The state herald., 1897-02-19
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.

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I San Francisco police arrested 800 Chinese
gamblers one night last week.
| Miller Park has been decided upon as the
site for the Omaha exposition.
| Farmers are plowing and sowing wheat in
the Espanola valley, New Mexico.
The bill to create the new Washington
county was defeated In the New Mexico
| Legislature.
The Kansas House of Representatives has
! passed n bill abollshing the metropolitan
police system In the cities.
Reports from Billings, Montana say that
the Burlington is contemplating an exten'
sion of its line into the Kootenal mining re-
gion.
Consideration has been caused In the Kan.
sas House by Speaker Street, who ignored
the Republicans and refused to recognize
them, giving the floor only to Popuiists.
This was the result of Republican ilibuster-
ing.
Jesse Mercer, special agent of the In
teror department, has been In the vicinity
OF Lusk, Wyoming, notifying ranchmen who
have government land fenced TO which they
have no title to remove the fences from the
same.
At @ O'Clock Tuesday night brigham City.
Utah, was visited by the heaviest earthquake
shock ever experienced In the valley. II
was so severe that the bell In the court
house tapped five or six times The shock
was felt as far north as Logan.
Hon. Robert Taylor of Casper. Wyoming,
is feeding 1900 sheep on his ranch near
Grand Island, Nebraska, which he Will ex'
port direct to the Liverpool market next
/ spring Mr.. Taylor has for several years
relied upon foreign market with great sue
cess.
Mayor Jones of Kansas City has vetoed
the bill pissed by the council permitting the
consolidation Of the two local gas companies.
His chief reason Is that lnasmuch as the
city has right under both franchises to buy
the plants, the consolidation will force the
city to pay for duplicate machinery and
Mains
snow slide In Cottonwood canon, Utah,
struck the cabin occupied by Andrew An
dcrson, John Anderson and Andrew Miller,
buryIng the men under tons Of snow. After
six hours work Andrew Miller aud John
Anderson were taken out badly bruised, but
not dangerously hurt. The dead body Of
Andrew Anderson was recovered an hour
later.
Secretary Francis has issued an order re-
storing to the Union Pacific lands pending
patent to the status occupied under the
order OF Secretary Smith, last June direct
ing the lands OF the road to be patented
where shown TO have been sold to bonn fide
purchasers and fixing the atldayits of two
persons familiar with the facts as sufficient
to show bona fide purchase.
Preparations are being made to make tho
new town Of Woolton, Wyoming, the largest
sheep and wool camp In the state. A steam
Shearlng plant Is being put up which con
slsts Of forty shears, or clipping machines
run by steam and each one handled by an
experienced man. To the present time i05.
Ooo sheep have been registered for shcarlng
during the coming season. The wool clip at
the now town will exceed 100000 pounds
for 1897.
A few days ago an X-ray examination was
made In Chicago for the purpose Of locating
bullet supposed to be lodged in the thigh
OF Hon. A. H. Reel, prominent Wyoming
stockman. Mr. Reel received the bullet
wound over thirty years ago in fight with
Indians. The N-ray examination showed
that the bullet had been broken into seven
fragments. all embedded In the thigh bone,
An operation TO remove them will not be
performed.
County Commissioner George r. Butler Of
Elmore county, Idaho, who was thought to
have been lost In q snuwslide between Rocky
Bar and Atlanta has turned up. lie had a
most remarkable escape, being caught by
the slide but managed TO keep from being
buried. He was carried down long dis
| tancel but finally managed to reach protec,
tion from the moving mass OF snow. When
he was able TO travel he started home,
where he appeared two days later.
Colin Cameron and $. Price Behan. tho
Arizona sanitary commissioners, appeared
before the New Mexico board In an effort to
have the quarantine against Arizona cattle
removed. They assert that Arizona cattle
are healthy aud have agreed To submit the
matter TO the Investigation OF the Bureau
OF Animal Industry. Upon the statement OF
the Arizona commissioners the New Mexico
board lifted the quarantine except against
Mnrlcopn. Pinal and Yuma. The fate of
these counties depends on the report Of the
agent OF the department Of Agriculture.
Colonel W. H. Root OF Laramie. who is
one Of the largest exporters Of Wild animals
IN the West, has Just received an order from
Berlin. Germany, for carload of elk ant
Iers, weathercd aud otherwise These horn.
can be obtained by the wagon load In the
north end of Albany county, where In early
days the Indians made their annual roundup
Of this game slauEhtering thousands for
winter use. Mr. Root has been offered
good price for the untlors provided he can
MI the contract. The horns will be used by
the Berlin hrm In making the handles Of
hunting knives aud other sporting imple'
mentA
A bold hold,up aud robbery occurred at
williams, on the Atlantic 4 Pacific, A.
Altman, proprietor or the Williams hotel
and general merchant was about to close
up store when u masked man entered ana
covered him. his wife and two men with
six shooter The r0bber then placing gnnny
sacks over their heads, proceeded 10 rifle
their pockets obtaining from Mr.. Altman
over 500 In money. The robber then backed
out Of the place and disappeared In the
darkness The people II Williams are
Thoroughly aroused. aud posses of men are
out securing the country In the hope " zap
turing the bold outlaw
brigham Young says The Mormons " Utah
have found that they can 20 handle the up
land mcsns. which In an early day were re-
rnried ns worthless. In such q manner NJ 10
practically insure good crops, That by
plowlng the laui IN the fall sN or eight
inches In depth then In curh furrow rum
ming n suhsDll pillow, one which would mere
Is lift and crack up the subsoll, but not
turn II up, o reservoir Ia made In which the
winter rnius aud SHOWS ARE stored up. Thus
enough moisture u impoundcd to carry crops
through the summer without further iFriga.
ton. on soil prepared they have raised
sixty 10 seventy bushels ~ wheat 10 the
acre. where they eau run the surplus water
onto such land IN winter, giving II a good
winter irrigation, thus lusurlng the full bnt,
urutlon Of the land. almost any crop Is ms.
sured without further watering. There nro
many instances where very Successful or.
chnrds hive been planted out and grown IN