The state herald., 1908-07-24
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FIR ON ALL SOU RCES
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.
July oath will be the sixty first ali
niyersary of the arrival of the Mormon3
in the Salt Lake valley aud will be "a.
tensively celebrated wherever the
churcn exists
Frank H. Gilmore of Portland and
Roger w. Anderson of Chicago
started from Denver on the 1ith inst.
on trip afoot to Juneau, Alaska. 1t
is a 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have been withdrawn from disposition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 L. south, ranges
to west.
The Rev. W. n. Dunham. Cheyenne's
famous marrying minister" died on
the 18th 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 canvass of the vote of the In.
ternational Stone Cutters Union for
international officers was completed
at New Albany. Indiana. Wednesday.
Joseph Evans of Denver was elected
president and Frank Byrnes of Red.
wood. Colorado. was chosen n member
of the executive board.
More than $1,000 men will be re-em.
ployed in the next thirty days in the
large factories and foundTies 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 l25.000,00O bushels and said
that the cutting would begin by Aus,
18th.
Rock Island officials announce that
that road is planning to build a cutoff
from Manguim. Oklahoma. through
western Texas TO III Paso. The line
Will also cut across the corner of New
Mexico. going TO Carlsbad. The new
line viii shorten the distance from
Mexico TO northern cities seven hours.
Five thousand troops viii be mobll.
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 2ist.
Thomas Cooper. land commissioner
OF the Northern Pacific railway. on
the stand In the Minnesota rate hear.
Ing. introduced paper which gave the
value Of the purchased lands OF the
Northern Pacific at l.325.2l3 and Of
the donated lands at s35. .56i.s75. II de.
yeloped that from Its leased lands the
company receives about 100000 a
year.
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 OK.
plodcd and thousands OF barrels OF oil
fed the flames. The fire cost two lives
and monetary loss estimated at $3.50.
900. l.. l.. Stevens died from burns and
Frank Curtis was lncinerated.