The state herald., 1909-01-29
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN NEWS.

ne okldHOIllH Nlty hUlDlloDllt hs-
sociation has pledged 100000 for the
construction of twenty-iive-mile
speedway around the city.
The National Wool Growers Asso-
ciation at ,Pocatello selected Ogden as
its next place of meeting and reelected
President Fred w. Gooding.
John C.. Morgan of Denver, who for
years has been travelling engineer of
the Mexican International railroad
died at the City OF Mexico on The 10th
inst from injuries recently received in
. wreck.
Consideration of bills denying Jap
anese the right to own land or to be
directors of corporations was delayed
for one week by the California Assem-
bly, on the Goth inst. at the request
of President Roosevelt and Governor
Gillett.
A permanent bureau at Washington
for the purpose of opposing measures
that may be offered in Congress to
have the tariff reduced on any Ameri,
can products, particularly wool. will be
maintained by the National Wool
Growers Association.
United States District Judge Ander-
son at Chicago has set February 23rd
for beginning the retrial of the rebate
ease against the Standard Oil Com
pany OF Indiana. This is the case in
which Judge Lands fine of S29. .24O, 900
was reversed by the appellate court.
The charter OF the Mountain, Valley
capital stock Of sl.O00.OO0. has been
filed In Austin. Its purpose is to build
railroad across the Panhandle OF
Texas. distance of no miles. Its
principal office is at Higgins. Tex.
A bill has been introduced in the Ok
lahoma Legislature taxing corporations
on their income to create fund for
the payment of accident and old age
pensions Railroads are taxed one.
fourth of one per cent. OF their earn.
ings, and ordinary corporations | per
cent
Announcement has been made at Sc
attic by Great Northern officials that
beginning about March LIST the Hill
line will inaugurate u new passenger
service from Seattle to Kansas City
via Billings, Mont. and the BurlinB'
ton. This will duplicate the present
Seattle. Kansas Cliy burlington service
OF daily trains over the Northern Pa
cific.
Attorneys for Abraham Ruef. con.
vlcted of bribery In San Francisco.
who was sentenced TO fourteen years
In Sau Quentin upon n conviction for
bribery, have been granted an nddi'
tional thirty days to complete the bill
OF exceptions upon appeal from tho
verdict and judgment. The court
had previously permitted twenty days
for this purpose.
The lpmbcTmen's conyentian at Min
neapolis went on record in favor OF a
reduction OF firstclass postage to |
cent per ounce. also us opposing the
passage OF the parcels post law in any
shape as IL would be only the first step
toward the transportation of merchan'
disc BY the government. and would be
dlsadyaptageous to the interests OF re-
tail merchants.
The third annual meeting OF the
Trans Missouri Dry Farming Congress,
10 be he'd at Cheyenne. Wyoming. Feb
ruary 23rd. 2ith and 2bth. promises Ia
be great success Already 1900
delegates from the United States. Mex
leo. Canada. and oven iaraway Aus
tralia. Chill aud the Argentine Repub'
lie have slgnified their several inten'
tons 20 attend. and the people OF Wy
omIng ave planned to spend $1,000 In
the special entertainment OF the visit
tors
The announcement comes from Fort
Worth. Texas. that the i'm Interests
will put on the longest through ser
vice IN the world June LIST. The trains
which viii have magnificent equip
mcnt. viii run direct from Galveston
Texas TO Seattle. Wash. During Tho
Journey. which will likely take tIy,
days. passengers will not he required
TO change cars nt any time, The train
will run over the Texas a Bruzos Val
Icy. the Fort Worth a Denver city, N,
Colorado a. Southern roads to Denver
and thence on 10 the Pacific coast
over the Burlington aud the Great
Northern.