The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-02-02
CONDENSED RECORD OF tn E
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DO N G S. ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERiNos, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WEST ERN

Senator Nixon was reelected to the
United States senate from Nevada.
Farmers near Atchison. Kan. are
installing coal oil stoves in their hog
pens.
Thomas ]. Fields is dead and five
others are in serious condition as the
result of disastrous fire in Omaha.
T. w. Flowers and his son Arthur
were 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-
session was reelected.
The lower house of the Washington
Legislature passed bill making
women eligible for jury duty by strik'
in the word male" from the present
statute.
Population statistics for the thir.
teenth census announced included: Tue
son. Arlz. 1913; Hilo. Hawaii. Gas:
Albuquerque. y. NJ. l1.020; Laramie.
| Wyo.. S.237.
Howard Wilcox broke the American
/ automobile five-mile competition
speedway record at the Motordrome
in Los Angeles. His time was three
minutes and twenty-one seconds.
Nevada. the last OF the wild and
woolly West" is going to reform.
Carson City reports movement to
carry through the Legislature meas
res to bar cigarettes and easy d.
'orces. and give the ballot to woman.
Shoshoni. wyo.. comes to the front
with material for n real heavyweight
boxer. He is John w. Young n meat
cutter. who is twenty-five years old
stands six feet one inch and weighs
$50 pounds.
J. G. Jensen and three children were
oremated and Mrs. Jensen escaped
with three other children. all badly
ourneL. when fire. which started by
pouring gasoline over kindllng. con-
ruined the Jensen home near North
wood. Iowa.
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 rehearing OF the
Judgment and order sentencing Abra-
ham Ruef to San Quentin for four
teen years on charge of bribery of
the Ruef-Schmit= 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. summarily ordered the closing
/ up OF the red light district, giving its
denizens until February 1st 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 al
| Omaha. The object is to divert the
tide of immigration from the South
eastern states and Canada to the
! West.
Roger Wilson. who paid $4,000 TO;
the exclusive rights to the JeGries
Johnson fight pictures in Oklahoma
Kansas. Arkansas and Nebraska, at
tempted to exhibit the pictures ir
Lawton. He was arersted on thu
charge OF disturbing the peace, and ;
large crowd, which had paid to SCI
the pictures. was given the admission
money and told there would be nj
show.
Representing an aggregate capita
of $4,000. 900 invested in apple orch
ards. and an output of 10000 car
yearly, having n value of from $4,000
900 to $s,0OO,000, more than 100 appl
growers from Oregon. Washington AM
Idaho gathered in Portland for tn
purpose of forming a national sellini
agency of sufficient scope to contro
and dispense Of the apples produces
in the three states mentioned.
WASHINGTON.