The Dolores star., 1909-02-19
WESTEhN NEWS.


Minneapolis reports that the flour
mills are running on fuller time than
ever now.
The judge OF the agricultural exnib-
its at the Dry Farming Congress at
Cheyenne, February 23rd to 25th, will
be Prof. B. c. Buffum OF worland, Wy
oming.
1t is reported that every city, vii
lage and town in Illinois, Lincoln's
home state, held centennial exercises
on Lincoln's birthday
For the first time in the history of
Texas many of the cities this month
observed the anniversary OF Lincoln's
birth. The day was also celebrated at
Little Rock, Ark.
The Montana Senate by a strict
party vote, killed the House primary
election bill, which is patterned after
the Oregon law, and which relates
solely to the election of United States
senators.
There were few II any towns in Col
orado where the centenary of Lin
coins birthday was not fittingly cele-
brated. Many of the orations were of
a high order. School children took a
large part in the exercises.
Emphatically denying the statement
printed a week ago in Salt Lake pa
per to the effect that Italy needs no
more money for its earthquake suf-
ferers. Consul Rossi of Denver says
that financial help is still needed
Both House and Senate of the Wash
ington Legislature have disclaimed any
intention to adopt legislation attempt
ing to require Japanese visitors to the
aska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to
give bond for their return to their ma
tive land.
Two huge mountain lions. captured
in December oy George w. Spencer
ner Silver City, N. NJ, have been
shipped to Milwaukee, where they have
been purchased by man who makes a
specially of tanning wild beasts. The
lions. which are beautiful specimens,
were shipped in heavy, wooden crates
G. Hill Howard died at Albuquerque.
N. NJ, on the 18th inst, at the age of
sixty-four. He was resident of New
Mexico for twenty years. and a son of
Gen. Volney E. Howard, Confeder-
ate leader in the Civil war. and at one
time congressman from Mississippi. G
Hill Howard was classmate Of Ad-
miral Sampson in the Naval academy
at Annapolis.
On'the 18th inst Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Hildebrandt Of Seattle, WASH,
and Mrs. Hildabrandt's brother, Fred
erick Lange of Olympia started from
Seattle on 3.800-mile walk to New
York city by way of the Southwest
The route will be through Portland to
San Francisco, then through northern
Texas, etc. 1t will take at least a
year to reach New York
There was remarkable sale of the
special Lincoln postage stamps issued
by the government, at the Los Angeles
postoffice on Lincoln's birthday When
the 10000 stamps bearing the like
ness OF Lincoln were placed OH sale at
o'clock. more than fifty people were
in line to purchase them, andsthe en-
tire number Of stamps were sold in
five minutes time, orders being left
for many more.
A sweeping antitrust bill has been
introduced in the Iowa House. Its pur-
pose is to stamp out the grocers' trust.
the coal dealers and the ice trust, and
even the doctors trust The latter
are charged with fixing excessive
prices. Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for not less than one nor more
than ten years is provided for persons
convicted of violating the law.
Suits asking for damages aggregat-
ing nearly quarter of million dol
lars have been filed in the District
Court at Cheyenne against the Union
Pacific Coal Company by widows and
other heirs of miners who were killed
in the two explosions that destroyed
mine No. l at Hanna March 28, 1908.
Several Of the suits are for $35, 1000
each and others for $4,000 each. In
almost every instance the petition
AYERS that the body of the deceased
has not been recovered. These cases
involve six widows and twenty-six Or
phans.