The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-22
WESTERN NEWS.

| Judge George w. Bailey, former JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of Colorado,
died at his home in Fort Collins April
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 it was de-
clared more than 81 10000 month is
placed will be abolished after July 1st.
The highest price paid for cash
wheat in ST. Louis in thirty-one years
was reported ON the 14th inst, when
sales of No. 2 red were made at $1.47
to $3.50.
The Cudahy Packing company at
Kansas City, Kas., has been indicted
on the charge of defrauding the gov
ernment out of $4,000 in revenues on
colored oleomargarine
Governor Johnson of Minnesota has
signed the anti-cigarette bill which
makes it a 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 touring vehicle.
The new speedway from Salt Lake
City to Saltair, distance of about fif-
teen miles, is expected to be complet-
ed about May 80. 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
intoxicating liquors on passenger
trains In Missouri or to ride on a
passenger train in an intoxicated con-
dition. The penalty is a fine of from
IS to $25.
1t is stated that an army balloon
vers at Fort Des Moines Sept Goth to
26th. The aeronaut drills will be un-
der the direction of Captain Ouray and
the equipment will include dirigible
balloon of latest model. Attacks upon
an imaginary battleship will be made.
Donald Boyd was convicted at Mount
Vernon, Wash. on the 18th inst, OF
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Seattle lumberman, in the woods near
Bow last autumn, with the intention
of holding him for ransom. I'm
der the statute Boyd will receive an
indeterminate sentence of from . to
20 years in the penitentiary.
The Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe
Railway Company has applied to the
Kansas railroad commission for per-
mission to isue $73,000,000 common
stock. The Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railway also has asked permis-
sion to issue $220,000 refunding bonds
to take up the Choctaw, Oklahoma &
Gulf equipment trust bonds.
The lower house of the Missouri leg
islature, by a vote Of Sc to 81, passed
resolution to submit prohibition
constitutional amendment to the vote
Of the people November. 1910. The
measure must be acted on by the Sen
ate. II the amendment is adopted it
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 inclpient, but in
many the disease has progressed far
The association is considering estab
fishing children's tubercular camp
this summer. 1t is proposed to isolate
infected children to prevent further
spread of the disease