The Holly chieftain., 1911-12-01
FROM TGLEoRAPHIc REPORTS
THAT COVER the WEEKS
GvENTs.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMPo RrANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.


WESTERN.
A real blizzard has swept most Sec
tions 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 a 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 Chillicoths. Texas. Constable
Charles Holloway was killed and Con-
stable J. A. Doyle seriously wounded
in battle with two men wanted in
connection with the recent robbery Of
the State Bank of Odell. Texas. Posses
are pursuing the 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. Gill Thompson, hook tender.
was caught in the wreck. His body
has not been recovered.
A delegation 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,
tariff on wool importations cover the
difference between the cost of produc-
ton in this and foreign countries.
Possibly some of it's 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. Sentences 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.
i ne UlOiOSiCdt survey VI WyOuluE,
Montana and Idaho, covering the most
important agricultural and reclama-
tion areas Of those states, win soon
be completed. and copies ready Tor 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 a strip of country
heretofore unexplored 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.