Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-05
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Change Of Name for StinkinsWattf
River, Wyoming.
DIED FROM WANT AND EXPOSURE.
A Budget Of News from the Shoshonc
Indian Reservation--Girl "Kibksn
Her Nick.

Omaha Stoekman, Feb. 3; Bownell
& Y. OF Brigham CNy, U,ah, mar.
keted two cars OF range cattle.
Little Frank RiRney, who lives at
Oakland, Cal, WAS sheckingly cut
shout the hands by handling nay
cutter Tuesday night.
Matte Hodge OF Oakland, Cal, while
arranging her hair Tuesday nIght,
twisted her neck into suUh position as
toi render her helpless to move her
head. She WAS taken to the Z ceiving
hospital, where relief was afl irded.
Some days ngo the body OF man
was found near the RAILROAD IS miles
from Fresno, Cal. The body has been
identified rs that Of e, IL, Keel, whO,u
parents live In Kansas CITY. Kee
mad come from San Francisco, where
he faileu to hnu work. He died from
want and exposure. His remains were
forwarded t. Kansas CITY.
An eff OFT lie being nude TO change
the name of SHnklngwGter river 10
Wyoming, to Coulter river, says Ihe
Cheyenne Sun, as tho former name /.
wholly inappropriate to tnat stream
ana offensive to good taste. The nam
Of Coulter was suggested, ~ he was o
member OF the famous Lewis ana
Clarke expedition which CROSSED the
continent to the Pacific within the
Iimits OF the United States. Coulter
was tile inst white man positively
known TO set foot upon tine soil OF the
present state Of Wyoming and was the
first to sees the feton mountains,
Jackssn's pno Yellowstons's lakes an
the wonders oil TINT magnificent park.
Indian Guide, ShoshOne Indian
agency. Wyo.: Capt. Wilson intsnds
~ ask for d threehing machine for the
use OF the ArapAnOes livlnR In the
Bend anu on Big Wind river. Two
machines are not enough TO Ihfesh all
The grain. The grenaTy ~ tre agency
IL now completed and has several nun.
dred thousand pounds Of grain In II.
the new boiler Is In place auu tue
grist is being grouod. Pevo, Hebeche-
chez and Jim ShushOno were at the
mill the other day looking Tor
their grists. they loaded their
wagon full OF Il nr, bran ana SHORTS
and drove off nome feeling very
happy, Boyo ana NOyOhogO, Sho.
Bhunes, have concluded that there is
no ule trying TO farm among The rOcke
OF South Fork anu have made up
their minds to move IN the epring 10
their allotmente near The head Of SagO
creek, where the land Is very good
Rud where they think they can raise
fine crops. George Terry has used the
mooey which he earned last summer
by furnishing the logs for tue new
granary, In building himself u new
house on his allotment about mile
anu half from the agency. We went
over to see 1t The other Gay and found
1t by lar the best house ever built by
an Indian OF this reservation. Itis q
log house Of five rooms one and "a half
stories high, has u gocd single roof
painted red, matched hlars, II good
chimney, ETC., and lie, IA fact, good
enough house for anyOne. George is
now in tue mountains getting out logs
for barn md FENCE posts. As soon as
the weather permits ne Intends TO
ieuce his allotment with view to
putting 10 about fifteen acres OF wheat
aud oals. He intends to have as good
farm as any in the county.