The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-21
NEWS OF THE GREAT WEST.
EVENTS OF INTEREST IN
VARIOUS STATES.
Big Sale of Wyoming Railroad Lands
"A California Bigamist's Ex-
perience-Denver Has a Pingree
Fa1m-Nevada's New Qualifca-
ton for Voters.

President J. J. Hill Of the Great
Northern claims that he opening up of
Northern claims that the opening up of
wheat has raised the price of that
product on the coast about 20 to %
cents. OF the last crop, 100000
bushels were shipped to Asiatic ports.
No more wheat will go to Europe from
the Pacific coast.
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The land department of the Union
Pacific has Just sold 1900 acres of
Wyoming lands 70 a syndicate of capt.
Kansas City. The tract is situated IS
miles northwest of Green River.
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Several cattlemen in New Mexico
have sold out their entire herds this
season and will restock with better
grades.
The Maxwell Land Grant company
is now constructing at Blossburg, n.
NJ, a coking plant embracing rs three
foot ovens in double banks. In the
center will be placed a large battery of
boilers to which the waste gases of
the coal will be conducted. The power
thus generated will be used to run
dynamos, furnishing all the power
and coking plant will be one of the
most complete in the United States.
New Mexico Miner.
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Los Angeles has a mushroom farm.
The spawn was obtained from England
and the product sells for 80 to 70 cents
per pound.
Riverside, Cal, has shipped 1910 cor
loads of oranges this season.
The wild man of Pine Ridge" a
mysterious hermit who has attracted
attention for years, has been hunted
down. He lived in cave near Liver
more, Cal, and is deaf and dumb.
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Few spectators will be permitted to
witness the execution of Theodore
Durrant Only the officers of the prison.
the physicians and newspaper men will
be present.
Charles c. Maxon deserted his wife
in Michigan and fed to California,
where he married another woman Wife
No. 1 agreed to relinquish her marital
rights for $1,000. and a divorce was
granted by the superior court at San
Francisco the da-r after the suit was
fled-a record breaker on time. This
divorce nullified the second marriage.
and, instead of two wives. Maxon now
has none. He is the wealthy proprietor
cisco.
The Grand Commandery Knights
Templar of California will hold its
thirty-ninth annual session on Thurs
day morning, April %, at San Fran
cisco. The session viii continue during
three days.
The Southern Pacific proposes to
erect a s1,00O.O00 electric power house on
the mole at Oakland, for the opera
alton suburban cable and steam
power roads.
The Pingree farms outside of Denver
were opened up for settlement Monday.
The farming land was furnished by 4.
d. Wilson, and the land has been
pIowed and seed will be provided for
any poor families who desire to locate
and farm there this summer
The promoters of the new opera
house plan at Cripple Creek have de-
cided TO build on the site of either the
Did Palace or the Portland hotels, at a
cost of $4,000.
Owing to the vast amount of snow in
the mountains there is fear that there
VIII be a great deal of damage done
along the streams in this state should
warm weather set in and cause the
NOW to melt rapidly. Should it go off
gradually, however. the streams may
be able to carry it away safely
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The people of Hahn's peak are ex-
sited over the discoveries of rich min
eral in Whiskey park. and are pulling
tut for that region in great numbers.
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The White Pine. New. news reminds
he voters of the state that the recent
legislature made the payment of poll
AK a prerequisite to the privilege of
-oting in the future in this state. AS
he law now stands person otherwise
qualified TO vote. must be able to show
eceipts for the payment of his poll
ak for the two years next preceding
iuch election, or the registry agent can
efuse to allow such person to regis
err. Voters who fail to pay their poll
AK this year can not vote at the next
lection.
Elko's boom" is bringing large num-