Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-14
NEWS OF The WEST.
ALARMING Flood 10 Washington State:
Bridges Carried Away,
, GOVERNOR ASp1nfrnAnPLiw


Saratoga, Wyp., is agitung move
,,rpt Tor watefwotss.
pbonix, Arz., Is having an orange
Room thls winteG
u.tou. n. NJ, disposed Of the lots
t.,.trd T. aid the rauitatlum az thai
lace by drawing lOts last week.
crpple creek, Colo, expects 20 have
90. n.w tcIsphuue line from COlOtauO
.or,ngs complcttd uy Chrislmaa.
cam. stealing ~ the San Luis val.
isy is being tupprcsaei ny tue arrest
I'd conviction VI tho thieves Ia the
vicinity Of saguache.
Natrona county, Wyoming, IL on
the eve OF u big oil boom. on hns
been found on Casper crtth' Hun
'i,sds Of claims have buou filed and n
,Jte line from Salt creek oil wells u
,aspcr seems certainly OF 1879.
pusna vista, Colo, people complain
Ola srlfcity VI fnuoh pfolucu hud the
Dgytorat urge tue fauChmuu TO
liyrf.ify thuif crops. POtatUus have 70
bgimportcd for the local market Ia
Upper Afkansas valley.
At Durango last week, parties from
pIml.N, Ann, we're hiring men Tor
fB. darfin Ton cauui anu paying Tor
,.rF men 80 aud for shovcltis 81 90 a
g,v. Labor nus been scarce aud high
inArE1ua nli Iall and winter
Mauo5pa county, Arizona, has be-
come enthusiastic over ifuit culture
Ata meeting OF the Tempe hofllcul'
uml association few days ago, a
Igadinr citizen reported the production
G 100000 pouuus Of aprlcota from a.
tfthatd Of sixteen acres.
La Veta, Colo, although Il has no
natural lakcs, supplies the surrounding
t.wns with ice. a man named j. Is.
pgtfle creates Ice W nO0diug shallow
..frams layer on layer during cold
weather, creating ice OF aay thickness
EHtcrpris0.
O,ero county, Colorado, has decided
bofguui1r live, progrcsuive hofu'
cultural society. The meeting 70 per
trct the organization Will Do hclu iu
Rocky Ford noAt Saturday December
no. The Arkansas valley Is vitality in'
iur,stcd Ia this movement
Il, Veta, Colo, millors complain
uat they are unable 10 keep theii
mills goiug aud supply the demand ioi
dIuf because Of the diillcul y VI obtain
ius wheat. The land around La Noll
has been converted iuIo Aliall'
meadows.
A man ut French, ON the headwaier
Bfthe North Platte, ucT tue Wyoming
and Colorado line, raised 10000 pound
of potatoes aa an experiment thlh year
tut has no market Tor them. A rail
rad branch from RiwliuB or Carbon
would open au Immense potato country
iays an exchange.
Governor Lowcliug Of idaho, say
the Boise SidtosUi1H, explains mat M
circular agnins, tramp laws was IA
sured by recollection Of "A ume whoei
10 was once n tramp himself, IN IN
present acceptance OF that form
uas bern a common thing Tor schod
boys To be told that they might SON
day he governor, but II mas nrNe
occurred g. any one 10 yhooutnS
tfamps with tho thought that the
might rico from tho saloon bench
the chair Of the chief executive OF IA
state.
The North Palouso river broke .h
big dam at Pslousn CITY, Wash, o
Monday night, aud this stream swollr
by tho melting mountain suow an
tue recent rains, tore down To tollhl
carrying away the bridges on its oouf'
and nually bursting its bounds eiptit
itself on that part OF CUlaN near u
forks OF the North aud south PAlous
Sixty houses and ~ many more shr'
aud barns were submerged anu mAu
acres OF land were overlooked. IN
luol struck the city at O'Clock IA
morning ami tho trAdtsmcn IN IN
northern part of town uwoke To m
themselves hemmei In by the foafii
waters. Skiiis Aud Rats were USED
bear the people from the houses. ~
highway bridges across tue tlvtr
Town were swept away
MIS-. Truman l.. Hin, the wife OF
letter carrier VI 5an Franoiseo' :
tempted 10 commit suicide Monul
Afternoon by suilooatlng herself WI
ras. Sue was found lying IN ne
room unconscious by a nvighbor WI
Ian teen called to the home u
patrol wagon was summoned ana y
woman was tnken post haste 10 tue
c.lying hospital. Mrs. Hill had ma
nll prepafations 10 die. She oiotal 4
windoWa IN tho room aud chgrlul