Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-23
NEWS OF THE WEST.
ytry Profitable Chicken RalSlnB IN a
ninins District
CURIOUS GRATING OPERATION.
Exciting Incident un a Camping Trip
Arrested for Opening Her Hus-
bahd's Letters

hurry has arrested J. IS. Block, pleimaa'
ter at Archuieta, ~. NJ, for rllng
registered letter packages. Block claims
10 be ipnoceut.
About one year ago Charles II cent
sold his rancn on the Little Laramie
Wyo., 10 Peter Coos VI Omahu' lno
confederation being ub0u, s21liVVV.
Now the ranch has been tfantletieu
hack to MI Hochi, the conailefall9h
apuearing OF si5O,565. The properly
contains 50, ss5.2I acres
Young Charley Baglcy has met WIN
n distressiug accident, Gays inc Mon'
heller tIdaho) IO&. He shot on an uli
rusty shotgun when the weapon "a
iloded, portion OF the ron wo.s
in,.riny MS wrist and coming out AT
Inc sibow OF the right hand. me
wound was dressed aud the boy II doing
well.
n. *. snow, Of the ~. Louis bnhory,
PARK city, says the Record, has met
with an accident that caused MN
much paiu and will make him "a cripple
for some dayt. lie took rubber bo'-
tle If not water TO bed aud ior some
cause tho seam ported suddenly AM
allowed the water TO escape. As re-
suit Mr.. Snow was badly scaldui no'u'
tile feet and logs.
william Fairbanks, a photographer
Of Point Arena, Cal, " missing he
was married last week and iulenuou
~ return to his home on wednesday
with his bride. who went ~ Nhh
Fraurigco from Indiana TO wed MIN.
Last Tuesday he purchased Tickets nud
gave ITEM to his wlfe, saying he
would return 10 her niicr doing some
trfandE lie has not been seen SINCE
Frank y. Dots. Of Tucson, ArIz,nu,
has male auplicalian for space 90 place
in The Miiwinicr Fair an Auzlua
Indian village. His idea Il Go Hut
tfate In such village the every uay
lie OF the tudinus u A ~ ua and
Mexico aud 10 have them make arrow
heads, knivce. pottery anu bnskclh On
tile premisop. They would i've Ia houses
made by themselves surrounded by the
immcnte cactus which grows no CONF
mon In the territory.
Mira. Cole, who was severely burned
by the explosion Of a gasoline stove last
July, aud who Ia Q InHtquence has SUI
irrud tile loss Of the entire sKiu ot the
hft arm, from the shOulict q the
wrist, aud most Of that " tho fighh
underwent an operation Of skir-Statt'
lug on Friday at 81. Joscph's h0tl itnl
san Diego, Cal SINE forty PERSONS
generously contributed the entire
amount Of skin. Only one arm was
ooyefrl today. The other was GOV.
cred on Saturday. Physicians have
every hope Of her ultimate recovery,
rs this viii stop the great wear auI
tear from the continued Jain which
rho has suffered.
Thad Wight returned this week
from Soda springs, where lac has been
several weeks looking after his shcop,
states the Brigham buyer. He ssys
fully 100000 sheep have been gtaEiug
Ia tunt vicinity this fall They are now
moving south auu woit. Late faius put
tue grass m excellent condition. The
sheep nrr doing splondidly. The winttr
ranges IN western nud Genital Box
Elder and southern Idaho, where mot
OF thrfhtep are now heading Tor, are
also Ia unusually good condition for
sustaining the vast numbers Ut sheep
thatsre now bel x driven upon them
The Denver chamber 0, commerce
recently received communication
FROM tho Cincinnati hoard Ut trade
ufging that the Colorado delegation
ia Congress be requested to vote Tor nu
amendment 10 this intUrst ,te commerce
law by which the Interior cities would
be given better chance fOs trade ~
against the tcab0ard cities. The pFopu-
siti0n has been reported ON by CIu-
missioner Jaucs, who ia Of the opinion
that such an amendment IL uudosii-
able Tor the reason that II would render
through rates higher than thoy are
now, and ToIuce local rates below n
living figure fOf the railroads. lie be.
lieves such action would be especially
detrimental to Interests west OF the
Missouri giver.
A Yakima (Wash. man has an In.
VeuIion dssigned to elevate water Tor
iTTigating 'puruOrps. He claims, says
the Tacoma LcdOer, that IL IL the most
BuCcrssiul device yet Invented for rats
ing water by the power 0f tho stream
from which II Is taken. An iron pa4-
ole wheel, with long, thin steel paddles
or wings, IL placed near the bottom OF
stream, ut the small end Of long
Fheet-irun tlume or cylinder, Thr
cylinder IL large at the upstream end,
nnd the water, being forced through IL,
uccumulatts a strong head VI the email
eud. To tne wheel + attached
fptoket wheel nud endless chain by
which bucket elevator or pump on
the shore II operated. Il IL claimed
that water can be raised 10 q height of
twenty-five feet ana In sufficient qusn.
tily to irrigate 100 acre farm.
When boy OF seventeen years of
age, IN the year 1850, n. Newell, " no
now reaiita beyond NiuhOls' ranch
aud Is now over sixty years OF age,
was cut hunting anu ran In his knee
what ne supposed wa, "a thorn, says
the Grass Valley Union, IL broke on
no deep la the knee thnt the " uli
closed up aud all search failed % locate
II. Mr.. Newell finally concluded that
he wRs mistaken, ana rv ~ body tOld
him his trOuhl,a were Chusod ny Theu-
matism. OF lata the ola guu;lemau's
knee got 20 be 30 bad that he had IL
lauced several times and was treated
for rho matlsm. A few days ago the
thorn worked It's way cut aud was
found 10 be hall an iucn ia length Mr..
Newell anys after suffering untOlI
misery for f0riy-three years he now
feels easier with the thorn IN little
'otlle instead OF In his knee.
There is now on exhibition IA this
city, says the Oroville (CaL) Mercury,
the giz1agd oia chicken whicn, when
cut oleu, wae found u contain "a sprc.-
men " gold worth 80 cults. III
F'Z1sri was brought down from
Hurleton ON Sunuay by several
Musons, wh1 were at FOtbcstown the
day previous, and was presented to