A traveling man, a guest at the Timmer…

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- ing from this year’s crop that are supposed to have been killed by lions. The ranchers pro- pose petitioning the next legislature for a larger bounty on lion scalps, so that hunters may be induced to make lion scalp hunting a business and rid the rancher of this scourge. A traveling man, a guest at the Timmer house last week, startled the occupants of the building at the dead hour of night, with cries of “fire,” “murder,” “burglars,” “police,” etc., and when the proprietors and a number of guests appeared upon the scene, the hero stood with a piece of stovewood uplifted, crying lustily to the supposed man under the bed, “don’t you come out, don’t you come out.” In his hurry he upset a stove in which a fire was burning. The guests who came to the rescue were scantily clad, and when the commotion had subsided somewhat, they realizing the sit- uation, fled to their rooms. The innocent cause of the trouble, Billy Beall’s dog. Snooze, came out from his comfortable hiding place, much to the amusement of the gathered throng. The dougty knight of the grip left on the train next day. Sheriff Lockhart purchased of Thomas Clark last week, 35 head of cow-ponies at $35 per head. They were shipped to Doming. D. H. Tulloch, of the Burros, spent several days in the city this week. ( 122 ) Pinos Altos In Ashes The Business Portion of the Town Swept Away