Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-08-12
WILD WEST WAIFS.


Fishermen recently captured genu-
inc fur seal off Santa Monica, Cal.
Some of the Wyoming cattle compa-
MES are going into the sheep business.
"A fine quality of photographic stone
is reported to have been found in the
hills north of Santa Barbara, Cal.
Washington expects this years
wheat crop to be 100000 bushels-the
biggest in the history of the state.
Montana boasts Of the largest apple
orchard in the world. The Bitter Root
Orchard company has 10000 apple trees
planted on $50 acres of land.
"A recent rule made by the Supreme
court of Nevada is that no naturaliza-
ton papers shall be granted by any dis
trict court of Nevada later than sixty
days prior to an election.
Wolves are doing damage to cattle
on the range as well as to sheep round
about Casper, Wyo., and dead calves
are reported all over the prairie at the
foot of Pine mountain.
The Union Pacific Railway company
has paid Mrs. Title Olson of Walcott
500 in recognition of her services in
saving a passenger train from wreck
last September. The train was approach
ing a burning bridge when Mrs. Olson
discovered the fire and after a hard run
of nearly half mile tagged the train.
"A Montpelier Qda.j man has invent
ed an attachment for a bicycle by which
it can be ridden on a railroad track.
This attachment consists of double
fiange wheel which fits over one rail and
acts as a balance to the bicycle which
runs on the other rail.
An Oregon wool buyer bought sever
al clips of wool in Weiser and when he
went to the railroad Office to arrange for
it's shipment to Huntington, he found
that the least possible figure that the
company would carry the freight for
was 60 cents PER 100 pounds. The buy
er then concluded to try the old style
of freighting and found no trouble in Sc
curing teams to haul the freight at %
cents per 100. The distance from Wei
ser is twenty-three miles. 1t went by
team.
The July month of this season will
be memorable one in the history Of
Utah. In it was witnessed the worst
and most destructive series of storms
and floods since its settlement. The in
jury and damage done to the farming
lands and crops of the farmers was sup
plemented by rainy season uuprece-
dented.
"A new discovery has been made in
British Columbia. This time it is graDh-
tie. 1t is said that the vein is close to
salt water, and is sixty feet wide. The
mine is owned by Seattle people and as
pencil graphite is worth $1,000 a ton
the owners feel sure that they have a
fortune in their grasp. Samples have
been sent to the Dixon company in New
Jersey. The quality is so good that a
company for its manufacture into pen
ellis will be organized.
An eyewitness of q cloudburst at the
headwaters of Silver creek, about twelve
miles north of Silver mountain. Nevada.
ho-
dropped down between some lofty peaks
where it was hemmed in. and as a gust
of wind thrust it to one side a heavy
clap of thunder seemed to shatter it all
to pieces and deluge of water took
place that swept everything before it.
The artiesian well recently completed
on the farm of w. S. Howard in Taylor
township, near Minor, n D., is causing
much uneaSiness among FARMERS in that
vicinity. The flow was struck at a depth
Of $50 feet and is a gusher III all that
the term applies, throwing a six-inch
stream to a considerable height above
the ground. The flow was struck less
than a month ago, but it has already
filed a ten-acre slough to a depth of over
eight feet and the overflow is now spread
ing in every direction and threatens the
adjacent grain fields.
The big Chino ranch in San Ber-
nardino county, Cal, where the beet-sugar
factory is situated, is ready to pass into
English ownership. The $1,6O0,OOO pur-
chase money is on hand at San Fran
cisco. The purchasers contemplate
bringing out a large number of farmers
from the old country and placing them
upon small tracts of land, on the coloni-
cation plan.
While Bob Steinhauer, aged about Il
years, was going down Coal creek in a
small canoe on his way to school, says
the Nehalem or Times, a large cougar
sprang at him from an overhanging tree.
1t missed the boy, but struck the rear
end of the canoe and fell into the creek,
nearly filling the canoe with water It
then attempted to Chamber into the canoe,
but the boy beat it off with an oar The
beast then swan ashore and was pre-
pairing for another spring, but the thor
oughly frightened lad pulled rapidly
down the creek and escaped to the open
river a short distance below.
An electric road will be built by San
Francisco men from that city to San
Jose, so as to take in towns not or the
railroad Stanford university Will be in
the center of the line.