| Show I I OVER THE STATE J Items of Interest Gleaned From Herald Her-ald Exchanges Vernal Express Green river is raising rapidly probably from the Bear river which rase earlier than the Green toes above that stream I present indic tions ar anything to go by the river r t will he booming by the 1st of June There has been about 250000 pounds of wool shipped out of Uintah county I up to date and it is estimated the total shipment for this season will reach over half a million pounds The sheep industry is one of the principal sources of revenue for this county and is steadily increasing every year Lat week a man named Miller and 3 negro were examined at Fort Du I chesne and held for trial for selling jivhisky to the Indians The were put I 5n the guard house for safe keeping ibul Miller made his escape and has not Sjeen heard of since It li i rumoreA berg that le nezro lsb g t wa b io n I United States Marshal Berry on the r > r l 5c > = 0 = l i I road to Pricey but the rumor has not been verified yet 000 Southern Censor Diphtheria has again made its dreaded appearance in Richfield and last Tuesday morin the yellow flag went up in front of J D Mortensons That evening his 3yeav old son died from the dreaded disease Xo other cases are reported c < S > 0 < > American Fork World I is said that Captain De Lamar the great mining min-ing man who surveyed in American Fork canyon last fall with the view of establishing electrical power for his proposed Golden Gate mill at Mercur is soon to commence active operations o 0 < < The Coalville Times is advocating city water works and a county fair Coalville Times On Sunday last at Croyden at the age of 82 A W Brm father ofour respected citizens of that name peacefully closed his eyes and entered on his long sleep l He was always al-ways a good citizen honorable upright and respected He was one of Summit countys earliest settlers as well as one of the sioneers of Utah and will be greatly missed in this community 000 Castle Valley News B F Lake the Orangeville merchant passed through Price en route to Salt Lake the first of the week Mr Lake reports Sheriff Tuttle a rapidly recovering from the effects of Walkers bullet but not yet able to leave his house vy < 5 Payson Glob An erin roping contest took place don in the Coop pasture last Saturday Joe Barnett Dick Kinsley and John Quigley coming out of the contest victorious The first contest was between Joe Barnett Dick Kinsey Henry Hancock and Ray Knight They were each to rope two cattle throw them and take off the rope while the animals were down Knight being handicapped by having to catch his veal cutlets bv both front feet Joe Barnett won by accomplish I ing the feat in 240 The next was between be-tween two amateur John Quigley and in six minutes i ye scribe the latter losing utes while it only took the pill roller I five minutes and 20 seconds The boys I say hawever that Quigleys beefer fell i down in the sage brush and he got off i and put the rope around the animal and then took i off He was too faraway far-away for the referee to see ihe modus 3way operandi Knight and Kinsey then I i i tried for honors the former to rope and throw two to the latters one Kin Joe Barnett sey won in 23 seconds Brett I I while engaged in 3 little preliminary I whie heifer practice threw a young Jersey t I and broke its neck i Sheep shearing over at the corrals beyond the west mountains i is expected peeted will be finished today The clip will amount to about 200000 pounds 35 wi sheep having been relieved of their I winter coats Several sales have already al-ready been made at prices in the neighborhood t i neigh-borhood of 10 cents j i < < i > f I I Brigham City Bugler Last week afire a-fire occurred at Collinston which came near resulting in holocaust I was in the home of Lon Busenbark Mr and i Willis Smith also lived in the Mrs Smih als led Ir iis house About 3 oclock in the morning i j Mrs Smith awoke gasping for breath i 1 I lr full of smoke Shevva The room was ful a I able to arouse her husband The other i i awakened and just as the family was a children wa were running away from the j I chidren burning building the roof caved in buring hui tle crushing down over the bed they had I vacated hut a few moments before The organ and sewing machine were i i orn all that was saved The furniture i clothing etc of both families were I consumed in a twinkling The house i consume frame building The total was a buiding wa loss is estimated at 2000 to 2500 No I estmated insurance The origin of the fire can be I traced to nothing v but incendiarism i I Davis County Clipper Jens Nelson Matt Thomas and Commissioner Reese of the state board commenced their labors appraising school lands in Bountiful yesterday I may require ountful several days to complete the work here i but it is finished they will work v uen i fnished wi i toward the north A few days ago a little daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Moss who has been troubled with St Anthonys dance fell in Barton c eek near William Wil-liam Ashdowns saw mill and had a narrow escape from drowning A smaller smal-ler child called to one o Johnny Good I fellows girls who is about the same aeo who was some distance away who came to the drowning girls rescue I res-cue jumping into i the creek helped hen out At that point the creek is large and raging and it is a wonder that both of the children did not lose their lives 00 < S > > Mt Pleasant Pyramid There are several reports that a number of herds which were b ing brought to the northern north-ern ranges have been afflicted with the big or black head This is one of the worst enemies of the sheepmen and in a few days will decimate a flock terribly ter-ribly The cause of the disease is unknown un-known Herds are affected at intervals I inter-vals some badly others less severely The head swells very much and finally I turns black Sticking Is about the only remedy known Through carelessness and inadequate 1 I facilities the scab appeared in quite a number of flocks this spring which i will require very thorough dipping this r season At a recent meeting of directors and shareholders i was decided to begin work on the new Cedar Creek reservoir next Monday May 10 I 0 0 0 Tooele Transcript Last Tuesday the friends of James Woods of Erda were I very much pained and surprised to 4 hear of his death Mr Woods was in excellent spirits and apparently enjoying en-joying the best of health when he sat down to his dinner about 2 oclock on Tuesday During the meal one of his sons remarked that his father looked I pale to which Mr Woods renlied that I he felt pale but would be all right in a little while He complained of pains I in the chest and in about three hours after eating a hearty dinner h6 was dead He was 57 years of age The cause of his death was heart diseaseS < disease-S > 00 I Lehi Rustler It is rumored that the citizens of Spanish Fork and Payson I are going to build a sugar factory midway mid-way between the two cities As many as 3000 sheep have been sheared in one day at one of the shearing shear-ing corrals this weekS < > < week-S > < Price Advocate Sheep shearing still goes merrily on and there Is now a great quantity of wool piled up in the warehouse and about the platform About 500000 pounds have been brought in from Vernal and Ashley and still more is coming Sheep shearing commenced at the corrals at P V Junction last Friday and an average of 2500 are being shorn each day < > S < S > ant Messenger I reports are reliable re-liable rather an extraordinary offer was made Sheriff Tuttle of Emery county a few days ago by the outlaw Walker bo shot him in a fusilade some time ago Our informant had I just come from Castle valley when we were told of it Mr Walker I is said has sent word to the sheriff asking for I a bill of damages He has offered to pay the expenses accruing from med I ical services also a remuneration for the time he has been laid up That to say the least is generous Some of the money plundered from the I plunderC person of the R G W paymaster may peran put I to good purposes I |
