Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-11
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Money for Construction Of DINING.
MlItO RlilTay Subscribed,
PASSENGERS nUsr MOI ARMED.
Cats to destroy cor hrs rud squirrels
Hurried In Ltndslilc-shot With
His own Weapon.

anu Nht AtalNt uinNft AlAHvhht W NN
near future.
Up 10 March lot less rain had fallen
IN Los Auguiol, Cal., than Tor any
season tiuCe tue gUvefnmont record las
been kept there.
The small boy with tbs slingshot is
geltiag " be q great nuisance In bisg'
mau, a. T., On account Of the great !
damage done to win.ow glass.
The government plant for the i'm
movement OF tbs bugkr fivet between !
Huntington ami the Seven Devils |
country, Ore, was sold ~ HunuugtOn
recently.
Tweniy.one hundred ounces Of
nliychniue have been distributed by
tue ctmmissiouets " Walla Walla
county, Wauu., 10 the iaimrtH OF thut
county Tor usn IA tfyiug ~ hbAte tue
plague VI squirrels.
The Santa Flo railroad company has
Issued lrIefs " " New Mexico aud
Texas depot agents AM clluurtUfu 10
allow no men 10 board the trains with
guns. They must leave their atsennls
Ia the baggage cars while en- route.
n brood mare belonging 10 J. G..
Tyler, OF Rtd Blu1, Cal, gave bifth 10
three coils, tFO Of whlun were male
anu one female. Two Of ihvm were
stillBOtn anu the other lived ABOUT
iwenty minutes. All three o. lho colts
were perfectly formed.
Tue payroll Of the United Verde
Copper company az jerome, ArzOuu,
last month Tor men employed at thc
mines Ia said b have letn $4,000. In
ADDITION 70 this, the company 'xponlH
macy th,usands OF dOllau muuihly
TOT imbcfs, supplies, otc.
A surveying party from Prmnix,
Arizona, have recently teen making
teconnoisauce Tor road 10 the BOX
Canyon OF Salt river tor the Hudson
Reservoir Aud Canal company, IN ur'
der To haul Ia mattflai Tor the con.
stfuclion Of dam nj tuat peini.
A landslide west Of Portland, ore.
gou, on Sunday morning completely
uuftd the h use u Donald 3. Me
Donald, at the bottom nj 10 fAvluC. He
daughter, Isabeilo Med maid, aged 10,
anu DaGiei Campbell, eyed ~ were
buried In the ruins aud killed.
A young man named Andrew
Ffancis was fldiug on load Of hay
near Vsalia, Cal, on SUNDAY, ana
had - calibrr rife between his
knrre. The weapon was dischnfgU1
AID the tall entered under bis chin,
ranged upward and Logged ia his mead.
Tue wOuud 10 pronounced fatal
William W. Main, al California
pioneer, died Ia 5au Francisco last
thursday. In c usequence Of an aool'
dent. Monday he Hscsnded ladder
10 fast,n q hook In the wall IN the store
81 Main 1 Wiuuuts,oE The ladder
slipped ana no fell 10 tho nJOf, sustain
ing oououssiOn Of tue Dtain.
An article yublithei Ia tho Two Re-
pubucs IN tho CITY OF Mexico states,
tbAl ilformatlon has been received
there that tue money Tor the COuslTuc.
ton q the Drning.MrxioU railroad
had oil been subscribed, several con-
tracts made aud that work VIII without
doubt be- begun within tue next ninety
days.
A farmer In Umntilla county, or,
who h.s eight cate, reports g0phefs
quite scarce on his premises. TIVE nty
squirrels day, he ssyF, 10 no unusual
catch for his cats. Coyotes live largely
on squirrels, hut owing 10 their fond
tiers have been largely reduced BY scalp
hunion.
Tho mining Industry offers a field Of
operation tot the new woman. IL ~
said that one Of the best mining eG.
perts Ia AfiZIna N a woman, and tho
best pof,oI psrsou Ou mines on the
klamath river, Oregon, IL Mrs, Clara
Wood. She eau give the history Of
every mine on the river from the mouth
Of Cottonwood creek ~ tue salmon
uvef.
The Santa Barbara Cal, county
beard OF education has recently adopted
a new schedule Tor grading teacners'
eerliHoatss, the object being t1 secure
uniformity among the counties Of
Southern California. Cert floale-
granted under their new schedule will
be INTERCHANGEABLE, 90 far ~ permitted
by statute, In the following oJuullrs:
Riverside, San BefnAtdlnO, Santa
Barbara, Ventura, Ban Diego aud
Orange.
An example NJ tho great slump IN
price OF horstfiesh In the last i've
years Is recent auction sale nj Po.
mono, Cal, where eeveral horses int
would have had ready sale anywhere
uVb years ago Tor ebu or SUI were
knocked down 10 bldlefs NJ s. anu 81
Teams OF carriage or light farmiug
horses that would have brought 10 1880
and 1909 $40 or even $3.50, were cold
at {49. several large, wull-'Ormel,
fairy well.bted hofsta between AK 4. d
seven yoars Oh, were sold for $50, and
similar animals would once have
brought sl26.
SERIOUS damages has resulted from
the discharge of small quantity
u oil into the hNTbOr at San Pedro,
C.l. Tho Oh 10 from the LoF Angeles
we'll. aud Was AIdd into the bark
Enuon ralhut for shipment 10 Ean
Francisco. When the vessel was IN the
harU0i taking on cargo the oil from the
tauks ia the bark became mixed with
the water that had leaked through hor
hull intothe mold, Toe mixture Of oil
an water was pumped out Ito the
hafbur, and the oil spread all around,
being bItnc by incoming anu outgoing
ldes Great amlage has been done In
he single itr,l OF oil getting smeated
~ the painted sidrs OF boats. 10 n
iltiicull TO get II N ana expensive 10
pain. over H. Tue creates. loss Will
Probably be 10 tho Bhe,l.iish iuuusify,
aud particularly 10 growing Oysirr.'
The oil seems 20 be- deadly mixture
for all kinds n shell.h6h. II. Hillirr
who ttaHei IL years ego riaWlug,