The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-11-04
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, poIN ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERiNGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

The effort made at Billings tc
change the name of DRY Farming
| Congress" to something less sugges
tive of aridity was defeated by vote
of 1872 to 14S.
w. II. Olin of Colorado. ]. d. Tin
sley OF New Mexico and J. ID. Tower
of Wyoming are members Of the new
executive committee of the Dry Farm
ing Congress
Governor Curry OF New Mexico has
sent his resignation to Washington In
order to be enabled to devote his en-
| tire time to private business 1t Will
probably take effect next March.
An explosion OF eight boilers in the
Pabst Brewing Company's plant at
Milwaukee a few days since resulted
in the death OF one employe. the in
jury OF four others and property dam
age estimated at $250.000.
Foreign vice presidents OF the Dry
Farming Congress are: George Har-
court. Alberta. Canada; w. r. Mother
walk. Saskatchewan; Senor Ing 1auro
Viada, Mexico; Laszto Goyer. Hun
gary; DIR. Theodore Kryshtofovitch.
Russia.
1t has finally been decided to try
Mrs. Allen F. Read on November Sth
in the West Side Criminal Court at
Denver on a charge OF attempting to
extort money from Mrs. Genevieve
Chandler Phipps by threatening to
dynamite her.
Complaints OF life insurance rebat-
ing have been numerous in Missouri
and Insurance Superintendent Ken
nish has decided to take up several
cases with the prosecuting attorneys
in the counties from which the com.
plants come. to see whether the law
cannot be enforced.
The Standard OIL Company OF Indi'
ana was fined $65.000 in the District
Court at Ausrtin, Texas. October 26th.
for violation OF the Texas antitrust
law. The Union Tank Line Company
was fined for the value OF sixty-five
tank cars OF oil. which are now in pos
session OF the state.
Four governors OF states, one con.
gressman and two men of more or less
national note slept all night on the
deck of the steamer Quincy OF the
Taft flotilla. that six women, who
were accidentally left on board when
the steamer left st. Louis. might have
staterooms.
Stenographers throughout the Bur
lington system are rejoicing over the
abrogation OF the rule which requires
them to purchase their own typewrit-
ing machines. The company now pur-
poses to reimburse all the machine
owners on the instalment plan and
to buy It's own machines in the fu-
ture.
Members OF the Lead Miners Union
and the Central City Miners Union
held a mass meeting at Lead. S. D.,
and decided that after November rs
they will not work with non-union
men. Sixteen hundred OF the 1000
Homestake employees are now in the
order, and in order to establish the
CLOSED shops" an effort is being made
to induce the others to join.
IN the District Court at Austin,
Texas. the Security OIL Company and
the Navarro Refining Company con
fessed to having entered into a com
bination in violation. of the Texas an
thrust laws. and judgments amount
ing to about $175.0OO were entered
against the companies by Judge Cal
houn. Forfeitures of charters, per
mits and ousters from the state will
be prepared by the court.
The Burlington railroad has an
nounced officially its intention OF
building the extension now under con
struction south from Kirby, Wyo.
through Thermopolis. to run as far
east as Powder river, which is also
touched by the Chicago & Northwest
ern. This extension, together with
that now under construction, embraces
100 miles of new line to be completed
next year.