The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1910-10-07
FROM rELEoRAPHIc REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMP oR T ANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
WESTERN.

The state of Missouri has popula-
ton of 3.293.335. according to the Cen
sus Bureau. This Is AN increase OF
1860.
Another OF the serious fires which
have almost wiped out Estancia. eigh-
ty miles south of Santa Fe, in the last
two months, occurred Friday.
T. B. Skidmore. school teacher OF
Rio Grande, Tex. 40 years old. was
shot twice and probably MORALLY
wounded Friday by Harold Green at
the latter's home at Los Angeles.
An active campaign will be started
at once by the Modern Woodmen of
America to raise 100000 for construc-
ton of an administration building for
their sanitarium near Colorado
Springs.
The International Dry Farming Con-
gress is In session in Spokane. Seven
ty-five of the worlds foremost advo-
Gates of dry farming. including prac-
tical agriculturists and experts from
various districts in the West are on
the program for addresses.
John F. Seymour. chief Of the Wells
Fargo Express Company detective
bureau. formerly captain Of detectives
on the local force. has been appointed
chief of police of San Francisco, vice
John p Martin. resigned. Seymour
confirmed the appointment Sunday
night.
Announcement has been made at
Topeka that President Ripley. repre-
senting the Atchison, Topeka & San
ia Fe Railway Company. had made o
gift to the Presbyterian Synod OF New
Mexico. of the Montezuma hotel and
1900 acres of land at Las Vegas, for
Presbyterian college.
With delegates present from thirty
nine foreign countries the Information
al Prison Congress assembled in
Washington Sunday with much
form and ceremony. Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham addressed the dele
gates on the progress toward pre-
vention of crime made in Tits coun-
try since the last congress. in Buda-
pest, in 1905.
The building occupied by the Times
Publishing Company at Los Angeles
was destroyed by fire Saturday morn
il and there is heavy death list.
The fire was preceded by an explo-
sion and Immediately the building was
enveloped in flames. Within few
seconds from the time of the explo-
sion the entire building was fiery
furnace. Crowds that gathered early
say they saw men fall back from the
windows into the flames. Others
leaped and were injured The Times
plant was run by electricity through
out and as far as known there was no
steam boiler of any kind in the build
ing The estimates Of the loss of life
are over twenty-five. The flames fol-
lowed the explosion SO quickly that
those in the building had little chance
to escape.
The Civil Service Commission will
hold an examination for assistant for
est ranger Oct. 24-25. The United
States Department of Agriculture es-
Inmates that 400 eligibles will be need
ed during the field season of 1911. AS
sistant forest rangers are paid an en-
trance salary of $1,000 per annum. The
examination will be held at national
forest headquarters in Alaska. Arizo-
ma, California, Colorado, Florida, Ida
no, Kansas Michigan, Minnesota, Mon
tana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada,
Oregon, South Dakota. Washington
and Wyoming. No examinations will
be held in Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Utah, except at Kanah, Utah, the
headquarters of the Kaibab national
forest. Since all of the Kaibab forest
is in Arizona, residents of Arizona
will, under the law, have preference
in appointments for this forest.