Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-02
TERRITORIAL NEWS NOTES,
The Recent Land Craze 10 Southern
Utah eliminating Seriously.
DAVIS COUNTY LAND JUMPERS
The Alleged RAyisher Of Little Re-
bccca walters Of willard Pound
Dead In a slough.

becca walters OF willard fOhhu
Dead In slough.
The recent land craze In this end OF
Heaver county, has eliminated IN one
Instance AZ least Of one man threaten
ing another who by the way l. bic own
broiber. that he would have 'his hlnod
or bi. land, - aud after telling his hfolh-
or 10 "heel himself, /" emphasizing u ny
coming up town aud purchasing car.
trldg.s 10 20 cunning. IL seems that
n. .Id.,t Of the two brothers hal To-
Gated and, II Il said, was living upon a
land claim upon south creek, Tut
somehow or other had fallei 10 proper
ly enter his land In the land Office. In
the meantime the younger hr0ther
Ind sollcitcd aud obtained permission
10 build a house and live upon an ex'
tremo portion uf the claim, aud II u
paid, commenced 10 als0 cultivate part
ofit Thinking perhaps that the ne.
elect Of his elder brother would impsfil
hls house and other improvements he
made the necessary legal entry IN TIE
US, Land Office and subsequently,
Informed his brother Of that The loud
declarations by tho lattor,. That he
claim had been unwarrantahly jumped
and that he would have his blood OF
the land" has brought about a com.
plaint 10 that effect before Justice OF
The Peace Emerson; but tho oiiicen
have thus far been unable TO locale
their man, who now considers II wise
10 keep out OF the way.-Hedrer Ofon'
ian.
ALLEGED LAND JUMPERS.
A IMPORT Of snotgunistn CONES from
Davis comfy which may end In some
thing thrilling. =,
II appears that T.. 4. Rich aud Fred
Walker, Of Halt Lake, have taken pos.
session Of n portion " the public school
land. They have had u fenced Ia,
closing the public highway, anf ~
fuse b allow the oldest SETTLERS TO 10 In
or out.
A number Of armed men, acting for
Rich A Walker, arr guarding the
premises. Tho survey 10 the lake was
made thiTty.fouf years since and has
been Travelled for the last twelve
years.
The water Of spring along the
highway which Mrs Lund, widow,
has been using for thirty years IN said
10 be drained from IL source 10 the
land Appropriated. The widows son,
Iias Lund, yesterday afternoon threw
up bank 70 force the water back on
his mothers land, AZ matters were
somewhat uncertain. William Spen.
Ger, Lands brothcr.in.law, accom-.
panied him with shotgun. Foreman
Bachman, who represents the Salt
Lake people, told his workmcn 10 stop
for awhile and he disappeared. On his
return he had shotgun and ordered
his men 10 work again.
The Davis county court this week
refused 10 give Rich a Walker the
water right. The disturbance IL ere.
atlng considerable talk In that srctlon,
and unless settled, serious trouble may
fcrult.-.NaHdard.
a FIESD FOUND DEAD.
Elder Ia dead. The ravishsr Of little
Robccca Walters, Of Willard, 10 no
more.
Last week tho body OF All unknown
man was discovered In n slough south
Of the Hot Springs. No marks OF vio-
lenco were found on the corpse. The
cause Of death IL yet n mystery. When
the Dv,ien lSias.frrd y.c,,I y.d la.t
w,eh,s R,,ol,r conInlnIno an .ccn,,n,
OF Inc Willard afihlr' they nlan.i
the coinclIenccs Together. InfrTrlng
that IN, dead NM nown VS. ne nnch,
sought Fdlrr. A Standard renor,a,
was dispatched 10 Willard and com.
their surmi,ea wer, nndonhicily t,u.
In age, height, weight com1lerion
and Ne lonthsome d,sss,e m ~hiah
Edlef talked freely while nj Willard,
dcscrIntion given ~ Ella H." wy.
nav. r.pented IN nj. Inh,,,,.n c,in,,,
and su,rred an by IN, tort,,re. ~ ~,
eas.. taken hIs avn lIi. Ur,oLa,,
Bugier. ''"'
RAM SMALL Ao.u.
Our ogucn friends have learned and
70 thcir sorrow, that Sam Small IA not
the man thoy want NJ the head Of
Their Me,hodist Univefhlty. Ar
evangelist Ralloping over The country
preaching sensational sermons 10
curious, serio.comic hearers Ia not the
man Tor president OF great Institution
OF learning. sam Small the ovangol.
~ anu sam small, the president, arr
TOO distinct 10 10 one and the same
man, NO ono man can be sensa.
uonhl evnngellst aud grave and dig.
nihrd college president. In the rolls Of
The former Samuel IA In his element, In
the role OF the latter Samuel Ia Oh his
base Asa lover OF notorioty II would