Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-29
NEWS OFfHE WEST.
Great Trouble Fighting Mosquitoes
Around Granada, Colo. I
RESERVOIR rDER cossrRucrIoS
Beds Of Mhfral Soap at Ntwcatl'
Wyo.-A child Accidentally
Drowned.

Late alvlcea Indicate Inv W
braska's wheat crop Will lacB many
thousand bushels OF being a iaphfe'
p. NJ. Fonlrnnd, one q lhe btst
known mining men Of anuitcfh t'''
ofado, has Just died at Dtyer from
Injuries sustained about twg years ago
by a scale falling on him apoufHN
Myrads Of gfasshoppoJ ore report
Ell on the c0nilucbthi lViuu west o,
AIbuqusfque, NJ M' Ehe nilroAl
tfarke become b0 HhppH from tHeI
slaughter that the whvsls clip under
the engines, RDd sand has to be used.
A large reservoir ls being construct
ed near Saratoga, WyU., for irrigaiing
pufpnstn. A half milo dam across
natural basin make rUtofvoir ihat
will store sufiicisntquantities Of ws.er
10 lfrigate hundreds OF acres VI uch
land IN the -atniogn valley.
The Glsnrock IVY } VorieT ssyi: A
large herd OF cattle passed. through
here Sunday, smong which there wa
a tboruughbfai buffalo bull, Onu half
breed anu several hali.hrued cows, nt
the sipLt OF which many Oll-iimcih
told oil the "gcud old times when lhu
buffalo and tue noble red men roamtd
tue plains"
a Denver syndicate that has several
hundred acfes Oi fine placer ground
near Hofsehoe Bend, has commenced
10 work their ground on q large scale,
says the Caldwell, Idaho, ATgus. They
are putting In a rystem Of uitches anu
the latest improved appliances OF tav'
ing the gold.
The vast beds Of mineral soap In the
vicinity VI Newcastle, Wyo.i 10 j.
said, have been opened up anu large
quantities. Of II are belug shipped TO
eastern points. IL IL largely used ~
the nnishing coat for plaateri taking
the place In very satisfactory manner
OF stuCco, which has always been used
for that purpose.
The only son of Mt and Mrs. David
A. Maurice, aged q year, was drown
ell on Wednesday evening IN an lftl'
eating ditch on the ranch OF n, j..
Hysier, four miles north Of GuunHOn,
Colo. The little lad wins trying 10 catch
minnnwa In the ditch when he fell IN
and an hour later his body was found,
life being extinct.
wheat harvesting In many portions
VI NNNNNHhA anu NNNAHA AHRNNhA aANH
commenced. The yield IL reported TO
be lees than the average. but the quality
II excellent. Tue straw IL much lighter
than usual, hut the stuntsi growth
aas not extended 10 the head except
In those fields approaching the sandy
sections ~ the state, where the crop
was much burnt
II hiss been good many years since
the cattlemen of Montana have felt 20
buoyant NJ thew do ut this wrltinr, says
the Rooiy Mountain HusJdndmaH.
Stock IN nearly every section of tho
state wintersd well and the range Il
everywhere good, aud Il does not seem
that II IL possible that anything eau
occur to prevent flue crop Of beef and
fairly good prices.
A man interested In seven claims In
the Kennedy mining district, who TO.
Gently arrived In Reno, says the new
mining camp II no place for man
without money, for there Il no demand
for wOrklngmou, on account Of the lack
Of capital among the claim owners.
He says there are a number Oi men
there now who consider themselves
lucky when able 10 "spaf" one meal a
day.-ReHo lAov.) Gascte.
A special dispatch TO the Denver
NeUa slys that the late rains have lett
behind host Of pests In the shape OF
clouds OF moIguitos around Granada,
Colo, which make tho putting up Of
hay n serious task. In many cases
fires have been kintlrd In the evening
In order to protect stock which was
almost wild with pain from the bites.
Men Ia some Of tue hay camps arc
D.. IH
their faces 10 protect themselves from
the bites Of the swArming myfiads.
No one In this section has ever seen
the like since this section Of the valley
was settled.
The Grand Junction (Col.l Star.
TtDlcs advocates the construction Of
good wagon roads from that city TO.
ward the northwest, by which direct
commercial and postal communication
would be secured with the heavy SET
Elements along White river Ia Cole
tado,A with Nernal, a thriving town
In eastern Utah, which Ia surrounded
bya productive agricultural anu fruit
growing country. The same IL true,
says the Stdr-7tHies, Of AlOah, Utan,
anu contiguous territory toward tho
southeast, whose people would gladly
mike AniAuu dhAhAlNh AhNlN AlhNllk
point II good roads were built for their
accommodation.
The machinery that was shipped
here tot the lager beer brewery by h.
". and Robert Sanbach, who hsd
entered into supposed parinuuh y
with Casper Becker Of the Washou
brewery, remarks the Reno (Novada)
GdssRo, IL likely to be worked by the
lawyers for brewing trouble IN place "
beer for awhile. Since tho arrival u
the machinery there has been me
Misunderstanding between the part.
ners. Becker holds the machinery Tor
freight charged he paid, ~ the amount
OF about 81, 200. The SanbACh'. acting
under adv o. Of their attorney, took
some pieces Of their machinery, and a
replevin suit was Immediately com.
menced by Becker, which was set Tor
neat Thursday, anu Is expected 10 ael.
tie the question.