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A real blizzard has swept most Sec
lions of Colorado, at. some points the
mercury going down to twenty degrees
below zero.
Eight Jurors have been finally accept
ed in the Mcnamara dynamiting case
in Los Angeles. The case was called
over six weeks ago.
The Colorado Springs, Colo, Cham.
ber Of Commerce will distribute thou.
sands Of postcards showing scenic at
fractions in Pixies Peak region.
The first Sunday in December is
Elk Memorial Day, and on that date
every lodge Of the order in the coun.
try will hold memorial services.
Aviator Fowler. in sight of Fort
Worth, Texas, was forced to descend
in the midst Of drove Of steers,
when his engine broke down in mid.
air. He lost no time in descending, but
it took dextrous management to
avoid damage from the stampeded cat.
tie.
AT Chillicothe, Texas, Constable
Charles Holloway was killed and Con.
stable ]. A. Doyle seriously wounded
! in a battle with two men wanted in
connection with the recent robbery Of
the State Bank Of Odell. Texas. Posses
are pursuing tie men, who are said to
be afoot.
One man was killed and several
others were injured when a steel
bridge east OF Maple Valley, Wash,
on the Columbia and Puget Sound
railway collapsed and fell into Cedar
river. fl|l Thompson, hook tender,
was eau It in the wreck. His body
has not Been recovered.
A dele htion of Utah and Idaho
wool men, accompanied by Senator
Smoot. called upon President Taft
and discussed briefly prospective leg.
islation affecting the wool tariff. They
told the President they favored the
bill Senator Smoot has framed, which
proposes making washed instead Of
raw wool the basis of tariff charges,
and that they would like to see the
tariff on wool importations cover the
difference between the cost Of produc-
tion in this and foreign countries.
Possibly some of its members will re.
turn to Washington after Congress
convenes, to aid western members in
their efforts to protect the interests
OF wool growers.
Two OF the defendants in the tar
party" case. at Lincoln Center, Kan.
John Schmidt and Sherriill Clark.
were found guilty Of assault and bat
terry by jury in Judge Growers
court. Sentence, on the two men was
deferred. setnehces Of one year each
in the county Jail. the extreme penalty
In Kansas for the offense charged,
were passed ON Everett G. Clark, Jay
Fitzwater, Watson Scranton and Ed.
ward Ricord, confessed assailants Of
Mary Chamberlain. These defendants
were accused of the same crime as the
other men. In addition to the SEN
tences. the court ruled that the men
must pay the costs Of the prosecution.
The biological survey of Wyoming.
Montana and Idaho, covering the most
important agricultural and reclama.
tion areas OF those states, will soon
be completed, and copies ready for dis.
tribution shortly may be had from the
Department OF Agriculture or through
members Of Congress. The survey In
Montana and Wyoming was carried
over portions Of these states where
little work had been previously done
and where detailed knowledge Of the
distribution Of birds and mammals Is
important. In Idaho strip Of country
heretofore UNEMPLOYED by biologists.
but now rapidly developing agricultur.
ally, was covered. One OF the bene.
ficial objects Of these surveys Is the
discovery Of birds. insects and nam.
mails injurious to crops. and the means
taken to exterminate them.