Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-23
NEWS OF THE WEST.
4 Small Boy, a Box Of Matches and
an Empty Whisky Barrel,
4 roURsAuESr OF SHOOTERS.


tOufnamf nj OF tue tutOatio 81 lut
entitu nofthwesl is Advertised 90 TAXI
Mace at Hot Springs, South Dakota,
tne last three days Ia August
The rainy season has set in oil over
Arizona, aud tue people are feeling
better In consequences. All al0tg iht
cha TO Agua Caliente and out t0Naids
Hafuua Hela copiCus showers have
ALLEN during the last lew days anu IA
grass isspringing up everywhere.
over two hundred coyote scalps
were officially examined and burueI
by the board Of supervisors a. Fresno,
Cal, on Friday. There isa bounty Il
10 on each scalp, but tho state alprU'
prlali0n being exhausted many OF tue
warrants will DO sold fOr 81 81.
The tomato crop Ia tho Arkansas
valley II said 10 be- looking spluudidly.
The tomatoes are making very raj III
growth aud the amount u this tian 9.
ari vegetable which Will be Tut up In
Rocky Ford this sun mof Promises 70
more thau double the output Of the
canning factory any previous year
A repor, lust Issued from the Pueblo,
Colo, iand office shows that there nte
acres futj ct ~ tntiy, OF course u
considerable portion Of this l. Of no
particular use aside from grazing put.
poses, yet there are many gooi claims
awaiting homesteaders.
Ranohmen In the Big Horn Basin,
remarks the Cheyenne tWyu) LCddsr,
state that several distinct oarihquak
shocks were felt IN thosecuon n iow
days tgo. Glass In the windOws was
hfgken aud other slight damage done.
The shocks were accompanied by low
fumbllng sounds.
Jupiter Pluvius il puzzliug New
Mexicans by his distribution VI watety
iavofa. Southwestern New Mexico IL
bad in need Of rain while AOutheast.
ern New Mexico, where L. idy ha. liz
mammoth reservoir aud Rswoll IT,
twenty.one flowing wells, has been
dfenchtd for a weok.-ITOptct0r.
The Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron
cOmptny, says the Evanston (Wyo.)
NcUsRegisier, has posted notices at
Red Canyon notifying this miners
who have had no work since the strike
began, that the mine will not open for
some time and when II does IL IL
probable there will not be work for the
full force aud they are advised, there
FORE, to take work II II offers and not
wait for No. 7 TO open again.
A nine-yeaT.old boy named Heating,
o. Pocatello, Idaho, says the Tribune Of
that place, picked upa pookeiiul Of
matches the other day anu rolling an
empty whisky barrel out into the back
yard dropped q match Into the bung
hols. In an instant there was n ire
mendous explosion aud the boy went
sailing skywafdt. when no came
down he had mn awful cash In his head
but doctor sow'd II up and he Is
getting along nicely now.
The Antonito (Colo,) Ledger Gays
that fish dynamitlnE IL being carried
on 10 n greater extent this season than
ever before. Dead fish are frequent In
all the deep holes between Condos and
Plator0, The county commissioners
have been prompted 10 offer reward
OF $3.50 for the conviction Of any dyna.
inter; the state has n standing reward
of $50 and private parties have In
creased the purse another $50, thus
making total Of $3.50. Here Ia n con.
siderable inducement Tor someone 20
make An effort to appIehend the offend.
ere.
Prof. HOLMAN killed an elk last
Friday under somewhat unusual CIR.
cumsianoes, says the Saratoga (Wyo.)
I've. He was ut work In the corral
near his home In Crawiotd's addition
and, upon looking up, saw several elk
but short distance away. lie made
quick time In getting mis- rifle and
succeeded In killing one Of the noble
animals. IL II seldom that they come
10 near town, but the illes and motqui.
toes are very numerous In the noun.
talns this year and have driven them
down.
A. ID. Best, Of Rocky Ford, Colo.
has given much attention to red clover.
Last year MIR. best threshsd seed crop
which paid him splendidly, aud last
week thTeshed the seed from four
acres, Just harvested. The yield was
twenty bushels, an average OF i've
bushels per acre. The crop NJ last
year brought him from s.. 40 10 80 per
bushel. should the lower price be
realized this year MT. Best will have a
gf0ssincomo II s27 per acre for the first
crop OF seed, saying nothing u tbs
second crop he aspires 10 harvest this
year, and the nutritious threshed hay,
u which he will have large amount.
The Grand Junction (Colo.) Times.
Star shys; Very close 10 81 900 worth
Of fruit Ia being shipped out OF this
valley today, ana these figures viii
probably increase as other varieties Ut
peaches reach the shipping stage. A
walk through the older orchards Is
necessary to impress on One the vast
quantities Of fruit ON the trees aud the
unusual fize that peaches, pears aud
apples have attained. There IA no
doubt that this sensOn's big cTop will
create still larger demand Tor Grand
valley fruit lands ana this fall aud mex
spring viii see great activity In the
real estate market
There Ia much curiosity prevalent I'm
Arizona, says the Phmnix Gazette, ~
TO the result OF tho Southern Pacific
company boring fot water Mt ella
Beud, The company began boring
early In May anu IL still hammering
away night and day on the scheme.
The company IL DESTROYS Of securing
tu1icient how Of water 10 auppy tho
railroad anu also the town. q iicksand
whs encountered 10 depth VI i16 feel;
NJ this depth the friction became ~
great that this lO'inch casing had to be
abandoned and bInch substituted.
Red clay was encountered, then clover
seed sand. A. IA depth Of sos leet
terrific rush OF water came into the
al