Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-04
FROM SUNNY SAN JUAN.
A Winter Of Little Snow, Reduced
Streams and Active HOiE.
a sIo.OOO,OOO Pincer cold niniuE
Company Shafts Taking GrsHt
NeaIth from the river lied.

Hon. H. a. Hamm nd, the veneer.
able Pioneer from san Juan ami the
genial humofist OF the state CJnstitu.
lional Convention aud all rOun enter.
prisiug and useiul citizen, II ~ ftUm
his far.away home In the southeast
where hardy settlers are subduing the
wastes, building n commonwealth,
keeping Dave Days Indians on the
other aiIe OF tho Colorado line and
supporting band Of renegudes on
this.
A NEWS representative met Judge
Hammond last evening ami immeil'
Atsly sought an interview. The Judge
gracefully submitted and the following
IL the result: 1--WE have" lac saiI,
'just passed through the dfiost winter
Ia the history Of the county. Not
until ught recently di1 Wa get HDy
tnoW aud then very lite. AS tutuii
ftfeim that were formerly large anu
springs that gave iofth AbundanIy are
nuw almost o. VOID Of moisture hs
undsf boH, The condition In this re-.
tpsct IL such that te memory
Of the Oldest citizen canuot
recall anything like n. This drought
pfomi,ss ~ be very dissaltuuH TO our
stock Interests on which We are de-
pendent more than ON huylhiug r'u'
"But," continued tue Judge, I'VE
are not allow ng that TO discourage us,
We are golug ghthi lust ~ though
everything was full VI promo SUI u
IL tot the matter Of that, for nup Juan
IL destined 20 bo u great county. ~
W. are preparing our ground, sowing
cur ,eej anu pushing right aussd. We
realize that unless We sUv W. cannot
reap, anu OF course We want 10 roap, ~
We afo attempting 10 do our part. Au-
Olhpt thing: We are trying TO hoip sail
Lake. For thirteen years We have
been buying Hnd hauling our goOut
from Durango. ColofalU. Now W.
propose TO patfUuizu the ch.ui city Of
our new state and by the loyal help
We are gsIuug from the Rio Gfanus
We are going 10 succeed, too. AMI BY
the way, 1 met thu nrst anipmsnt Of
goods from salt Lake on my way ~
here anu II pleased me very much"
Concerning the gold placer opera.
tons on the Fan Juan nytf. Judge
HammOLd 50 d: 81 now have more
rauguino hopes for their ptfmanency
hnd success than ever before. My
confluence has been much strength.
snoJ on account OF the gOId work be-
ing done by New YORK company
sky miles below Bun. rniH CON.
uauy IL capitalized iot glU, 600, 900, aud
has put IN An immelBs dam Ia the
uyer, ths nfst ever buiit OF any csnss.
making don't know, Uui u must bs n
great deal, n, they arc WORKING sand
that Wa. f0rmeriy carried on pack mules
Tor hal n mne aud handled very
prOfitably. A. all other places ON tue
river, aud there are campo every ten
miles OF 40 along the stream, they are
alll operating but under the mos.
primitive methods. In the hue
mountains, nearer this way, some Salt
Lake parties have some promising free
gOlI PROPERTIES. IL 10 uuut uUu that
they viii erect mill TINS summer. 10
case they 90 10 IL viii mean that
others will do the same thing later
on.n
Judge Hammond has every conn.
deuce in tue future OF san Juan ooun.
~. IL has 4 OJJ,U acres VI land, Que.
fourth Of when Gu DO Irrigated. All
that IL ntcesfary 10 huug THIS result
aD.ut IL money; $4,000 no says would
be tufiioirnt rue SOL 10 the very utst
anu raises FRUIT tlat viii win prize
Awards wherever exhibited ana n
climate that IN excellent The people
lrs with promises VI success euutavUf-
log 10 get = daily mail. The service ~
" dsto has boon a ssmi.weekly one.
ArEed ~ to how Dave Day aud his
Indiana were tariDF, Judge Hammond
Toplio1 tuat tue PEG. lu were happilJ
eulOyiug n respite from both. Ihe
Only trouble they have win India ma
now n with seventy.tiye or hundred
Tpnegadts witnwhiou they had been
hili oled for year. These should b.
gwen smRil reservation u their own
OF DC supported ~ tue government.
The settlers had card isr them AbVul
log enough,