The Glenwood post., 1908-07-18
THE LATEST IMPORTANT. DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The WEEK
GLOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

July gath will be the sixty first ALI
niversary Of the arrival of the Mormon5
in the Salt Lake valley and will be CA
tensvely celebrated wherever the
churcl exists.
-Four deaths and numerous prostra-
tons resulted from the extreme heat
in Chicago Saturday. There were 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 a 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 i'll 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.
The erection of the steel and con-
crete grandstand at new Frontier park
in Cheyenne has been begun. The
stand will seat $500 and will be abso-
lutely fireproof, no wood or other in,
flammable material entering its con-
struction
Beginning August 1st, for thirty days
there will be maneuvers at camp of in
stIuction at Fort ID. A. Russell, Wyom-
ing of 5000 soldiers. The Denver
Young Mems Christian association will
establish Y. NJ. C. A. tent for the use
of the men.
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 $705 a hundred.
Scarcity of corn, resulting in CORE
spending scarcity of hogs is given as
the cause of the advance.
Mrs. Harriet W. Brand, treasurer of
the National Woman's Christian TEN.
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.
To save babies lives, the city council
of Chicago has made a special appropri
| alton of 100000. Intestinal diseases
| have made a terrible slaughter of in
fants AMI the council appropriated the
$4,000 to pay 100 physicians who will
be employed by the city to disseminate
information concerning the causes and
prevention of summer sickness among
babies.
Beginning August 10th. the railroads
will restore the old minimum freight
rate on the shipment of packages
weighing less than 100 pounds. TIL.
old rate is rs cents for any package
weighing ur to 100 pounds, regardless
of the class to which it belong. The
rate now in force, which was adopted
last spring, is from So cents to $2.05
according tc the class to which the
package belongs.
Planning to merge their lumber in
terests into one great holding corpora
ton capitalized at approximately $500,
100000, 100 wealthy lumbermen from
the Yellow Pine belt of the South and
Middle West met at ST. Louis Wednes
day and adopted plan of organiza
ton. F. E. Weyerhauser of ST Paul
son of multi-millionaire lumberman
was appointed chairman of the com
mittee which is to work out the de
| tails.
Five more troops of the Fifth United
States cavalry in Arizona have beer
ordered sent to the Navajo Indian res
ervation under Col. Hunter. who will
go north to the Chin Lee country.
year ago troops were ordered to return
after penetrating through half way tt
Chin Lee. The Indians became hostile
and several were killed. Since ther
trouble has arisen over the water hole!
between Indians and stockmen on {
range adjoining the reservation in tha
country.