Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-06
NEWS OF THE WEST.
v,t,nn Locomotive Engineer NaT.
nvIy Escapes a PTishlIul Death.
ror ORCHARDS OF GRAND VALLEY.
RAID Appreciated In Eastern Colorado
Excitement Around shearing
Pens, Etc.
ror ORCHARDS OF GRAND VALLEY.

r.,ye pumbers NJ trout are being
dslributod In all the wyoming
streams
Eastern Colorado iarmors are great
ly rejoicing over last weeks rain' mo
gfDund IL In excellent condition Tor
corn planting
This California Associated Cycling
.i,bs will hold their annual celrbfr-
Non and parade ON September o, ~
San Jose.
Gilmore Patzor, aix.yeaf-lld child,
ves Incidentally killei On SUNDAY.
Tbs boy was swinging In d ham ock,
an. end OF which was fastened TO the
trrnrWofk Of on old press The franc
ellnnd crushed the life out oi him.
Henty Hethoringion, 90 years Of
,ge. OF San Francisco, IL under arrest
rp a charge OF assault 10 commit mut-
drf. His VILE, who IL ~ yoara old, lies
I'M the receiving hospital bruised and
b'hckeneu, the victim VI HE insane
irsnEy, caused by drink.
W.. n. Carroll, n veteran locomotive
engineer OF Sacramento, Cal, has bad
very narrow escape ffom irightiul
death. lie had just Loft the train dii.
patcher's Office aud was crossing the
railroad track In the depot 10 reach his
engine. Carroll was struck with great
force hy an incoming train aud hurled
violently TO the ground. Fortunately,
be did not fall upon the track, Lno VI
the guards having pushed him aside.
He was hurt internally, but, Il is
thought, not seriously.
A ship will sail for Capetown from
San Francisco soon, sHya the Virginia
miners aud all Others who will pay 500
Tor the privilege Of going 10 Africa aud
starving 20 death. However, any
man who thinks that this country IL
thoroughly ptospectpd will DO 90 we'll
in Africa 40 he will here. There has
been nothing discovered Ia Africa nor
anywhere else IN tho world that would
make :ooder 20 thu mother lode OF
Nuyada, which, though II has yielded
scores of millions, has hardly been
touched.
The Grand junction (Colorhdo) Star.
TiWgs made tho statement IN a recent
i-tuu that IL would cost thousands OF
dollars for the Grand Valley orchard
isis 20 properly thin their trees OF
tupUfnuuus fruit. The same paper now
rays that this statement IN fully borne
Out by the facts. As an example, Ia
the Rose Brothers' orchard In the lower
yalluy, which has sixty acres NJ bearing
tTucH, ten men will DO continuously
employed for the next thirty days Ia
thinning. The owners expect 10 put
on tho market not less than 200 tons OF
the finest favored peaches ever grown
In any country.
n. ID. Hickey, who recently came up
from san Francisco 10 Reno, Nevada,
Informed the Reno GustUe reporter
that the beet market was IA bad shape.
He sAld there were thousands Of poor
cattle icing slaughtered now winch
took the place OF good beef. and that
the "slipperyO California cattle now
being driven TO the shambles bring
3 to 4! cents per pound, while prime
beef IL from 1 10 I cents higher. IL 10
also stated that the wheat fields that
the drought has killed no that thoy
viii not make either hay or grain, are
belug boughtup for pasture, and that
the indications are that the market
Will be oyerstOcked with BLACK "slip.
perry" cattle TOT at least three months.
men dispose OF their beef In that way
they will all die when the rainy season
feis IN next fail.
There has been considerable excite.
ment during the past week NJ tho
Lander Transportation companyis
shtaring pens on thu Sweelwater, says
the Lander (Wyo.l Copper, caused by
a clash between the representatives u
the Northwestern and the uuion Pa.
ciho railroads. The pens were put up
by the Northwestern people Tor the USE
and benefit Of their shippers aud
through sonic misunderstanding
Charlie Suffer, Of the Jackson sheep
outht, made small shipment Of wool
from the pens by way OF the Union
Pacific. This Of course caused q Tow
aud no little talk among sheep mon.
Tho Lander Transportation company
issuea bill " lading nj the sheRfing
pens which guarantees o. the shipper
the safe delivery Of the goods to their
destination. The responsibility 10 thus
carried by the transportation company
Instead OF by theHhipper. The NOrti
western line which IL su bstautiAlly tbs
fame company, also providts tho same
rate ON wool sacka, IL has further
agreed with the Union Pacific on
pressed WOOL This meant a saving Of
10 cents per 100 pounds 10 the shipper.
The Northwestern guarantees that IN
rates are nj all times as low as the rates
10y way OF Rtwlins anu that from tho
fact OF having hrst.clasa sheaTlng
facilities, at tue BweetWAtor bridge, IL
hopes and expects TO be favored with