The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-24
IDAHO REPUBLICANS.
Roberts Issues q Call for a Meet
ing OF ALI the State Leagues,
To Meet In Boise February 12-Cases in the
State Supreme Congressman
Sweets Arid Land Bill.

BOISE CITY, IQa., Jan. 23.- Special tele-
gram to The HERALD. Attorney General
Roberts, member of the national COM
m1ttee of the Republican league, has issued
a call for meeting for all the leagues in
the state in this city February IL, for the
purpose OF organizing a state league. Each
local league is entitled to five members.
In the state supreme court in the case OF
Mayhem VS.. Burke and Knott VS.. Burke
the motion to strike out part of the trans
script was denied
In the case of j. NJ. Burke VS.. Scott Nc
Donald the court affirmed the Judgment of
the court below which reduced plaintiffs
costs to $4,000. The opinion of the court
was by Huston.
Congressman Willis Sweets bill recently
introduced IL Congress to settle the prob
lem OF arid lands in 1daho contains many
good features. Mr.. Sweet is of the opinion
that Congress will not spend any money to
reclaim arid lands nor will it part uncondi-
tonally with these lands to the state 1t
Will insist that this land be divided into
small tracts and owned by bona fide resi-
dents. MIR. Sweets bill takes the oues-
ton of arid lands out of politics by the ap
polntment OF non-partisau commission.
1t provides that work may be commenced
by the government. 1t limits buildings and
provides carefully against land iobbing
and monopohes IN the land by syndicates.
1t gives to each owner a perpetual water
right but reserves the main water way. in
the name of the state for the benefit Of all.
Inc state will be in charge of arid lands
under certain restrictions. While not per-
feet, Sweets bill seems to meet with GEN
eral approval here.
THE TTLER-LAsT CHANCE CASE
The Tyler company commenced testi-
mony in rebuttal to-day in the Last Chance
mining suit. Phil O'Rourke testified that
he had a conversation with MIR. Ralstou.
one OF the defendants witnesses, who had
said that he (Ralston) had found ore in
certain cuts Of the surface of the Last
Chance in which Ralston had said he would
swear to anything for a consideration.
Thomas Gibbons produced specimens from
the surface cuts which had been assayed.
Robert Mobly, assayer at the United
States assay office this city, said be had
made assays for Mr.. Gibbons and ex-
hibited samples, the result of which was
that there was no mineral in the rock
which had come from the surface of the
Last Chance, but that rock from the John
carried
silver. Mr.. S. M. Bars terumony was in
llde with that of Gibbons.
+. Z. LorIng, civil engineer, testified sub
stantlally as the others as to the rock in
the surface in the Last Chance and pointed
out several discrepancies in defendant,s
maps.
W. b. Honeyman, manager of the TYLER
Mining company, testified he had tried re-
peatedly for four years to get into the Last
Chance mine, but was always refused ad-
mittance. Much argument was had over
the terms OF settlement of the adverse suit
and the legal battle waxed warm The ia
sue OF the matter concerning the Judgment
roll was again taken up. and Beatty took
up the question under advisement. tbs
thought argument before the jury will bs
reached Monday.
TO-DAY SIX MEN CONVICTED OF BURGLARY
in Bingham county, together with Tex.
convicted of murder in the second degree
for killing Dutch John in Bingham county.
were brought here and lodged in the pen,
Tex got the full sentence of law-twentv-
five years. There are now ninety-two
prisoners in Boise penitentiary, more than
ever before in It's history.
Laborlng men here have another cauEa
OF grievance against Hobsan 81 Wilkersop.
sewer contractors. If they discharge any
man for any cause they MAKE him wait till
the 10th of the month before paving him.
or discount his wages 10 per cent in maid
at the time of his discharge. The labor
organization here is taking the matter M
and will see if anything can be done 10
stop such work.
John Madden and his wife, arrested soma
time ago at Lewiston, Idaho, for selling
liquor TO the Indians, were brought into
the United Statet court to-day and ar
raigned. They were given till Monday to
plead