Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-15
REALTY And MINING
James E. Jennings Says He is Rot
EIsased in Land Jumping.
HIS VERSION OF rnE PROVO CASE.
Mining News In Utah aud Sur.
rounding States and
Territories.

Reference was made In the Provo
dcplrtmcut OF the NEWS last evening
to the taking up Of university lands on
Provo bench, and calling attention to
tho uueasintts exhibited by Ger.
tain persons who laid claim to
the land as settlers. The names
Of James H.. Jennings Of this
city and G.. r.. Looso Of Provo were
mentioned rs being engaged In taking
up lands, and rs being looked upon as
Gcpriving some Of the settlers.
Mr.. Josnings called at tho NEWS
Office today, to enter n strong protest
against the accusation made against
MIN by the Provo bench people. His
statement Of the affair IL as follow;
Gin 1892, after the law was passed by
the Legislature, providing for the
upptaisumrnt and sale OF uui-
y,rfity lands, We went up on the
Provo bench and surveyed the unou.
ruplpd lands there. On the bench
where We were there are about 1850
ugfas Of land. Some VI this was Occu-
pied, some WAS untouched Ia any way
uy suttlors,en some had toon occupied
some four or i've ears ago anu had
teen abandoned. The parties who had
latter class of claims never brought uut
nay water, nor mnuv Improvements 10
any extent, uhu Ind vacated the landS.
"Dut OF tue 1850 acres We took
w a traction over oUO acres, Had VIZ
teen Ia the land jumping business We
would have figured on the whole l2Hui
lu we only wished 10 enter that which
Wa- not occupied aud whicn We had a
it.ui 10 acquire title to. We surveyed
a.d claimed SuJ acres Ruu made im.
movements thereon.
Hsub,tuuent 10 work being dOCo by
u-, some parties who were not iu tue
occupancy OF any part OF the laud
raiuu ia aud tcgan o. make what
tu,y called Improvements. Thoy
vuuip IN, took some Of the
rsgu brush which We had grubbuj, and
harmed u. The commissioners 90 locate
university hnuB learned OF clnims be.
iug mrie to the lsuj, and the matter
ysmug regularly beiOIe them, they
~o.t TO thu place. looked the lands
over, hcnfd the complaint, anu de.
cldrd that we held the PRIOR ella m;ihat
i.t thu umc We t1Uk the laud up there
were mo- occupants those VINO hhd
Teen tueTp having abandoned their
Clnimg,
"rhero was no desire on cur Fart to
rob anybody, nor did We 40 10. Ii WIS
IA straight Transaction. The land was
upon to improvement, ana we entoro
It. We have ~ pended about 5000 ON
it, aud propose 10 tai g out canals and
convert tile tract into big huit
farm"
IDAHO SILVER aEN.
The Idaho silver convention met at
Ketchum yesterday afternoon. Gov.
ernor Mcdonnell was eleole d chair
man anu James Ii. Wallis, formerly
OF Utah, hut now editor Of TIC Mont
pelier IOit, was made secretary. The
governor made strong speech In
which he SAID that although lac was a
Republican he would wilhiraw from
the party unle,s IL dill something for
silver. A telegram was read rom
Willis Sweet, Rt Washington, saying
that unconditional rapcal Of the Sner.
man clause was impossible, aud that
the prospects for free coinage OF silver
were growing brighter with each day.
Committees on permanent OrguuiLl-
ton aud resolutions we're appointed
aud the convention adjourned I'LL this
afternoon.
NOTES.
}. G.. Ross Is down from Fail River
Idaho, where he is engaged In mining.
lie brought down q quantity OF gold
tust which he had PANIED out him
rel from his placer claims.
In the strong mine at Cripple
Creek, Colo, on Saturday night,
Walter BlackiorJ, u miner, fell hfly
feet, receiving Injuries that arc pro-
uOunCtd fatal.
Col. Il. A, Wall reports that in
Ophir mining district business IL NJ q
sianustill. The people there are anE'
iouely nwgiting some action by C0n'
gr,ss 10 revive the silver mining Ia
dustry,
llcuer J.. Mulliner OF Kanosh, Iron
county, has filed In the local iAnu
office desert apple ition covering III,
tUuth half OF ths southeast quarter Of
section 30, the west half VI tue south
west qlAlter, aud the southw west quarter
NJ thuHnuthwest quarter Of section 40
township 81 south, and lot /, aud tn,
southwest quarter Of the northeast
quarter Of section ., township ~ south
range l2 west.
SALT LAKE CLEARING HOUSE
TOlay's cleariug house exchanges
amounted to $4,000.
TODAY's QUOTATIONS.
New York-Silyor, 72lo,leaI, $500.
Luion-Silytr, S3!d.
ORE AND BULLION.
g.. r. Jones a Go, received today
Dn,, $1,000; Bullion, 5000.
,Cornick a Co. received today
Nauuuor bullion, $500.
". 4. Hodges had In three con
Nl,r tyuAy for assay.
Probate Court.
In tho ProbnIe court today In lhl