Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-02
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
Mysterious Rising Of Water at
SaltOn.
A DESERT TURNED INTO A LAKE.
Another Vast Irrigation Project In
wJoming.--The Abandonment OF
the Fort Laramie Reservation.

laramie Boonerang.--The plat OF
the abandoned Fort Laramie military
reservation, 100 miles north OF Chey-
enne, will be forwarded 10 Washington
In July. II IL expected that The tract
Of 200, 900 fertile aud well watcfud acres
will be- thrown open 10 settlement BY
the middle Of August.
Evanston ReOitsr-Gco. Crofutt, this
Big Sandy colonization promoter, IL Ia
the north nj present engineering an.
other vast irrigation project. lie u al
present laying out AMI calculating on
q ditch 10 commence i've miles above
the mouth " the fontanelle aud run
south 10 Blacks Fork, a distsnc. OF
my miles. He estimates that SUCH a
canal will irfgato 10000 acres OF
land, which viii be an empire In Itself.
AZ soon as the ditch Ia completed lac
expects 10 colonlks II, but u Ia feared
that the gcntleman's schemes are en-.
tirsly too visionary, as none u them
have yet been carried 10 consumns'
ton. His big Sandy enterprise seems
10 have gone by default.
Sacramento Bes.--A terrible sccl.
dent bcfel little Ida Pctplli. tn. three.
year-old daughter Of John Perslll,
who resides on fifth street between n
and o, early saturday evening. A
house II IA course OF construction near
by, and n box full ~ clustering stool
near the sidewalk. The little girl, with
childish curiosity, cllmbed 10 the top OF
III. boz, aud then fell hoa ilong Into
the simmering, burning lime. A gen.
tleman who happened 10 be passing
rrscucd the little one and took her "
the home Of her PARENTS. Sho wa- Ia
M htful state, her nshh pscling ofiln n
flakes. She fingered In fearful agony
until yesterday, when death put an
end 10 her suiiefing.
ST. Chronio's.-The Oakland Typo.
graphical union recently passea TO.
solution ordering III. pfiBt.fs On the
Enquirer TO strike because that paper
use. plate reading matter. tn. printer
on that paper, however, by unAni-
nous vote, declined u obey the resolu.
tion, giving as q reason that the action
Of IN. Union Wa Illegal, A. mons Of the
pfelimirAfles which legally variant a
strike had been carried out. Ye.ler.
day, however, foreman Soule aud Y.
l.. sullivan changed their minds and
decided " quit. Tn. other printers
VIII remain aud appeal their cas-. "
tho International union"
y. a. Chrosioie Angeles, Jun.
"a singular thing about tho Colo.
RADIO desert water scare IL tho fact that
passengers and tfalnmen who have
passed over the desert have failed 10
sseany water, although all declare they
could hear the sound Of tho rushing
waters whsD tho train pa.s.d near
salton. When the story drst reached
the Southern Pacific officials they
looked on II M nsh story aud raid no
particular attention 10 tho wild fumor.,
tut there has br-n ~ much said about
N. matter that the comIsny he. do.
cil.d TO make an investigation.
Yuma, a. r., June gp.--fhs rail-.
ROAD company has men out today 10
ascertain the depth Of water around
5slton and the probable causes. Old
residents about Yuma think that
tho overflow from the Colorado
Into New river explains tho
cause OF the subtcrfanean rise about
halton. The food " last February
washed away q small hill bclongin 10
the range between Colorado aud New
river. about fifteen miles southwest Of
Yuma. Tho New river Il only =
river In name, being merely n dry
channel with u grade toward the slnk
IN the desert, In which IL situated
halton. tn. Colorado aud New
rivers are only f.w miles apart nj
the point west Of Yuma referred 10.
The Indians have their irrigation
ditch from the Colorado which dis.
charged waste wster Into tho Algo.
donc- slough, eventually working IL
way Into the New river. Owing 10
the washing away Of tho sand hill a
largo stream Of water IL now running
from tho Colorado through the
Algodon.. slough into New river,
The Colorado, which IL high now
owing 10 melting anows At tho head.
waters, IL 40 feet Ahoye sea level
at Yuma. Salton II ads feet b..
low sea level aud Ia ninety .seyeu miles
north aud the lowest point below sea
level on the railroad. should the
Colorado continu. 10 cut IL banks
westward OF Yuma u Il not unlikely
that . considerabl. How Of water may
reach the ncighborhood Of Salton. In
the great Hood Of 1889 two ferries had
10 be maintained hcro@ New river ON.
Of which was al Cooks Wells, twenty.
fiv- miles west Of Yuma. Later report.
connrm the continued rise Of the
water, and ther. arc fears Of wAshout
on tho railroad.
Hciona Journai--wedn.s,iAy last q. |
NAughan's daughter, Ada, stepped
aboard the NJ. q. train nj silver, the |
original county scat af l,aWia aud
Clarke county, On route 10 Helena.
with the intention ~ receiving treat. !
mrnt from a dentist 10 relrave the |
pains OF mn aching tooth. Since then
no trace Of her has been discovered, |
though dillgrnt search has been made |
by her father and the city officers em. |
powered 10 perform such duties.