Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-22
Discovery Of Gold Bullion Stolen
-Four Years Ago.
WYOMING Editor GETS OFFICE


tIluE us uthNhs
Receiver Elmer Johnson Of the
United States land Office left Del Norte
for AlamOea ON the lltn anu has h9.
been heard from since. Johnson =
friends are ut "a loss 10 know why nc
docs not return.
Coalville Chronicle: Geo. Buchanan
rmployed at the Chalk Creek niue,
hal his hand hurt this week whlle ~
work. II seems that he was eliilng
tinwn n chute and tried to catch holu OF
n prop 10 stop himself when tue proP
gave way and II chunk OF cOni 1911 on
his hand, injuring II quite bndly.
The committee selected some time
ago by the Uncompahgro Valley Beet
Sugar associations 10 solicit huuscIlp'
lions from the merchants To US nseu III
the purchase Of beet seed pnu machih'
cry Tor the cultivation Of the heels, 10.
ported on Tuesday mat nearly SeOO hau
been collected for eucn purpose. Iue
Montrose county, Colorado, people are
taking hold OF the subject OF beet Gull
ture with great deal OF enthusiasm
The Arizonn Construction company
OF Peoria, Ms, which brought SUIT
recently against the ella Benz husti'
voir ana Irrigation company Tor
$4,000, Withdrew It's suit Ut PhunlN,
Afizpnn, on Saturday, and pniu thc
cost, The reservoir and Irrigation
comt any will now take possession oil
Of the canal and hereafter sell water
aud conduct business regardless OF the
Peoria company. The cause OF the
Withdrawal was tile knowledge OF the
fact that the Peoria company was not
INCORPORATED under the laws OF lie
linois.
A dispatch from Lewiston, WASH
ington, says: On Friday night shout
III O'Clock fire broke out Ia the CITY
hotel ut Asotin. The building was
frame and the Gre spread rapidly.
There were ten guests at the hotel be-
tidos the proptletor's family, aud they
were awakened to HAD themhrlves SUR
rounded by flames. Mrs. Myers ami
her two chillitn were taken out badly
scorched. George Gibson lenpud from
an upp.r story window and escaped
with slight injuries. Frank Sherry,
who aroused Gibson, heeitated TO leap
aud was burned tU death.
James Cole, OF San Bernatdino,
Cal, found on Saturday SllO bar o
bullion, which he sold TO an nssayer ior
500. IL was stamped "Nulture mine"
Next day another bar was found Of
large size. Both were lying IN ditch
where tho water from Coles stablc n
carried Of. Some four years ago Cap.
tniu Good, superin endeni OF IA"
Vulture mino Ia Arizona, was muir
dvred Willis carrying bullion 10
Pnmnix by three heXlcin-. One
WIS aiterward shot by oillcers, while
ine other Two escaped In this dlfec-
tod. IL In believed that the hnd IL
Iart of the bullion secured 10y the r1l-
beers at that time.
Work has begun In earnest on the
South Giln canal, in Yuma county,
One hundred ana forty teams are al
work on the dam. a 100000 pumping
nlaut Ia being constructed ON the mesa
10 supply the new town Of ChryetOval
AnU The labOtefs ON the canal with
water. The canal, with its branches
aud reservoirs, will irrigate 3O0, 900
IA res, and with tue dam, which will
Ioof solid masonry, viii cost 81, 900, 900.
The dam will DO fiity feet nigh aud
400 feet long,and will form reservoir
eleven miles long. The canal viii he
fifty wide, carrying eight feet OF water,
anu will be l25 miles In length. 1t
will take two years 10 complete the
work. Five hundred men Will be em-
ployei.
The express business Of the Rio
Gfande Western road has for year
been 10 charge OF the Denver anu RIO
Grande Express company, with heat.
quarters In Denver. A change u
about TO be inaugutated. The Western
EXPRESS company was incorporated
on Saturday In the oillce OF the secre
tary OF state to operate ON the Rio
l,rande Western system. The new
company IN capitalized at S2,DOO,OO0
and mas al Its head two Of tne West.
ern,s leading officers In Denver. Thv
princIpal office will bp opened In ihls
city and general express business
viii be- transacted. The directUrs are
ID. q. Dodge, q. q. Smith, George -.
Dodge, Robert Hardness anu william
II. Cotton.
A Joke 10 told on T.. &. Krsuss o.
Echo IN connection with the lightning
rod swindlo. When Krauss fealizet
that he was caught la the net 10 the
tune OF $50, he told the mnn he cOulu
take down the rods, he dld not want
them. The lightning man with HE
usual ufbanity aud Willingness &
comply with anything says "ell righW
anu pulling a yellow slipof paper out
Of his pocket says, Just sign this and
we Will take them down. kraush
looked ut the paper then at the man
anu backing away replied, 'Sign that,
you bot your lie don't Sign any
thing, take your rode away but don'l
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