The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-11-18
WESTERN NEWS.

David II. Moffat states that he will
continue the construction of the Mof'
flat road west into Utah next spring.
About 100000 feet OF pine and hem
lock lumber owned by the Hudson
Lumber Company at Garnet. Mich,
was burned on the sth inst.
Among the new officers chosen by
the general grand council of Royal
and Select Masons at Savannah. Ca,
was Thomas E Shears of Denver. gen
eral grand treasurer.
ting drunk on pay day. two ministers
at Fort Leavenworth. Kan. led raid
upon liquor Joint and seized twenty
cases of beer and two jugs OF whisky.
The ministers are the Rev. +. n.
Brown of the Baptist church. and the
Rev E. L. Cunningham OF the Chris
tian church.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has
upheld the daylight saloon bill. which
forbids the sale or gift of liquor be-
tween p. IN. and a. m. The law
was attacked on the ground that the
rights OF cities were invaded and that
the revocation OF license on convic-
ton OF violation OF the law was cruel
and unusual punishment.
Hearst's Homestake Mining Com
pany has brought suit in the Federal
Circuit Court at Deadwood. S. D..
against the Lead Miners Union for
$4,000 damages. No injunction Is
asked. The company alleges threats
OF bodily harm on the part OF the
miners and intimidation OF non-union
men. and charges the union with re.
ducing the efficiency OF Its employees.
Denver shippers have won their
fight for restoration of the old rat. Of
Sl.S0 per hundred for first-class
freight. Galveston to Denver. The
newer rate OF S2.o5. declared two
months ago by thirteen railroads con-
cerned in the Gulf to Denver traffic.
has been abolished. according to in
formation received at Denver IRON the
Trans Missouri Freight Bureau.
The board OF directors of the Col
orado National Apple exhibition to be
held at the auditorium in Denver the
first week in January has issued re-
vised premium list including 500 prizes
valued at abouth $4,000. The prizes
include $1,000 in money, cups valued
at 81 500. $1,000 worth OF land, $4,000
worth OF merchandise and other small.
er premiums.
John r. Dawson. attorney to the
Kansas State Board of Railroad Com
missioners. will go to Washington to
bring action before the Interstate Com
merce Commission for reduction in
freight rates on coal from southern
Colorado to Kansas points. The de-
PENDANTS in the proposed suit are the
Colorado & Southern, the Denver 4
Rio Grande and Rock Island railroads.
Fourteen men were killed and nine
seriously injured. OF whom three may
die, in headon collision on the inter
urban line OF the British Columbia
Electric Railway Company at Lake
View station, on the 10th INST. The
dead and injured were passengers and
crew OF car which left Vancouver
for New Westminster. Not man OF
the % on the car escaped death or
injury.
The Detroit United Railway has a
total mileage in Detroit, Mich, exclu'
sive of its extensive suburban lines
of l7O.41, and total of 99S cars. Fran
chises on sixty-six miles OF the com.
pany's lines expire this month. City
engineer Bancroft has appraised the
value OF the company's holdings In
DETROIT at $11.2s4 .6O6. An appraisal
of the property from the same date
by an engineer employed by the com
pany, fixes the total value at $24,70S,
375.