The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-19
Western Breyiies
from, the Many
Western States


pilot, was killed and Herschel Nc
Kee, mechanic, probably fatally In
jured in an airplane accident here.
Pueblo, Colo.-Consolidati Of the
Santa Fe and the Denver and Rio
Grande Western Railway systems ia
favored by all of southern Colorado
according to representatives
Ogden, Utah.-Residents of Ashton
Idaho, and other towns In that dis
trict are asking the forest service for
additional funds for the completion
of the Warm River-Y ellowstone road
Denver, Colo.-Four children were
burned to death when the hay shed
In which they were playing was des-
troyed by fire here.
Los Angeles. - Herschel Mckee
noted racing driver, was under treat.
ment at a local hospital here Tues
day for injuries he received when a
plane he was plotting plunged 800
feet to earth.
Denver. Colo.-Police halted a
human fly" In his attempt to climb
the front of a local office building.
Portland, Ore.-Theft of $4,000
worth of motion picture films from
the vault of the American Telegraph
company here was revealed by the
police, who announced the stolen
films had been recovered.
Los Angeles-William f. McShane,
formerly president of the Sutherland
Fruit company, was sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment and a fine Of
$4,000 on conviction of forging bills
of lading on shipments of oranges to
eastern cities.
Provo, Utah.-The body of man
thought to have been dead for more
than two years, which has been part
ly identified as that of Irving Pratt.
formerly of this city, has just been
discovered in the mountains near
Grand Junction, Colo.
Redlands, Cal.-Charles J. Bliss, SO,
one of the country's first professional
printers more than sixty years ago,
died here after a short illness.
Portland, Ore.-Fred Herrick of st.
Maries, Idaho, was the successful bid
der in a widely advertised govern
ment sale Of approximately 100000
feet of timber in Bear valley.
Sheridan, Wyo. John Crsswell,
rancher Of Yaycee. Wyo., was under
arrest here charged with KIDNAPPING
Alma Csllwell, 10 years of age.
Long Beach, Cal.-Horacs w. Boies
former governor of Iowa and at one
time offered an opportunity to be a
candidate for the presidency, died at
bis home here of paralysis.
Los Angeles.-Pa Coogan, father of
Jackie Coogan, feared million dollar
accident had happened to his son,
when he fell from his bicycle and lost
two teeth.
Nyssa, Ore.-In the Nyssa-Ontario
section of Malheur county It Is ex-
pected to grow this year In the neigh
borhood of four hundred acres Of head
lettuce.
Dayton, Ohio. - Captain Richard
Derby, of Tacoma Wash, flyer at Nc
Cook field here, was instantly killed
when his plane fell 1900 feet near the
field.
Pawhuska. okla.-The largest sale
of oil rights on Indian territory ever
held in the state of Oklahoma was
opened when the government offered
for sale leases on $4,000 acres of rich
oil land.
Salt Lake City, Utah.-Details of an
alleged emblezZlement involving up
wards of $4,000 and dating back over
period of more than year were
brought to light incident to confess
sion by S. W. Ross, cashier Of the
Utah State Land Office, who resigned
his position the latter part OF March.
Topeka, Kan.-Because Of early
drought many farmers in western
Kansas are preparing to pillow up their
wheat and plant other crops, &C
cording to reports.
Sacramento, Cal-The state senate
has adopted bill to fix a minimum
wage of $1,000 for public school
teachers.
Denver-Thomas McCabe, secrc-
tary to Washington Rinker, chief Of
detectives, was shot and possibly
fatally wounded by holdups.
Washington. = The Marble and
Grand canyons Of the Colorado, listed
in most Biographies as among the
narrowest, deepest and most danger
Gus river stretches in the world, will
be surveyed this summer to deter
mine their adaptability to a general
scheme of water power development.
Lincoln, Neb.-A state soldier bon
us bill providing for submission Of a
bonus proposal to state referendum,
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