The Lamar register., 1911-02-01
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senator Nixon was reelected to the
United States senate from Nevada.
Farmers near Atchison, Kan. are
installing coal oil stoves in their hog
pens.
T. w. Flowers and his son Arthur
we're killed in snow slide near Hal
ley. Idaho. with two horses.
Cyrus Corning. prominent in the or
ganization OF the Populist party in
Kansas and identified with. several
Populist newspapers. is dead.
Senator Culberson was nominated
In both branches of the Texas Legis-
!ature to succeed himself and in joint
session was reelected.
The lower house OF the Washington
Legislature passed bill making
women eligible for Jury ddty by s;rik
in the word male" from the present
statute.
Population statistics for the thir
teenth census announced included: Tue
son. Ariz. 1873; Hilo. Hawaii. 6.745:
Albuquerque. N. NJ. 1920; Laramie.
Wyo.. S.237.
Sunday baseball in Kansas was Civ.
en- new lease on life when the House
OF the Legislature went on record by
vote OF CO to 5S against any further
means to prohibit the game.
Austin NJ. Reed. until recently post
master at Silverton. pleaded guilty in
the Federal Court in Denver to embez
element and classifying vouchers. He
was sentenced to pay a fine of 81. 900
and costs.
For the first time. 1t was declared
in the history OF aviation. an aero
plane rose from the surface of the
water. at San Diego. Cal. sailed
about and. returning to the starting
point landed on the water as easily
as gull.
J. c. Jensen and three children were
tremated and Mrs. Jensen escaped
with three other children. all badly
burned. when fire, which started by
Touring gasoline over kindling. con
ruined the Jensen home near North
wood. Iowa.
The Arkansas Valley Irrigation
Company of Denver. OF which A. NJ
Eppstein is president. reports the sale
within the last ten days of water val
e
along the company's bitches in Gray,
Ford and Edwards counties. Kansas.
Matt Harrison and four of his chill
dren are dying and a fifth child is
dead. as the result OF an explosion OF
can OF powder In the kitchen of the
Harrison home at Roslyn. Wash. Mrs
Harrison. who was also badly burned
is expected to recover.
The petition for u rehearing of the
Judgment and order sentencing Abra
ham Ruef to San Quentin for four
teen years on charge Of bribery OF
the Ruef-Schmitz Board of Super
visors has been granted by the State
Supreme Court OF California.
Calling the bluff OF those who stated
that he would find bomb under him,
Mayor Charles p. Nevin of Butte,
Mont. summary ordered the closing
up OF the red light district. giving Its
denizens until February LIST to move
out. under pain of being raided.
The Western Development Associa
ton was organized by representatives
from all Western states who have
been exhibiting at the land show at
Omaha. The object is to divert the
tide OF immigration from the South.
eastern states and Canada to the
West.
Representing an aggregate capital
Of $4,000. 900 invested In apple orch.
erds, and an output Of 10000 cars
yearly, having a value OF from $6.0o0..
600 to s. .00O.O 1000. more than 100 apple
growers from Oregon. Washington and
Idaho gathered in Portland for the
purpose of forming national selling
agency of sufficient scope to control
and dispense Of the apples produced
in the three states mentioned.