The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-27
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

The new West Nebish channel at
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. which cost
81, ,000. 900, was opened to traffic on the
10th inst
The recent heavy rains in MISSOURI
Kansas. Iowa and Nebraska have as
sured a heavy corn crop in nearly
every section OF those states.
1t is reported In Chicago that Pull
mans mammoth shops are to be razed
and built upon n remodeled scale lot
the express purpose OF the manuiac
ture of steel palace cars.
A decrease of lO.532.7ss in revenue
over operating expenses and taxes Is
shown by the annual statements OF
the Union Pacific and Southern "a
cific companies, made public on the
18th inst
On the 18th inst the Western Pas
senger association notified the ROCK
Island road that their advertised rates
of one and one-half fares for Kansas
state fairs was premature and illegal.
Other Kansas roads protested strongly
against the reduction from cents.
Governor John A. johnson was re-
nominated for governor by the Demo
cratic state convention OF Minnesota
on the 18th inst. The first mention OF
his name was the occasion OF cheers
and applause that lasted sixtyfour
minutes.
]. r.. Caldwell. noted horse fancier
OF Mechanicsville. Iowa. has offered to
make personal gift of n horse large
enough to carry William II. TAFT and
stand UP under the burden. The horse
he offers Is Buffalo" magnificent
chestnut weighing 2.200 pounds. He
is said to be the largest saddle horse
In Iowa.
Announcement Is made OF the pro-
motion OF j. ID. Mcnamara. assistant
general passenger agent OF the Wa
bash railroad, to the position OF gen
eral passenger agent, with headquar'
tiers at St Louis, succeeding Charles
S. Crane. for whom the new office OF
general passenger agent at st. Louis
was created.
The Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress will be held Mt San Francisco
October 9th to 10th. Plans are being
made by the directors OF the congress
to get the delegates to the National
Irrigation congress ut Albuquerque to
10 on from there to the meeting OF the
Trans NJ Mississippi congress, and large
number are expected to attend. The
meeting this year is expected to be ex-
ceptionaily large and Colorado will
send full delegation.
At San Francisco on the 18th inst.
after n preliminary examination which
consumed sixty-seven days. Abraham
Ruef. former political boss. was held
by Judge Cabiniss for trial In the SUI
perior court upon charge of bribing
former Supervisor ]. J. Fuerey to vote
for an electric street railway franchise.
Bail was fixed at $4,000. which was
promptly furnished. Ruef is under
bonds aggregating $l.500000 on sev-
enty.eight other charges OF bribery.
The new army portable wireless
telegraph kits. perfected last winter.
have just been given their first tests
in the Northwest at Camp David s.
Stanley. where the regular army and
the National Guards OF Washington
and Oregon are holding their annual
field maneuvers Messages were picked
up from n number Of wireless stations
on Puget sound. Instead OF using a
telescope pole to carry the radiating
and receiving wires in the air. two
huge king kites were sent up. to which
tho wires connecting with the instru-
ments were attached.
The cruiser Colorado. which went on
TIE rocks at Double Bluff. Puget sound.
Saturday. was more seriously damaged
than at first was supposed. An ex-
animation at the Bremerton navy yard
showed that her forward plates were
badly dented in several places and
that tne plates were sprung. II will
be necessary to put the vessel in dry
dock for perhaps thirty days to make
repairs The Colorado will be unable
to join the Pacific fleet on its cruise
to the Samoan islands. but 1t is expect
ed she will join 1t probably on the re-
turn trip from the Samoan islands to
Honolulu.