Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-29
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DO Springs, Colo, tnnt heavy forest
fires are devastating the timber ia the
Waite River park reservation. The
location Of the lire II sumo thirty
miles northwest ~ fmppers lakc IN
what Il called the Lost park country.
There ARE said 10 be f'ur distinct nfup.
It's densoly timber u Destructive lircs
In some OF tho heaviest timGer In tie
state have nlso teen burning for days
in the North WOOl's Landing aui
Mountain Home. The stages have
made unily trips with the mail, but
run some risk In doing 90. Horses aud
passengers did not like the road wuete
burning trees were falliug on all sii'es.
The drOuth still continues. II 10
thought 1t will shorten the hay ctop.
The condition Of the fruit cauuing
anu drying Industries OF California,
saws the Sau Fr ,uc.scJ Ctr0niciC, Te.
m AIMS practically uuchgngUJ. OF
about twenty-five ctuuerirs iu this
state pfobIuly ten nte I'm operation, aud
the at One-hnlf or less than that pro-
portion Of their full capacity. May
Of the packers arc simply hiiiEg few
orders which they have received anu
their operations are but nominal. OF
about fiily fruit drying establishments
IN tire ftHte, less than uuu.half are run.
Mug, anu these at far below their
capacity. plcro Is large crop oil the
hu,st FRUIT iu ne world, tuf thu gtu.
eTsl financial 4 ftts.lou. which seems
10 affect the COMMERCIAL world In peril
odiCal waves, has caused atagnstion
which has included la is bincful In
fucuce the great fruit Industry Of Cal.
iioruia.
Rev. o. d. Taylor Of the Dnllos, near
Portland, Oregon, has IN answer 20 o
charge Of cmhtZEliug 100000 OF the
funds OF the Interstate Iuvestmont
company, Of which he IL tho manager.
Taylor, who was hoUuwhippud by n
sChoDlmarm at tho Dallrs n lew days
before, was Tor some time at the East,
selling llts IN the alleged town 81
North Dalles, barren tact Of sand
and rockr, opposite tho Dall0f, aud
induced ina y per-oue 10 invest. Soue
came cut "a tho mythical city ami
found themselves ia "a strange land
without money OF tbs positions prom
lsed. Taylor was arrested ut the
request OF some Of his victims several
months ago and the case N stiil pend.
ng. The interstate Investment COM
pany ~ "a corporation having head
quurtors here. Taylor, as tho ~. ..... 90,
mad ior rale large tract Of Land at tbs
Dslius aud hapdled all the money.
Lately the Stockholders brcame Enxi.
uus regarding their investment aBl
insituti d al inquiry iniO the cOnui.
ton Of the affairs OF the company, aud
tbs result was that suit was braug {
Tor an accounting OF s25i,uOO suI an
indiclmott was found Tor omb,zzd.
ment OF $4,000.
The U ion Pacific ticket office nj
Laramie, Wy0., was robbed ostIy on
Thursday u.Oruiug In very bold and
daring manncr and SOLO extracted
from tue money chest OF Agent G.. G..
Randall. An cnirauou was effected 60
The ticket flee through tho washroom
OF the TnOrnbuIgh hotel, anu from
thence through a window about tea
feet from tho lOur The iron bars
across tho window " hich opens on inc
east side OF tie WashrO8m hat hsen
carefully REMOVED and the man WHO
dld the rObuiug entered tho washrOom
In that way, STOOD on tho row q wash
TOW Is anu removed tn window lugJ-
ing Into The ticket OfiiCe. Ho then
climbed down on the inside Of the
ito ct fiioe, tool, S2.e5 from the money
drawer and then proceeded 10 prs open
tue money chest IN which thuTc was
nearly S6U. He then ipit the Ufilcs
In the tuGnnsr Ia which ho entered.
Besidea the cash the thief took "a
bunch OF Pacific coast tickets aud theso
were found the same morning near
Grand avenue. The fellow had torn
them In two and thrown them away.
They were not signed by tho agent and
were no good. Sheriff Frazer aud the
city officers hrn on the Trail OF the rob.
her, ana his accnmpllce, 1t Ia thought,
Is already located Arrests may be
exp, oisd at any time.