The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-30
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WESTERN.

Fire destroyed the South Central
High school at Spokane Tuesday night
entailng a loss OF 100000.
FIVE thousand visitors attended the
Railroad Days celebration at Their
mopolis. wyo.. "Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Samuel Elmore. president OF big
salmon packing company OF Astoria.
Ore, was killed Tuesday evening when
his automobile was run down by sub
urban electric car.
Sixty convicts employed on the state
road near Bellingham. Wash. who
went on strike for an eight-hour day.
have won their strike. Orders were
issued Thursday putting the work on
an eight-hour scale.
The state associations OF wool grow
ers OF Wisconsin. Minnesota. Wyoming
and New Mexico have formed a coop
erative organization and have obtained
an option on a plant at Albuquerque.
~ NJ, where the wool of the states
will be sent for manufacture.
Grading work on the Denver & Gulf
railroad project. the bonds OF which
have already been placed to the extent
Of $5.l00.000. and which Will result in
complete readjustment OF transporta-
ton routings between the Gulf OF Mex
lea and Puget Sound. has started at La
mar, Colo. southeast to Texhoma on
the Oklahoma-Te line.
Charles McGrath. a paroled prison
err. being taken to Canon City from
Denver. for violation of his parole.
ieaped through the window OF Rio
Grande passenger train early Tuesday
morning near Goodnight. five miles
west OF Pueblo. and although wearing
handouts. has not been recaptured.
One man was killed and six were
seriously injured Thursday when
large brick and frame building being
erected near Bane. Wash. for the
Little Falls Clay Company, collapsed
Sixty men were at work in the build
ing when II fell. and all but seven es-
capped. Six OF them were rescued
alive.
Jesse d. Webb confessed Tuesday
afternoon to the killing OF w. A. John
SOP. whose body WAS found in trunk
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Monday. Webb, in n signed statement
made to the police after two hours OF
Questioning. said he killed Johnson In
self defense after n brawl between the
two men In the latter's room in
downtown hotel.
Denver is to have n good roads ju'
bilee about July ]. Thursday con-
ference was held at Eldorado Springs
regarding the programme, Of the ju-
bilee Prominent among those at the
conference were President-F. l.. Bart
lett OF the Denver chamber OF com
merce. President c. A. Johnson OF the
Rocky Mountain Highway association
and President Faxon OF the new Santa
Fe trail Most OF the delegates to the
jubilee will go in automobiles over the
new Santa Fe trail, from Kansas.
Missouri and Nebraska.
Representative ;Mondeli. president OF
the National Dry Farming congress.
and +. T.. Goodall OF the Spokane
chamber OF commerce. Tuesday invit-
ed President TAFT to attend the meet
ing of the Dry Farming congress at
Spokane. October 3 to 6. and later
visit Seattle, Tacoma, Portland. Los
Angeles and San Francisco. The
president expressed satisfaction at re-
ceiving the invitation and said he
would like to attend the congress and
visit the coast cities, but could give
no definite assurances until later in
the season. as his plans are not defin-
itely determined.