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Show Western Brevities X from the Many Western States : Los Angeles William (Bill) Hart, portrayer of western characters on the motion picture screen, will return to his work soon after an absence of two years, according to an annunce-ment. annunce-ment. Long Beach, Wash. Four old hulls gaunt remains of shipwrecks of the last 40 years, were blown up by T. N. T. here recently in order to clear the beach for races, which were held on the hard sand at low tide. G-oldfield, New, A safety and welfare wel-fare league has been organized here and one of its first acts was the issuance is-suance of peremptory orders that all moonshine making must cease. San Francisco, Federal agents seized 92 tins of opium, said to be one of the most valuable hauls ever made here, when the Japanese liner Taljo Maru docked last week. Winnemucca, Vivian Cozart, 13, was so badly burned that she afterward after-ward died from her injuries, in a fire which destroyed the Cozart home here. Portland, Ore. L. W. Judd, is paralyzed para-lyzed from the neck down, as the result re-sult of Injuries received when he "struck bottom" with his head while diving in shallow water. Cloverland, Wash. Dairymen in Cloverland, are planning to form a block In the Holstein bull association which is to be organized soon In Nez Perce county. Salt Lake City. The Eastern Utah Telephone company applied to the public utilities commission for permission permis-sion to increase its rates at the Price-, Helper and Scofield exchanges, oper. ated by the company. Gallup, N. M., The McKinley County Coun-ty bank, the oldest banking institution in this county, failed to open. A notice no-tice on the door says the bank is in the hands of the state bank examiner. Moab, Utah, San Juan county during dur-ing the past week was visited by several floods, but they were less severe se-vere than the floods which occurred in Grand county. Kemmerer, Wyo., Regular operations oper-ations in the Frontier mine of the Kemmerer Coal company, where an explosion which cost the lives ol ninety-nine men, will be resumed soon, aocording to the management. Calexico, Cal. A group of bandits raided a number of ranches within a five-mile radius of Calexico and escaped es-caped across the border into Mexico. Grand Island, Neb. After having given three strangers a lift, W. E. Baldwin, tourist, of Bloomlngton, 111., was . robbed by them of his gold watch, $135 in cash and of his touring tour-ing car and was left stranded. Great Falls, Mont. The First National Na-tional bank of Shelby closed it doors last week in order of the board of directors. Its last statement showed deposits of $377,000. Denver, Colo. Standing behind the pulpit of the Messiah Lutheran church, J. Carrick Trost, 21, an electrician elec-trician and a member of the choir of the church, shot himself. Helena, Mont. Fish and gam? commissioners or game wardens of 10 western states will meet in Missoula, Mont., September 10 and 11 at the annual an-nual convention of the Western Association As-sociation of State Game commissioners. commission-ers. Los Angeles Four persons . were killed and one was severely injured when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Pacific Electric train. The dead were two men, a woman and a boy about four years old. Pueblo, Colo. Two men, believed to be itinerants, were killed when a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight train was derailed at Texas Creek. A wrecking crew discovered the bodies. Los Angeles Dr. Karl T. Waugh, dean of Berea college, Berea, Ky., has been appointed dean of the college col-lege of libra arts of the University of Southern California. Lincoln Neb. Governor Chas. V.'. Bryan warned the ail companies that they must reduce the retail price ot gasoline, or state-owned filling stations sta-tions will be placed in operation. Portland, Ore. The government would like to sell about 400 buffalo ranging on the bison range of Montana, Mon-tana, near the old Flathead Indian reservation at Dixon, according tc Smith Riley, head of the bird and animal reservation department. Portland, Ore. Searchers are drag, ging the Columbia river for the body of Virgil Stewart, 23, who was drown, ed w-hile swimming. His parents reside re-side at Stockton, Cal. La Junta, Colo. While the temperature tem-perature was S7 here a light fall of snow occurred at Rockyford only 12 miles away and in the same altitude. alti-tude. E'ko, New A total of 24,000 lambs on summer ranges In this vicinity have been sold to a Twin Falls, Ida-io, Ida-io, company. |