Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-02

Alaska. have abandoned their search
FOR gold and are locating coal claims.
1'nc country is said To- BE- one mass of
coal. which IL claimed to be- an excel
lent quality Of ignite Nori Grnham's
hay W. A. Moore found deserted
coal mine with appliance that had cvi-
IDENTIFY been worked by Uusslsns before
Alaska wns coded TO the United states.
President Koarncy " the California
unisin Growers association announces
the success ~ 'h +'rr &C. runi fha
sin product Of the state. lie stated
that IS per sens ua go. coop boo ltutul.
Tulare. MADEIRA and knl.s counties
has boon Signed. and that over so psr
cont OF the crop of Kern county has
beon thrown into the pool. AGENTS
nr,, now Mt work in suuthrrn and
northern california and with the COM
tracts they secure the association viii
control 90 per cent uf the raisiu out
put.
The steamer Humboldt has arrived
nj San Francisco from st. AIIrhnals.
I via seattle. bringing down about forty
ueopic from tho klundlko. Tho uuiaer
| avs thnt about Si.ol0.o0o FROM tho gold
holds were loft at n1riH un PUGET
7 Sound. and he cHtlmntcH that nearly
as much more was IN tho possession N
/ the passengers who cuino through to
/ San Francisco. Anton Sbuler aud
his wife. formerly Violet Raymond. "a
| variety actress. are reported to be
n,nenE tho fortunate ones. IL liz not
/ pnsslble To obtain accurate statements
NJ 70 the amount Of gold brought
down.
A special to the san Francisco Tx.
| amlner from Dawson Of July 18th
I laN -
tho Canadian government has taken
| from the Yukon miners mure than
| y BOO 900. The cost of mnlutuiuln.
| Inc mounted police In Dawson aud thu
salaries ~ the district officials have
| been reported to the Canadian patiin-
nent 10 be- In the nelghborhuud u
/ $500. O0O leaving a net annual gain to
/ The government u over t2.o0o.o0o. The
I largest individual amount that goes
To make up this total is the royalty.
which has beon conscryutiyciy este
.tsd 60 be $4,000.
Delirioua from the effects possibly oi
an overland trip from California, Henry
johnson. g. years old. sits In a cell In
the Chicago police station Juggling at
the iron fratinE and imagining he "a
driving "a mule team over hr plains
| His sister, Mrs. Arthur Eaton. lives In
that city. Early lnrt January h.
wrote to her from Santa Barbara, Cal.
saying he intended to make trip q
| Chicago In q wagon. lie started Jnnu.
AIRY 18th. Every week he wrote d
letter tu hia sister. Two weeks sgr
she received the last one when b. wal
about eighty miles out of Chicago. IL
can give no account OF himself ut hi
mule team.
Rock Springs Miner Frank J. len
hart. Of Green River. one ~ ~ oldrHl
ana most energetic tcHldenta, spent
Monday In this city. Ills mission was
20 buy some cat rails az the Same tim'
De was negotiating with Mr.. Parker. ul
salt Lake Ciiy, To- Hsli 90 the Utah gen
tleinuu. his dam with improvements or
| Blacks Fork Mr t.,uhart has fo'
| some time had % large force ~ mos
building a dam ana MAKING dltrhf|
! 90 ifrlRaus 70 large tract ~ good lam.
ON Blacks Fork. and q Utah synfiCit.
| knowing the advantages the pnrnfHllnf
uf the property would bring ,hcm, o.
endcavorlnE 10 acquire u b. purchase
| Mr. Parker offered him $4,000. hu
| Mr. Lcnhart rsfuaaz 10 close the den
Tor .lera than $4,000.
The town Of ueckwith. cal situate,
on the line n the Nevada. California
and Orrrun and the Sierra Waller
railroads. ana about forty miles nurtI
NJ Reno. Nov, WIS almost entirely
wiped nut Of existence hy IRE FRIDAY
afternoon. Al that romans N IN
hny odd houses composing the tow