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Show rr r . T c. f I, tltc gox t STANDING CSifccr items V1XOM, Proprietor. STOCK YARDS STRIKE REMAINS FIRM AS EVER. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: On. Yr, la advance I'll Mumha Tore. Monika II E 65 & Ooe at Brigham City aa aaooad claaa matter. Entered at the Poet HYRCM STANDING, Editor. INSTRUCTIONS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Item of nea are eoliclted from all parta of ooantrr. Writ i$on ene id of the paper only. Write proper names plainly. Io order to protect the publisher from im positions from Irresponsible persons, tbe fu! name of tbe eutbor should be signed to ell com taunlcatione. Tbe identity of correspondent will be wltbbeld whenever desired. tt. ; PUBLISHED EVERY l;1 THURSDAY. UTAH STATE .NEWS. Mrs. F. P. Roach of Ogden made an suiUnsuccessful attempt to commit cide. Ill health is given as the reason. The Democratic state central has fixed September 8 as the date for holding the Democratic state com-anltte- e convention. Bert fuller, a Salt Lake chauffeur, lias challenged Barney Oldfield, the for a one mile automobile match race. Fred C. Jensen of Ephraim has harvested his honey, secured nearly even tons. The crop this year ls finding a ready market at good prices. A Toquerville dispatch says It Is almost Impossible to take care of the fruit, .for drying is out of the question, and it cannot be marketed during the wet season. Under the supervision of the Relief society, the old folks of Parowan to the number of sixty-fivwith a banquet and entertain ment on tbe 3rd. , After September 1 Kaysville will have a rural free mail delivery, route jNo. 1 having been located and an or der received from Washington for the ervlces to be establlsned. ! An Ephraim correspondent writes that the crops In that vicinity are tbe largest in tbe past ten years. Second crop lucerne is exceptionally good and tha yield will break all previous records. Mrs. Mary Morton of Salt Lake City Jis in Jail charged with setting lire to tier husbands barn, destroying propThe erty to the value of 13,000. couple had separated and a suit for divorce is pending. There sre 907 school children in the American Fork school district the ages of 6 end 18. They are very evenly divided, there being Just one more hoy than there are girls, 454 fcoys and 453 girls. is claimed Salt Lake City has Lit highest birth rate and the lowest jdeath rate of any city In the United igtates. The death rate for July was only .78 per cent. There were 130 foirths in the city during the month. That the population at Salt Lake City is steadily increasing is shown 3y the last school census, just com. pleted. The returns show a net in the school population,' children ranging In age from 6 to 18 years, of 862. Two masked men entered a saloon jin Ogden and held up the occupants, besides taking all the money from the till, aftor which they made their There Is no cine to the Identity of the men and but little hopes of world-beater,- " e their ' - END IS NOT IN SIGHT were-en-taine- d capture. The son of Waldemar jLybberts, a farmer living at Naples, was riding a horse when the animal Suddenly reared and fell backward . upon the boy, one of the hames of the harness passing through the lad's 'head, killing him instantly. Elner Sorensen, aged 11, was accidentally shot while at the Old Arm Chair summer resort, near Salt Lake City, his injuries proving fatal. Some of the guests were firing at a target when Einer ran across the firing line and was struck in the neck. The Ogden authorities may have a deportation case on their hands, IT a certain young Hollander, now in the jail, does not soon recover his reason. The young mans name is F. C. Bruin, and he arrive! in Ogden recently, apparently mentally unbalanced. According to reports thus far re-oelved by the state board of equalization, there is an increase in the assessed valuation of taxable property ,in the state of 84,432,444. The total valuation this year is 2132,653,571, gainst 2128,221,127 for the year 1903. A move Is on foot In Manti looking do the erecting of a cold storage plant jn town, where ice can be manufactured. The object will also be to purchase eggs during the season when they are low In price, keeping them until they are more valuable in price. ; Figs, pomegranates, almonds, and imany varieties of peaches, prunes and apricots do well near St. George. 'At the experiment farm, near that place, an effort is being made to ascertain which of the varieties are the most suitable and prosperous for the state. In playing around a washtub filled ; fwith boiling water, Ruth, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Christensen of Ephraim, came 'near being fatally scalded. The child itlpped the tub from a chair, pouring the hot water over its face, arms and Pack. Fire among the haystacks belonging to Edward Steed of Farmington destroyed a barn full of lucerne, 30 items of timothy hay, two wagons and harness and some sheds. The loss will amount to 21.200, with no insurance. The fire was started by a passing engine. On the experiment farm near St. Oeorge, where about forty varieties of 'grapes, mostly foreign, are being tested. it has been found that the Thompson seedless does well, and the state board Is making great exertions ' to Pave the horticulturists take hold of Ibis variety. - MURDER OR SUICIDE? 31 EAT Suspicious Circumstances Surrounding Death of Victor Offical. SAYS ONE OF M. W. OConnell, former marshal of Victor, Colo., jrame to his death Neither Side to the Conflict Seem to Saturday evening by falling from a Show Any Evidence of Weakenfour-storwindow in the rear of ths ing, and There is Little Hope Markham hotel in Denver. of Settlement. There is doubt as to whether O'Connell met with an accident, comhas lasted for mitted suicide, or was murdered. Tha After a fight tthu-four weeks, a settlement of the stock-yard- s police hold to the suicide theory, oq strike spems to be as remote the ground that an accident would as at any time since the struggle for he almost impossible, as the window supremacy began, Neither side to the in the toilet room from which OCon. conflict, during all this time, has nell fell was not open more than two shown any sigDS of weakening. feet. The friends of O'Connell deThe packers, while asserting that clare the dead man was murdered, they will soon have their affairs in as he was seen not more than ten normal condition again, so successful minutes before his death and at that have they been in securing time was in a cheerful mood. They men, still admit that so far they have declare that he had many enemiei been able to get but 550 of their old who would not hesitate to kill him. this theory is the fact that employees back, and that tbe majority Against none of his enemies have been seen of their men are unskilled workers. in the neighborhood of the hotel and In the last statement given out by there is no evidence of struggle. tbe packers it was said that nearly CLOUDBURST IN COLORADO. half as many men were at work now as before the strike began. These Two Men Caught by Floods In Canyon men have been brought to Chicago and Drowned. from all parts of the country, the maA In cloudburst Fisher canyon, jority of them never having seen a house before coming three miles north of Trinidad, Colo., here. With these men, me packers caused the loss of two lives and floodhave succeeded in accomplishing a ed mines and other property in and great deal of work, but, according to the strikers, every animal that has adjacent to the canyon. William Heigh, general manager of been slaughtered since the strike was bandied at a financial loss to the the Trinidad Coal company, which packers, as in the majority of cases owns several mines in Fisher canyon; the loss of skilled men has made it his son, George Haigh, and an emImpossible to work in the and thus this business, which under ployee named William Richardson, normal conditions is a clear profit to while driving up Fisher canyon, were the packers, has been allowed to go caught in the flood caused by the to waste. President Donnelly, of the strikers, cloudburst. William Haigh and Rich"I have received assurances ardson were drowned. George Haigh says: from the most powerful labor organ- was thrown upon a rock by the force izations throughout the United States of the torrent, where he clung until The body of William Haigh that they are with us In this fight rescued. and are only waiting to have repre. was recovered- five miles from where eentatives from our union sent be. he drowned. fore them and make tbe request when FLESH BOILED FROM BODIES. contributions to our financial support will be freely made. Under these circumstances there Is nothing for us Frightful Death of Two Montana Men. to fear, as the victory will be with us in the end, no matter how long that William Craft and his fireEngineer may be. man. Jabe Pepper, died at Bozeman, Mont, Sunday, as the result of a THREW BOMB INTO CROWD. scalding received in the wreck of SuItalian Cauaea Much Excitement In perintendent Boyle's special, which New York City. collided with a switch engine in the A bomb thrown Into a crowd of Italyards at Bozeman Saturday night ians in New York City Injured a score The two men died In fearful agony, or more persons and led to the ar. their flesh being boiled from their rest Sunday of Vlnvenzo Donetto. bodies In many places. the police believe, la a member Craft and Pepper were pinioned beof the "Black Hand society, which neath the twisted iron of their engine for some time has terrorized residents for a number of minutes, being bathed In a stream of scalding steam of the Italian district here, extorting from steady the wreck boiler. Pepper manmoney from them by threats and acts aged to extricate himself; and was of violence. found by a party wandering Donetto was himself more severely in the brush,rescuing crazed by pain. Injured by the bomb than any of the others, one leg being badly torn, Two CRUCIAL TEST DRAWS NIGH. rival saloonkeepers on opposite street corners were giving away beer In an Decisive Battle Between Ruttiana and effort to outdo each other, and a Japanese Hourly Expected. crowd surrounded each place. Several A dispatch from St. Petersburg says: child rqp were Injured slightly, and one mans chin was General Kuropatkins report of small blown off. So far as the police have been able to learn, no one was fatally shifting movements by the Japanese, with a single unimportant skirmish, hurt. bringing the military situation up to TRAIN DROPS INTO CREEK. Aug. 4, Is just what has been expected by the authorities here. It Is believed, Report That Eighty Passengers Are that the lull In the fighting however, In Killed Train Wreck. has lasted about as long as possible Train No. 11, the Missouri Pacific and that forces around Liao Tang flyer, crashed through a bridge over are now on the eve of a desperate and the Arroya, or dry creek, near Eden, decisive engagement. The pause of about eight miles from Pueblo, at 8 tbe past few days is believed to have oclock Sunday night. It Is estimated been long enough to enable the Japthat of the 125 passengers on board anese to assume their formation, bring the train, between 80 and 100 up supplies and make ready for a lost their lives, either under the grand assault upon the powerful powaters of the raging torrent or be- sition girding Liao Yang, and the batneath the wreckage. Upon the news tle of the war is hourly expected to reaching Pueblo a special train bear- occur. An issue of such importance ing all the available surgeons and momentarily eclipses Interest in the the Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific siege of Port Arthur. The fate of the officials left for the scene. The relief latter place is not likely to Influence train brought to Pueblo seventeen of the immediate destinies of the camthe passengers who had escaped with paign, but Liao Yang is closely tied their lives. up with the fortunes of the whole war. non-unio- meat-packin- - Rail-roa- d Do-nett- d MUST ANSWER TO ALLIANCE. Cripple Creek Businese Men will be Scored 'for Furnishing Bonds' for Strikers. forty-eigof the men who Eight were arrested after the Independence explosion and charged with murder, conspiracy and the Victor riot and murder, have been released on bonds furnished by business men of the Cripple Creek district in sums ranging from 21,500 to 210,000. These bondsmen have been summoned before the Citizens alliance to give their reasons for going on the bonds. Former Sheriff Henry M. Robertson, who returned to the district , Thursday, departed Saturday for after having made a formal demand on Under Sheriff Parsons for possession of the office, which he as serts he was forced to resign undei duress. He says he will attempt to re gain his former position through ths REMARKABLE RECOVERY. Man Who Sent Bullet Through Brain Has Got Well. Almost recovered from a bullet through the brain, Frederick Beck, who tried to kill himself on July 11, will be discharged from the Newark, N. J., hospital In a few days. The bullet entered the right temple, and passthrough tbe brain, was found Just under the skin, an inch and a half below the left temple. When the bullet was taken out part of the brain followed it. Saved T rain at Cost of Life. James Jensen, a farmer boy, aged 18 years, was killed through his efforts to save a passenger train from destruction near Corliss, 111, While the youth and his brother were crossing the track with a steam thresher the machine became stalled. When the train came on James ran courts. While in Cripple Creek, Mr. up the track waving his straw hat, Robertson was undei and stood on the track, in the glare of compelled, threat of arrest, to report twice dally the headlight, unth he was borne at the sheriffs office. ' down and crushed to death. Den-ver- TRIED TO KILL RULER. Torpedo Exploded at Side of Carriage of President of Uruguay. An attempt was made upon the life of President Battley Ordonez at Montevideo, on Saturday. While driving with bis family along one of the principal streets of the city a burning torpedo was exploded at the side of the carriage. The explosion tore up the pavement and the track of the railway running along the street, but, so far as can be learned, no one was Injured. In Path of Flood. The worst flood In the history ol Bisbee, Arizona, occurred Friday, when a cloudburst caused a torrent of watei many feet deep to sweep down the canyon.' Everything in the path of the flood was carried along, causing great destruction of property. A number of persons were caught in th flood between the steep sides of the canyon and) narrowly escaped drowning; Horses and cabins were washed down the gulches. Water stood in the streets at Bisbee seven feet deep in places. WESTERN CANADA CAMPERS DROWNED. TRUST RUSTED Cloudburst Carries Tents and Inmates Into Creek. THE BUTCHERS' Mrs. Lina Chambers, of York, Neb., UNION OFFICIALS. and Mary Renkes, the Instead of Disrupting the Union, the daughter of Charles Renkes of Boulder, Colo., were drowned in Boulder Disintegration of One of the creek Thursday. They were part of Greatest Combines in the World a party camping in Bummer gulch, bix Has Set In. miles from Boulder. Without any Homer D Call, international secre- valuing a wall of water, caused by a cloud but st, came rushing down tbe tary of the butchers organization, in an interview In Chicago, Is quoted as gulch, carrying the tent and the inmates into the creek. Some of tbe saying: The greatest feature of the strike campeis were thrown upon rocks or to the opposite shore ol the creek. Is that the meat trust has been broken. Instead of the packers disrupt- Mrs. Chambers and Mary Renkes were carried into the stream the ing the union, the disintegration of torrent of water and drowned. byTheir one of the greatest combinations the bodies, badly bruised, were found world has ever seen has already set some distance down the stream later. In. For ten years, from 1890 to 1900, The storm which caused the cloud-burtdid considerable damage In the the consolidation of , the meat commining camps on Sugar Loaf mounwas and from on. 1,741 carried panies tain and in the neighborhood of Ward. packing plents in this country the At the latter place the ground was covered with hall to a depth of six number was reduced to 760. "Now the tide will set in the other inches. way. The packers know that they FOUL CRIME CHARGED. have already lost control of a large part of their business and that the Indiana Woman Accused of Poisoning livestock dealers will do all that Is The arrest of .Mrs. W. R. Krauss, possible to assist In the defeat. Since the strike the Independent plants of the young wife of' a leading druggist InCincinnati, Chicago, Louisville Springfield, and business man of Hartford City, Pittsburg, dianapolis, her Mass., have been working night and Ind., on a charge of poisoning one of the most popular day. This trade will never be recovered by the trust. exThe public is supporting the inde- young women, has caused great citement. The of stomach dead the damof the because pendent plants aging evidence secured by the gov- girl will be given a . chemical anernment against the meat monopoly. alysis. Mrs. Krauss is still in Jail. She is 27 years of age and the daughDECISIVE BATTLE NEAR. ter of Dr. W. A. Anderson, president Believed That Greatest Fight of Cam- of the State Veterinary association. The mother of Mrs. Krauss, nee Rae paign Will Take Place Soon. Whether a general engagement is Anderman, died In a Cincinnati hosMrs. Krauss was one of the pital. already progressing around Liao Yang beneficiaries of the will. All propKuro-patkibetween the forces of General erty owned by Mr. Krauss is In his and the three Japanese armies, name. At the time of his marriage which have been moved against them to Rae Anderson, three months ago, he made a will bequeathing practifrom- the south and east, the decisive cally all his property to his daughter. Is battle of the campaign regarded as Crystal Krauss, the dead girl. certain if the Japanese energetically WENT INTO DITCH. follow up tbelr preliminary successes of the last three days. At various Fast Train Derailed and a Number of points the fighting has been of a desPersons Injured. Rusand tbe character, bloody perate sians offering the most stubborn rea fast passenger trafn The Meteor, sistance. The losses, therefore, al- ob th St. Louis San Francisco railnot estabextent is their yet though lished. must he heavy on both sides. road (the Frisco system), from DalBetween 6 000 and 8,0rt0 men is one las for St. Louis, was derailed near estimate given of the Russian losses. Vinita, I. T. The engine, baggage car, All the estimates, however, are little mail car and two chair cars left tbe better than guess work as yet and were Injured track. Several persons casualties may Russian the possibly hut no one was killed. be much larger. At tbe time of the accident the Railroad Men Help Striking Packers. train, which was half an hour behind, Complications and embarrassments was running at the rate of thirty-fivIn new fields are now confronting the miles an hour. For some unknown packers, according to information that reason the tender became uncoupled has reached strike headquarters In from the engine and turned half way After slaughtering and pre- around, crossing the track. The cars Chicago. the paring beef for market, much of tbe .following, with the exception ofditch. Pullman sleeper, went Into the asis en is it route, spoiling product The Pullman left the track, but reserted, because of difficulties encoun- mained upright. The injured were tered by the packers In icing refriger- cared for in the sleeper. ator cars. Little difficulty is experiENJOINED FROM COURTING. enced In icing tbe meat cars at the Is largestockyards, where machinery is Restrained by Court From stations, Georgian ly used, but at the Calling on Young Girl. the country, scattered throughout where the supply is replenished, railIn the superior court of Chatham road employes, it Is said, are refusing county, Georgia, Judge G. T. McCann to do the work, resulting In heavy has granted a temporary Injunction to losses. Mrs. Eva Creighton to prevent the atFairbanks Accepts Nomination. tentions of D. E. Currie to her daughCharles W. Fairbanks, senior Unit- ter, Celest Creighton, aged 15. Currie ed States senator from Indiana, was is by the terms of the injunction not on Wednesday formally notified ol! only restrained from visiting the girl, his nomination for vice president of but also from communicating with her, the United States by the Republican either by letter, note, telegraph, teleNational convention. The notification phone. public or private messenger, or address was made by Elihu Root, by any thistle, sign, signal, device or of war, who wag temporary scheme whatsoever, whether practiced exchairman of the convention. The alone or in conjunction, by which his ercises were held on the veranda of thoughts or will may become intelliIn Indian- gible to said Celest. Senator Fairbanks' home apolis, In the presence of the memCurrie has been oredered to bers of the notification committee, and before the court to show causeappear why Invited guests. Fully 5,000 people the injunction should not be made perwere present. manent. Wheat-Growin- g j s The old Romans used to say that Gaul was divided into three parts; so is the Canadian North West. Gaul s divisions were political: those of the Western Canada prairies are created by the unerring hand of nature. The First Division. Chiefly because of the elevation of the country, the absence of large takes and rivers, and the operations or Pacific ocean of the "Chinook winds, which readily cross the Rocky Alberta Southern in mountains through gaps and passes, the southwestern portion of the Canadian provinces is regarded as somewhat arid, and less fertile than other portions of the country. Although this has been a prevailing idea in the past, it has been left for American settlers, who have invaded this district within the past two or three years, to prove that splendid Ju tt'ravvu r. kill o ft Mrs. Maybrlck Still at the Home of Her Mother. ,, Mrs. Florence Maybrlck continues In the seclusion of her mothers home at Rouen. Neither she nor the Baroness de Roques, her mother, has gone farther than the garden since Mrs. Maybricks arrival, and, as far as is known, they have received no visitors. At the house, information regarding the movements of Mrs. Maybrlck is steadfastly withheld. Kansas Populists and Democrats Fuse. The Popdllst convention ht Topeka, the proposition Kansas, accepted and made them by the Democrats Judge David Dale, was nominated for governor. This was accomplished after thirteen hours of speechmaking. A faction of the Populists bolted and will nominate a straight Populist ticket. The Democrats, also in ses slon in Topeka, were given the privilege of nominating a governor and half the other state officials, giving the Populists the remainder. The ticket thus nominated will be called Democratic. Many People Leaving Port Arthur. The forts at Port Arthur bristle with caliber, guns, including many of but the naval artillerymen are alleged to have Inflicted the heaviest loss on the Japanese. The present exodus from Port Arthur is due to the granting of permission to leave the besieged city, which, heretofore, the In Russian officials have withheld. most instances the refugees are people of the better class, who are compelled to pay exorbitant prices for junks, which are scarce. Lived to Remarkable Age. Mrs. Mary Murphy, the oldest person in the state, if her age is correctly reported, died Saturday at her home in Kerrtown, Pa., aged nearly 134 years. Mrs. Murph was interviewed a few months ago and said: I was horn in Dublin, Ireland, on Christmas day, 1770, and came to America in May, 1870, when 1 was in my one hundredth year. 1 was 28 years old when the Irish rebellion took place in 1798, and my first husband was a soldier. 1 was 33 years old when Robert Emmett was executed for treason. Firearms Ark Shut Out All Mexican custom houses on the border have received orders not to admit firearms or ammunition for the states of Sinaloa, Sonora, Yucatan and In the first two Lower California. states the Mexican government Is Just winding up its Taqul troubles. In Tncatan and Lower California, however. there is still some trouble among the Indians and as all convicts are sent there It is desired that the government keep supervision over all munitions of war. of Japs Risked Their Lives For a Drink. The war news In the London news- - II Gasoline Starts Big Fire. The explosion of a gasoline stove In Orrs restaurant at Herrin, Ills., started a fire that destroyed that frame building and ten adjoining structures including Marshall. Crains and Childers saloons; Dickeys and Marlows grocery stores; Carrs drug store, Byrus barber shop, Bunches jewelry store. Toll's livery stable and Clendennings blacksmith and machine shops. Help from outside towns was secured and the fire finally gotEstimated loss, ten under control. 240,000. Would Promote Temperance. S. P. McCallmont, an eccentric millionaire, who died last week at Franklin, Pa., devised a way to prevent intemperance among his heirs. His will, just filed, excludes as beneficiaries any child who indulges in the use of liquor, tobacco or narcotic drugs. The entire estate goes into the hands of the executor, who shall manage it and di vide annually the proceeds among only such children as do not use tobacco, liquor or narcotic drugs in any form or in any quantity. sides. The Third Division. The third division of this great country lies to the north of the wheat telt; between it and what is known as the forest country. As wheat growing implies the raising of all cereals that can profitably be raised in tbe country, the remaining branches of outset Many men commenced with small capital and small herds, and have worked themselves into large herds and great wealth. There is still n the country plenty of room for those who desire to go and do likewise. The Second Part. The second part of the Canadian prairies embraces the great wheat growing belt of the country, which is easily a half larger than any other in the world. It Includes about acres. As it is comparatively free of broken land, large lakes and rivers, about 125,000,000 acres of it can be brought under the plow. Placing a farmer, on every half section (320 acres) it can comfortably locate 800,000 , farmers, or 4,000,000 of an The terriagricultural community. torial governments reports show that in 1903 there were raised 16,629,149 bushels of spring wheat off 837,234 acres, an average of 19.8$ bushels per acre; off 440,662 acres of oats there were grown 14,179,705 bushels, an av32.17 bushels per acre; erage of IcaLB at aiitt rs Miiaa. j papers Poisoned Her Children. ' Mrs. May Smith, wife of Claude Smith, of Denver, gave poison to her three small children and then drank some of the same mixture herself with suicidal intent because she was despondent over separation from her husband, against whom she had Instituted divorce proceedings, and her Inability to provide for her children. Lois, the daughter, died from the effects of the poison, and Mrs. Smith herself, it Is feared, will not recover. the average price 60 cents 212 per the difference betwen the reIs the profit of , sult and cost, grain growing year in and year out in the great wheat belts of tbe CanaIV a man has dian prairie country. a half section of land and puts half of it, 160 acres, under wheat, which Is a very common occurrence, he makes $1,080 on wheat alone and should make, if he is a capable farmer enough, out of other crops, sale of cattle, dairy and other products, to keep himself and family the year round be- It is not at all necessary that large Investments should be made at the Regiment Thursday , morning consists official dispatches. A largely of few brief dispatches from General Kurokis headquarters In the field are printed, but they give no news. The Daily Mails correspondent with General Kuroki describes the sufferHe ings of the men from the heat. says that one regiment, maddened by thirst, rushed into a river under the full Russian fire and drank at the peril of their lives. men who preceded them in settlement. Large Quantity of Free Homestead Lands. There is yet a large quantity of government land for homesteading in this country, and as in everything else, "the early bird catches the worm. Those who come first are first served. When It is preferred to purchase railway or other company lands they can be got at from 25 per aore up. This section cannot be better closed than by showing practically shat is made by wheat growing in this district. The average from the first of operations Is twenty bushels per acre.' Breaking the prairie, as first plowing is called, is of course, an exceptional expenditure, as when it is once done, it is done for all time. This costs about 23.50 an acre. After the breaking, plowing and seeding, harvesting, threshing and marketing all expenses combined amount to about 25.25 per acre, that is if a man likes everything done it will (out him 25.25 per acre. If he does the work himself he is earning wages while producing at that figure. Now, as the average yield is twenty bushelB, and west g IN SECLUSION. Or CTwt Wom. 10 crops of grain can be grown on the land. While there are no large lakes or rivers In this whole country there arq numerous fast running streams fed the year round by melting snows in the mountains, furnishing an abundance of the coolest and purest water, the best for beast as welV as man. Englishmen and Americans in the western territories are bringing in their herds as fast as they can and leasing or purchasing land in lots from 1,000 tq 20,000 acres from the Dominion governmenL An idea of the growth of the industry will, however, be gathered from the fact that in 1899 there were but 41,471 head of cattle shipped and sold from the ranches. These figures ran to 55,129 In 1900, and to 160,000 in 1903, averaging 240 per head for the owners. But it takes a great many ranchers and a large number of cattle to cover an area of 200,000,000 acres, the area available for ranching in the Canadian North- e REMAINS the representations of their country- acre n Buried under Falling Walla. Eight men were oadly Injured, two fatally, in East New York in the colbrick lapse of a wall .of a building. Six of the men were buried under tons of beams, masonry (and All would have perished flooring. had not policemen and firemen assisted the workmen in the work of rescue. A physician risked his own life to administer restoratives to those hurt, crawling on his hands and knees under the wreckage. The rain is supposed to have weakened the masonry. two-stor- y Three Divisions Affording Great Chances for Settlement Ranching, and Mixed Farming. mixed farming are dairying and the laising of farm stock. It must not be supposed that dividing the prairies in this way is saying that any one portion of the country possesses better soil than another, for such is not the case all districts are equally fertile, but the topography and climatic influences, etc., differ, as well as the conditions for production. Ranching and grain growing are carried on quite successfully in this northern zone; but it is found more profitable to combine all the features of the industry. An authority on the subject has stated that agriculture in any country never reaches the maximum of development until the farmers engage at least proportionately in dairying, though the surroundings must always determine the extent to which any feature of the industry may be prosecuted. Dairying, In the territories creameries and cheese factories are to a large extent under government control, and as such are working well. In Manitoba they are largely a matter of private enterprise, and from the reports from that province they must be giving absolute satisfaction to the patrons and If a settlers farm is not promoters. specially adapted to extensive cropping, or if seasons or other conditions are against the propefi development of large crops, he has always plenty of pasture and an abundance of native 69,667 acres produced 1,741,209 bush- els of barley 24.65 to the acre, hay for winter feed. A small sum of and 32,431 acres produced 292,853 money buys a couple of cows, and he can soon be In possession of a fine bushels of flax seed, 9.03 to the acre. As but 1,383,434 acres, or a little bet- herd of dairy cattle, and the same ter than one per cent of the entire may be said of swine and poultry. Markets. wheat growing area of the territories The mining districts of British was under crop, a little figuring shows which consume an Imthat 13 per cent of the entire country Columbia, mense lot of dairy products, are close under wheat will raise the 200,000,000 that Great Britain annually requires at hand, and always afford a good from the outside countries. It is a market for butter, cheese, pork, pouland eggs. When in the future that fairly safe statement to make that In try twelve or fifteen years the Canadian prairies will be supplying the entire demands of the mother country. Throughout this entire belt there Is an enormous length of railway mileage, branches are radiating in every direction from the trunks until they scarcely leave a grain field more than six or seven miles from a road, and they are all required, for In the fall and early winter the sight of the trains passing to and from the elevators at the railway depots makes the entire country look like one hive of Industry. In 1880 there were but few country is overstocked Great Britain white settlers in the entire country, offers as now a' ready market for outside of those connected with the whatever may be produced. Taken Hudson Bay Companys posts, and for all In all, the Canadian Northwest scarcely a dollars worth of anything !s the country for the man acquainted outside of buffalo hides exported till with, or willing to learn any branch of 1883, twenty years ago, and now the farming. In the industry, with a few country has a white population of over years of care and enterprise, he can half a million, the immigration of 1903 soon consider himself and his family being 128.364, 40 per cent of the num- in easy and comfortable circumber being Americans brought over by stances. " . Adding Insult to Injury. The day had been appointed for the ceremony which was to make one of two, but for some reason best known to the fickle maid she had relinquished the glittering solitaire. Oh, well, said the young man in the case, I dont suppose 1 could be happy with a woman who dyes her hair, anyway. Sir, tis false! she exclaimed indignantly. I thought it Is It? he rejoined. was only dyed." Confidence of Youth. Now that you are through college, remarked a friend of the youthful graduate, what next? "I shall 6tudy medicine, was the grave reply. "But isnt that profession already overcrowded 7 asked the friend. Possibly, answered the graduate, conscious of his superior knowledge, "but I propose to tackle It just the same, and those who are already in the profession will have to take their chances. -- |