The herald., 1895-07-22
UTTER'S PER|LOUS TRIP
The Raft That FI0ated Down
the Grand Canyon
DOOR AND SCREEN FACTORY
A Patriotic Spanish American Society
to Be Organized
The Fiesta Commlttee at Work-An Abstract
Company Incorporated In San
Bernardlno

SAN BERNARDINO, July 2l.-Rev.
David Utter of Salt Lake, the noted
Unitarian minister who recently made
the descent of the Colorado river on a
raft, preached an eloquent sermon in the
First Congregational church in this city
this morning.
The raft on which Mr.. Utter made the
perilous voyage was built of drift wood,
20 feet long, feet wide and well spiked
together. Two boxes, with false bottoms.
containing provisions, were nailed upon
the raft. They served as seats when the
water was smooth, and protected the
provisions from the swash. The navi-
gators got into serious trouble only once.
On the first day the raft was carried into
an eddy about 800 feet long, 3UO feet wide
and very deep. At the foot of the eddy
the current was so strong that it re-
quired an hour OF the hardest kind of
padding to get over into the stream
again.
''If either of us had lost his footing
there and gone overheard, that would have
been the end said Mr.. Utter, ''because
the suck would have carried him down.
and il he should be fortunate enough
to come up again there would be moth
ing to take hold of.
up ut night. and made about half the
distance the first day. The scenery we'll
repaid the journey, and the Black canyon,
where the mountains reach a height Of
1900 feet, with sheer precipices on both
sides rising like masonry from the river.
was grandeur itself. We encountered one
very unpleasant feature-a hot wind
such as l never ielt before. Instinctively
we turned our backs to the blast. It
literally cooked the skin. l wet towel
and held it outspread before my face. 1
am certain it dried within three minutes,
perhaps two. No nausea was connected
with it; simply plain neat. When we
reached the big bend at Fort Mojave.
learned that this wind came from Death
valley or the Mojave desert"
The Fiesta
The Spanish American Fiesta commit
tee met yesterday to complete details of
the celebration of September 10Th, which
commentaries the achieve. .nent of Mexi-
can independence. Reports of the finan-
cial prospects were entirely satisfactory,
and there will be plenty of money to
carry on the celebration. After finishing
all routine work, the committee took up
the question of organizing a Patriotic
Spanish-American society in this city.
This idea has been long talked about,
but owing to similar society existing
Considering the time now ripe for action,
there will be such a society organized at
once, and from the requests thus far re-
ceived for membership. it bids fair to
start off with large list Of prominent
Spanish American citizens.
Started Door Factory
W. I. Gregg of Lake county, the inven-
tor of new-fangled door screen. has To-
Gated in San. Bernardino and will at once
establish factory. For the present, the
s. A. Cummings Furniture company will
take hold of the manufacture of Mr..
Gregg's patent. They begin work this
fill an order from Los Angeles, and
steady market will be found there for
the wares. That the business will de-
velop there Is not the least doubt, and
Mr.. Gregg expects soon to have a plant
OF his own.
Morse EncaMpment, No. 81. I. o. D.
F., installed the following officers Friday
night: Chief Patriarch, Harry Groves;
high priest, M. M. Flory; senior warden,
Thomas Harris; junior warden, H.
SCHNEIDER; guide. f. w. Nish; treasurer.
j. B. Firth; scribe. A. Horowlta; first
watch, AL Mettlet; second watch. J.. Van
Borin; inside sentinel, I. c. Grimes.
uo iHStalidtlOn SEW ICES were COnuuCteu
by District Deputy Grand Patriarch
Jumper, after which ice cream and
speeches were lndulged in.
The Sweesy & Grow Abstract company
has been incorporated as the Pioneer Alb
stract and Title company, articles having
been filed Yesterday. The capital stock is
placed at $40, 900. the limit Of incorpora-
tion fixed at fifty years, and the pIinc-
pal offices of the company located at San
John E. Light, Samuel |
Grow. Matthias Sweesy, Arthur E. Grow |
and Harrison II. Ham are the directors. |
and the stock is divided among them as |
follows: Join +. Light. $4,000; Samuel |
Grow, $9s00; Matthias V. Sweesy. Arthur
E. Grow and H. H. Ham 500 each.