The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-14
NEWS OF THE WEST.

The three tramps so badly burned
in the snowshed fires near Truckee,
New, are slowly recovering.
There was 100000 pounds of Idaho
wool sold in the Boston market last
week for IFS cents, according TO a
report in Textile Manufacturers Jour-
nal of New York
At Georgetown, Colo, Mr.. Herbert
Geddney, young miner, who had his
back broken a month ago by mass
of rock falling upon him in the tunnel
level of the Pelican mine, is dead.
When George w. Howelps circus ar
rived in Pueblo the other day from
Walsenburg, the whole outfit was
placed under quarantine by the health
officers of the city, and no one was
allowed to go near the tents or cars.
A correspondent of the Dayton (Nev0
Times says nearly every farmer in
Mason valley is pumping or drawing
water for his stock. The east fork Of
the Carson is dry, while the west fork
carries only a small stream. Several
of the farmers are using horse power
machines to hoist water.
ST. Anthony, Ida, News: A party,
composed of Judge Smith, o. J. Sails
bury and wife, Miss Stella Salisbury,
Blaine Salisbury and Walker Sails
bury of Salt Lake City, stopped at the
Riverside hotel Tuesday night on their
way to the national park. Charley
Coxson and Rolla Lapham had charge
of the party.
The Reno Journal states that not
withstanding the war and dull times,
the state fair this year promises to
be one of the best ever held in the
state.
William Hester, the man who es
capped from the Georgetown (Colo.) Jail
two weeks ago by removing the screws
from the plate holding the lock, made
a second successful and mysterious
exit from the same cage.
Albert Spurlock, wife and three chill
dren arrived in Preston, Ida. last Fri
day from West Virginia, having made
the entire journey with horses and
wagon, says the Republican. They left
home on April 1, hence were four
months and five days on the way. They
are hale and hearty and seem to have
enjoyed their long trip.
A deputy sheriff of Custer county
had redhot chase after Jack Mitch
ell, charged with stealing horse and
something over 800 in money The
other day he telephoned Mr.. Dunnigan
of the Half Way House on the Idaho
City road. inquiring if Mitchell had
passed that way. Mitchell was there
at the time and overheard the inqui-
ries. He Immediately mounted his
horse and took to the hills. The officer
took the trail and succeeded in cap
turing his man about 40 miles up the
river from Boise, says the Statesman.
Wells (Nev) State Herald: George
R. Chase of Brigham, Utah, who was
'one of the boys" on this range and
in the adjacent mining camps about IS
years ago. suddenly appeared on the
old stamping ground last Saturday and
was kept busy shaking hands with old
friends here and in Clover valley until
Monday morning, when he returned to
his present home in the land of the
Latter-day Saints. Ranks" friends
here could not see that he was any
more of saint than he used to be,
but he is still jolly good fellow.
The editor of the Carson Appeal Of
fers 800 reward for information con-
corning the parties who set fire the
other day to the fiume running from
Hobart creek to Lake View, about two
miles back of McEwen's, and five Sec
lions of the fiume DESTROYED. 1t was
unquestionably the work of incendiar-
les. The fire was set just this side of
a deep cut. where the wind from the
west generally blows with great force
The intention was evidently to destroy
enough of the hume TO prevent its re-
construction
THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Cheyenne, Wyo.. Aug. l2.-Ex-Sen-
ator j. M. Carey, chairman of the Irri-
cation congress says that it now looks
as though the attendance upon the
seventh annual session Of the congress
which will be held here Sept. l. . and
8. will be large. The governors of the
states are appointing full delegations
and it is believed the congress viii be
a great event in the history OF the
west.
Judge Shurtliff of Salt Lake was in
the city today, en- route home from
Omaha. He is a member of the execu-
tive committee of the congress and
says he attended all previous sessions