The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-09-21
a BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
GloN coUNTRlEs.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
polMoo AND hAPpeNiNos THAT
MARK THE PRooRGoo
o. the AoG.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WEsrERN.

Every farmer and merchant in the
county of Chickasha. Okla. will ges
out and help build a state highway on
Oct. 2.
Robt. G. Fowler. the first aviator
to attempt a transcontinental flight
has started from San Francisco to
New York.
department shows that for the year
ended June 80 the fire losses were
q. 1.3S6.992. an increase Of nearly 300
per cent. over 1910.
1t has been announced by Judge
Walter Bordweli of Los Angeles that
the trial OF John J. and James B. Nc
Namara. alleged dynamiter conspira-
tors. would 6egin October 11th.
The body of II. b. Vale. wealthy.
retired ranchman. who had been miss
ing. was found at the bottom of
well In Sturgis. 8. d. 1t is believed
Vale WAS murdered. as he carried
large sum OF money and was last
seen In company OF a stranger.
When the steamer Ramona foun-
dered and sank off Spanish island.
Alaska, recently. she carried down
with her $1SO.0OO in gold bullion from
the Treadwell mine. The ship lies in
water that is usually smooth. and 1t
is thought that the treasure will be
recovered easily.
Three years and thsee days IN ths
federal prison nj Leavenworth VAS the
sentence imposed upon James NJ. Brcn-
ton. former mayor OF Des Moines. by
Federal Judge Elliott. at Deadwood.
s. d. Brenton pleaded guilty in the
United States Circuit Court to selling
liquor to Indians.
The commercial district Of New Or
leans was flooded when tanks contain
ing millions OF gallons OF molasses
burst Scores Of persons had narrow
escapes from drowning and suffoca-
tion. Repairs are being made in boats
propelled over the surface OF the mo-
lasses.
Representatives Of packing houses.
railroads. live stock associations. traf-
fic associations and other interests
connected with the packing Industry
htc III Wy ~ hht - i's
Of live stock rate cases before Com
missioner Prouty OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Edward II. Funston. seventy-five
years old. former congressman. faith
er OF Brigadier General Frederick
Funston. commanding the department
OF the Philippines. died at his home In
fAIu af hAa dIanngn Ha "a
In Congress twelve years in the late
SOS and early 90's.
Ishi, the primitive Indian, is prov
ing n treasure TO the anthropologists
OF the University Of California. Profs.
A. l.. Krober and T. T. Waterman
have recorded by the dictagraph 1000
words OF the Yana language. and they
believe that highly important phil
illogical discoveries will be made IN
tracing connections between the In
dian word roots and remote Arabic
and Sanskrit word beginnings.
En- route from San Francisco to New
York. Aviator. Bob" Fowler. mo, VITA
the first mishap of his pioneer cross
country aerial voyage at Alta, Calf.
when. In trying to make landing.
necessitated by refractory engine
and steering gear. his biplane collided
with two trees. hurling 1t to the
ground and slightly injuring the
dauntless birdman. Both planes Of the
craft and its two propcllers were
broken aud Fowler will be delayed
here several days before he can re
sumo his eastward journey.