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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
A Shortage of Cattle.

One popularity of the past winters cat
tie trade has been the disposition of
feeders to sell their stock as soon as
it was in any kind of shape for market.
says National Stockman. Comparatively
few have kept cattle in the feed lot until
they Were fully finished This was en-
tirely unexpected N view of the abund-
ance of feed and the difficulty of market
ing II in any other way 1t has. however,
prevented any accumulation of cattle to
Hood the market during the latter part
OF the season. as WAS the case last year
Ihere Is no over supply of cattle in sight
Feed lots are not as full as they We're a
year ago, either east or west Distilleries
mold comparatively few. many of these
establishments having been shut down.
Ihere is, too, a shortage of butcher stun
on farms. which is pushing local slaugh-
tererS into market for cattle or to the
use ot dressed beef. Cows and heifers
are usually scarce at market points. af-
foruing an outlet for more butcher steers.
On the whole there does not seem to be
anything 10 interfere with a good market
Tor heavy steers during the remainder of
what may be called their season. and for
mandy and medium weights thereafter
II The advancing tendency in other live
stock IS continued Il would not be sur
prisinS to see cattle selling higher within
the next 50 days There is nothing in :
sight to justify any BOOM but an advance
of so cents per 100 pounds is considered
within the bounds of possibility by a good
many cattle men, Time alone will tell
whether their forecasts are correct.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
NEVADA.

Phoebe Record: Yesterday afternoon
about o'clock at a timber camp close
to Horns Springs, some seven miles
from De Lamar, J. S. Casey shot and
killed Bill Dodge. The particulars so
far had of the affair are that for some
time past trouble has existed between
Dodge lie Page, Casey and one or two
others over mining timbers and that
yesterday about noon a quarrel resulted
al camp and LIE Page and Dodge came
TO blows j. s. Casey, who also had
an interest in the timbers, was pres
ent and separated the combatantS.
Dodge left camp for De Lamar and an
nounced his intention of returning and
cleaning out the camp He was on
horseback and about o'clock returned.
Whether he said anything or made any
demonstrations is not Stated. but when
about 30 yards from camp Casey fired
at him with a rifle. The bullet cut
through the left ear of the horse and
pierced Dodge's heart and the animal
turned and ran, Dodge clinging to the
saddle. The canyon is very narrow and
about 200 yards down the horse was
stopped by man named Bishop. Dodge
called to him that he was shot and a
moment later fell off the horse into
Bishops arms dead.
Carson News: A Chinaman living
here is supposed to have the leprosy.
He has been in Chinatown for some
time and others of his race. particu-
larly the merchants. desire that some
thing shall be done to prevent the dis
ease from spreading. They say there
is no doubt as TO the nature of the dis
ease, and are supported by the state
ment of one who. is familiar with it.
The disease is now described as being
in the advanced stages and it is pre-
sumed that the victim will not live
long.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
WYOMING.

Douglas Budget: A prominent New
York journal has telegraphed to Chey
enne for full description of Wvo-
ming's official flower. While no legis
fative enactment has officially estab-
lished Wyoming's floral emblem, yet an
unwritten law has so designated the
cactus.
Cheyenne Sun: E. w. Whitcomb, the
well known stockman, arrived home
from the north last night. and was seen
by reporter today Mr.. Whitcomb was
very enthusiastic over the outlook for
cattle and sheep. and saws conditions
We're never so suspicious Tor the stock
men in the state as now. The streams
all over are filled with water, the pas
lures and ranges were never III better
condition. and the month of May was
ideal for the sheep men, the number of
lambs raised never having been larger.
The agricultural interests of thu entire
state are also in a thriving condition,
the spring having been unusually early
this year.
The Cheyenne Sun says the will Of
the late Abe Idelman was prObaJed last
Thursday. All his personal property,
amounting to 100000 real estate
amounting to 10000, and the insurance
of $4,000 was left to his brother, Max
- 10 N-Aec- SSoOO = oAiilc Al
drasky. a sister of the deceased, and
other relatives. will contes. the will
through their attorneys, Burke ~ Fow-
Ter.
Laramie Republican: Dr. Osborne of
Columbia college, New York. the fore
most paleontologist in the United States
since the death of Cope. and curator
of the American Museum of Natural
History. is spending a few days in the
study of Professor Knights collection
of Wyoming saurians. This collection
is very fine, and the far east app-e-
ciates the fact that at our state uni
versity there are MANY things worthy
Of its study and recognition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
A Rather Strong Hand.

Wrinkles: "Mistah Jones. hyah dat
yoh had VERY interestin' seshun at
de club de oddah ebening."
Yes, sab; dere wuz some excitin'
times. shoh's- yoh bohn."
What were de 'casion OBJ de excite
ment?'
Hit were disher way Clarence John
son he done open de John pot wifi err
bout fohty bones in il. Dey was only
fob in de game. / come along wifi my
money and Gabe Ginkerson staid. and
Jud Cumberland he done de same.
Clarence he done stood pat. an de
res OBJ us drawed from one to three
kyahds, as de Emergencies happened to
reGuiah- Clarence bet one chip. and
Ginkerson followed him wuf raise,
an We all stayed in de game like men.
ebry Teller raisin de bet as his turn
came. Finally Clarence he done called
Ginkerson, an we all showed down.
an Clarence got de pot
What did you all hab?"
"GinkersOn had three kings and a
jackknife. / had flush an a pah of
brass knuckles, Jud Cumberland had
all up an a razzer.'
But what did Clarence hab2"
HE had a pah of fOhs an a revolt
yer'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
MONTANA.

George Chubb. a miner, was killed
at Marysville last Thursday. He had
charged six holes and lighted the fuse,
when he fell back into the winze just
as the shots commenced to explode.
The law imposing a license on state
banks is to be tested in the courts The
Helena tailors will also test the license
law.
Governor Smith has gone east for
six weeks, and Lieutenant Governor
Spriggs is discharging the duties of the
gubernatOrial office
The Washington correspondent of the
Helena Herald has sent that paper a
list of the Montana gentlemen who are
applying for positions, exclusive of
postinasterships, under the Mckinley
administration. 1t foots up total Of
1853, which is pretty good for Montana.
A mild form of mango (horse scab)
is prevalent among the horses on the
Blackfoot reservation. The disease has
advanced to such a stage. it is reported,
that many of the horses have lost their
hair.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
OH. THESE WOMEN.
Farmer Swiggs Found That He Was
No Match For His Better Half.

Harper's Bazaar: Women are mighty
peculiar critters-mighty peculiar said
Farmer Swiggs, aggrievedly- They ain [
got any more reason about EN-. as a gen.
eral rule, than so many geese,'
tmph-huh,' replied Farmer Appleby.
in 2 non-committal way. ''Mebby So
mebby not
WAL. they amt, Geese never stop TO
reason or consider. but DO jest whatever
happens to DoD into their minds: an II
is the same way with women folks For a
long time my wife has been objectin' to
my takin' a little hard cider now an then
Tor my stomach's sake. as it were. an
l. thought I'd try to cure her of the habit
the nrst time ] found an opportunity. So
the other evensn' after she had been
scoldin and iawin' me about it all day a
good deal more than l thought the cur
cumstances warranted. considerin' that [
hadn't drank more than about half a gal
ian since mornin. jest swallowed a
spoonful of -four. after tellin her it was
strycnnine. an lay down on the lounge
an groaned an rolled my eyes as pitt
fully as | knew how. honin' it would
soften her a good DEAL
Did she soften?''
Nav. She jest laughed an flung
dipper of hot water on me-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
o-D~
FACTORY AND FARM.
An Agricultural Paper Explodes an
Economic Maxim.

Farm. Field and Fireside: PLANT a
factory beside the farm says Mr.. Ding
/ ley. and you increase enormously the
value of the products of that farm. =
This Is all very well. provided in planting
your factory and nourishing its tender
growth You do not sap the life blood
from the farm and drive the farmer into
other fields TO earn living. A contem-
porary points out that factories We're
planted beside the farms of New Eng
land years and years ago, and today the
land IS deserted and soon will be utilized
only by the sons of the factory owners
who want an open country for fox hunt
ing and cross country racing. and who
think II quite English don't cher know
TO possess d great landed estate.
Factories moved westward to New
York, one of the greatest agricultural
states of the Union, and wherever they
were planted the. farmers increased the
value of their products so enormously
that they Immediately began TO put big
mortgages on their lands. and by and by
the fellows who had the factories had the
mortgages; and, in course of time. they
got the farms. too Then the farmers
and thei- wives and sons and daughters
moved into the factory towns and lived
IN tenement houses and began to COM
pete with the artisans who had come from
Great Britain and Germany. France Italy
ana Hungary; and pretty soon there was
a slump in wages. and many skilled
toilers We're thrown out of employment
and returned to the European lands
whence they came.
IN luton county. New 1Ork. the farms
worth 500 per acre. went to the mort
gage at $40 and Sometimes the farmer
got for his farm nearly half as much
money as the buildings cost him. And he
was very grateful for what the factories
had done for him.
Down in Montgomery county the same
thing happened. only more so" The big
mills at Amsterdam set farm values a
kiting-Chinaward
The fellows who We're so liberal as to
loan farmer one-third on the value of
his lands ten or fifteen years ago. have
had TO take the farms and pay ND the
back taxes and now they are trying to
sell them to the factory owners for deer
parks and fancy stock establishments
These economic maXims which our no
hteal friends state so glibly often reveal
strange contradictions when tested by
the hard and fast rules of common sense
and experience. There IS none of us who
would not welcome the establishment of
a factory in our community But if We
feel that the support for that institution
Is being drawn from the vitals of the com
munlty for the benefit of two or three in
divlduals. already well able to look ont
Tor themselves il becomes evident that a
good theory may result in very bad
practice and that an increase in our
nations wealth. at the expense of a
majority of the individuals, is in reality
an advance backward
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
CALIFORNIA.

Two masked men robbed the safe of
the Providence mine at Nevada City,
securing $1,000 worth of amalgam.
Horse Trainer Gleason was arrested
for jumping hotel bill at San Jose,
but the affair proved to be the result
of a misunderstanding
Jesse Grant denies the story that he
is member of a syndicate that pro-
poses to establish a Monte Carlo
gambling resort on a concession Sc
cured from the Mexican government
near Tia Juana Hot Springs, 20 miles
south of San Diego.
Los Angeles jobbers complain that
the Southern Pacific discriminates
against the n in favor of San Francisco
1t is reported that the railroad
shops of the Atlantic & Pacific are to
be removed from Albuquerque to Los
Angeles.
The story of a terrible beating in
hic.ed by two farmers upon a third
comes FRI n Roberts Island. Pete Igga,
one of the persons accused by the vic
tim of the assault. is now in custody.
The other, Andrew Rossin, will be ap-
pretended. Their victim, P. c. Riley,
is now lying on a cot at the county
hospital at Stockton with a cash in
his head, another in his cheek and one
in each arm.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
Beet SUGAR Notes.

Lehi Banner: Though we have had a
very dry spring the condition of the beet
crop is very favorable and in most cases
it looks as though good crop will be
raised. The thinning is drawing to a close
in nearly all districts. In Lake Shore the
crop might be a little better. At Provo
a field belonging to T. Vincent will be
partly lost rs there was not enough
moisture in the soil to start termination
One of the best fields in this district is
owned BY Charles Turner and is near
the asylum. He has a splendid stand and
the bects look hne. The beets in the
Springville district are larger than any,
as the sandy. warm soil Is favorable 70
early growth. The field belonging to
Richard Thorn contains a splendid stand
and the largest beets. Those in the lower
fields are not so early and some are not
Trimmed. T here will not be any lost in
this district. At MaDleton the dry
weather has been particularly hard on
them. TIE soil is light and sandy and
dried out very quick. not giving the seed
r good chance TO terminate. and some
fields had to he irrigated and -eplanted.
Generally the prospects for a good crop
are not as good there as last year. but
though the CROP may be thin in places
the beets do not usually grow very rank
on the soil but II is some OF the best in
the country for sugar beats. The farmers
are not discouraged at all. but are out
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
Cut-Worm Motn.

An effective remedy is to steep fresh
clover or alfalfa in water containing a
solution OF Paris green or London purpoie
and scatter Z about aT<> the vines.
The poisoned grass should always be
gathered up early in the morning in order
10 obviate the danger of its being eaten
by domestic animals Soaking the ground
where vines are planted with soap suds
or kerosene oil is also destructive to cut
worms.
AS a protective against their depreda-
tons each vine should be furrowed by a
cylinder made from a piece of tar paper
about y inches in length and eight inches
in width. This collar ought to be sunk
about four inches under the surface OF
the earth. leaving the vine Enclosed by
eight inches of the paper.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
farm and Gardell
enormous ,r a loss. and it is worth while to

enormous loss. and it is worth while to
look for the leaks.
Here are a few: Barns and lots are on
the virtue of the manure teaches to
poison the water-a double loss. Manure
is thrown out in heaps under the caves
where the waters from the roof dissolve
out and carry away their fertilizing ele
ments- Shade trees in pastures are on the
banks OF streams. and under them much
manure Is dropped 10 be wasted away
and oollute the water. In rotting down,
manure loses much by fermentation. EX-
cept where it IS desirable 10 kill weeds
and grass seeds by rotting down. ii is best
as It is made OF course, only rotted
manure should be applied TO gardens.
Liquid manure is more valuable than the
solid portion. and should be caught by
straw, moss, leaves or other absorbing
bedding
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

in the fields doing all they can TO help
the crop along. They have some fine
farming country and the lovely and COM
Portable homes show that the farmers are
prospecting.
Thinning is drawing to close in the
Lehi district
Beet harvest viii begin early next
month in some of the California districts.
Agent Robertson. of SpringvilIe, reports
some. OF the young beet plants to be dy-
ing, but cannot give the reason. These
are so few and scattering that the crop
will not be materially effected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
Irrigating an Orchard.

Cecil Wilcox in Farm and Field: Let
the first irrigation early in the season
when the process of drying is slow and
gradual, without baking, be by food
ing where the nature of the ground
and other conditions permit 1t should
be done by the use of large checks
which admit of deep flooding Shallow
flooding is injurious, especially on our
higher land. 1t does not go deep
enough to induce the downward growth
of the roots. 1t encourages a lateral
growth near the surface and the
growth of collar roots about the boil
of the tree A tree grown under these
conditions suffers easily from drouth
and is readily uprooted by wind. be-
sides being shorter lived than one the
roots of which go deep into the ground.
The following iTrigations should be in
burrows plowed close to the trees when
small. remoter when large. Cut trenches
across from one furrOW almost TO the
other at the same distance from the
tree that the burrows rum Let the
water run along the burrows so slow
that IL VIII require all day to run across
a ten-acre field. 1t will go SO deep that
horse will sink TO its body in the fur
row. 1t is remote enough from the
tree TO avoid the growth of collar roots
and to compel the roots to go down.
down at the right place to meet the
ENDS OF the roots. where the little
spongelets so thickly cluster. which are
the real feeders of the tree. The water
that strikes down about the boil of the
tree furnishes comparatively little
nourlshment to a healthy tree and has
a tendency to warp it from a condition
OF health. In an ordinary year one
noodlng and two furrow irrigations are
sufncient for deciduous trees. Too
much and too late irrigation must he
carefully avoided. Irrigating too late
prevents the hardening of the wood in
time for early freezes and represses' the
tendency to form fruit buds. The tree
forced to abnormal growth is not ant
to be so hardy. long-lived or good
bearer as one grown under more nor
NAL conditions. Overwhelming not
only Injuries the tree, but the fruit. es-
peclally the peach loses its flavor and
keeping qualities. After irrigation.
when the ground has reached the state
OF dryness when il will pulverize best.
IL should be cultivated deeply and fire.
quently. Deeply. because it forms a
mulcning which is an excellent retainer
or moisture: frequently. because after
aWhlle polarization is established. when
evaporation becomes very rapid in spite
OF the mulching. There is no longer
any theory among practical cultiyators
as to the value of the dirt mulch in
hoed fields and closer application TO the
ldea is making better farmers. of us all
along the line even with more water
running in the ditch than can be used
II Is worth trying in any event.
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tomato. nasturtium, sweet pea and other
vines. These insects remain hidden in
the ground during the day time, 10 come
forth at night and feed upon the vines.
Not being climbers. they eat through the
vine at the base, thus destroying the en-
tire plant Mrs. Shute gives number of
means of getting rid of the cut worm
pest
One is to place a board near where vines
are growing just after sunset When
their nights foraging is over the worms
will crawl for shelter under the board,
where they can be caught and killed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
Cutting Alfalfa For a Seed Crop

j. e. Smith in Field and Farm: When
alfalfa is grown for seed, the second
crop is the one usually saved. The
yield from this is heavier. and what is
Of more Importance, the crop ripens
uniformly The first crop does not Of
ten seed well, probably because the in
sects which aid in the fertilization Of
the flowers are not present in sufficient
numbers in May or early June, when
the flowers first open. Cut for seed
when the pods are dark brown. Rake
at once into heaps and allow it TO cure
there; then place in the stack and
thresh directly from the stack If the
hay gets wet, it viii heat and mold. and
there Will be considerable loss.
In Colorado the first crop is consid-
cred the best for seed. especially If il
has not been irrigated. The plants are
smaller and coarser than later in the
season, and more thickly set with
flowers than the ranker midsummer
growth Considerable success. has been
had in Colorado. Kansas and Nebraska
in cutting of seed alfalfa with a Irvine
binder and threShing directly from the
field or from the stack. \ higher yield
is claimed for this method. because the
alfalfa is more easily handled and does
not shell so readily as when it is cured
in heaps and windows. Il is claimed
that there is a sufficient increase in the
amount of seed saved TO more than pay
the additional cost of the binding Irvine,
besides the saving in time and labor,
and the greater ease in handling the
crop.
The yield of seed varies greatly from
year to year. according to natural con-
ditions. The average is probably from
FIVE to nine or ten bushels an acre.
Larger yields are sometimes reported.
There are 60 pounds to a bushel of al
falfa seed. The price ranges in differ
ent parts of the country from to Is
cents a pound. Alfalfa can be threshed
with any of the ordinary machines
which have been provided with a set
of screens OF small mesh. such as are
used for hauling clover. Seed intended
for sale must be reclaaned. and run
through a tanning mill before it is
placed on the market. Higher prices
are always to be obtained for clean
seed. The alfalfa straw which is left
after threshing is worth less than half
as much as the hay for feed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07
WOOL AND MUTTON.

Field and Farm: We will after all
have to take whatever duty we can
get on our western or third-class woods.
The hand of the east is against US.
There is a popularity in the mechan-
ism of sleeps jaw and esGFaders that
helps one to understand the reason
why sheep are able to get so much
nutriment from their food. In noticing
"A sheep chewing IT'S cud it cannot but
be observed that the jaw has a peculiar
motion from side to side. The branches
of the lower jaw are closer together
than the molars are in the upper. Then
in the molars their edges have different
slopes. In the upper row the face of
the molar slopes very decidedly from
the higher inner edge to the lower
outer, while in molars of the lower jaw
the face slopes from the outer edge to
the higher inner. These things, to-
gether with the rough surfaces of the
molars. gives a sheen the power to
thoroughly grind its food.
The following wall of woe is from the
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At Calder's.

A large crowd visited Calder's yester-
day and found much in the way of
amusements. In the baseball game the
Mascots won easily by a score of 10 to g.
The musical and vaudeville features were
very meritorious.
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Financial Acumen.

Chicago Record: AN allowance is
something like a bicycle"
---yow COZ
"A man can put his wife on it. but he
can't make her stay on it."
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Today, Commences

The second and last week of our great
unloading sale.
F. AUERBACH & BRO.
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TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

Excursion June 5th, 9Th and 7th.
Via the Oregon Short Line. Round
trip only $3.50. Limit Sept ).
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CUT WORMS.
Means For Getting Rid of This In.

SECT f-tsL.
Numerous complaints are being made
10 Secretary Shute Of the Colorado state
board of horticulture concerning the dam
age that is being done by cut worms 10
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The following wall of woe is from the