The Glenwood post., 1908-07-25
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoINGS, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, suFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

No teacher student nor employe in
fected with tuberculosis will, hereafter.
be admitted to the class rooms, or
buildings of the University of Utah.
Frank H. Gilmore of Portland and
Roger w. Anderson of Chicago
started from Denver on the 14th inst.
on trip afoot to Juneau, Alaska. 1t
is 2,500-mile tramp.
Approximately $4,000 acres of land
have been withdrawn from disposition
under the public land laws in connec-
tion with the Rio Grande irrigation
project in New Mexico. This land
lies in townships s to 12 south, ranges
2 to west.
The Rev. w. N. Dunham, Cheyenne's
famous marrying minister" died on
the 14th inst. at the age of eighty-five
years. A few years ago he gained
much publicity by marrying Divorces
from Colorado when all other Chey-
enne preachers refused to officiate.
The American Mutual Insurance AS
sociation will hold its annual meeting
at Des Moines Aug. 11th-16th. Repre-
sentatives of 1000 mutual fire, tornado
and hail companies. representing over
$1.000,000,000 of insurance at risk, will
attend.
Nearly forty persons were injured,
some of them probably fatally, and
eleven so severely that they had to be
taken to hospitals, in a headon COLI
sion Tuesday between two Aurora,
Elgin & Chicago electric railroad cars
at Lovedale station, four miles north
of Aurora, Illinois.
More than $4,000 men will be re-em
ployed in the next thirty days in the
large factories and foundries of south
ern Illinois, which have been working
short-handed following the financial
depression of last year, according to
data just made public by the East St.
Louis Commercial Club.
Second Vice President William
Whyte of the Canadian Pacific railway,
returned to Winnipeg recently from a
trip through the grain fields of west
ern Canada. He estimates this years
crop at 125,000O0O bushels and said
that the cutting would begin by Aug,
18th.
Rock Island officials announce that
that road is planning to build cutoff
from Manguim, Oklahoma, through
western Texas to Ell Paso. The line
will also cut across the corner of New
NiSAlCo, 6OluB " Val lopdu HC new
line will shorten the distance from
Mexico to northern cities seven hours
Five thousand troops will be mobil-
lied by the United States government
at st. Joseph, Missouri, this fall dur
ing the Interstate live stock show.
The soldiers will engage in the second
military tournament ever held under
government auspices. The date has
been fixed for the six days beginning
September 21st.
The state of Iowa bids fair to become
the battle-ground in war between the
Bell and allied telephone interests. AS
the results of the Bell company buying
up Independent lines in Dubuque and
at other points recently, company
composed of the many independent con-
Germs in the state with $20000000
capital to fight the Bell concern, has
been organized.
Fire in the Santa Maria oil fields
near Santa Barbara, California, was
brought under control on the 10th inst,
after raging two days. The large
pumping plant Of the Union Oil Com
pany was destroyed. Many tanks ex-
ploded and thousands of barrels Of oil
fed the flames. The fire cost two lives
and monetary loss estimated at $780,
900. L. L. Stevens died from burns and
Frank Curtis was incinerated.