The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-17
A LONE FISHERMAN
The Good Catch Made by Sheriff
Jones and Deputy.
FINED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
Bear lake Valley VIII not Suffer for the
Lack OF Water During the Present
Year-Good Grain Prospects.

MONTPELIER, Idaho, May 6, $780,
Correspondence of THE HERALD. The
people in this section of the country are
now enjoying fine weather, and are busy
putting IN their crops. After long and
tedious winter, and the scarcity of hay
and the heavy loss of cattle, the farmers
and stock men are all smiles. Fully so per
cent. of the stock in Bear Lake county
died during the past winter, but now the
hills are covered with beautiful grass, and
person can nearly see i. growing. The
old settlers in this county say that there is
more snow back in the mountains at the
present time than there has been for fifteen
years before. For that reason there will
be an abundance of water; in fact, the
water at present looks, Like vast ocean
between Montpelier and Paris on the bot
tom lands, and Bear river frequently over
flows her banks. Stockmen are also proud
of this, as there Will be plenty of hay this
summer
MoNTPELIER. rs GROWING
very fast. Some very fine residences are
houses will be built this summer, one in
the upper town and the other at the lower
town, or at the depot. Montpelier is the
central point for all business in this part of
this fast growing country, and is the near
est railroad point for Star valley. The
Cooperative Wagon and Machine company
have bought. out the firm of Rich Bros. &
Woolley, and are now carr ing an immense
stock OF wagons, buggieS and farming i'm
niQman md o. hcf fsQrf1ra hoe oil We
an eye to business the wants of the commu-
nifty will be looked after in their line of
goods. They made good selection in
opening out a branch house at this point,
and they will realize it before the summer
Is gone. The interests here are in charge
OF d. M. Wells, a Salt Lake boy, and a very
popular young man, who attends strictly to
business.
There is one thing lacking in this country,
and it should be started at once in Mont
pelier-a bank. It would pay big, and if
some Salt Lake capitalists would take and
invest their wealth in giving this country
bank it would Pay far better interest on
their money than deals in Salt Lake city
real estate.
The first wagon since the first of Decem-
Der last arrived
FROM STAR VALLEY
last night. They made the trip in one day
from Alton. They reported the roads in a
bad condition. The people IN that section
OF the country are all busy putting In their
grain From the best information obtain.
able, Star valley contains over eleven hIn.
dred families. Two years ago there were
only about thirty families living there, So
the growth Of that country is very ran;d.
The Oregon Short Line is doing an in,
mense business, both freight and passen
ger. Several accidents have occurred OF
the road of late, but. strange to say, no cue
has been killed. The ROAD bed is in a de-
piorable condition, and high water vii
sweep the bridges out if extra precautions
be not taken to prevent It. Tie business
Ct the road demands more side tracks. an6
Ed Burgoyne has taken contracts TO build
side tracks al different points on the road
Several teams viii start out next week fol
that purpose.
ice Wilson, United States marshal. paid
Bear Lake county a visit this week, after
lGryraen and witnesses. The United State:
court commences at Blackfoot on the 18Th
of this month.
Charley Phelps, who claims to be {
Deputy United States marshal. was latels
arrested on u warrant charging him VIII
fornication- The complaint was sworn t.
by s Is. McCartn, proprietor of the Arcade
hotel The case was examined before Com
missioner j. l. Underwood on Tuesday
last, and, as good many stated before th,
trial would be the case,
HE WAS ACQUITTED.
Sheriff Joseph Jones and deputy took ;
ride to the shores of Bear lake on SEnda,
night last to watch the fishermen, win,
have been catching fish with gill nets an,
seines. They arrived on the lake shor,
early in the morning, as they thought tn,
early bird catches the worm. The sheriff
lay In wait until daylight, and Obey w
Hanson sailed around in his boat within
about four hundreds yards from where tn.
sheriff and deputy We're secreted H,
soon stopped his boat, reached into the lake
and drew out a gill net with several pound.
of the beauties of the lake III it. Hansen
soon after landed, and the sheriff wanted t
interview him, but as soon as Hansen
discovered who it was he pushed his boa
into the lake and rowed off, and remained
out on the lake nearly all day. He paid NJ
attention 20 Sheriff jones' request to b,
interviewed, and late in the afternoon h,
landed seven miles away from the sheriff
and deputy. He then secured a horse ana
buggy and arrived at Montpelier in tn,
evening. Sheriff Jones telephoned hi
deputy at Montpelier from ST. Charles 4
arrest Hanson. Hanson had not arrived il
Montpelier ten minutes before he was ar
rested. He was lodged in Jail, and talsel
to Paris on Tuesday. Wednesday he had
jury trial before Judge Margetts, and il
five minutes after the case was given to tn
jury they returned
VERDICT OF GUILTY.
IL was good catch Hanson has denied I
the sheriff several times that he was catcf
ing fish unlawfully. He has figured quit
often in the courts of Idaho on differen
charges. Sheriff Jones also took ride o
the lake Monday night, and was out unit
tie morning star appeared ard he was sue
cessful in getting gill net about two bur
dreo yards long and in the net was sewers
hundred pounds of trout and sucker.
Great credit is due the sheriff for this car
ture, and our fish interests in this count
and territory should be protected. Citizen
of this county say that if they want an
Bear Lake trout, in order to get them the
have TO go to Salt Lake, Ogden, or Butte
Hanson was find 500, but took an appea
Politics viii soon boom if Idaho IS &C
mitted. Will advise you later on in regar
to the political situation of this country.