The Monte Vista journal., 1909-08-28
CONDENSED RECORD or THE
eRooREss OF EVENTS At
NOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
sAviNos. poiMos. ACHIEVE.
MGNTs, sUFFERiNos, HoPEs
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
wEsrEaN NEWS.

WEsrERN NEWS.
At the Los Angeles convention
Richmond, Va, was selected - the
place for holding the annual conven.
ton Of the American Pharmaceutical
Association in 1910 and the time for
holding was set for May 16 to 20.
Averell Hartman. son Of Edward
H. Hartman. has started to learn the
railroad business from the ground up.
Young Hartman. who is IS years Of
age. 10 carrying the chain In q sur.
veyfng gang on the Oregon Short Line
in Idaho.
An organization formed to inculate
new religion based upon astronomy
has filed articles Of Incorporation at
San Francisco. The society is known
~ the Astrologers OF the United
states. and its purpose 10 to make
known to it, members the influence Of
heavenly bodies upon earthly affairs.
Mayor Busse Of Chicago, appointed
ten members Of . commission 10 In
vestigate the expenditure Of the city's
revenue. 1t IL the desire Of the city
officials to expend large sums in the
next few years in improving the trans.
portation facilities and In Identifying
the city. Under q law passed by the
last Legislature the city 10 empowered
to increase it, bonded debt by SIG,
10000.
Peter Brown. under arrest at Paw.
Auska. Okla. charged jointly with his
stepmother with the murder OF his
father. L. P. Brown. last April. has, &C.
cording to the sheriff. made . remark.
able confession. According to the al.
legged confession young Brown killed
his father with an axe and was assist.
I'd BY his stepmother In throwing tho
body into brush pile. where It was
burned. Brown 10 credited with say
ing his stepmother had promised u
marry him.
At the concluding session Of the 23d
annual Convention OF the Association
q American Agriculture Colleges and
Experiment Stations 1t Portland, Ore,
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: w. N. Kerr. Ore
gon. president: vicepresidents. H. J.
Waters. Kansas: w. p. Brooks. Mass.
Z. A. Lory. Colorado: p. II. Rolfe.
Florida: L. Foster. New Mexico: sec.
retary.treausrer. J. H. Hill. Vermont
(incumbenO: photographer. A. c.
True. Warrington. d. c.
Over 800 homeseekers have gone In.
to the Grand valley during the past
ten days looking over lands under the
proposed Riverside ditch. which 10 70
water the country between Palisade.
Whitewater and Hotchkis4. The ditch
will be larger than the High Lac can.
al. and will water 100000 acres. r.
A. White. . Beaver capitalist. IL At the
head Of the company, and Senator
McCreery Of Greeley. the companys
attorney. u one Of the best known IL.
ngatoFs Ia the state.
John Schively state Insurance com.
missioner. on trial for inpeachmen,
before the state senate Il Olympia
Washington admitted thae ls1 In.
0urancs companies from 1905 to
1909 and that each had paid an "a.
vance fee Of from 500 TO 500. max.
Ing total that ranged from olS.3oo 70
e36.%00. al which no record vas ever
kept. He said that each sum - Il Wa
paid to him was divided equally b.
tween Sam II. Nichols and himself.
Nichols ct the time being secretary
Of state and Insurance Commissioner
ex-officio.
Miss 0ieadora Fair. the first white
child born In Phillips county. recent.
y made final proof o. The quarter
section Of land On which she was born.
THIS unusual proceeding came abou,
BY her parsats installing The location
os their laad twenty.thrss years ago.
owing to "a tsaecsracy n the govern.
meat survey. TIE claim was alter.
nately filsd upon aaa sbasAoae1 uatii
Miss Fair reached her majority. whsn
she successfully contested Il aud wos
her case. In The past two years she
he's Improved and cultivated Il with
money earned ~ teecAingi school.
THIS week she cooked . meal for Der
threshsrs. he larger part q he food
coming from bo9' 0wAs ear1ea aA1
bAruysrd.
ogNgRAl NgWo.
According 70 aAvices recsivsd n
Rome from Tshtsran. The recent at.
tempt Of The young shat TO commit