The state herald., 1909-02-05
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.

The Oregon Legislature has passed
/ law prohibiting the wearing of hat
pins more than ten inches long.
The local option bill has passed the
Idaho House by A to 9, and 1t Is eX-
pected the action will be concurred in
| by the Senate.
j. w. Gilluly, treasurer of the Den.
yer e Rio Grnnde Railroad Company,
has been In New York signing the new
issue of bonds of the railroad, aggre-
eating S1O2,350,OOO
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 Western Fraternal Congress. in
session at Kansas City, passed a reso-
luton declaring against the bills in
troduced In various legislatures to pro.
vide a minimum rate for fraternal life
insurance.
In letter to the Cheyenne Indus
trial Club, Congressman MonGell eX-
presses the opinion that 1t will be i'm
possible to get an appropriation from
the present Congress for the improve
ment of roads in Yellowstone pa-k.
Farmers in the Greeley. Colo. dis.
trlct are happy over the advanced
price of potatoes. the highest for sew
eral seasons. with rurals quoted at 90
cents and Pearls at so. Shipments are
eighty cars a day, many going to Cali
fornia.
The shaft of the Copper Belt com
pany's mine, near Lusk, is down go
feet, and the owners claim 1t is the
deepest shaft in the state. The ore
chute. which was lost at a depth OF
200 feet. was encountered again at 600
feet.
E Stenger. general superintendent
with offices at Salt Lake City. has re-
signed that position and will be made
either general manager or general su.
perintendent OF the Western Pacific
railroad. is report from Denver.
Announcement was made In New
York Wednesday OF the completion of
the Copper River railroad. which is
! Jointly owned by J. Z. Morgan a. Com
pany. and the Guggenheim interests.
from Cordova to point above the
Abercrombie rapids on the Copper riv-
er, In southwestern Alaska.
Bakersfield. Calf. business men
have Offered James j. Jeffries n 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
! fcscat business men agreeing to assist
/ In making up the deficit should the
fight lose money. and sharing In the
profit II II is u success.
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
signs OF fire anywhere In the workings
Men have been put at work wetting
| down the smouldering timbors and II
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 2sth ult. when Wa.
terloo. Ia. company purchased for col
onization 2Oo.O0O O.000.acre ranch be.
longing to c. c. Slaughter. which
is located In Howard. Martin.
Dawson and Borden counties
The price was s3.OOO.OO0. Only
the land and improvements We're
transferred. Slaughter retains posses
sion OF 10000 head OF cattle.
II is learned from mn official source
that tho Missouri Pacific Railroad CON.
pany has begun the expenditure OF n
large sum of money on It's lines be.
tween Pueblo and 81. Louis. In prcpar
alton for the reception OF the large
traffic that II VIII be expected TO han
die with the completion OF the West
orn Pacific from Salt Lake TO san
Francisco this summer. Both the West
ern Pacific and Missouri Pacific nrc
Gould lines. and the Denver a RiC
Grandc will form the DcnyerSnlt LAX,
line that will Ioin the two together.