle, Wash., Capt. John W. Rumsey, commander of the Loyal Legion of the state of Washington and a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, is dead at his home here. He was So years old. Salt Lake City, A course of study in Home Economics is announced from the U. of U. Trof. Rose H. Widstoe will have charge of the new department. Baker, Ore. Fatally injured when an automobile behind which she was walking backed unexpectedly on a steep hill, Mrs. J. V. Daly, 53 years of age, died here. Denver, Colo. The county grand jury, now in session was instructed by Judge G. F. Dunklee, presiding to investigate the recent failures of the Hibernia Bank & Trust company and the Interstate Trust company. Baker, Ore. Japanese of this sec tion have subscribed a total of $968 to be sent to their suffering countrymen. country-men. The money was raised In three days. Los Angeles, Ethel Williams, a cabaret singer, 25 years of age, was found stabbed to death in her room in a lodging house here. Pocatello, John Howell, a claim agent for the Short Line and a Japanese Japan-ese section foreman were injured when a motor car on which they were riding jumped the track at Portneuf. Nogales, Ariz., The city of Parral, Mex., was inundated and more than 100 families were rendered homeless as the result of terrific rains which flooded the city. Idaho Falls. Ida., Two patients escaped from the Btackfoot asylum and one of the men, Dr. Culver, was found in Idaho Falls. Prescott Ariz. Rivers and streams of a large part of north central Arizona Ari-zona were on a rampage, followl heavy rains, and caused damage to highways and washed out numerous bridges. Ogden, Utah During the ten-day hunt in the Caribou forest in Idaho recently thirteen gray timber wolves were killed, according to the report received here. Sheridan, Wyo., Thirty inches of snow has fallen at Dome Lake, a summer resort in the Big Horn mountains, moun-tains, during the week. Denver, Colo. Flood warnings to the residents of the Pecos River valley val-ley in southwestern Texas were sent out by the government forecaster here following heavy storms this week. Los Angeles, The navy department depart-ment has awarded a contract for salvaging sal-vaging the U. S. S. Chauncey, the only one of seven wrecked destroyers deemed worth refloating to San Francisco interests. Denver, Colo., Two men are dead and two are suffering from serious wounds as a result of disorders attendant at-tendant upon Mexican Independence day celebrations in Colorado and New Mexico. Oakland, Calif. Two men arrested here in connection with alleged automobile auto-mobile thefts, were found to have in their possession empty money bags bearing the stamp of the Denver mint and an Oakland bank robbed recently. recent-ly. i San Francisco, II Trovatore restaurant, res-taurant, widely known cafe in San Francisco's Bohemian district, was ordered closed by Federal Judge Far-rington Far-rington for nine months for violation of the prohibition law. Salem Ore, Concealing themselves In a truck load of sawdust which was being hauled from the state prison here, George Jackson and Ellsworth Kelly escaped. Salt Lake City Howard H. Hays, president of Yellowstone Camps company, said yesterday while on a visit in Salt Lake, that approximately 135.000 tourists had entered That national park duqing this season. Last season there were 98,000. Greely, Colo., Charges against Charles E. Wickline. in connection with the slaying of Irwin H. Hittla near here were dismissed by Distrirt Attorney Lewis B. Read. Eaton, Colo., J. D. Duvall, railway express agent here who reported receiving re-ceiving a threatening letter signed "K. K. K.," was attacked by unknown assailants when he went to the rail-way rail-way station to meet a train. |