Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-03
NEWS OF The WEST.
Ssyler COuniy's Population IS SUa,r.
ing from a Biz Water Famine,
r,RyrLous ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
water Storage Reservoirs. - Excite
ment at Como, Colo. Brutal Muir
der Of Farm Labofor.

Large shipments Of cattle, both by
the big stOckmen and gfRngers, are
now being made from Sheridan county,
wyoming.
The people Of the Willamette valley
fOregon) are entertaining ono hundred
and finy San Francisco merchants and
manufacturers Of all classes.
John Seaman. farmland ON the
ranch Of Rufus Clarke, near Overland
mark, Denver, was called 10 his door
and brutally murdered by two high
wsymen about II O'Clock Tueaday
night.
The water commissioner Of Sheri-
dan county, Wyo., and n number Of
assistante are now In the mountains
aelecting sites for water storage reecr'
voifa 10 be used In conjunction with
the great PeraltO ditch. This IL said
TO be Oue Of the largest irrigation en-
terprises ever undertaken IN that
county. When completed the canal
will ifrigate thousands OF acres of line
agricultural land.
a man, wife and child, while com.
Ing from Warfena, Idaho, met with
nearly fatal accident while crossing
Fisher creek. Tho woman was Riding
mule and had the baby lnshcd Go
the animal. When cf1ssing the cftuk
the mule stumbled nui threw the
woman Oh, and she went floating hV-
low. The mule came out with the
baby and III. man rescued his wife,
but II was very narrow escape.
A special from Como, Colorado, sny-
that town N undergoing great excite
ment, ana what may possibly iurmi-
nnto Ia more serious ChiuVfe riot
than that which occurr Il In Denver
In 1850 IL now In full blast. For some
time past Chinese mlnors over H.
refrall gulch have been working Tor
much smaller wages than ever boiorr,
causing white miners 10 be thrown Out
OF employment. Just whether this had
anything TO DO with the Chinese head
quarters catching fire. u few moments
ago will probably never be- known, At
any rate Chinatown has gone up Ia
smoke and ashes. At flfst II was sup
posed several OF the Cinnamon hal
pUfishsd IN the Homes, hut this cannot
be verified NJ this hour, As tho missihg
men may be- In hiding.
on Tuesday evening persons In their
nmentO, were startled ny thud made
by some object falling on tho cement
stone walk, hut no ono Imagined tht
real cause.-The tail VI child from a
window some twenty-five feet above
the sidewalk. The little fve.year.Old
sou OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jnmes Dolly, who
live IA the second story, YVES playing
Ia an open window, Hnd losing his bal.
nuce fell g. the etoue walk below.
When the child was picked up II was
supposed that every bone In It's body
was crushed, anu that II could not live
twenty minute, Tut surgical exam
ination revealed the fact that not n
tone was broken. The little chap vas
not even stunDei, and the only pain
he complained Of was In the region Of
the abdomen. He was placed under
the influence Of n mild opiAte aud was
resting easily nm hour aiterwatd. IL N
possible some internal Injury was sus.
iained, but the fact that the child was
not killed outright was regarded NJ
little short OF miracle.
The people OF SEWER county are hav.
ing a water famine u no small proper.
tiOns, says this Richhelu ddUpoato, hnJ,
unless We have rain very soon, hun.
druis Oi acres OF gtaln will bo entirely
IuiuoI Tor want VI water. Oae farmer
living north OF hero remarked last
Saturday that he would lose nt least
five hundred bushels Of wheat, ami
mat many Of hi. neighbors were In
"a similur condition. These who ven
tuie o. put In grain below the RlchilelO
lower canal on Universally land have
tteu cut OIL from water without any
notice, and they feel very sore ABOUT
II. Thv land south Of Richheld unJef
the upper canal, Ia also iu a bad coudi.
ton; anu people living In north Rich
fleld eau got but very little water,
scarcely enough 10 keep their trees
alive; II these water supplies
cOull DO piIod 10 the city
the seepago and evaporation would be
greatly arrested. IL seems that the
farmers on the university lande, who
have trouble about water ought 10 Iul
IN fall wheat almost entirely, thea they
would be- very certain Of raiuing much
better cfOIs; but there are many disad,
yagtages 10 be encOu uttered In the
growing Of fall wheat where the fielde
nre open 10 stock for six months, but
IN the main II would bo great advan.
luge. a farmer romnrkei that he had
lUst on an average Oue',hird OF his
crop every year rom lack OF water
but was much worse this year than
before. A less acreage must DO pu' In
n advantage cannot DO taken Of the
nigh waters ia June 10 finish their
crops. Wheat aud rye put In the last
Of September aud October viii be out
Of danger by the last Of Jane follow
ing. IL the little showers We are hav'
lug the last few days DO not rust the
wheat, they may be- OF considerable
benefit to the late grain which has
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