The Holly chieftain., 1908-07-17
CONDEMNED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoiNGs, ACHIEVE
MENTs, suFFERiNos, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.


Four deaths and numerous prostra-
tions resulted from the extreme heat
in Chicago Saturday. There we're three
deaths from heat in Saint Paul and one
In Minneapolis.
C. H. Holdridge, general manager
of the American Refrigerator Trans
Iortation Company, is said to have an
nounced that $50 cars have been as
signed to take care Of the Rocky Ford
melon district this year.
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
struction at Fort d. A. Russell, Wyom-
ing. of 5000 soldiers. The Denver
Young Mems Christian association will
establish Y. M. C. A. tent for the use
Of the men.
Twelve hours after the Rev. George
Edward Lewis, in public prayer.
asked that the amusement resorts of
Irving park, Chicago, where liquor is
served, might "be burned to the
ground" Excelsior park was consumed
by fire Sunday.
w. r. McKeen has resigned as su-
perintendent of motive power and ma
chinery for the Union Pacific railroad
to assume the management for E. H.
Hartman of the McKeen motor car
shops which will be established in
Omaha with capital Of $f,00O,000.
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. 7. U.
To save babies lives, the city council
of Chicago has made special appropri-
alton of 100000. Intestinal diseases
have made a terrible slaughter of in
fants and 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.
A movement is now under way to
build a grand Interstate highway that
will extend from Yellowstone Park in
Wyoming through that state, Colorado,
New Mexico and end at the Grand
Canon of the Colorado river in Ari-
zona. The highway when completed
will be 1000 miles long and will cost
s10,O00,000. 1t will be known as the
Great Scenic Highway"
Planning to merge their lumber in
terests 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 at st. Louis Wednes-
day and adopted plan of organiza-
ton. F. e. Weyerhauser of st. Paul,
son of a multimillionaire 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 been
ordered sent to the Navajo Indian res.
ervation under Col Hunter, who will
go north to the Chin Lee country. A
year ago troops were ordered to return
after penetrating through half way to
Chin Lee. The Indians became hostile
and several were killed. Since then
trouble has arisen over the water holes
between Indians and stockmen on a
range adjoining the reservation in that
| country.