The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-04-23
oo0Noo AND NApOGNINoS
THAT MARK THE PROC
NeeS o. the AoG.
wEsrEaM NEWS.

WGoTERN NEWS.
Judge George W. Bailey. former JUS
tice OF the Supreme Court OF Colorado.
died At his home In Fort Collins Arril
18th from diabetis.
w. A. Harris. former United States
senator for Kansas. has declined the
position of president OF the Colorado
State Agricultural College.
- Several thousand slot machines in
San Francisco. into which 1t was de-
clared mere than 81 900. 900 . month Is
placed will be abolished after July LIST.
The highest price paid for cash
wheat in st. Louis In thirty-one years
was reported on the 18th inst. when
sales of No. red were made at e1.47
to $1.5O.
The Cudahy Packing company at
Kansas City. Kas.. has been indicted
on the charge of defrauding the gov
eminent out Of $4,000 In revenues On
colored oleomargarine.
Governor johnson of Minnesota has
signed the anti-cigarette bill which
makes 1t . misdemeanor to manufac-
ture. sell or give away cigarettes or
cigarette papers within the state.
Hogs reached the highest local mar
ket quotations since 1893 at the Ma
tional stockyards In East st. Louis on
the 18th inst. The best grades sold
for $500 hundred weight.
This years automobile touring sea
son will probably result in more mo-
torists making the West the scene Of
their travels than any previous year
since the automobile gained its popu-
larity As q touring vehicle.
The new speedway from Salt Lake
City to saltair, q distance of about fif-
teen miles. 10 expected to be complet-
ed about May 30. 1t will be entirely
free from curves and angles and when
completed will cost approximately
$4,000.
A prohibition bill has passed the
Missouri House for passenger trains.
making 1t unlawful to drink or expose
y foxicating liquors on passenger
Trains in Missouri or to ride on q
passenger train in an intoxicated con-
dition. The penalty IL . fine Of from
IS to SIS.
1t 10 stated that an army balloon
corps will be used during the maneu-
vers At Fort Des Moines Sept. goth to
z6th. The aeronaut drills will be IN
der the direction Of Captain Ouray and
the equipment will include a dirigible
balloon Of latest model. Attacks upon
an imaginary battleship will be made.
Donald Boyd was convicted at Mount
Vernon, WASH, on the 10th inst, Of
kidnapping Patrick Mccoy. a wealthy
Seattle lumberman, In the wooGs near
Bow last autumn, with the intention
of holding him for a ransom. I'm
der the statute Boyd will receive an
indeterminate sentence of from ) to
20 years in the penitentiary.
The Atchison, Topeka Z Santa Fe
Railway Company has applied to the
Kansas railroad commission for ger
mission to isue 373.OOO,0OO common
stock. The Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific railway also has asked permits
sion to issue 100000 refunding bonds
to take up the Choctaw. Oklahoma &
Gulf equipment trust bonds.
The lower house of the Missouri leg
islature, by q vote Of Sc to 81, passed
. resolution to submit a prohibition
constitutional amendment to the vote
Of the people November, 1910. The
keasure must be acted on by the Sen
ate. II the amendment Is adopted 1t
will close all saloons, breweries and
distilleries in the state. 1t is to take
effect January l, 1918.
1t is stated that an Investigation con-
Quoted by the Des Moines Tubercular
Association, at Des Moines, Ia. has re-
suited in the discovery that six out of
every ten children examined are in
fected with tuberculosis. The major
ity of the cases are incipient, but in
many the disease has progressed far.
The association is considering estab-
fishing children's tubercular camp
this summer. It Is proposed to isolate
infected children to prevent further
spread of the disease.