The Springfield herald., 1899-04-14
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.


the company and the city for the pur-
pose of supplying the city with water.
y fight will be made for lower water
rates.
trainload of grading machinery ar.
rived in Wyoming from Nebraska n
few days ago. The outfit will be used
in the extensive work which is to be
undertaken along the line of the Union
Pacific in Wyoming. 1t is estimated
by employment agents that 1000 labor
ers will be required in Wyoming rail.
road construction this year. although
one would naturally imagine that the
protracted snow storms in the noun
tains would throw many idle men on
the market said Denver employ-
ment agent, the impression is wrong
We are crowded with orders for men
which we are unable to fill and never
in the history of the city has the de
mand been more pressing than at the
present time. If | had 500 men could
give every one of them n railroad pass
to some point in the mountain region
where labor is demanded"
The annual meeting of the Utah
Wool Growers Association was held at
Salt Lake on the 9th and was well at
tended. During the afternoon session
there WIS an tNltIutu ulStuSSlOn on
the proposition of the railroad COM
panies of the Transmissouri Freight
Association to abolish the feed-in-
transit rates on live stock. Resolutions
were adopted protesting against the or
der recently issued abolishing the priv
ilege May 25th. and the association
announced that it would stand by the
line I nt succeeded in breaking this
agreement. to the extent of throwing
the bulk of its shipments 10 such road.
Local railroad lines are standing with
the stockmen in their effort to prevent
the withdrawal of this rate next month.
and it is said that its withdrawal prac-
tically means an advance in all live
stock from SD to SO per car.
Engineer William C. Taylor was
crushed to death by the Denver e Rio
Grande engine No. 700 in wreck one
and one-quarter miles west of Texas
Creek last Friday. The accident oc-
CURED ut a point where gang of sec
tion hands was at work repairing n
broken rail. Rounding the curve at
Texas Creek the train was moving at
speed of about twenty miles per
hour. according TO the statement of
Frank Jewell. and the first danger sig
nal noticed by the crew was when
within short distance of the wreck.
Engineer Taylor reversed his engine
and put on the air brakes. but too late
to prevent the terrible scene that fol
lowed. The 1OS-ton locomotive left the
track and tumblcd down an embank-
ment into the Arkansas river. twenty
five feet below. carrying with it En-
sineer Taylor, whose death was instan-
taneous.
A from Rriphtnu nnDypr
came to town the other day with load
of horseradish which he sold to n pick
ling concern mt 3 cents n pound, and
there was over Il ton in the jag. This
ought to pay well enough for n side
crop. The best way to grow horserad-
ish is from The little roots four or five
inches in length. and not from the
crowns. These small roots will pro-
duce good radish fit for use in one sea-
sons growth Plant the set small end
down. where the slanting cut is. and so
that the cut will be two inches under
the soil. 1t can remain in the ground
until late in the autumn and be pitted.
or portion can remain in the ground
until spring. If planted for family
use only. Il dozen roots will give all
/ that will he needed for n lifetime. for
/ it constantly increases. and the dan
ger is that ii will spread too fast and
became troublesome. 1t is best,
therefore. to plant it in some corner of
| the garden where it can grow without
| iniuring anything,
| The removal of United States troops
| from camp Pilot Buttcs Mt Rock
! Springs, Wyoming. causes considerable
| apprehension among citizens OF that
/ place. The troops We're stationed here
/ in accordance with an agreement with
| the Chinese government. following the
| Chinese massacre of 1885. for the pro-
| lection of the Chinese miners employed
1 in the mines here. There are more
/ than two hundred Chinese miners and
/ laborers employed in the mines here,
for whom there Is no love shown by
the other nationalities employed. The
presence of troops has prevented any
serious demonstrations against the
Chinks. although scarcely II day passed
without one or more of them having
their cues clipped off or getting n beat
ing 1t is feared that. under the in
tluence of drink. n raid may be started
against the Chinese quarter which
without the restraining influence of the
troops may be II serious affair. Efforts
are being made to have the War De
| partment replace the detachment of
troops recently removed with others.
C. 7. Hoyt. the newly appointed war
den of the Colorado penitentiary. says:
"As the Legislature has given the
state penitentiary only $4,000. which
is 100000 less than is necessary to op-
crate that institution for the next two
years, it will be necessary for me to
put the prisoners to work. There are
about 600 convicts at the penitentiary,
and they must be self-supporting. In
my opinion it is absolutely cruel to
keep prisoners in ideness. They should
be made self-supporting. and be put