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Denver will try to secure both the
Republican and Democratic national
conventions of 1912.
Bisbee. Ariz., was swept by de-
structive flood. eight or ten people be-
ing reported drowned and portion OF
the city greatly damaged.
Affiliation of the Western Federation
Of Miners with the American Fedora
ton of Labor is practically assured. &C.
cording to statements made by promi-
nent officers of the former organiza-
tion.
Mrs. Fletcher johnson of South Ia
coma, WASH. Saturday afternoon shot
and killed Frank Hall. an electrician.
during quarrel following Halls at
tempt to induce Mrs. johnson to leave
her home and children for him.
Crop conditions In the far Western
states, including Colorado. are 3.6 per
cent below those Of year ago. and
43 per cent below the average. ac-
cording to an estimate made by the
United States Department of Agricul'
ture.
at several western points: Wichita
1O3 (shade), Topeka 104, Guthrie 10S,
Fort Smith "a, Muskogee sc. Oklaho
ma City 81, Kansas City sc. In Den
yer the government thermometer reg
Istered 1O1, the hottest day in thirty
four years.
While no case of the human plague
I,, Eron
two years and four months and no
case of rat plague has been found
there in a year and six months. the
deadly war on the determination OF
rats in the Pacific coast metropolis
continue swithout relaxation.
The Western Pacific Railroad Com
pany has made a deal with the Toyc
Kisen Kaisha, one of the leading Jap
| anese steamship companies. whereby
the Western, In company with the Den
yer & Rio Grande and other Gould rail
roads, will receive the freight OF the
steamship line at San Francisco fol
trans-shipment across the continent.
President Taft has approved the ap
pointment by the interior department
| Of j. A. Ockerson af St. Louis to inves
| tigate conditions in Imperial valley
| California, where serious damage Is
threatened by the Colorado river
breaking its banks. Whether he will
be retained to take charge OF the en-
cheering work involved in controlint
the river. for which Congress appropri
ated 100000. depends. 1t is said. or
his report to the President
A dispatch from Deadwood. s. d.
Saturday evening said: "All the avail
| able men and boys in the city are ouI
| fighting large forest fire this even
ing. less than mile north of town
The flames have been spreading al
day and dense c'oud OF smoke is
hanging over the city" Fires which
have been raging in Washington. Ida
no, Montana, Wisconsin and British
| Columbia were checked Saturday by
heavy rains.
The census bureau has announced
the population of Pueblo to be 44.395
an increase of 1928 since the census o
1900, or gain of ST. per cent. Pueblo
county shows a total population OF 81.
223, an Increase OF 17,755 for ten years
most OF the increase, however. being II
the city If Colorado shows genera
increases in population corresponding
with this one county. it will have five
| and possibly six members In the House
Of Representatives after the new ap
portionment is made.
Perhaps the greatest suit under the
anti-boycott law yet to be fully tested
will soon be brought by the Western
Federation of Miners against the
homestake Mining Company OF South
Dakota Friday a committee on Pres
ident Meyers report reported back In
favor of his recommendation that the
best legal talent obtainable be engaged
| to bring suit against the Homestake
Company. If suit is brought 1t will be
based on the grounds that several
months ago the mining company closed
it's property to union men and com
PEELED all miners employed afterwards
| to sign a card stating they did not be
long to any labor union and in consid
GRAFTON of the employment not to join
any union labor organization. The
| Western Federation of Miners believes
this is a violation of the constitutional
rights of free speech and assembly
granted to every citizen of the United
| States.