Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-12
NEWS OF THE WEST.
A Denver WateTWOrkS Engineer Meets
With a Serious Accident
TUE CONDITION OF sroCK RANGES.
A Ranch DESTROYED by FIRE --Manufae'
turc Of spurious Dollars in
Mexico, Etc.

Some unknown Individual has been
circulating counterfeit IS pieces
throughout southern Oregon duringth
past few weeks
oliver n. jacobs was drowned while
irving 10 ford Roaring Fork, Col, n
few days ago. The deceased was a
fanohman aud lived near Aspen June.
ton.
Julesburg, Col, has voted $4,000 In
bonds 70 build n new brick and stone
school house. The new building Will
be erected on the site now occupied by
tho old school house, which Will he
torn down and worked Into the new
one a. far IA poealble.
An expert fruit grower and shipper
declares the alm1ude grown around
Mesa, Arizona, are the finest In tho
world, Gays the Phmnix G0.tne. All
that IA needed Il n simple bisachiug
process before marketing. The flavor
u tue product In excellent, the shells
very thin aud this crop heavy.
On Sunday afternoon the residence
OF r. Pope, on his ranch south Of Sal.
mon City, Idaho, was destroyed by fire.
II IL supposed 10 have been caused by n
stub thrown catoltssly down. The
house was a large and commodious
structure, aud the loss II estimated At
$4,000; no insurance.
According 10 tho Silver Bet,
counterfeit American silver dollars are
now being made In Mexico, sent to
England In payment for British eN.
ports 10 Mexico, and, Il 10 said, thence
shipped by English merchants to this
country; where they are circulated at
100 cents. The thing IL possibls-more
difficult things have been done.
Jack Thompson, n resident Of Crane
Creek, while unloading wood at We'll
ter, Idaho, burst q blood vessel and
BLEED 10 death internally In few min
utee. Ho stopped work ana sat down
unnoilced at hBt, and whom other
workers noticed that something was
wrong with him he was spoechloss. A
doctor was summoned AT once, but
could not save him.
According 10 tho Durango (Col.)
Herald, a dsplofnble situation exists on
the stock ranges In the southwestern
part Of the state. The scarcity Of snow
In the mountains last winter and tho
absence OF rain since that time has
rendered the greater portion OF the
ranges desolate, and In certain local..
ties the losses OF stock are almost with
cut precedence In the history Of tho
country.
A serious and possibly fatal accident
befel Charles Woods, the engineer at
the pumping station OF the Citizens'
Water company at University park,
Denver, on Monday afternoon. He had
occasion 10 40 into the dug-out In
which IL stationed the gas engine and
n quantity OF gasoline. Through some
cause, likely that there was too much
gas for the generator, an explosion oc-
Cured ana two barrels Of gasoline
caught FIRE. The gas engine was COM
Dletely destroyed. Tho force OF the
explosion sent Woods flying againet
the wall. Fortunately he remained
conscious, ana with remarkable pfes-
ence OF mind closed his mouth and
eyes, thereby preventing himself from
inhallng the gaE or from having his
sight destroyed. He Ia badly burned
all over his body and about the face,
legs and arms, but although In n very
serious condition the doctor has hopes
OF his recovery.