The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-10
WESTERN NEWS.

San Diego, Cal, defeated an antlsd-
loon ordinance by heavy majority.
George Alexander, who was elected
mayor of Los Angeles at the recall
election, has been sworn into office.
The committee on common carriers
Of the Texas House has reported
against the passage of 2-cent fare
law.
Governor Shallenberger of Nebraska
has signed the daylight" saloon bill.
The measure forbids the sale of liquor
except between a. m. and p. m. The
bill goes into effect July 9Th.
The State Senate of Minnesota has
passed the bill recently passed by the
House making it a misdemeanor to
manufacture, sell or give away cigar
cites or the markings" of a cigarette.
At the Kansas elections Tuesday,
Leavenworth elected Omar Alternately
mayor and Wichita chose Charles L.
Davidson. Both of these contests were
under the commission form of govern
ment and resulted in it's continuance.
In Big Horn county, Wyo, on the
I'd inst fifteen masked raiders entered
a sheep camp and assassinated Allie
man and Joseph Emge, prominent
sheepmen, and Joe Lazier herder.
Twenty-Five sheep were killed and $500
stampeded over the range.
Preparations for the Alaska-Yukon-
Pacific exposition at Seattle, have
caused the Seattle Electric Company
to spend 100000 for new cars, $780,
BOO for new trackage and $275,000 for
motor generators, transformers, trans
mission lines ana the lighting system.
John McGrain, seventy-eight years
old, who in the early sos drove an OK
team to the California gold fields and
later joined the gold rushes to Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Africa and Alas
ka, died at Saltwater, Okla, on the 4th
inst. Though sixty-five years old he
joined the Alaskan fortune hunters
and dragged a sledge many miles
across the snow and ice.
Every western state and territory,
Canada and Mexico contributed citi-
zens to the great crowd attending the
seventy-ninth conference of the Nor
mon church, which opened at Salt
Lake on the 4th inst. There were a
score or more of Indian Mormons who
came from Idaho in a special car.
There were Japanese converts, believ-
ers from Hawaii and the South Sea
Islands and a few negroes.
Secretary Ballinger of the Depart
ment of the Interior has approved reg
ulations under the act of Congress,
providing for an enlarged homestead
in Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon,
Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Arizona
and New Mexico. The regulations
provide for the making of entries for
800 acres of land of non-mineral non
timber, non-irrigable public lands in
the above named states and terrific
rieS.
The question of saloon license was
the dominating issue in the municipal
elections held in Nebraska Tuesday.
The gains in the smaller towns are on
the side of the "drys." Kearney, where
a substantial license victory was ex-
pected, voted out the saloons. ALI
ance, which for a year has been with
out saloons, declared in favor of their
re-establishment Beatrice increased
| its dry" vote. Hastings declared for
| the VETS"
By tornado at Marion, ILL.,, on the
9th inst, the Edwards mill was un-
rooted, the ice plant damaged and the
| A. F. White business college, Marion
State and Trust Bank, Holiday gro
Gerry building and a number of offices
were partly blown down. The African
Methodist church and hall were
wrecked and the Methodist church,
nj To
seph Clothing Company and w. H.
Bundy's drug store were badly dam
aged. At Pittsburg the Methodist
| church was blown down.