Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-12
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Elects Of The Cold Winter on
Dakota Cattle.
HEBREW COLONY FOR CALIFORNIA.
Accidentally Shot by a Brother. in. Law
Woman for Mining Recorder
killing Sheep.

A woman Ia a candidate for the posl-
ton OF mining recorder for the Geor se
town district In Ell Dorado county,
Cal. The election 10 10 be held In O
corner saloon. and, II successful she
will choose other headquarters.
Rapid City, South Dakota, Stock
man: Jack Hale, the big sheen man,
lost l 1900 bend Of sheep at his Bull
Creek ranch during the big storm OF
ten days ago. With those lost during
the big blizzard Of November 26th, Mr..
Hale has lost over $500 head of sheep
this winter. This is q severe loss and
It will take long time to make 1t
good again with wool ami mutton at
present prices.
Mrs. IL. Miller and her daughter,
Miss Il. Miller Of Williams, anu
William @. R1urka OF Colusa, Cal.
paid Walt "Wednesday to the I'M
fortunate Mrs. II jurke, the bride who
went Insane Oh her honeymoon, and
who Is now confined in the asylum nj
Stockton, Cal. Mrs.. Miller Is the girps
mother and R9urke 10 her husband.
The patient recognized them, and the
asylum physicisns believe that che
VIII recover her reason shortly.
A dispatch from Chamberlain, South
Dakota, saye: A. Hickey, u Lynn an
county ranchmAu, reports that up to
date more thau 1000 head OF horses
and cattle have perished In that coul.
try from the fact that owners trusted
too much to the ability of animals
caring for Themselves aud neglected to
put up hay. The great snowfall Gov.
cred the range nnd consequently stock
simply starved 10 death. Indian stock
raisers on the lower Brule and Crow
Greek reservation inay lose all their
stock, as many OF them put up no hay
at oil.
Sioux City, Iowa, Tribune: Con.
Siderable complaint Is h eard from
feeoers that cattle ON fail feed are not
doing so well this winter az usual. The
weather HIS been too chaDgtable,
shifting from very mild to very cold
suddenly, and, tnking the eutire sea-
son, there bus been an excess OF mOis.
lnre which kept the ieeu lots In bad
condition. Tho corn Is not good
either, the soft corn, OF which there Is
60 much, not putting OF Il 'sh 80 rapid.
ly as good hsrd dry grain. One feede
who haH 100 heau In hie lot was heart
to remark yesterday that his cattle
would be i've mOntha on full fepJ The
l9.b, and yet they were not 50 fat an
he had made cattle Ia three months
feeding. The chenpuess OF feed, how.
ever, goes very far toward making up
Tor the failure TO make rapid gains.
Emmett, Idaho, Index: Last Tues.
day at the George Clark place near
Bishop, Colo, Ben Webster was acct
Geutaily but fatally ahot by his BROTH
er.in.law, Janice Summers, who was
shooting with rife At q bull that he
was trying TO Kill. Webster was stand
ing quite q distance away but qua tsr.
ing TO the animal. Summeis fiteu at
the animate head, the bail GLANCED
from the hard skull, struck the ground,
rebounued and, striking Mr.. Webster,
passed completely through his b dy |
under the ekin at his back. a mes
b. ger YVES ct once sent TO Bishop or
doctor who was soon on the scene
and pronounced 1t a dangerous but not
necessarily fatal wound. The wounded
man fingered Tor tweniy-iour hours be.
fore death came to his relief. He
leaves wife and one child. He was
native Of Idsho aud aged 81 yeAre.
He wRs grandson OF Mrs. Levi Reed
OF Emmett.
Breeders Gazette. Nearly three
weeks ago fourteen double-ieck car
loads of Mexican sheep, about $500
head, were admitted at Ell Paso,
Texas, but on inspection by an ofliclai
OF the bureau OF animal Industry were
found to be scAbby and were ordered
returned 10 Mexico. Tho Mexican
government refused to allow them 10
be returned unless the import duty
had been paid, and as the import duty
had neen paid before they entvrtd the
United States, the owner, j. II. Man
by Of Trinidad, Colo, decided to
await the decision OF the chief OF the
bureau Of animal industry before pay
ing duties to two Rovernments within
q few days. About January 2Sfd,
Albsft Dean, live sock agent oil the
bureau ui animal indusuy in charge nj
Kansas CITY, went TO FL Paso to inves-
tigate the matter, anu ordered the
Slaughter Of the entire lot OF sheep.
He stated that he proposed to prosecute
those who were responsible for the
admission. II Is saiu at Kansas City
"thst those who make a speciality OF
handling sheep are surprised that such
heroic measures should be resnrted to
by the bureau or animal industry in
dealing with sheep affected with the
seao, which is not regarded az serious,
anu particularly rs only three per
cent OF them wsts Affected"
A meeting OF pro:ainent Hebrews
will be called In q iey. days In San
Francisco to listen to plan OF estab-
fishing u Jewieh agricultural ollony
In Calliornia,and 10 give 1t such foam
cial aid as tboy may judge the project
to merit, The scheme Will be presented
to their consideration by Ephrnim
DeinarJ, editor OF the Nationalist,
Patriot and ZigD OF Kearney, Nj. Mr..
Deinard came West about O month
ago to tut his project into execution,
ana sincu then has been studying the
L after on the ground anu consuitii &
with memburs OF his faith in San
Francisco. Ia this vicinity OF Philadel.
phia there nave been established for
nearly ten years "A number OF Russian
JewS, mostly from tho southern pro-
vinces OF the empire, who were exilei
from their native land. The late Baron
HIsch set a,ide fund for aiding hit
suderiGg brethren 10 lind new homes,
anu from this Mr.. DsinRrd expects 10
pay the travelling EXPENSES OF the
eolonisls to this coast. Hie first idea
was to pring out 1875 families and settle