The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-12-18
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DOM NGS. ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERlNGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

|
Minneapolis reports that the flour
mills are running on fuller time than
| ever now.
The Montana Senate passed bill
| prohibiting the intermarriage of whites
and blacks with only one dissenting
vote
The judge of the agricultural eXnib-
it's at the Dry Farming Congress at
Cheyenne. February 23rd to 25th, will
be Prof b. c. Buffum of Worland, Wy
oming.
1t is stated that the long expected
consolidation of practically all Illinois
coal mines in a radius of fifty miles of
st. Louis is on the verge of consumma-
ton. The deal will involve S5O,OOO,OOO.
The House in Texas by vote of So
to A defeated the resolution to sub
nit state wide prohibition to popular
vote. The prohibitionists lacked only
two votes of a necessary two-thirds
majority.
The Montana Senate by strict!
party vote, killed the House primary
election bill, which is patterned after
the Oregon law, and which relates
solely to the election of United States
senators.
The California assembly reconsid-
cred it's vote to segregate Japanese
children in the public schools and de-
feated the measure because of the
pressure brought to bear by President
Roosevelt and Governor Gillett.
Judge A. b. Anderson in the United
States District Court in Chicago has
issued an order for venire of $50 men
to appear Feb 25th for service in the
retrial of the famous Standard Oil
S29, ,240, 900 fine.
Batteries and F, Second Field Ar
tillery, left Fort Russell. Wyoming, on
the 10th inst. for the Philippines in
special train of sixteen cars. They will
sail from New York and go via the
Suez canal.
Plans have been completed by the
Seattle Automobile Club for a transcon-
tinental endurance race to be held Tor
the cars to finish in the stadium of the
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition dur
ing the opening week of the big fair.
Both House and Senate of the Wash
ington Legislature have disclaimed any
intention to adopt legislation attempt
ing to require Japanese visitors to the
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition to
give bond for their return to their ma
tive land.
Senator McCullouch has offered in
the Iowa Legislature bill which, he
declares. will stamp out arson. The
bill provides that every property own
er must place upon his property sign
or label showing the exact amount of
insurance and the company carrying
it. The result of this, the author says,
will be that over-insurance will be de-
tected.
The Western Pacific railroad Will be.
completed from Salt Lake TO San
Francisco by September list and will.
in connection with the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, establish through
service from Denver to San Francisco.
The Western Pacific is Gould" road
and will be operated in connection
with the Rio Grande, Missouri Pacific,
Wabash and Western Maryland in
forming a new through line from Bal
timore to San Francisco.
Ten thousand farmers. controlling
grain output in the Inland Empire es-
timated to exceed 2O,OOO,OOO bushels
of grain yearly. have formed a hard
and fast combination through the exec
utive session of the Farmers Educa-
ton and Cooperative union, at Spo-
kane, Washington. the active board be
ing empowered to employ one or more
central selling agents to represent the
union on the coast or at other neces-
sary places. cutting out all middle
men.