Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-01
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Turf 10 The Depth Of Fifteen Feet
Burned in HUMBOLDT Co., Wash.
A THIEF SWALLOWS A DIAaON


on some vineyards near Saratoga,
Santa Clara county, Cal, the yield OF
grapes has been nine tons o. THE acre.
steps have been taken by san Ber-
nafdinO citizens TO form "A chamber Of
commerce In conjunction with other
towns in the county.
George Belshaw, aged IS, has lutt
died at Pennington, Wash. lie was "a
pioneer OF Oregon aud Une VI the most
prominent wheat gtOwcfs Ia the North
west.
The Wilson ranch, one Of the biz
places Of rehama county Cal, viii
soon be divided into small holdings.
There are several thousand acres lu
the ranch.
Mesa county, Colorado, now boasts
ofthe following sources oi wealth. tays
nm exchange: Fruit, agriculture, I'VE
stock, coal, iron, Hsphaltum, natural
gss, oil, building stone, anu walter
lower
A. II. Beighticr, for some year. q
reporter on the Pueblo (COiU,l Cuy
tam, aud ono Of the most popular
newspaper men la the city, has lutt
uiod Of consumption.
The county gas well at Stockton can
not be- used at present, as a length Of
the pipe has been eaten away boy some
corrosive chemical In the earth. Tue
eupply OF gas Tor Iuuty uso n now Oh.
tanned from the private gas mains.
Attachments to the amount of SsJOO
have been levied on the Besstm,T
Ditch cumpauy's property ut Pueblo,
Colo, by local people. They aft'
Western national bsuk, $1,000; Amcri.
can national bank, s-UUUi NUwto o.
Lumber company, s2d2l; SpfaIlts ~
Angersop, sllOl.
An exchange states that the Santa
Fe mountains, New Mexico, arc being
ptOspooted with good Results this WIZ
ter. THIS range has teen overlooked
and neglected ever since the Spnuiafat
,rttlcu the country. OH miniug TX
Ietts are IA the mguutnius aud pfupu,e
W scu what the range contains.
G. smith, a "lypo," came In from
Opahne yeiteruhy, bringing win HIN
come nue OpnlH, remarks the lunhO
Dmy Statesman They are beautlrt.
lie also brought ~ tUmu gull uuti
from MS pibctr claim Ou Sutke rlvCi
near Warm 5pnuge lUIfy. From niue
hours run lac cleaned W over SIS.
Action has been commenced Ia the
federal court NJ San Francisco against
Captain Charles 5chmalt, owner anu
master OF the steam schooner CElfiun,
10 recover $1,000 because q the nglipu 0i
Schmals IN taxing from Smoky island,
Alaska, six barrels VI seal skius. IL Il
alleged that as the islAud Is not "A port
OF eutry the captain hau no right u
receive a consignment there.
Says the Cheyenne Tribune: Franh
Lane, a prominent Tc-Iutnt OF the
Gosh 49, Ulr oountry, mas arrived IA
the c~frUm there, anu Win him he
brought the hides Of ten grey wolves
ana eighteen coyotes iOr the bounty.
IL IA stated that the G. untfy around his
home Ii full VI these animals aud that
the Tauehmen are suffering great los
from their deptedati1ns on theif cattle.
Hor shee, the Chinese procuress, Of
San francisco, whose case was mem
toned Ina these columns lew dAyr
ago, hHs becn put In the custody Vt
thU u. =. marshal, the charge against
her VI kidnapping Chinese girl be-
log dismissed. Size II accused Of FRAUD.
ulsntly procuring the lanuiug Of thv
gifl, whom she Afterwards Offered iof
sale for $4,000.
severa hundred acres Ia Humboldt
county, that this summer rti.ed the
biggest hay crop In the state, burned 20
ashes, says the Island county (Wash.l
Times. The soll itself has been c0u-
eumed by nrc 10 the depth Of fifteen
feet. Two years ago the land was
several feet uuuor water anu IN WI
IA Owl lake. IL was drained 10y "a big
ditch and dried up, lehviuga very rich
soil. A few days ago, when "a prairie
fire swept over u, the soil Itself took
IRE, burning like turf, The fire eats
down 10 a hard clay that Will be Of no
use for farming purposes.
Mrs. Ida JRnes, who Is known In
Oakland, Cal, Ms "Ihe lady from
Napa," wants little more notorirty
In the courts. She has commenced %
suit against Charles kerahner TO re-.
cover 5000, which she claims was
stolen from her aud which money n
now IN tho hands OF the constable.
lhe uetenuhnl, VINO " IN thu county
Jail awaiting sentence for embolk e.
ment, has entered contest 70 the suit
anu declares That tho woman has no
right 10 the money. He sticks 10 his
original story that Mrs. james simply
paid him what The owed him, anu he
therefore owns the money.
ThomRs McCaTt, street payer, was
booked at the police station, San Fran
cisco, on Tuesday, for robbery. Frank
Euuor, Of Santa Cruz, arrived In town
last Friday, He met McCart and Dan
Page. After the evening was spout
the trio went 10 the room VI John
Mulheatn at 0j0a Howard street They
retired there, and all was well until
morning. Then Ennor aw0ko TO find
the diamond gone from his ring, and
with II $40 Ia coin. Detectives Crock
cit and ID lion arrested MoCarli who
acknowledged the crime. He apout