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Show ' j Western Brevities X from the Many !! - I Western States i; Dallas, Texas Eleven cents, the lowest retail price for gasoline in Dallas In years was reached here In the thick of a gasollno rata war. Denver, Col". Tlneo railroad em. ployees were injured more or less 8'Tiruifily anil ono linndri-d prissonaers narrowly escape,! death when t'ninn Pacific flyer Xo. 1" left tho rails at N'ortliway, sixteen mlh-s north oi', Denver. j Anyox, It. ('.--I.n s from a fire that j threatened to destroy this town whi-n It wes Biirroimded hy tlnmlng -foroBls was ttliuated at. ?IOO,0''0. Green Itiver, Wyo, l'eiur tnicl;. I;.ila (if men anil nuii Iii ievy loft j (irer n Kiver for Mawnort. Vtah, where I 'they will (li preliminary work on onu at tho lariat: dnms in tlie 1'nit.e'l j States. (Irern lliver, Wyo. The body of Owen Jose, who was killed in the freight smashnp was found burled beneath throe freight cars and ground into the mud and water for three feet. Sioux .Falls, S. D. Tho crowing of a rooster early every morning was th -auso of the shooting to death of Eugene P.. Orlffith, l'- here Wednes. day, according to police who have ('harles L. Ferguson, the alleged slayer, under surveillance. Jackson Adolph Zissler, the first man to brpnk through Argonaut mine here last August In sarch of the 47 entombed minors In the Argonaut dls. aster, was killed Tuesday while work, fng In the Princeton gold mine, Sfarlpoaa county, according to advices received here. He was engaged In "spitting a fuse" when he was caught tn a powder blast. Lakeport. Cal. Morgan E. Pnyne, 83, who started and operated the first ferry across the Snake river on the overland trail between Elko. Nov., and Polse, Ida. and who deeded the land for the town of Morgan ill Santa Clara county, died Monday at his ranch near here. San Diego, Cnl. A sea elephant. ald by local scientists to bo the onfy ' ono In captivity was brought to San Diego Friday and presented to the elty y.oo by the officers nnd rrew of eagle boat K. 1-. Although prac. tlcally an infant, the sea elephant weighs more than .100 pounds. ' Portland,. Ore. Convicted of drlv-fng drlv-fng her ear over the sidewalk and Into a plate glass store window while Intoxicated. MIsj Helen Asp. 23, was sentenced in the municipal court her to forfeit her drhing license, to give her automobile to the storekeeper In payment for his broken window, to leave tho state and in case she falls to do this and drinks again, to serve 00 days in Jail. Miss Asp left her car at the courthouse door and said she was on her way. Los AngeJes. Department of Jus-tlce Jus-tlce agents visited the Horsley studio here and confiscated the motion pic ture films of the Dempsey-GibtKns fight at Shelby, Mont. No arrests were made. Kemmcrer, Wyo. The body of Hen. ry Sims n freluht condm-tor, was found on a railroad bridge near here Indications were that Sims had fell from n train. Ogden.Utah Work on Ogden's proposed pro-posed union station, -which will take the place of the one partially des-troyed des-troyed by fire last February, will begin be-gin within five weeks, according to an announcement. Salt Ike City. Alfred Kllgrow 10, was fatally Injured when be was struck on a grade crossing by n Interrurban train. Helena, Mont. IClmor Thompson, a rancher living near Whltetall, was rrested and charged with lnterfer. ence with the mails. He pleaded not guilty before a United States eommlssloner and was released on $1,000 bond. I.os Angeles Fred F. McKlroy. postmnster of Goldroad, Arl, wa arrested here charged, according tc the police, with stealing eight money order forms and obtaining money by cashing a portion of them. Ogden Construction work upon the Oregon Phort Line, changes which will place Boise on the mnln lino, wlH begin at once, according to the an-Bouncement an-Bouncement of contractors. Ix.s Angeles A trade war between Independent gasoline dealers has re. duced the price of the fluid to V2 cents a gallon, 7 cents less than the price asked by a large company. Caldwell, Idaho Idaho potiitoef appeared on Portland markets last woek and ure bringing ?3.7.r per hundred according to reports of market mar-ket specialist''. 1'oTtland, Ore. A ninht watihmnn was missing and is believed to have lost his life In a firo which destroyed the Pacific sash and door factory. The damage was estimated at ?100,000. Pasadena, Oal. David P.. Gamble, resident here ninny years and a member mem-ber of the firm of Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati, O., died here. |