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AssrssneNT NOTICE.
The west Cab Mining and Milling CO.. prn
Cipai place ul business, ta' LAAo
CRY, Utah

NOTICE IS HEREBY GiyES THAT Al
y ameouug OF ttU Hoard ni DIRECTORS oi
no above named CORPORATION held Ht It gen
sFsI ONCE Hl saIt Lake DItF. llau, on lhe On
uay uI February, If.. au hastH.mcni ni tntce
tH6usaul dollars, Ur one rtgt yer shai, wac
tf.r .'.taI..r'rr t., I.tHd DAY % March. l.H. Go
4. b.. tIarar. I'D. rrIu.g 10 GOO rnrp1rhtnrf ul
iis gaUtrI d onUHs, suite lIa Progress Nui.lin B,
sails Lake city UtaH. any aiH.t upon Nhl. p
uay W March. lsIH, viii Do delinquent, aMd on
NprIis,t fur col. lt pubic auction anu lhlrss
Uuymtat BE- mNHH bttutO viii Ng fn.d nn Ah' ill
mGnt together With COSTS ui ndNgrilug ana
errs1srofaIIr 4. g.. a. NllhE,
r,rfgtafv of iur Wet Gable Mining aud hlll
luaU e. .ty, tab.
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DURSuANT TO ~ ORDER or SAID
Il Court On said matter, notice u hereby
given that Saturday the 2lst day Of March,
a %. ia %, ut 10 O'Clock %. M az the County
tuurl House boo sat Lake City tab, in tho
lifetime lud % ace Tor the hearing Of d petition
OF joseph 10 Dean UrNylug Tor thu almus on
20 PROBATE NJ certain document herewith
pr,suuind, purpnr.nE % Do no last Wul and
when aud where ulI purSuns Interested may
appear and oppose tho prob 80 ut Fali will, ur
she granting NJ letters documentary 90 Joseph
%. Dean, a. PRAYED Tor 90 stid petition,
ln NItnusH whereof / nave hcruuu.u sot my
hand ana au.Nrd me Hell ut sall Court tuli
!uu dAy ut February, A. %. l-.h
IsEAi.I T.. o. STANTON,
t.rTk OF the usuut Court
Uy A. q. Nrrsr,
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
E.I.Ia Of EL-en NJ nnlLer. aecs,.oa

NOTICE rs HLWEWY GIVEN BY THE
- uudrraEuul. administrator OF the
,slAte uf E.vu 3d. buuer deceased,
tO tho creditors ", AUD AL purtous uay'
us rIauHs ns.Iual She SAID deceased, tl exhibit
them Win IUt necessary vouchers, within zen
mon UH uftr tUH Urst puuIyaNuu Of thls no.
uHr 90 mo enid administrator, NJ the ONCE
OF Taylor NHmHuY, rmsWuug COMPANY, cor
nor south Temple aud second Wrbt streets 90
SAT Lake .uy,I Isu tuun,Y OF eAt lake,
lIaN.
Dated February, 20 1874 .....
uilsuN n ROMNFN,
Administrator OF mo estate " Elluu NJ
Butler, deceased.
janice %. Msy.s attorney Tor estate.
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

The rsgic FOUNDRY end Machine Company. a
corr grafton, vhUsr urirclM place 70 lua'
iutsa BE- ct Size tIty " fat l.se, Itth.
NraTIDE II uEuEUN GiNEN 1lAr AT
y umcaunE 81 thc dif,c.0ra " cad cor
IUFatuu held 90 tho sttu DAY OF Ausufl l..A
Az As.,asurut q $40 PER hHrg Wa LEVIED
ON the capital stock ~ trss.id rofpyfhluu.
IhssaIt 'ssrssWrHt a1 much thereof ht HHs
not hlfruiy been raIi may ur pliI ~ Nt nee o
ufrf ~ sHII corporation No IiH once !u lhg
ttE uf sat Lake. ltan. pu or before ito no
urY of March. lsHs AUF HuNh sN.tutNt.
which may remain uuUad on DE Ntl uN ~
NafrH. IsJ. viii bel delinquent aft mo siora
uuun which any aFHCssWtut may remain 300
I.II Hnf delinquent un tuu day lhsi above
oil will Uo aiyurilHrd Tor sale q ruHle
H..l1H and urltss payment q made before,
wi He cold Du NuudHy, the sirf DAY NJ Star %,
lsa, 0f F0 much hereof e. may 10 iocrssatY
Iuu Iy INt taIu deIIrUUrHt UHHVs. nIrnf. 'tf co.
or win che cost u ulyr.uu.ts tui expense ~
sale
Dated this .y.h DAY Of JAruary. is9l.
~. o.. BUANT
secrct,rJ NJ INC Ess'o toundry and Machine
oass a. SO U' West Tiru south street
ais Latc tlIH, Utan.
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NOTICE. TO CREDITORS.


NuuuE is uEbEBN GIVEN ~ THE
y uut rHi.at1, executor of tAe lfsi Will
and Testament ui Alexander tldt, do
ryusrl, Iu tHU creditors uf, and all rer
sous having r'H|ms Hgaust th1 SAID dc.
ceased t1 gAhIIt thrn with the utrrs
aBTy NuurnuTH, within ton months sitter me nrst
uuuryUtuu uf fus notice fu the SAID executor.
10 his residence 100 Blun Dale, sAlI LAEe
County. state ut luh
Dated February 1, 1904
WILLIAM q. CRUMP, JR,
Executor NJ the last Will aud testament oi
Alexander Md, deceased
JA"Vs IL MoTLE. attorney for estate,
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~rUurE D. UEREuY GIVES TuAT AT
- am.CunF oftur uUatI OF directors hc.l
A. SAT Lake t.fy tHh. January y, I-''. on
.rtiruuu the capital ttuHA Of tnr corn 'rAulhl
payable TO the secretary, a % iNaulue Nn'
20 wet south Temple street NHli lstar 'lNt
Titan. un ~ before the sob day % fenruhfy,
100. ANY sinUk uuun which She assessment
remains Iupald on tug 4hih uIy nt tohruAfy,
Is D. sill o'Tt|luVuuut aud Hdtcfutci Tor ta.e
atpuUIIr auction. aud 90 payment BE- NOS made
Isl1fr vII BE- so.f uu tHa Itln day ui March.
Is|r. DO due hour Of @ o. m % iur thre ~ inc
tserciafv. IurHy nsafssmunts md egat ~ nd'
8 o.. gtNtUUE. secretary.
tait IaEo CITY jan. 20. lTlU.
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Notice Of time and Place Tor The ilcAuug ot
IUuuUu for Admission 90 Probate 10 Wal.
DUUsuANr TO ~ ORDER or SAID
4 Court In sAIl matter, notice u hereby
SVEN thHt saturday, tuu 5ih day " March ,
A. % 1850, 81 DO O'Clock a. m., 90 tue county
Court lluuHr iu SALT Lake city, lHu. iu tho
court room Of SAID Court has been appointed
tur Huc aud place for fby ArauuEuf o. petition
~ LIau olson praying Cor hH Adhesion 10
probate OF % certain document herewith pre-
scented uurpnruuE Co lD Che last MlIl uud Toe,
tam. nt % John . uNUu, deceased. whom Hul
where all persons interested may appear and
oppose the probate OF HHlI will, or tuu .fuutuR
of letters tyatAmcntary 20 Han Olson, NJ
prayed fUr iu satd uVuuln.
lu witness whereof / have hurtuntu Get my
uHuI and anINUd tue zeal 90 tald Court thl1
-liH day % iuUTuary, a. %. .rII.
IsEAL.. a.. O.. ~IAN luN,
DlUrE OF nIH. riot Court
MA. g., uEEsE, Deputy CLERK
JuuN NJ CANNus, Attorney Cor Petitioner.
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NvOTiCI is UEEEnY GIVEN THAT
~ Arthur brew o. atmiuHtratur Of tho co..
tate q Alfred fiuNIp deceased, has rendered
r. FrItIrWyut, Au1 Med lu SAID court hls Goal
account ~ uIs aIUlulH'rauuu u sali estate
UuI petition Cor nual distribution uf
tuD rraIdgN NJ sad cstatu among
Che Utrsuus emitted thereto, ana tutt
"wednesday. tlu lrIH dAy ot March, A. u.
lsH.. 90 I| O'clock A. m. at the ruurl room ~
taIl court. Tn tbH tULuIy tuuTt House, SAT-
Lake tItF and County, lluIf has
been duly appointed Dos che Judge N tlll
count Coz tUt aUtH#mt-- Z. FhIu account ant
hrHrfur aHIH petition for dIsTTIuutun, nt rhl. D.
umr hUd U.Hru AUE WHTHuu interested 90 SAN
1a .HiH may uHUus. Huu chow rausutlf any lhrrr
hy why HsiHHUrnuu. should nnt be- settled and
approved emf unN distribution made 40
prayed for
Dated February 20. A. u. lsoi.
q. D. STANTON,
t.yrk OF tho District Ourt,
nv A. q. ITUsU, deputy CLERK
JANIS 10. MunIE, attorney for ndmiulttfa
tor
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NOTICE ~ uEKEBf GlNEN THAT
~ samuel brutou, admnislraIur OF tho
0statuut Joseph Hem, deceased, has 10 doruu
Tor settlement aud nICu uu suii court, bic uual
account uf his HdmluistrAuon OF sai rstttu
Huu petition fUr qua distribution ~ thr residue
NJ Hnu estate among tho persons emitted
luuToIu, aud llAt "Wednesday, Tue lsth day Of
court room OF said court, IN mo County
Court house, -aIt Lake City and County, ttau,
iaH uoru dolly appointed hy tho Judge OF tal1
court. Tor thr stlt'UWtnt sAIu account and
hearing faIu petition tor distribution, AZ which
uWu aud place my ptrauu interested BOO Hhll
estate may appear anu show Cause II any
there Doe, why tud account should not bD
touIsI and approved aud final dlsuiuut on
M adF aa prayed tur
Dated February a. A. u. lslJ
O.. D. STANTON.
CLERK Of the nutict Court.
ByA. G.. NrFSE, deputy GERS
JNNII ~. MOVIE, attorney Tor administrator
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10 the matter Of tHr estate OF Chr.s,cen Golden
huHHN, Ir"yaHtI
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NOTICE Is ulHEBY GIVEN THAT
~ frank %. kimua.., che m.nl'uhlgr
ceased has tcudetC1 aud prescniol
fuf settlement and lied 900 fAid court
Due annual account OF Dye hiuinHlta.
lion 10 tait estate. aru Gri herewith be
petition Coz Tho uual uIHfr.Hu IUu uf ihr fa.llo
% Hs.d drceafot ard thIt saturday, ihe ltlh
dHF " March. 1895 at d. O'Clock r. in.s ~ tIe
court room " saIi court. bong Sue lului Guy
HuI county IuIIIinr iu t.a city 90 ru.t Latef
boz tUr tate 0f ttlu, has boom dolly tIpglnlcl
by tho a. q court Tor the sritemtni 90 sall
the Ola. rItfrIUuton Of tIo estate 10 saii De-.
tUasrl % wffrh time and U|H.c any hrrtlu
Interested Iu satt estate msY appear 800 Z. Q
exceptions To- writing tu saIi arruuni ana .alI
reurIun. and contest the same aud Usgh ~
fsrAtT O. STANTON, CIcik
Ty A q. UrUsH. Deputy t.CIA
Dated tUHl lth. IsIa
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Iu tho District Court Probate DIVISION, Third
Judicial uHuIUI. Iu ana for salt axe
County, tate u utah,
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Tue People NJ the Territory ~ JAu send
erecting 70 uytum Lussgi iau.A' defend
ANT
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nuU-UANI To ~ ORDER % SAID
court lu aa.U matter notice a. hereby
gwen mat Monday, Ono utu day " Marr1 A.u,
NO.. Ht Do O'Clock a Ws a. tbo county tuufi
room Of Hll court hAH been appointed iue
tIWr and place Goo tHr nearing " q rrtuun ~
Jonathan hWHh.H. IRA lug Tor the nduias
sion CO. UTonHtH uf N certain document iN.fu
with uratrutoI, rurplrtlus 30 be- thu lhst VII
aud Testament OF tuTlatHun bull o. hmNhil,
deceased. when and where aIl pHrsnus inter
ustcd may appear aud oppose mo PROBATE NJ
afy 90 Jonathan 20 h.muall, az prayed Tor 10
said petition
Iu witness whereof I hAye herounto sol my
hand suu hHKrl Coo zeal Of sAld court, ihu
gitu aAy % lylruary. a. u, lsp
l-uAI d. T.. -TANror,
tIsFE ~ the uiAirIct Court
IVA. % REt-E, Deputy Clor.
a. " prEga Jr. Attorney Tor petitioner,
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LEGAL NOTICE

In tho uutrirt Court Probate Division, Third
IudlrIa| uisu"L boo and Tor -ait Lake
County, state OF Utah
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In the matter ~ the estate o. Aliret
tFrU|n. deceased,
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suMNoNs.

DO ue District Court ID. and for the Third
Judicial District ~ ltsh lrUl'srY,
County OF taIt Lake,
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peuuoa Tor ain.s,'on {, probate Of Vii.
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LtGAL NOTICE.

Ia no u.strIrt Court Probate Division, Third
Judicial usIrug, Do aud Tor rht Lake
County, state Of Utah
In tho matter of tho Estate cfG. ". Kama,
kuuiau, Deceased,
Notice of Time AMI Place for the Hearing Of
Petition for NNuussi0u 10 Probate
OF WAL.
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LEGAL NOTICE.

In tho District Court Probate Division Third
Judicial District in aud f0r hall Lake
tOuuty. state of Utah
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

The sampson Mining company, SAT- ALE city
Utah. Wore OF t.U OumUau 90 copper
buiuu, Wet M1uuIuIu Mining DE-.
trirt, SALT t.n.v County, luh.
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NOTICE..


Noute Of settlement ~ f1ai acrount ana
Rearing ~ petition fUr final
lIttfIfutHu.
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AN ORDINANCE.

An ordinance nying tho number of onlfeta
aud m.u ~ wuirh the police department
OF .h.t Lake tity thaIl ruusIHt
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LEGAL NOTICE.

la tho District Court. Probate division, Third
Judicial District, In aud Tor SAT- Lake
County, state u Utah.
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salt Lake City, Utah, March >,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-11-13
WOMEN'S FRIENDSHIP.
It Sometimes Takes the Place of Hus>
band and Children.

tt Sometimes Takes the Place of Hus-
band and Children.
The healthy, latter-day independence
OF fwomen is more closely connected with
their friendship than most people rec.
ognize. The latter part Of this age
has seen many unexpected develop
ments of our sex. There is the bachelor
woman, the club woman and the bicy-
cling woman, not to speak of many who,
by reason of varied occupations and in-
terest in some calling or profession by
which they maintain themselves, have
learned to look on matrimony as beau
tiful incident, which occurs in some
lives, not necessarily theirs, nor need
it be demanded for their happiness,
prosperity or general contentment.
Failing marriage, many clear-headed
girls have found cordial friendship
for one of their sex, if not substitute,
an excellent institution. Such friend
ship has something exhilarating and
healthy in 1t. There is companionship
without the ties that bind the wife and
mother so frmly-some one who cau
be consulted and yet whose advice need
ioO NC lOllO"Cd, SOll1C OIIo VIII
sympathize with daily struggles and
with unceasing aspiration. Verify, the
healthy, cheerful woman, who dwells
with her friend, who thinks naught of
going alone with her to theater or re-
ception, who earns a pleasant liveli-
hood and Is neither "cribb'd, cabin'd
nor coffin'd" by household duties, is
not n hairor To ha ;oJ
if she is living her life without the
highest joys of the deep, trusting love
of husband and the passionate pleas
ure at the touch of baby fingers, the
grasp of little one who is all her own,
her contribution to the great human
race.
In the rush and fret of life the woman
who is one of large family. each men,
Der of which has q claim on her, has
scarce opportunity to form one of those
elevatipg. steady friendships which
serve to broaden and develop on each
side. The single woman, the recog-
nized "bachelor woman" who, in our
mental fancy, is distinct from the slight
ingly-described "spinster," makes the
best friend and confidante. She it is
who stands by her friend 'in sickness
and in sorrow" helps her through the
dark days, enjoys her triumphs and be-
lieves in her aspirations and loves as
Jonathan loved David. Happily there
is am extensive law of compensation in
this world, and the women who never
wear the crown of household queens,
but love one another with epar-sfan6y
devotion which nothing can diminish,
have enjoyed one of the beautiful things
of this life.-London Lady.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-11-13
Daylight at the Ocean Bottom.

In very clear water sunlight pene-
trates the seas to the depth of 1850
feet, These experiments were made in
the Mediterranean, near Corsica, and
is miles from land, the results being
obtained by means of Photographic
plates. The depth to which daylight
penetrates depends, of course, on the
transparency of the water; the Medi-
terraneap being famed for the clear
ness of its water, admits light to a
greater depth than is the case where
the water is less transparent. Usually,
the light of the sun $50 feet below the
surface of the ocean is no more than
that of the moon, while at the depth
of 300 feet it is scarcely equal to the
glimmer of twilight, and at 600 feet in
many parts of the ocean there is per-
petual darkness. Near Mindora, in the
Indian ocean, the spotted corals are
plainly visible under $50 feet of water.
The Caribbean sea is of crystalline
clearness, objects being discernible on
the bottom at very great depth
Popular Science News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-11-13
THE NATIVE QUESTION,
In South Africa-Caased to Worry Gel.
onial or imperial Statesmen.

In South Africa-Ceased to Worry Gel.
onia1 or Imperial Statesmen.
Since the breaking up of the Zulu
Matabele powers, the native question,
once so formidable in South Africa, and
still perhaps likely to give occasional
trouble, has ceased to be an anxiety to
colonial or imperial statesmen. Even in
Gazaland the feeble Portuguese govern
ment has been able to deal successfully
with Gunbunhama, and southeast AZ
rica is practically freed altogether from
lillatse, the quondam Attila of this part
of the world. Yet this result has not
been gained without a terrible expendi-
ture. To say nothing of the more re
cent wars with Cetewayo and Kreli, the
home government was throwing mil
lions of money broadcast over South
Africa in the SOS.
in parliament (July 81, 1857 that our
military expenditure at the Cape then
amounted to s 100000 or 100000 Per
annum as q standing dish, whereas the
last Kaffir outbreak Immediately sent
the bill up to e1,000.0Q0 per annum.
Besides being costly, the five or six
Kaffir campaigns of this century have
been extremely vexatious and inglori-
Gus, from the high military point Of
view. The foe was always insidious
and crafty, and it was never easy to
clear the valleys of the Kei and Fish riv-
srs, or to sweep through the Amatolas.
But it was work that had to be done on
The confines of our gradually growing
empire, and it was generally done well.
AT the same time it had to be done as
carefully as possible, for the philan-
fhropic party at home was always on
the lookout for atrocities, and, in the
case of the Glenelg policy, worked
round an absolutely unwise reversal
Blackwood's Magazine,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-11-13
ADVICE FOR HUNTERS.
The Best Way of Training a Dog for
Shooting.


Never be too familiar with a young
dog. He must have a certain respect,
not necessarily a fear of you; but he
must learn to obey. Any intelligent
puppy will learn his name in few les.
sons. Once you have given it to him
never change it. Mind you this-when
he has once recognized you as being his
master, his one idea is to please you
and to deserve a pat on the head and q
word of praise. Never tussel with him
with a stick, and never deceive him un-
der any prCtense. More dogs have been
spoiled by their masters not playing
fair with them than one could reckon.
Be honest with your dog, and he will be
honest with you.
If you possess gun, and your dog is
of that kind which has inherited the
scent for game, the first thing to teach
him is to fetch and carry-thatis, TO re-
trieve-and this without chewing or
mutii0ting the object which he brings.
A way to break dog of this is to take
an old glove, put few taclls with the
points extending outward, and fill it full
of cotton. He will find that by picking
1t up gently he can carry 1t without dis
comfort, while if he attempts to worry
it, the consequences are not agreeable.
This lesson is much better for him than
any amount of whipping, and he will re-
member it much longer.
If you wish to shoot over your dog,
the next thing is to make him find the
bird. To do this, the best way is to
procure live quail, which can easily be
had from any bird-fancier, put il in a
small cage and show it to the pup, warn
ing him not to touch it, Then conceal
the cage in copse of fern or grass,
and bring him carefully in that direc-
.tion. Never let him nearer than within
four or five feet of it; then speak to him
encouragingly. Under the influence of
your words hewill become all attention,
and dog thus properly broken will
never flush a covey," unless he runs
into them by accident or when he is
carried away by excitement, under
which circumstances he will show con-
.tFition.-Harper's Round Table.
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LONGING.

There's a cozy little cottage in the country
far away
From the city where the waves of COM
merce swell;
And the hollyhocks are blooming in the
garden all the day,
While the sunflow'rs stand on guard
around the well.
can see within the doorway Of that coZy
little cot,
A neat figure that the morning-glories
frame;
And she shades her eyes and gazes dowr
the highway white and hot,
While her lips have shaped themselves te
breathe my name.
All! her eyes are dim with weeping and heI
cheeks are moist with tears,
And her glossy raven locks are flecked
with snow,
And the lines upon her forehead are the
footprints of the years
That have vanished since we parted long
ago.
And I'M longing-oh! I'm longing-for my
mothers kindly face,
With homesick feeling tongue can never
tell;
For the sweet old-fashioned hollyho cks
that bloom about the place,
And the sun1ow'rs standing guard around
the well.
IS. Q. Lapius, in Ohio Farmer.
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THE SPANISH BAYoNET.
Facts About the Yucca Tree of Southern
California.

Facts About the Yucca Tree of Southern
California.
The yuccas, or Spanish bayon6ts, as
they are most commonl called, are
among the most characteristic plants Of
desert and semi-desert zones of Cali
fornia, being found in nearly all the
hot, dry parts of the state where little
rain falls. Strange as it may seem,
these tough, wiry-leaved plants be-
long to the same order in botany as do
our beautiful hyacinths, lily of the
valley, tulips. and gorgeously colored
Mariposa lilies or butterfly flowers, so
enthusiastically represented in all
parts of the state. And yet these yuccas
are tough and hard in, texture with
sharp pointed leaves, often terminate
ing in a tough thread, which hangs
loosely from the end. Others grow to
the size of large, but not graceful trees,
often reaching fully 30 feet above the
ground, as Is the case with the tree
yucca of the Mojave desert, groves of
which may be seen at any time. near the
railroad between Mojave and Los
Angeles.
These, says the San Francisco Chron-
icle, are about the only trees of any size
found on the deserts of California until
one gets high enough on the barren
ranges to find the pinon pine, which
grows here and there on the mountains,
usually far below the rest of the pine
trees. The flowers of the yuccas usual
ly grow in immense punches, often as
81, G
times being borne straight at the apex
of long, leafess stem, as in the tres
yuccas, bending downward with the
weight of the great bunch of flowers,
which usually open in the evening.