Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-17
NEWS OF THE WEST.
California Woman Poisoned with
Strawberries and ButteTmllk.
TRYING SUGAR BETS IN IDAHO
liuckshot in an Tgg--t al fornia Cattle
Injury TO Tramps-Weighing
halfway trains.

OntIuu, ehN
teems wanted on the Mink creek
canal, 1t must be completed this year.
The company is now prepared to p y
50 per Jay for good men and teams, II
N cash and TOUR In ttsck.
Army worms In countless numbers
have entered the lower part OF Ukiah
vallay, Cal. 1T Is said that lndians-
who regard them MS a luxury superior
10 the grasshoppers--nre filling their
baekets and dryiug them for future
use.
Charles IL. Hare, a printer of Ala
media. Cal, claims to have made
remarkable discovery. While nj
breakfast on hard boiled eggs Saturday
morning, lie cut the yelk OF one OF
them In two and was surprised to see
Two large leaden bucksDOt drop out.
He Ia trying to solve the problem OF
now they got iuside the egg.
Boise, Idaho, Statesman: r. l..
Green hos rented five acres near Soma
upon which he Intends to plant beet
seed and give 1t good trial. He will
have q msu in charge during the
season and nothing Will be spared to
make the experiment success. His
efforts are being watched with much
interest by those who think that the
soil here will produce as good beets as
that In Utah.
Preston, Idaho, Herald: This should
be a great summer Tor advertising
Utah and her resources, and will II
hose resources are shown up as they
should be. Salt Lake City has an en-
visble reputation for the cordial wei.
come it always extends to guests and
visitors. The tIsnsmississ ippi congress
will afford an opportunity to add TO
that reputation. Let the city "do
itself proui" on shat occ aston.
An Inquest was held at San Rafael,
CAL, on Satu day upon the remains oi
Mrs. Mary Finpie, who WAS found in
dying condition Friday morning,
and W no died shortly after the arrival
of q physician; sew erai witnesses testi'
fed that she ate Strawberries and
butternllk. The autopsy physician,
w. f. Jones, testified that all the
organs of the b1dy were In good con-
dltion except the stomach, which was
h famed from some poisonous suit
stance, supposed 10 be either the
berries or the milk.
Drovers Telegram: Major w. A.
rrOwers has Just returned from trip
through Southern California and IL
enthusiaetic concerning the outlook in
hot part OF the state. He says the
grass there is farther advanced u W
than at this season OF the year In the
past twenty-five years. 1t is q month
to ak weeks earlier than usual. Cattle
are doing well. Most OF the yesrling
and two.year.old cattle in that state
nave been disposed oil, which will
probably Tighten the shipments tC
market from that section during tue
all.
Glenwood Springs, Colo, lava
ianche: The people OF Utah are MAX
ing great hendway In their Jun LEI
cele brstion and they will have Pres-
dent Mex lniey with them IL Congress
will adjourn by that time. Utah people
are hustlers and they can give Colo
RADIO people points. We promise
President Nick inley and his cabinet
and his friends that II they will only
pick up courage 10 come across the
continent and visit Utah on that Goes
sion they viii learn something thu
Will be Of financial bs nefit to them.
sights men ever saw.
Evanston, Wy oming, News-Regis.
teE Through decision OF the Utah
Supreme Court rendered last Tuesday
w. X. Royce OF this place 10 enriched
to the extent Of $1,000. While In Salt
Lake, Royce was arrested as a vagranl
anu compelled to work with the chain
gang. During the time he was thus
occupied in remodeling the streets oil
Zion, the man was injured by a street
EXPLOSION. He euei the city and oh.
tanned Judgment. The case was ap-
pealed and the decision Of the lower
court sustained by the higher trlbuna !
Royce has gained local notoriety
throug h the Damon and Pythias sffec.
lion that exists between him and
Charles Shelby, now In the count )
Jail under sentence for assault Il
murder.
Laramie, Wyoming, Boomerang: A
party OF tramps entered the rolling
mill Saturday morning between 8 anC
8 O'Clock, soon alter work was started
and while they were Watching tn,
rolling pr0oese, some Of the employees
as a Joke, yelled out, ''Look out for th'
explosion run run!" Everybody
Immediately started to escape from th,
building. Two Of the visitors, A. s
Clark OF Sacramento, California, anC
Walter Freund OF Pueblo, Colorado
attempted TO Iun out OF an opening
which they observed. 1t was a hingst
door less than the height OF an ordin
AIRY man, and the door was simpl,
| raised from the bottom and was sus
pended at right angles with the sid,
OF the building. In the poor ligh
alter watching the heated iron the mel
did not observe tho protruding dopl
and ran their faces directly against Il
They were knocked down and thei
noses badly broken, ana ClArk's eyt
was also badly cut.
The Southern Pacific company II
having constructed In Its freight yard
at San Francisco, Sacramento, Oak
land and Los Angelss an automati
device or machine for weighin
freight cars that il calculated to effec
big saving in time and expense
| 1t 10 necessary that all loaded freigh
| care, before leaving the yard en- ront,
| to their destination, should be care
fully wighed, ana the system now II
vogue requires the Weighing OF eaci
car on a scAle, the levers ana weight
OF which are adjusted by hand. Tn
new automatic device Will weigh AM
record the weight of each car as thu
| moving train passes over the plat