The Monte Vista journal., 1908-07-18
WESTERN NEWS.

July cath will be the sixty first all
adversary OF the arrival OF the Mormon3
In the Salt Lake valley and will be "a
tensively celebrated wherever the
church exists.
Four deaths and numerous prostra-
tons resulted from the extreme heat
in Chicago Saturday. There we're three
deaths from heat in Saint Paul and one
in Minneapolis
The bill In the Louisiana legislature.
requiring insurance companies to pay
Louisiana local agents the highest COM
mission they paid anywhere has been
killed by pocket vote.
Hugh McCurdy, former grand master
OF the Knights Templar in the United
States, and one OF the authorities In
the country on Masonic Jurisprudence,
Is reported critically Ill at his home in
Corunna. Michigan.
President Quinn OF the Great Amer
lean Life Of st. Louis has submitted to
Missouri insurance department an offer
TO make good the impairment of the
Great Western Life OF Kansas City and
continue the company In business.
After ten years Of waiting. the
town Of Encampment. Wyo.. now has
railway connection with the outside
world. the Saratoga & Encampment.
which has been building from Wolcott
for several years, having reached the
town limits.
The hog market which has been ad-
vancing steadily since March.
climbed to the high mark for the year
at Chicago on the 18th inst. when
prime animals sold at sos hundred.
Scarcity OF corn. resulting In q CORE
spending scarcity OF hogs IL given as
the cause OF the advance.
Mrs. Harriet w. Brand, treasurer of
the National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. died July 9Th at hos.
pital In Evanston, ILL.,. after an illness
of two months. Prior to assuming the
office OF treasurer. three years ago.
Mrs. Brand was state corresponding
secretary OF the Indiana W. c. T. U.
The jury In the Sensational Stanley
Peek murder trial. At Reno. New. was
out but thirty minutes and returned
4 verdict OF not guilty for killing An
gelo Satero. who 10 alleged to have
made . personal attack ON Peek's wife
and was later shot down by Peek for
not apologixing. and for declaring he
would "cut out his (Peek's) heart"
To save babies lives. the city council
Of Chicago has made special appropri.
alton OF $4,000. Intestinal diseases
have made Q terrible slaughter OF In.
fants AMI the council appropriated the
10000 to pay 100 physicians who will
DO employed by the city to disseminate
Information concerning the causes and
prevention OF summer sickness among
babies.
Beginning August 10th. the railro, d.
will restore the old minimum freight
rate ON the shipment OF packages
Weighing less than 100 pounds. TIL,
old rate 10 75 cents for any package.
Weighing NJ to 100 pounds. regardless
Of the class TO which II belong. The
rate now In force. which was adopted
last spring. II from IS cents to 42.05,
according &c the class to which the
package belongs.
Planning to merge their lumber In.
tcrests into one great holding corpora.
ton capitalized at approximately $780,.
100000. 100 wealthy lumbermen from
the yellow Pine belt Of the South and
Middle West met ut st. Louis Wednes.
day and adopted . plan Of orGnnixa.
ton. r. e. Weyerhauser Of st. Paul,
son Of . multi.miilionaire lumberman,
was appointed chairman OF the com.
mittee which 10 to work out the de.
tails.