Gilpin observer., 1909-02-04
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE,.
WESTERN NEWS,

The Oregon Legislature has passed
law prohibiting the wearing Of hat
pins more than ten inches long.
The Trans Missouri Dry Farming
Congress meets at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
February 23rd to 25th.
The local option bill has passed the
Idaho House by A to 9, and it is ex-
pected the action will be concurred in
by the Senate.
The South Dakota House has defeat
ed a bill granting the right of the bal
lot to women. The bill had been
passed by the Senate.
To define the boundaries of it's land
the Rock Springs, Wyo., Grazing AS
sociation will let a contract for plow-
ing furrow more than 200 miles -ong.
]. W. Gilluly. treasurer of the Den
yer & Rio Grande Railroad Company,
has been in New York signing the new
issue of bonds of the railroad, aggre
eating 100000.
The Chicago school board has made
public it's plans to erect within the
next two or three years forty-six new
school buildings and additions at to-
tai cost of $S,S73,00O.
The Nevada State Assembly has
passed bill providing that applicants
for divorce in Nevada must be resi-
dents of the state for two years in
stead of six months as heretofore.
The Quartermaster generals office
at Washington has awarded contract
for barracks construction and other
army buildings at Fort D. A Russell,
Wyo., the work representing 100000.
The shaft of the Copper Belt COM
panys mine, near Lusk, is down 62O
feet. and the owners claim 1t is the
deepest shaft in the state. The ore
chute, which was lost at depth of
200 feet, was encountered again at 600
feet.
The International Harvester Com
pany will pay the fine of $4,000 as
sessed against it by the District Court
of Shawnee county. Kans., and ap-
proved by the Kansas Supreme Court.
for violating the Kansas antitrust law.
1t was generally expected that the
company would appeal the case to the
United States Supreme Court.
Bakersfield. Calf, business men
have offered James j. Jeffries a purse
of $4,000 to fight Jack Johnson, there
the Fourth of July, next. They have
posted $4,000 to show their good faith.
The plan is a cooperative one, the diff
ferent business men agreeing to assist
in making up the deficit should the
q oh r.:
profit if it is success.
Famed by a sixty-four mile wind,
seven fires in as many sections of OK
lahoma City on the 30th ult destroyed
property valued at 100000. Shortly
before noon the building occupied by
the Oklahoman was gutted. causing a
loss of $4,000. Several hours later the
was destroyed Loss about 100000.
Five other fires followed.
The conditions resulting from the
fire in the Sutro tunnel at Virginia
City, are greatly improved. The pump
ing plants now are running steadily
and the air circulating freely. The
management states that there are no
gns of fire anywhere in the workings.
Men have been put at work wetting
down the smouldering timbers and 1t
is expected that the work of repair
ing the tunnel will soon begin.
Probably the largest land deal
ever made in Texas was closed at Big
Springs on the 29th ult., when a Wa
terloo, Ia, company purchased for col
onization a 100000, ,O0O-acre ranch be-
longing to c. c. Slaughter, which
is located in Howard. Martin,
Dawson and Borden counties.
The price was S3.O00.000. Only
the land and improvements were
transferred. Slaughter retains posses
sion of 40 900 head of cattle.