The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1922-11-03
Western Brevities
from the Many
Western States

Bend. ore.-Three men were killed
instantly and a fourth was morta,ly
injured when a runaway fiat car
baded with steel rails charged down
steep grade.
Sacramento.-Owners of 47Oas7 an.
tomobiles in California will pay taxes
this year of total assessed property
value of S1S5G0l $50.
Los Angeles-Mrs. Rose Febro v-ho
appeared in federal court with hsbv
In her arms. has been sentenced I,
serve five months In the county I.iI
tor violation of the volstead act.
Trinidad.-Nine business houses IN
the town OF Branson. in the east end
OF Las Animas county are reported
to\have been totally DESTROYER in ,
fire.
observation-disclosures Ben w. Olcott
IN a statement said the state was
ready to go to bat" with the I. ".
w. In case there was an Inyas,.n
and that there was mo room" In tbs
state for them. He indicated he had
instructed the adjutant general in
command OF the national guard TO see
that the guard is ready for service in
case of necessity.
MCurtain, Okla.-An open light car.
ried on the cap of F. f. Eaton. nina
forman and fire boss OF a coal com.
pany at a mine caused the explosion
which killed eight men including him.
self and injured four others.
Los Angeles.-Wallace Reid, motion
picture actor, is reported by relatives
to be seriously i'll. Dorothy Davenport
MS wife, at the bedside in their home
here, confirmed reports of her hus.
pand's collapse, although the nature
OF the illness was not revealed other
than 1t was complete nervous
breakdown"
Iurmer.-The fact that thirty-ons
industries showed gain in the number
OF hands employed indicates that the
industrial revival is here to stay. The
greatest increase. 1873 per cent, m.
pears In car building and repairing,
Cotton finishing had an increase of
lib per cent and WOODEN of II per
cent.
Salt Lake City.-The interstate com.
merce commission has issued GER
tificate of public convenience and
necessity authorizing the Los Angeles
q Salt Lake railroad to build thirty
two-mile branch from Lund, on the
main line. to Cedar City, in Iron coun
ty, Utah
san Ffancisco.-Charles Buckley.
electrician, who while in an intoxica.
ted condition, police charged, ran down
and killed Marion Newton years of
age, in his automobile Wednesday
night, Monday offered to give his own
child, Isabel 5 years of age. to the
parents of the dead child to compen
safe them for their loss.
HOuston.-The Rev. Joseph Madison |
Evans 50, pastor of Evans Memoria,
Presbyterian church here, and said to |
be the oldest minister In the United
states actively engaged as pastor of a |
churcn, Is dead here He had told |
friends he had preached about 10000 |
sermons and made upward of 10000
converts.
Little Rock,-If J. d. Young, recent.
iy convicted of murder In Monroe coun. |
ty, Ark, and sentenced to die in the
electric chair, shall at any time make
an attempt to the communication of his
death sentence to life Imprisonment
granted by Governor II. G. McRae be-
comes void. and the death penalty will
be inflicted.
behVer.-IWenty persons were In |
)ured, several seriously when an in
bound street car from Berkeley, a sub
urn. loaded with workers, crashed in.
to another shreetcar which had de.
rallied while turning corner.
Belliugham WASH Emigration of
RUSSIAN loggers to work on conces.
sions in their native country is cause
ing shortage Of skilled labor in
logging camps Of the state of Wash
lngton.
cripple Creek.-Old timers OF this
once famous mining camp are seeing
visions of revival Of those prosper
Gus days when this section was the
greatest gold producer in the world.
Since 1918 there has been little or no
activity and Cripple Creeks
Long Beach.--Cupil, taking on a
merry chase the minions of the law
here who seek to inforce the anti.
spoohing ordinance led policemen
up tree. As result there appears on
The police blotter the names of young
couple. with the charge tree spoon.