The Springfield herald., 1909-05-28
WESTERN NEWS.

The University of Utah won the de-
bate with Colorado College at Salt
Lake Wednesday night. The question
was: Resolved, That Tariff Should
be Imposed for Revenue Only"
The assets of A. Booth & Co. were
sold at public auction at Chicago last
week for $l,000,000. The only bidder
was an agent of the reorganized COM
pany promoted for the purpose of re-
habilitating the big fish concern.
The wife of Fay Irish of Thorp,
Clark county, Wis, has given birth to
five babies, three daughters and two
sons. All are alive and well. There
are now ten children in the family.
The other five were born singly and
all are living.
The statement that Occur d'Alene
ores heretofore treated at the Helena
plant of the American Smelling and
Refining Company were being diverted
to Colorado points has been confirmed
by F. E. Smith, the Helena manager
of the smelter concern.
-Four marked bandits held up and
robbed Union Pacific passenger train
No. 2, known as the Overland Limited,
n few miles west of Omaha just before
midnight May 22nd. and secured seven
registered mail pouches, which are be-
lieved to have contained large sum.
The Brew boxing bill. as approved
by the Wisconsin Assembly, permits
thirty minutes of fighting, or ten
rounds of three minutes duration. 1t
provides that all clubs giving boxing
bouts shall take out license and that
no purse shall be given TO the boxers.
Fire on May 2lst destroyed the big
sest numbering plant in Skagit county.
Wash, when the saw mill, dry sheds,
planning mill and dry kilns and 2,0OO,-
600 feet of lumber of the Skasit Mill
company at Lyman, burned, with a
loss of 100000, with $4,000 insur-
ance.
The first notable reform made by
Mayor Pratt of Spokane, Wash, who
took office this month, is the serving
of notices to abolish gambling in so
cial clubs Among the clubs warned
is the Inland. which includes in its
membership some of the wealthiest
men in Spokane.
To spite the Prohibitionists, who
carried the county dry" John Morri-
son Fuller. n millionaire bank presi-
dent of Glasgow, Mo. opened per
sonal liberty hall" and for twelve
months served free beer TO all who
came. The place has been a failure
from Mr.. Morrison Fuller's point of
view and he has just closed it.
rtril- gf no al nf
the American Smelling & Refining
Company at Murray, Utah, which be-
gan two weeks ago and put five fur
naces out of commission, is ended.
The men did not get the raise from
S1.75 and So and s2-25 demanded, and
the company did not carry out its
threat to re-employ no Austrians,
Greeks and Italians.
Mr. Z. E. Rittenhouse. chairman of
the executive committee of the ma
tional convention of insurance COM
missioners has called a meeting of the
committee at the Manhattan hotel.
New York, for June Sth to arrange
program for the commissioners CON
vention which is to be held in Colo
RADIO Springs Colo, August 24th, 25th.
26th and 9th.
The United States Civil Service
commission announces that an exami-
nation will be held on June 9-10. 1909,
in the postoffice at Denver.
and in other cities TO pro
vide eligibles for the position of
skilled mechanic, at $1,000 per annum,
for service in the weather bureau at
Mount Waather virginia and yacoD-
cies requiring similar qualifications as
they may occur in any branch of the
service.