Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-31
DEsERET EVENING NEWS MONDAY, JANUARY 81, 1885,


small stock-owner OF the Sweetwater
country, reports the poisoning n few
nights since by what Is locally known
as the bored block system of 1--WE
! big gray wolves and eleven coyotes
! The system OF range Wolf poisoning hy
the bored block method consists OF
| boring shallow holes III wooden blocks
| with an inch augur. the filling of those
holes with hnins-impregnated tai
! LOW, the dragging Of the carcass of n
freshly killed calf. antelope or deer
along range wolf trails and the dis
| tributing Of the poisoned blocks on the
| blood-scented trail thus made. The
| wolves follow this trail and, finding the
blocks, lick therefrom the poisoned tai
low, and promptly pass over the range
| to the happy hunting grounds located
In the unreturnable beyond A dend
| sray wolf is now worth TO the hunter,
with local and state bounties and the
value of the pelt itself, about sl2.
A suit was recently commenced
against the Bankers Alliance of Los
| Angeles, Cal, by n policy holder, where.
upon the directors decided to wind up
the Affairs of the company, which will
| within a few days be In the hands of
a receiver. The Bankers Alliance liz n
mutual Insurance association which has
been working during the past few years
under what is known as the natural
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company state that the claims against
the alliance amount to about $12O. 900
also that the assets are little less
than 100000 II is expected that a
receiver viii be appointed on Tuesday
ana within few days thereafter 1t is
promised that an exact statement of
tile financial standing of the alliance
VII. be presented to the court. Ii is
Claimed that the provision has been
made to protect the interests of living.
poiicy-holders, of whom there are he
tween five and six thousand. 1t is, an.
,,ounced by circular that arrangements
nave been made with the Chicago
Guaranty Life society to issue it's poll
cies to all policy-holders of the Bank
ers' Alliance in good standing
The San Francisco Examiner of to-
uay tMonday) says: by what is known
as the World pool. the powder manu-
tacturers of the Eastern and Western
hemispheres have been bound together
since August, 1897, in a trust which
controls absolutely the trade in ex-
plosives. The affiliated companies have
divided the world into three parts--the
american companies have one mart.
the Europeans another. and the third is
neutral ground where business is done
Tor the common purse OF the Ameri-
cdn ana european countries. In this
agreement are the California powder
makers. In order to disrupt this trust
the facts of its organization and meth
DDS have been laid before State Attor-
ney General Fitzgerald and United
states District Attorney Foote, with n
view OF having it enjoined, as the local
coal combine has been so recently Ia,
United States Judge Morrow. Tbe ~
legation is made that the socalled nonl
Is combination in restraint of trade
ana full details of its alleged orranizo-
tion ana methods of doing business
nave been presented to the prosecutjnp
authorities of the state and Federal
courts"
me state mining fair. which opened
az the Mechanics pavilion. San Fran
CISCO at $50 Saturday evening, is one
VI the most interesting expositions
ever seen in that state. Among the
EXHIBITS is perfect miniature of the
North Bloomfield mine the largest nv
uraulic mine in the world which was
IN operation. Two converglng streams
shot out from the hydraulic giants in
toht ana poured their torrents into
the head of the bedrock ditch eighty
1--WE feet distant. This water fell into
tank prepared to receive it below.
ana was pumped up again to con-
tihue the operation. The mine is
supposed to be working at the clean
ing-up season. Immense .boulders have
been brought fromith mining districts
to make the scene more realistic. An
other equally interesting exhibit is
the tunnel with its representation of
underground quartzs and drift mining.
Other interesting features of the min
Ing display are the,sarastra for grind
ing quartz, to be worked by mule.
and the quicksilver lake. in which diff
ferent metals will he floating to show
the difference between their specific
gravity and that of the mercury. All
kinds of mining machinery are rep
have remarkable exhibitions of their
ore.