Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-04
BUSINESS And MINES.
The Threatened Suits Against Salt
Lake County Canals.


Don Corey, member OF the TERRITORIAL
bureau Of Information ior Unh
cou ~, was up from Provo today. He
niei the c3unly'6 tsp,r, on res3uroM
with Secretary Snyder Of the Chamber
Of Commrr,e.
Mr.. Corey snys Of the threatened
sui,a ogainst Salt Lake City and
tho various canals ia Salt Lake
county, by land owners along Utah
lake, that within a shor. space OF time
there will be forty Of these suits iled
in the district court at Provo. All Of
these will claim damages by reason VI
the oveifllw Of their laLds by Utah
lake, tue cause Of which they alleged
To DO the cfowIiug back %! tho vu,,r
by she caual companius' dam In JOE
dan river.
La connection with this II may be-
stated that while the suits are being
/ filcd Va the FIRST district court 70 u by
no means certain that they viii
| be Tiled there. Tho defendants IN
these cases have made no complaint
against the Judge, but aliego that the
! I|NIAtNNN W IAANAN ~ " AAhA hHhAAHN 49,
! give the verdict % the Utah county
farmers every time. Because ot the
situation VII ola they thus claim 10 ox-
isi, thefc Will bB an effort ~ secure a
change of venue, nud have tue cases
tried at either salt Lake, Ogden OF
Beaver
1Im FAIR COMMiiTEE.
The executive committee VI the Md
winter Far committee has decided TO
hold It's meetings IA hour earlier Ia thu
afternoon than has uvup lho cuatum.
rhey Will now yet together az early
after . O'Clock ne possible.
AZ the meeting yesterday afternoon
the secretary was Instructed 10 request
the committee on private subscription
to turn over the FUNDS 10 the treasurer,
n. q. NobbuT.
The names Of Mrs. &. w. Bennett,
Mrs. &. h. Allen, aud Mite. Bertha
Bambctgor were added 10 tho general
Fair c0mniltee.
The ladies' committee Of tho Fair are
10 meet tomorrow afternoon, nj the
Chamlcr OF Commerce building.
Is. n. Grant aud q. NJ. scott, OF the
executive committee, have been ep-
Z pointed 10 make request OF the Gov.
ernor that In his mrHsRge he suggests
! 10 the legislature that tho eutife Utah
= exhibit returned from the Worlds
Fair epiacud AZ tie disposal VI the
Milwiuier Fair comm ttru, anu that
they be authorized 20 select thersifOm
, such articles ~ are desirable Tor Ola.
play at 5au Francisco.
a letter nom Daniel ID. Green Of
, 5clneld, Emery county, was read 10
the Fait committee at lie meeting yes.
7 tefday afternoon. Toe writer asks 10
have new automatic car.ooupling
aud car.teplacer aud defailut exhibited
with the Utah display al the Mid.
winter Far.
INTERSTATE WATER RtuHTB.
, The Engineering Neics stAles that "a
quVHlion involving bu;h Interstate anu
! International water rights has arisen
D In connection with tbs proposed canal
Of the Colorado river Irrigation com.
pany. This canal was q head Ia the
| Colorado river, nine miles above
] Yuma, Afiz., pass through a portion
I OF California, then Tor some forty'nye
4 miles In Lower California, 10 take
advantage Of grade, anu finally back
into California. The people Of A riH0na
claim that the uanal IN to head In that
o state, and object 10 water being divert.
ui from them, while tho MexicAna
claim that n the canal passes through
i their territory sufficient water must Dt
i given them 10 irrigats lands coming
under H. Tbs boundary OF AriEonu
; ana California IL la dispute, aud u
seems likely that legal steps must be
taken 10 settle both the Interstate and
! international questions Involved"
NOTiB
! The Hanauer, Germania and Mingo
smelters have made n reduction Of II
per cent la wages.
8. h. Walker, secretary Of tn,
y MeeArs Silver Mining company, hai
- filed an application In the land ofllc,
= for mining patent for tbs a bby lod,
clam, IN the Uinlah mining district
p WasaIch county.
An eight.foot vein Of ore was unoov
cred on Monday IN the POOrmal
mine nj Cripple Greek, Colorado.
/. assayed S65.6O per ton. In the Ere,
Coinage mine body Of gold ore wa
met with which showed nearly $500
10 the ton.
: Hides aud Leather Gays: "dont.rais
g ing Is an important anu growing In
/. dustry In Oregon and some Uthe
=, NJ .thwssiern states. One ranohor II
Benton county, ore, has iins herd 0
, $50 goats, which includes number o
. thoroughbred Augora bucks. Twenty
;. two cents pound IL the lowest thi
. man has received for fleece In
dozen years, while frequently he hR
10 received $40. 10 Bic. n pound. Tn
u average yield from "A goat IN about iou
4 pounds, nut eight ~ teu pounds
d frequently Obtained from high.grad
Is goals. Tue goats srs not only yaluabl
for their fi,ece, but in clearing on land
- as they subsist largely ON brush an,
: weeds"
e Helena, Montana, Independent
10 Colonel w. Hart, OF the Bimetalli,
IL company, says that work will be com
\, menoed on tho big tunnel about JAuu
" AIRY 10th. About 100 men or more vii
y be given sleGdy employ ment, ana Il
!. estimated that II VIII take about n yea
d and malt 10 complete the tunnel, al
n though II will be driven from bot
v ends. The tunnel will be 1000 fee
ss long, aud In It's course viii prospect
lot OF ground that Il believed 10 cor
e. tain some rich mineral. IL will be "a
10 ieet Ia tue clear, anu Will drain bit
IT this BimetAllio and Granite mine
10 Although the main object Ia drivin
" IL for the purpOFe OF draining tl