Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-05-18 | Page 1 | The Wide, Wide World

THE WIDE WIDE WORLD Tho London Dynamiters Get Penal Servitude for Life A Cold Snap Throughout America mid Europe Frances Beloved Victor Hugo Reported Re-ported to be Dying Oregons Laughing Fields POBTIUND Oreg May l7The generous steady rains which fell throughout Oregon and Washington early last week followed by cloudy and moderately warm weather have assured as far as the past weather can an extraordinary large wheat crop Winter wheat never looked better but up to ten days ago fears were expressed concerning spring grain It is the settled judgment now that every field of springsown grain will mature Conservative estimates put the surplus for export for Western Oregon at 6000000 bushels and of the internal empire em-pire comprising the grain fields of Eastern Ole on and Washington at 6500000 bushels total 12500000 This is an increase of 30 per cent over last year and is based on the fact that the acreage is about 19 per cent greater and the condition far better than the corresponding date last year The harvest har-vest will be about two weeks earlier than usual this year