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Show Western Brevities t from the Many 2. Western States I Vancouver, B. C. George E. White-field, White-field, a young farmer living near here, was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a Jury on a charge of having killed Anna Nosko, 11. Los Angeles. V. Peter, fireman, third class, one of ntne members of' the crew of the U. S. S. New York, scalded when the battleship's starboard star-board steam evaporator exploded,, died. Six others were reported in critical crit-ical condition. Sheeley, Idaho. Since three cheese-factories cheese-factories in Bingham county are assured as-sured a new interest has been taken In dairying. Since the first of the year nine purebred Holstein bulls and I several calves and heifers have been-shipped been-shipped into Bingham county. Shelby Mont With the posting of a-$25,000 a-$25,000 forfeit, Eddie Kane, manager-of manager-of Tom Gibbons, St. Paul heavyweight fulfilled the challenger's contract binding a championship match with Jack Dempsey at Shelby, Mont, on-July on-July 4. Salt Lake City, Utah. Mrs. Teolft Johnson, 21-year-old mother, who poisoned her twenty-month-old baby at a Salt Lake hotel February 14, was absolved of all legal charges against her in the Third district court. Los Angeles. Mildred Harris, motion mo-tion picture actress, formerly wife of Charles Chaplin, was discharged from bankruptcy by Judge Oscar A.. Trippett in the United States district, court here. Moab, Utah. Reports received herefrom here-from the gas well brought in on April 23 on the La Plata structure in the Farmington, N. M., oil field state that the flow of gas was estimated at 70,-000,000 70,-000,000 feet. Ogden, Utah. A twenty-two-foot paved highway between Salt Lake and Ogden is the present aim of the state road commission and of engineers of the United States bureau of public roads; and plans were submitted to the Davis county commissioners. Billings, Mont. Maurice Easton, at bride foreman was impaled on reinforcing rein-forcing rods of a bridge being built near Pompey's pillar and is in a hospital hos-pital here in a serious condition. Washington. A tract of 220,000 acres, public lands in Coos and Douglas Doug-las counties, Ore., was thrown open to entry by former service men. Idabel, Okla., John Pope, charged with the slaying of five persons near Haworth April 26, was bound over tt district court at the conclusion of hi preliminary hearing here. Hot Springs, Ark. L. E. Sawyei , congressman-elect from the Sixtll Arkansas district, died suddenly whilfc seated at the Elks' club here. Heart trouble is given as the cause of death. Dallas, Texas. A baby born without with-out signs of life was brought to life by the use of adrenain hydrochloride at Baylor hospital here. Doctors Warren E. Massey and J. B. Smoot made this announcement. Salt Lake City, Utah. David Ramsay Ram-say Gray, veteran traffic official of the Union Pacific system died at a local hospital. He had been ill foi the last six weeks and his conditlop had been serious for two weeks. Moab, Utah, The wool from tht clips sheared at LaSal, aggregating 150,000 pounds has been delivered at the railway at Thompsons. This clip has not been sold as yet, an offer of 43 cents a pound without discount having been declined. Los Angeles. Los Angeles is now officially among the ranks of the sugar-striking cities of the nation. Acting Mayor Ralph L. Criswell has signed a proclamation asking housewifes and others to curtail sugar consumption. Tacoma, Wash. D. E. Carrigan who entered a plea of guilty to the slaying slay-ing of a taxi driver here was sentenced sen-tenced to a life term in the penitentiary. peniten-tiary. Washington. A Post-office haji been established at Moose, Lincoln county, Wyo., with William J. Grant, as postmaster. Evanston, WTyo. The baseball fans of Evanston have organized a Twilight league. The purpose of which is to develop local talent and furnish amusment. Denver, Colo. Thorugh traffic on the Denver & Salt Lake (Moffat) railroad rail-road will be tied up at least thirty days as a result of a landside at the western portal of tunnel No. 52, near Volcano. Santa Rosa, Cal. Frank Fisk, a rancher, was put in jail here while a mob was meeting In a cemetery preparing pre-paring to tar and feather him. Portland, Ore. Three persons were Beriously Injured here in a lodging house fire believed by the polce to have been of incendrary origin. Prescott, Ariz. C. Norton, widely known Prescott attorney, shot and instantly in-stantly killed Garland Smith, a sheep grower of Kirkland, Ariz. The shoot, lag occurred in Norton's office. |