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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Chris Anderson of Huntington, seems to 

 have accomplished more in this direction 

 than anyone else. He has a large num- 

 ber of worms which began spinning in 

 July, and Mr. Anderson feels that his 

 efforts will be crowned with success. He 

 now finds it necessary to send teams to 

 neighboring towns to gather mulberry 

 leaves, he not having a sufficient supply 

 to sustain his worms. Mr. Anderson is a 

 blind man, and it is hoped the result will 

 prove as successful as he anticipates. " 



"From Elsinore, Sevier county, this 

 year there has been shipped 750,000 

 pounds of wool, which brought on an av- 

 erage 12| cents per pound. 



The clip averaged 6^ pounds per sheep. 

 This wool was not all a product of Sevier 

 county. Some came from Garfield. 

 There was also shipped from the little 

 station of Vara some 250,000 pounds. 

 The result is that the sheepmen in that 

 region are capitalists, and there is more 

 money in circulation than there has been 

 in a long time before. One result is that 

 this year the people have set out 18,000 

 fruit trees, and expect in three years more 

 to not only have all the fruit that they 

 need, but some to sell. And tree-plant- 

 ing has only commenced there."-Salt Lake 

 Semi-Weekly Tribune. 



Utah has the promise of a bounteous 

 harvest this year. The farmers have 

 never done better, the mines are yielding 

 superbly, for though the great silver 

 mines are idle, the mixed mines of silver 

 and lead are running full force while in 

 the gold mines there is a yield of 50 per 

 cent over any former yield. Truly an en- 

 couraging forecast. 



timates that about 4,000 carloads will be 

 shipped east this year. There has been a 

 shortage in pears, peaches and apricots, 

 but an increase in prunes and raisins. 



CALIFORNIA. 



Thomas Larkin who was the first white 

 child of American parents born in Cali- 

 fornia, died July 24, aged 63 years. 



Green fruit shipments from California 

 this year, notwithstanding the shortage of 

 the fruit crop will exceed those of last year 

 by 175 car loads. The freight traffic man- 

 ager of the Southern Pacific company es- 



TROUBLE IN IDAHO. 

 "Look not upon the wine when it is 

 red," saith the temperance advocate, but 

 an appropriate text for Idaho farmers 

 would be "Meddle not -with thy neighbor's 

 dam." Two Idaho farmers have recently 

 given an example of how much ''envy, 

 malice and all uncharitableness" may 

 result from water. The above, mentioned 

 farmers, Cash and Johnson, residing near 

 Idaho Falls, both used the same ditch for 

 irrigating purposes, and the latter placed 

 a dam in the ditch. Cash claimed that 

 Johnson was thus getting more than his 

 share of the water and so partially opened 

 the dam in order to obtain water for his 

 stock. Johnson objected to this and in- 

 sisted that he at once tighten up the dam, 

 threatening to shoot if he did not do so. 

 Cash refused, and Johnson fired, the shot 

 shattering the former's knee-cap so that 

 his limb will probably have to be ampu- 

 tated. Then Johnson started to town to 

 give himself up, but on the way accidently 

 discharged his gun and shot off one of his 

 toes. Behold how great a matter a little 

 water causeth. 



TO SET THE COLOR IN GINGHAM. 



To set the color in gingham, the gingham 

 dress may be dipped in a bucket of cold 

 soft water before washing. Madras may 

 be treated in the same manner, which 

 frequently will set the color. A better 

 way, however, is to try a piece of the dress 

 by dipping it first into salt water, then 

 washing it, next time dipping it into an 

 acid water before Avashing. In whichever 

 way the color seems best preserved the 

 whole garment may be washed. August 

 Ladies 1 Home Journal. 



The Eochester Democrat and Chronicle 

 think the name of the German warship at 

 Subig bay should be changed from "Irene" 

 to "I-ran." 



