The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-14
HOTEL GOSSIP.

am New Zealand. is the proud possesso,
~ nat OF huge dimensions and an eigh-
zen Rs'rat English accent When seer
az the Kenyon MIR. Shiel talked in a very
/ Interesting strain in regard to New Yea
/ ttsthu ana her, resources. In the first place
2 S oS SAG IL that the British colony supported
a1,Oy,uVO sneep, which were practically
confined to the south island. while bie
nerdS OF cattle grazed on the coarse
ErdsSes that grow in the north island.
ne eAporta ton Of the frozen carcaSses of
b luton oI l4,Oo miles to England every week
/ ne also stated, was quite a feature in the
: Ies1Iar income of the colony. and some
weeks as many as 10000 carcasses were
3 FLOW away upon the cold storage ships
{ IlpS 10 England. Then the seed man prO-
eeeded to talk shop" Said he: -
men IL comes to raising crops. New
6f aIdIlu can give America many points.
~ course In my business | am in a posi-
Ll9h 10 get figures on the amount of crops
ldIseu 10 the acre over home and here
are some that have come under my obser-
aorn Nlnety tons of mangles to the
acre ana SlXty-flve of carrots while |
nave seen as many as eighty-four bushels
VI wheat raised on a single acre of land
T ~ mere mere. One farmer that know grew
liz bushels of barley to the acre and
secured four shillings and sixpence q
ppushel Tor his crop. You also make
feature of growing peas in America I
understand, but l do not think that you
can grow as many as ninety fUIshelS RI
the acre. and the statistics that I have
named stand as being pretty nearly record
breakers"
There is also another New Zealapder
endowed with duplicate hat. accent
and heavy shoes as the seed man His
name is w. Y. Croft and his occupation
Z. farmer In large way Mr. Croft is on
Us rtS way 70 England, having visited
Cdnton, emma, Japan and the west ere
taxing IN Salt Lake. He stated that when
ne was IN China there was a spirit
oL unrest even at that time prevalent
among the MOngOlians and that the Eur
opeans over there were looking for lust
such deVelo0ments as have since trans
PRED in the Orient
Mr. Croft further stated that the New
ZealanderS were cOnSidera bly wrought IN
over affairs in South Africa when he left
nome with the result that the colony had
subscribed over S100 600 for the equiDment
Oh J; 100 men and $500 horses for service
IN the TransYaal. and that all the vOuno
men who had not been accepted for SER
wee were considerably put out over the
Nerdlct and felt themselves TO have been
sIehted- The great feature at the pres
ent time in New Zealand he said was the
gold dredging industry that had grown TO
Dig proportions, and was a paving in
VeStment: One dredger. he said during
one week recently on the Hartley &
Kelley claim on the MOIyneuX river had
cleaned up 1.2S7 ounces of yellow metal
IL MS industry had already grown to such
large proportions that in one province
@ 'ViiNs tildb VI OIdSO. over 4l,UUt,UUU had
oeen invested in machinery in order to
work the territory for all il was worth.
"A, Norman Dempsey representing Fair
banks, Morse Co., standard scales. is
numbered among the guests at the KulItS-
lord At present his mission in Utah is
mat OF travelling through the various min
ing camps in order to put in gasoline
holsters on the lines of those adopted in
colorado with success. He reports that
business wherever he goes in all branches
IS OF the gilt-edged quality and that he
mas not known year wherein everybody
generally felt easy as 10 the future.
Jack Burke chief of the American
Falls fire brigade. is in town. In con-
nection with the genial Jack and his
avoWed occupation. Hyrum Dunn of the
Unlon Pacific tells the following:@
! happened to be up at American Falls
on the Fourth. when Just as we We're
stepping off the train we caught sight of
CLOUD OF dust coming racing down the
road. Presently the cloud. as it grew
nearer, was observed ia be the outcome of
dozen husky fellows who were hauling |
along wagon loaded down with old kero- |
'ene cans painted red. In the twinking of !
An eye the lads had a ladder reared (
against barn and We're handing up these '
cans full of water. The first nsan up the ]
ladder was Jack, clad in a red shirt !.
;a;ifulated to strike the incautious gazer /
WITH opthalmia, and he worked like a /
Trojan Just as he was throwing the |
fifteenth bucket of water over the roof of |
he building which was not alight. he |
'alsed his head to bow to the applauding |
,rOWd of celebrators which had gathered !
o witness the exhibition, when he caught 1
ny eye. In an instant he slid down the I
ADDER ana coming over to me said, in an |
pologeuc tone, How are you. Hy? ] don't {
,elong to this crowd, ] am only helping !
he boys out, you understand -
A g. Nelson, superintendent of schools !
or Sdnpete county. came up from Manti !
asst evening. When seen at the White ,
House he said: Down in Sanpete during /
he last few days the heat has been most /
excessive. and yesterday the thermometer /
registered l0l degrees in the shade With /
ne scarcity OF water that is already be- 1
ng felt, the crops are suffering consid- /
rably. in fact the second crop of hav is
failure The grain, too, is not looking
any too well, and this is the time when If 3
eeds plenty of water the most
Professor Nelson is interested in the 1
ummer school that at the present time is /
icing held in Manti. He says that this i
he direction of Professor Paul who also
vas at the head of the institution last
ear.
John Butler of Margate pronounced /
NAV MaIwgit }, EIngII5and, is among the ar
lvals at the Walker House. Butler is at
present on his way around the world
avlng done Australia Ceyion and the
'rlent In speaking of Margate last night
he said: Il guess there are few reonIe
N this earth who read books who are not
acquainted with Dickens 'iRleak House 8"
ma thereby have bowling acquaintance
Win Margate. Just before | left home a
ear ago | was present at Dickens fete !
bat was held at the original RIeal
touSe which stands looking out over the !
ca near BToadstairs. midway between !
"a i Insgate and Margate, from which
ONT you can see the lightshiDs of the
amous Goodwin Sands, which are ac
ountable for more shipwrecks than any
ther rocks or GuickSands in the world
Is marc 70 estimate Just how many YES
els nave Deen wrecked and lives lost on
nose shifting sands c. the North Fore
ana tnat at high tide h'e only covered by
rev Ieet OF water. IL is faVorite pas
me among adventurous cricketers to go
Ut 10 InOSe sands in a boat Just as the
de Is ebDing and play a game upon the
eVel surface They have to be very eau
lous, however, as when the the turns
Iey VIII De causht IN the quicksands if
hey are not very careful" Butler saws
nat Margate IS essentially the Conev
'land OF London. and that the tripners
ONE down there In the summer by boat
axes 'Arriet down on to the bloody beach
Or ddWnce in er big at and cuts nm
all koinds ev Ugh jinks.
John Ringing, of the famous Ringlinc
rOS- circus. ate his lunch al the KrutS
ord yesterday. He states that the nam
10Th, maStadonic, meteoric aggrecatior7
the stupendous. spectacular show is ,
lore mastadonlc than ever this season |
nd that since Barnuu q Rafle1r WEI -
urope there is nothing to touch il in
lie country. At the present time the
low Is exhibiting in Milwaukee (where
he peer comes from. with the idea of
orking It's way west in order To strtISa
ion in III probability at the end of ne~t
ontn- Ringing, contrary to the ac-
'pted idea OF a successful circus man.
lg louder than a silk shirt. ''0'''-
The Knutsford.-Sa j. German. Chica-
,: Mr. and Mrs Charles Leasaneood
n. ana Mrs. Philip Berokheimer NJ
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