The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-10
Fatal Accident.
Especial to The Herald

Especial to The Heraldl
GUNNISON, March "A sad fatality
occurred yesterday morning about IL
o'clock to John Hole Chew, the 13-
year-old son of John and Mary E.
Chew.
In company with two younger bro
theirs he had just finished feeding the
stock. They hauled the hay to the
stock with a team, and, having fin
ished, concluded to have some sport.
The boy got inside the slip-noose of a
rope which he had fastened to the
traces, and started the horses up, but
had hold of the lines. The horses be-
came frightened and ran away, drag
ging the boy on the ground. In their
course was pile of posts, against
which the boys head struck, breaking
his neck. The town was thrown in a
state of excitement on hearing Of the
sad occurrence.
THE CANAL.
Excitement ran high over the cleo
ton Of officers at the annual stock
holders meeting Of the Gunnison r.
rigation company. There was a deter
mined effort TO effect q change and
two tickets were put up, resulting in
the choice of an entire new board. The
old secretary and treasurer were re-
elected Mr.. Myrup, the retiring pres
ident. was an efficient officer and has,
in the past eight years that he has
held the office, gained a wide reputa-
ton for managing irrigation matters
Niels c. Sorenson is elected president
A. ]. Tuft, vice-president; John Lar
sen. Edmund Sanderson, William
Bardsley and F. Ludvigson, directors
Following this was the incorporation
of the Gunnison City and Antelope
Valley Canal company. The officers
with c. a. Madison for president, have
qualified, and the corporation is now
in fine working order. The bringing
of its canal above town will allow OF
400 lots being added to the present
tOwnsite. These lots are now plated
Good Roadway has been made on the
canal and it will be finished by an
other season.
The owners of the Kearnes and Rob.
bins canal, which has been WideneG
and extended to Fayette, have filed
articles of Incorporation, and the
Highland canal will soon do the same
The usual places for posting notices
are literally covered with notices from
these various canal companies, calling
meetings or giving notice of assess
theme just now is bitches and water
The canals which have been in thu
course of construction within this irri
cation district the past winter have
afforded an opportunity for the boy.
to spend their time profitably.
Some Of our sports are now prac
ticing at baseball and will soon b'
ready to send out a challenge.
Ed Kearnes, Jode Kearnes an(
Tommie Fraser are three of the Gunni
son boys advertising themselves a:
members of the bachelor fraternity
They are sporting around with thu
badges which they received at th'
bachelors ball given at Salina F'rida!
night
". H. Sperry, a vioHnist of Nephi
has been engaged to play at a couple O
our parties recently, to the exclusion
of our home talent, with whom SOM
of the boys are at variance. The spiri
of opposition arising last fall gets NJ
better.
the present prospect for the farmer
this season is not over bright. Their
is but a meagre storage of snow il
the mountains and the soil is too Or!
10 admit of safely sowing grain unit
warm enough for irrigation.