Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-22
OGDEN.
sNOwsLlDEs IN WEBER CANON.
Reported Rich Find Of Silver In Tay'
lor's Canyon.-The Stock GrowerS
Attempt 10 Capture Cleveland.

purpose OF utrcuthing tne bIhu' s'oh"S
school building muddle. After Two
hours session an adjournment was
taken for one week to enable the bonuh-
men Of the contractors to get togetner
aud decide upon their iutufe course.
When President Haroom6o caileu 70
order at 1880 O'Clock, MossrH. Dee anu
Patterson were the only fncihVfls
present, the others being detained olse.
where. Without unnecessary delay
and acting under legal advice, Tue
hoard notified the contractors, aud
bondsmen, that unless all claims
against the building contracted by
Messrs. Carr & Callahan are liquidatei
Mt once, the twenty per cent retAincd
on the contract, which amounts T. some
$500. will be declared forfeited on nc.
count Of the delay In the completion
OF the building. Under the contract
the board can collect $50 for every day
the building In unnecessarily delayed,
and according 10 the boards figuring
the forfeiture amounts TO nearly
$4,000. There aro still outstanding
about $500 for labor and material
furnished TO the contractors on the
building, but rs large number OF Tue
creditors have made known their VIII.
ingness TO give heavy discounts the
amount will be greatly reduced. Alter
u lengthy discussion Adjournment was
taken. The bondsmen VIII meet anu
probably decide upon complying WIN
the proposition.
Travel was effectively blocked on
the Union Pacific yesterday afternoon,
and last nigh, nil trains went anu
came over tho Oregon Short Line onu
Utah Northern, leaving the main line
at Granger and connecting Mt McCam-
mon ON account OF u series OF snow
slides which came down near DsviPs
Gate, Weber canyon. The great mass
Of snow and earth covered the TRACK
up for from fifteen to fifty feet ior
about $500 feet. Assistant Master
Mechanic Hart took the wrecking
train, and u large number OF snow
shovels and went out to the sllue las'
evening. IL was found necessary 10
order the rotary snow plow down from
Pocatello and the ponderoue machine
will arrive this morning. The Track
may be cleared today. The PARK Cl'y
express was abandoned and !ast
nights passenger went out via NC,
Cannon. No. l, due In Ogden nj ~
O'Clock this morning, VIII not arrive
until 6:30. No mail came In from the
east last evening.
Secretary Armstrong, OF the Inter.
Mountain Stock Growers association,
Yesterday dictated the following letter
10 President Cleveland:
OGDEN, March 81, 1893.
To the President, Grover Cleveland,
Washington, ID. O.;
The Inter Mountain Stock Growers'
association will convene In this city
on April 20, 1893. am instructed by
the executive committee to extend nn
invitation 10 you.
1t will be . notable gathering and
the thousands who will assemble
would appreciate tho pleasure OF meet
ing you. 80,
The trans Mississippi congress will
also meet here ON April 2itb, and
trust you may find II convenient to
attend both OF these meetings.
Very respectfully yours,
Il. Il. ARMSTRONG,
Secretary.
William Miller, a miner OF long
experience, who is associated with
Judge Patton, came In yesterday and
reported having made u remarkably
rich strike of silver In "A tunnel he has
been driving nearly TO the summit Of
the range In Taylor's canyon. He
brought several samples taken from the
claim, one OF which was mass OF
native silver, fully ninety por cent,
weighing about two ounces, which he
declares was dug from the extension OF
the drift. The silver looks much M
though II had been melted, aud Miller
thinks he has struck an old crater.
Should the find prove to be as valuable
M present signs indicate, the Judge
anu Miller have second Ontario, ae
there seems to bo very large body OF
the ore.
Tonight ISristie q. Kanaga will be.
Gin u series OF lectures. He Will 70
east ina few days with the lectures,
carrying with him pictures OF scenery
along the Rio Grande Western, and
the Colorado Midland. The object Il
10 advertise Utah and Colorado
throughout tho East. The lecture this
evening will be "rhe Worlds Great
Canyon, and Mormonism and Poly
Ramy.n On Thursday night his sub.
ject viii be "Arounl the Circle, OF
1000 Miles OF Mountain Scenery In
Ahts iNhhehe NhNh Nv
10 salt Lake aud ON Friday and
Saturday nights will lecture on
"Through the Heart OF the Rocky
Mountains" and "Utah, the New
Promised Land"
Only q difference af $40, 200 prevent.
the settlement OF the loss ON the build.
ing Of the Utah Loan x trust company
Since their arrival, tho insurance
adIustors have heen very busy figuring
on the losses, md yesterday made a
proposition TO settle for $4,000. Tn,
company demands $4,000 or tn,
building replaced In Its former con
dition. To accomplish this Ogden
builders estimate fully $4,000 viii be
needed, but the adJustors do not Ne,
things through their eyeS, and hav,
telegraphed to San Francisco for at
expert builder, who will arrive TO-
night and begin his labors tomorrow
morning.
Three cars OF tho shipment OF Call
fornia'a exhibit for the Worlds Fair
including n car OF maps and drawings
went east yesterday.
Thirty-fvs carloads OF California
oranges went east over the Union Pa