Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-05

here. The prospect ia nmuflug from
the fact that certain relief o. drawing
pcfcepilbly closer.
The dull times have made them.
selves felt especially in tho small stores
which abound IA the suburbs Of tue
city and outlying districts. One result
cf this Ia that several OF these institu.
lions are fu!iring from businoss, their
managers iiniing more fcmuucrltive
employment In other pursuits.
LAND OFFICE,
Joseph Kelley, OF ibapah, has filed
u homestead entry Ia the lnud iiic &c
for 100 acres OF land In township 10
south, rnugo 10 west.
Daniel n. Swan has made nu apuli-
cation Tor 4 timber culture entry Of TOO
hctes In township . south OF range .
west.
Thomas Curtis has made an appli.
cation to outor 100 acres Of land Ia
township south Of range I west,
under the homestead Law.
william Il. Bridges has made an ap.
plication 10 cnter forty aCrtG o. land
IN township 70 south OF range 4 west
under tho homestead law.
Mnlviua Christensen has made an
application tor n homestead entry OF
100 acres Of land In towuship9 north
of range west.
q. W, Aldrich has filed maps for
right OF way for the Clear Creek
Reservoir a Canal company ia Mi.
lird county. lie claims they can
bring 1900 10 10000 acres under cult.
walton.
WOOL GROWERS WORKING.
Tho wool growers throughout the
country arc putting forth every effort 10
defeat tho proposed legislation Jutting
wool on tho free list. They recognize,
from the result In the silver is.ue, that
President Cleveland 10 able TO bring
great pressure ~ bear In behalf OF his
policy, anu thls causes tho wool grow.
efs to realize tue magnitude OF the task
they have on their hauds 10 retain tho
tsriii on wool. They are, therefore,
at work In dead earnest, aud Rnticlpats
that by this time thrir great convention
assemblies In Chicago on the 18th aud
2Dlh OF this month they will have lu-
auguratcd movement In every
section Of the country that
will cause congressman to be exceed.
ingly careful IN doing any tinkering
with the present duty ON wool. a
part OF the work engaged In II the cir.
culati1n Of n petition for signatures, not
only among those directly Interested In
the wool Industry, but also with tho
agricultural Glasses Of the country
generally. Following is copy OF the
petition referred 20;
70 the Honorable Members OF the
Finy'third COngress OF the United
States
Whereas, As result Of
general belief that tho tariff on wooden
goods will be reduced and WOOL put on
the Tree liz, the price OF wool Ia now
below the production; ana whereas,
we believe that II wool 10 put on the
iror list anu the tAtil on wooden goods
materially produced the price OF wool
will be- still lower; anu, whereas, we
cannot afford TO raise wool la oompeti.
ton with free wool raised In countries
like Australia, where the wOoLgrower
renis land from the government nj less
rental than wepay IN taxes on our LIANT,
aud receives government aid anu
encouragement; and whereas the lands
OF these United States are we'll suited
TO the raising OF sheep, provided We
can get fair price for our wool anu
mutton; aud whereas we believe that
II 10 to tho best interests OF this country
to prevent this slaughter Of large pro- |
portion OF the sheep NJ this country.
which viii be- the certain result Of a |
further reduction in the price Of wool. |
We, the Undersigned farmers ana
woolgtoweis, irrespective Of party, do !
hereby petition and beg that your
honorable body will make no change |
In the present taTiil affecting the wool |
and wooden schedule now In force.
MOTHS,
The POofmsn mine, Ia the Cmur ~ |
Alene county, has been started up |
with force Of 200 men. The attempt |
to Introduce sliding scale OF wages |
was failure; lhe inca would not ac. |
UUpt any reduction. Othor mines In |
that section OF Idaho are likely 10 |
resume al the old rates.
Virginia City, Nevada, Chronicle:
The weekly report from the Hale a |
NOrcr0ss mine shows that u rich strike |
NJ ore has been niaue IN tho bottom of |
the Wine on the 1900 level. During |
the week fourteen ears Of ore, AyuTaR. |
iHk soo'ou leI AoliN heNo beeu taken L
from this point. Tue ore Ia widening
Rnd improving In quantity and quality |
IA II is Oeing sunk on. The winLe has
IA yet been sunk but eight feet, all In |
virgin ground, ami Is but Just getting
under way.
Manu Sentinel The farmers will
only raise twv-thirta crop this year,
on account OF late spring. |
A company has been organized 10
bring water from the head OF Cedar
Creek canyon to Spring Guy, for irfi-
CATION purposes. twin neuessitate the |
OF tunnel 800 ieet long, and I
a deep cut. The total cost Will be-
about three thousand dollars, anu i've
hundred acres OF land will be- brought
into cultivation by the enterprise.
There are two good reservoir sites also