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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
THE LONG LOST GOLD MINE.
Believed TO Have Been Found in
ferguson Canyon

4 few days ago it was mentioned in
these columns that there was reason
TO believe that a long-lost mine had
been found near the mouth of Fergu-
son canyon, in Big Cottonwood, and
/ also that it was on the group of claims
! owned by the Gold Point Mining COM
oany that the discovery had been
made.
The story of the original discovery
/ was an interesting one and dated back
/ to the early days when rock was being
/ quaTried for the construction of the
magnificent temple that adorns our
beautiful city.
In those days it was not permissible
to mine for the precious metals, as it
was food that the people needed, not
wealth; for without the necessities of
life the early pioneers would have been
like the merchant in the desert who
would have given any number Of jew
els for one drink of water and one
loaf Of bread.
According TO the story, as spread
before Herald readers a few days ago.
one of the men who were working in
the canyon at the time mentioned
above, discovered a body of very rich
gold are; but, acting on instructions,
he covered over the find so that no
one would be able to find it again:
and, even he, after a lapse of many
years, was not able TO point out the
exact locality, and his son, to whom
he had confided the secret of the dis
covery. had never been to the spot.
AS stated above, the owners of the
Gold Point have every reason to be-
lieve that the bonanza was located on
its ground, and after careful prospect
ing the relic of an old dump was found.
and it is here that the management de-
cided to search for the hidden treasure
Early Sunday morning three of the
members of the company left the city
bound for the mouth of Big Cotton
wood, the object of the trip being TO
find out for themselves if there was
any truth in the reported find, and if
it was so that the bonanza of gold ore
was embraced in the group in which
they were interested.
The party returned home the same
night, and from their self-satisfied de- |
meanor it was evident that the trip had |
not been a fruitless one.
Since the Sunday excursion the |
wealth seekers have been very reticent |
the results of the visit, but |
it has been learned that assays OBJ |
tanned from the ore that the boys |
brought back with them showed gold |
values of $500 per ton, and one of the |
party reluctantly admitted to a re-
porter for The Herald that the ledge of
pay ore Was nearly d loOl III Width,
and that the company was well salts
fed with the outlook: and also that |
the lost mine had been found.
A meeting of the directors of the
was held yesterday, but it
was not learned what action was taken
regarding the good luck that had be-
fallen that body. but it is stated that a
force of men has been put TO work in
the development of the new find or re-
7icoaNar-t- rhof &c
likely that the Gold Point will soon be
1n a dividend paying basis
Among those who are interested in
he Gold Point are Jack May, c. A.
Short and Joe Smith.
1t is a well known fact that gold
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13

Oats-Were moderately active and
averaged fairly steady. Receipts were
70 cars There were no Withdrawals
from store. Exports were light at 10 :
4So bushels. May oats closed &c higher.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow, $50
cars.
ProvisiOns-A shade better price was
quotable IN provisions early. Hogs
were uD little and TO coincide with
them product improved. Later packers
sold freely and commission houses also
had orders on that side the prospect
OF heavy receipts of hogs in the near
future prompting the action. May
pork closed Toe. lower; May lard IA
lower and May ribs . lower
Closing prices.
Wheat-January. 1855: May. SOS;
july. 76is q76Is.
Corn-January, 223s; May. 24s4: July,
Oats-January. 16; May. 1884.
Pork-JanUary. 7.65: May. $50.
Lard-January. $50; MAY. 4O5
Ribs-January. 400: May. 4O715.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13

New York. Jan. 12.-Money on call
easy at 1902 per cent; last loan at IL,
and closing offered at IL.
Prime mercantile paper, a4@3A per
cent.
Mexican dollars. ssQ511..
Sterling exchange firm, with actual
business in bankers bills at 4.S415G
4.S4A for 60 days and 4.S7l- CASTE for
demand. Posted rates. 4S5q4.SS.
Commercial bills, 4.S3G4S4
Bonds: Government, steady; state,
dull; railroad, firm.
There was a slight falling off in the
volume of trading at the Stock Ex-
change today, the sales amounting to
1868 shares, against 10000 shares
yesterday. In todays total Sugar fig
ured for 1900 shares; Union Pacific,
45,500, and Wheeling & Lake Erie skies,
500. The market displayed strength
through the signing of the arbitration
treaty by representatives of the Unit
ed States and Great Britain and the
improved outlook for general business
having eXerted a favorable influence.
The standard issues moved up grad
ually, and at the end of the session a
few stocks showed gains of 1zQ15s per
cago Gas, Tennessee Coal, the Grang
ers, Manhattan and Reading were all
prominent in the upward movement.
Sugar sold up to within a fraction of
1l3, the reduction of 1-16Gk in certain
grades of refined sugar and the coffee
war at the west being ignored by Oper
actors. Leather preferred rose rs to
6lss on covering of shorts. Tennessee
Coal rose from 26S to 2S1a on the
announcement
will be represented in the directory in
the future. The directors are to meet
tomorrow to make important changes
in the board. Union Pacific was better
supported and rallied a point to 7Ss
Reports from Washington were to the
effect that the government, in view of
the defeat of the funding bill. would
begin foreclosure proceedings at once.
London was a seller, and according to
estimates parted with nearly 10000
shares of various stocks. The offer
ings were quickly absorbed and made
no impression on prices. The feature
OF the day, however, was the break in
Wheeling & Lake Erie, the common
dropping from 515 to 35sG41k, and the
preferred from 1885 to 165sG171a. The
decline was the result of reports that
application had been made for a re-
ceiver. This was not confirmed, al
though it is generally admitted that
the Generalization in the bituminous
coal trade has affected all the soft
coal carriers. Long Island stock was
dull until Just before the close. when
400 shares We're sold at 50, a decline of
per cent. The per cent bonds, on
the other hand. were stronger and
rose 812 to So and New York Brook
Ign and Manhattan Beach consolidated
fives advanced 314 to 1864. The ap-
probation in the bonds is due to the
recent formation of the syndicate to
protect the property. The directors of
the Long Island road met today, but
took no action on the dividend In
the past traders have declared the
February dividend at the January
Baltimore & Ohio was an
other weak soot and fell 21s to 147s,
with a subsequent recovery TO 157s.
Speculation in the final dealings was
strong in tone. Wheeling e Lake Erie
lost rs and do. pfd. SIS per cent on
the day.
In government bonds $500 coupons
of 1907 sold at lily and $4,000 do 1925
at 1909 G12O7s
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
ANCHOR DEVELOPMENTS.
What MI. Steele Has Done in His
Mine Single-Handed.

Park City, Jan. 12.-The work OF
prospecting in the Anchor mine is go
ing steadily forward on the 1900 foot
level. which is also the tunnel level
Twenty-three men are employed New
bodies of ore are being opened up and
old ones developed. No shipments OF
ore are being made and the foreman is
not able to say when shipping will
commence. The hosting works have
not yet been put in operation and the
men go to their work through the
tunnel.
The shaft in the center of the Boulder
Basin group, which is now down 30
feet, viii be pushed to the depth of 500
feet, the work to begin next Tuesday
Mr.. w. J. Wilson, who is in charge
returned yesterday and says he never
before saw so little snow in that To-
cality at this time of the year One
can ride a horse anywhere. There are
only 20 inches of snow, the depth at
this season usually being about five
feet
stellatiOn group sinking shaft, which
is down 30 or 60 feet. Assays of ore
from this claim are said to have gone
from a trace to $l4 in gold.
Few people realize the amount of
work that j. II. Steele has done single
handed on the Steele group, consisting
of six claims consolidated. He has
been working patiently for ten years in
the belief that the prospect would
some day develop into a paying mine.
The tunnel starts at convenient point
the Union Pacific railroad.
opposite the Peck concentration, and
extends 200 feet into the hill, the YER
teal depth at the face being about 175
feet from the surface a winze 100
feet deep has been sunk from the tun-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13

The officers of the Sampson and Yo-
semitic No. , Mining companies met in
the Mccormick block yesterday after
noon, and before the meeting adjourned
the latter company had ceased to exist,
as it had been absorbed by the former,
and now the holdings of both corpora
lions are held in fee simple by the
Sampson company.
The outline of the deal as above
stated was given in The Herald at the
time that the Sampson assessment was
delinquent a month or two ago, and
the consolidation was but the consum-
nation of the project that was con-
CURED in by the officers of both COM
panieS at that time.
According to the terms of the agree
ment the stockholders of the old and
now extinct Yosemite No. company
will receive stock in the Sampson COM
pany to the extent of $3.50. 900, which is
half of what the Sampson company is
capitalized for.
The consolidation will necessitate the
reorganization of the Sampson COM
pany, and it is stated that the officers
and directors of the same will meet
today or tomorrow for the purpose of
making the change.
The Sampson and Yosemite No. 2
groups are adjoining properties on Dali
ton 6, Lark hill in West Mountain dis
trict. They are both old mines and
have been classed as dividend-payers
in their day. They are yet valuable
mines, and The Herald is informed
that in their underground workings
there are still fine bodies of ore eX-
posed, and that with proper work the
properties can once again
be placed on a paying basis.
1t is the intention to begin work at
an early day in the development of
the Sampson Consolidated, and it is
believed that the resurrection of these
old producers viii have tendency to
stimulate mining matters in the Old
Reliable" mining camp of Bingham.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
SAMPSON C0NSOLIDATES
Absorbs the Famous Old Yosem>
lie No. Mine.
THE LONG LOST GOLD MINE
SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN
FERGUSON CANYON.

Western Slope Activity-The De
Lamar-Mercur Option Causes No
Surprise-Ingersol-Sargent Drills
Used in the Development of the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in the
Anchor-What MI. Steele Has
Done in His Mine Single-Handed
AT the Ajax Mine-Reported
Strike on the 4Oo-Mammoth
Shipments-Stocks on the Curb
Mining Shares Active on the
Street-Emigration Canyon Gold
Ore and Bullion-silver and
Lead-Mining Notes and Per-
sonals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
At the Ajax Mine.

Word was received yesterday from
Mammoth that a strike had been made
in the Ajax mine, on the 400 level, but
in the letter it was stated that it was
impossible at that time to tell the ex-
tent of the new discovery, as the ore
had Just been broken into. Enough
was known, however, to prove that the
ore was high in grade and it is the
opinion that the strike is an import
ant one.
Eight carloads of ore from the Ajax
came in yesterday, and another con-
signment will soon be on the way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
Mammoth Shipments.

The Mammoth mine sent in 200 tons
of concentrates yesterday. This makes
over 800 tons of ore and concentrates
that this property has marketed within
the past week. With reported strikes
in the mine every few days and heavy
ore consignments coming in every day
CT so it is no wonder that the stock of
the company is advancing steadily in
value
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
RAPIDLY GAINING DEPTH.
The Sunbeam Shaft Down to the
3S5-Foot Level.

385-Foot Level.
The Herald is informed by Professor
NJ. Z. Jones. the manager of the sun
beam, at Silver City. Tintic, that the
shaft in this property is now down to
the 3S5-foot level and that the sink
ing is going on a the rate of three
and half feet daily the bottom OF
the shaft being in the pyritic formation
below which it is believed a large body
Of ore VIII be uncovered.
In fact, the ground is now getting
softer with each shift and the indica-
lions are very encouraging, and it is
confidently believed that pay mineral
will be encountered at almost any day
now.
There is good ore in paying quanti-
ties in other portions of the NINE but
the company is devoting all of its en-
ergies to the work of obtaining depth.
so that for the time being no more
shipments will be made.
Mr.. Jones is more enthusiastic than
ever over the outlook for the mine. and
he states that he is firm in the con-
viction that it is the making of one of
the greatest producers in that portion
of Tintic district
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13

ACTIVITY IN STOCKS
Ajax and Northern Light Make
Strong Showing.
STATE LINE FL0URISHING
GREAT DEAL OF ACTIVITY
THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

Claim-Holders Hard at Work and
Making Good Progress in the De-
velopmeHt Of Their Properties
Invite the Attention of Cauitel-
lists and VIII Bond or Sell at
Reasonable Figures and Terms
Encouraging Showing-Develop-
ments Being Pushed in Opening
Up the Homestake-Will Put up
a Steam Hoist-Rapidly Gaining
Depth-The Sunbeam Shaft Down
to the 3s5-Foot Level-Now Sink
ing Through the Pyrites.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
Kansas City Live Stock.

Kansas City. Jan. u.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts. 1900. Native steers. S.25@4.9O;
COWS and heifers. i.75dS.60; stoekers
and feeders. 2.75Q3.9O
Hogs-Receipts. $1,000 Heavy. $3.50
3.111s; mixed, 310Q4.22la: light. 5000
S.221s.
Sheep-Receipts. 1900; lambs, 2.S5@
800; muttons, 2.00G3.7O
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
Ore and Bullion.

The ore and bullion receipts yester-
day were as follows:
Bamberger & McMillan-Ores. ST.
DBL
Commercial National Bank-Ores, 81
800.
National Bank of the Republic-Gold
bars, $4,000.
ores, $4,000.
Wells. Fargo & Co.-Bullion. S4,1S3.
Mccormick & Co.-Ores, $7,750; cya-
hides. SIS 700
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
Silver and Lead Quotations

The silver and lead quotations yes
terday were as follows:
Western UniOn-Bar silver, 64%
cents; lead, $3.50; casting copper. 105s
cents.
United Press-Sar silver, 64% cents;
lead, s3.O212 GsS.05; lake copper, $11.55@
ST. 621h
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13

abounds near the mouth of Big Cot
tonwood as well as at Gold City. in
Little Cottonwood, aud it is therefore
believed that it VIII not be long now
before something of a showing will be
made in both localities.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
MONEY ON CALL EASY
Sterling Exchange Continues
Quite Firm.
Continues
GOVERNMENTS ARE STEADY
STATE BONDS DULL AND RAIL
ROAD BONDS FIRM.

Slight Falling Of in the Volume of
Trading on the Stock Exchange
Chicago Wheat Closes 3-S Higher
Pork 10c Lower-Cattle Weak
and Offerings Large-Sheep and
Lambs Firm and Higher-other
Quotations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
South Omaha Live Stock.

South Omaha. Jan. 12-Hogs-Re-
ceipts. 5,4OO; market &C higher; clos
ing strong; light and mixed, 3.15G3.5O;
heavy. 3.05G3.15.
Cattle-Receipts. 1900; market weak
to iOc- lower for beeves; others steady;
Steers, 5.4O@4-35; COWS, L75G3.SO; feed
ers. 3.00G42O.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000; market strong,
active; muttOns. $50.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
.IArIES A. POLLOCK,
$50 Main Street.

Stocks bought and sold for cash or on
commission. Weekly market letter and
questions upon application e. G. Wool
ley. II. Member Salt Lake Stock AK
change
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13

Assay for silver Soc, gold and silver
75c., gold, silver and lead, ST. ]. h
Korty & Co. assayers, 217, 219 South
West Temple.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
BONDS.

Ala. CTS A 40. .104 Nor. Pac. 1st...114
Ala. CTS 3 ...l0S Nor Pac. Srds ~
Ala. CTS c 4. ~ Nor. Pac Con.
Atchison Is go. S01s IS e. ..... 54a,
Atchison adj -. 4+i4 Norw. Cons .141
Can So. IS. los Norw. Deb. 5s. .I0S5s
Cherokee Is '96. .103 Or. Imp. lists -
Cherokee Is 81. .105 or. Imp. 5s. 90
Cherokee As S--1O3 Or. Nav. 1sts.... 1l01s
Cherokee Is '99. .1O3 o. S. l. 6s.Il2is
Ches. Il o. 5s.-.l0S3s Q. S L. Con. IS 81
Chic & N Pac. Phil. * Read. Is Sl7s
Tr'st r. 5s.... az Phil. & Read LIST
Dis. Col 3-65s. 1881 pref. incomes 4sst
D. & r. G. 1s..1ll r. G. w. lists. 73z,
D. & r. G. Is. SSi. ST. l.. & l. NJ.
Erie. q. L. 3-4s.. 63 gen. IS -. 49,
FIT Worth & d. St. !. e San. F.
CITY lists $500. % gen. 6S - I029,
Gal. Har. & San. St Paul Cons. .1SO
Antonio LIST 6s.102 St, Paul, c. &
Gal. Har. & San. 2. lists .........115
Antonio % is. 96 So. Caro-. fist
Gen. Eiec. Deb. So. Railwy. 5s.. SOS
5s $3.50. sOis So. Pac- Cal. 1s.IO7
H. & T. c. IS. .1o6ll Tenn. new set
Fl. & T. c. Con. IS ........ H.
Us .......-. 1909 Tex. Pac. lists. IS
Iowa Cent. Is. 9s Tex. Pac 2s... q
X. p. Consols... G6ia L. p lists of
X. p. LIST Den. 1896 .......109
div. ..........1I4 u. s. As reg. Of
l. Con. 4s....... % 1925 -. .12oss
NJ. X. & T. IS. 81 L. s. As coup. of
NJ. X. & T. As. So 1925 -....... POS
Mobile & o. As. 81 L. S. new regs.
Nut. Union IS. ITO Of 1904 .I1Os
y. J. c. gen. IS. 115ls [. S. new coup.
n. Y. C. & st. Of 1907 ........Il1zs
L. As -..-..-.- -lO41t u ;. = -......... 95Is
Nor. & West. L. s. reg .Il4I5
gen 6s ILLS U. S. coup. .Ii.sIs
y. c. Consol 4s.100 Vir. fdg debt. 61is
y. c. Con. 6s--.125
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
Preferred
SAN FRANCISCO MINING.

San Francisco. Jan. l2-The official
closing quotations for mining stocks to-
dag were as follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
Liverpool Wheat.

Liverpool. Jan. '12.-Spot wheat quiet:
poor demand; California club, Is. I'd. /:
No. 1 northern, 6s. H.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13
CALL OF UNLISTED STOCKS.

Buckeye ..........t.........ls 1878 i9
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-13

900 Ajax at 81 cents.
LOCO Buckeye at 1872 cents.
LOCO Sunbeam at 1912 cents.
S0e Northern Light at IS cents.
1000 Dalton Ct 2Sk cents.
Total sales, $500 shares.
Value Of sales. S7S2. %.
CALL or LISTED STOCKS
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-25
IiA INLET
Presented by James Young.
Wheeling News.)

w neeiiHg NtWS
The artistic triumph of the week
was the appearance of James Young.
1t is a pity and rather to the dis
credit of the local theatre goers that
they failed 60 recognize the young
mans merit in the proper financial
wa, but the few that did attend
atoned for their lack of numbers by
the heartiness of their appreciation
which manifested itself in various
curtain calls.
Mr.. Young has an AM bition in life
and that is to become America rep
sentative actor. He is in a fair way
to succeed, too, for the summers of
but % years have passed him by,
and he is already more advanced
than the majority of his competitors
in the field of the legitimate. 1t is
plain to the sight that his whole
heart and soul are in his work, that
he is a student as we'll as lover of
his art and that he has observed
closely, but not obsequiosly followed,
the old masters. In fact. to sum up
real life, he is similar to his own
Characterization of Garrick His
delineation of that character is the
embodiment of one actors admira-
ton for another, or perhaps his at
lection for his art.
Mr.. Young will present the Mcr-
chant OF Venice" at the Opera House
on the evening of the oath.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-25
HER BODY G. o. d.
And the Bereayed Husband bid Not
Have the Cash.

The life of the station agent is not
one continual bed OF feathers as
Agent Fream can testify. For sew
eral years the wife of y. s. Jones, of
Wick, has been confined in the asy-
lum at Weston, and on Thursday
morning she died. Word was sent
to Mr.. Jones and he sent a telegram
instructing the asylum officers to
get a coffin and send the body to
Pennsboro with the charges attached
This was done and the body arrived
here on Thursday evening with no
one to meet the remains. Soon af-
ter. however, Mr.. Jones arrived on
horseback and told Mr.. Fream that
he had no money and that he could
ship the body back to the asylum.
Mr.. Fream then received orders to
release the body if the express
charges were paid, but Mr.. Jones
could not do this, so he was allowed
to take the body on promise to pay
the bill within thirty days. The re-
mains were at the depot twenty-four
hours and Mr. Fream was as pleased
as they make them, when he saw
his CHASTITY freight leaving the sta
ton. A dead body is not the most
desirable piece of freight in the
world, and Mr.. Fream is not look
ing for another C. o. d. of the same
nature.-Pennsboro Ne,cs.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-25
scholarly, Magnetic, Woodworking.

The Parkersburg Journal pub
fishes an excellent half tone OF Dr.
Jerome Fl. Raymond and under it
has the following deserved compli
ment:
The aboveis a picture OF Jerome Ii.
Raymond, Phi. d., the brilliant young
president of the West Virginia Uni
versit, He has entered upon his
important and responsible duties
with bright prospects, and he al
ready has the esteem of the faculty
and students and the people Of Nor
gantown. The formal exercise in
connection with his induction into
office will occur in October, when it
is expected that number of emf
nent educators from various parts of
The country will be present.
DR.. Raymond received his educa-
ton at Northwestern University,
Johns Hopkins, Chicago University,
and abroad. For the past two years
he was professor of Sociology in the
University of Wisconsin. He is
scholarly, magnetic, hard working
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-25

WINTER coats and ruby noses arc
very much in evidence these days.
The weather is very hard on the
health of every one on account of the
sudden changes.
SEVERAL unsightly piles of rub
bish were removed from Walnut
street to-day. This movement is
frightening the looks of that thor
oughfare and might. be initiated
with profit on several of the other
streets.
THE new house being built for
Sanford Dusenberry on Wiley street
is nearly finished and win be ready
for occupancy about the first of the
month. 1t is very pretty residence
being quite an ornament to that part
of town.
THE foundation 70. William Simp-
sons house, on Sunnyside, will be
finished to-day or tomorrow. The
frame work will be rushed up as
quickly as possible and the hoe
will be finished and ready for occu-
pancy as fast as it can be done.
BITTER is 20 cents at Posten's.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-25
"Et tn, Brute.

The teachers in the Morgantown
independent school district have con-
strued the new school law to mean
that they are exempt from attending
teachers Institutes. Superintendent
j. r. Trotter has different views on
the matter. He plainly Informed the
teachers that they were mistaken.
That does not make any difference,
though. The people Of the "Modern
Athens" have an idea that because
they live within the shadow OF the
State University that they are an all
wise people, exempt even from sub
lection to the laws of God. Never
before was there such perfection as
exists in Morgan.own. The entire
populace are educated people--they
studied the architecture OF the I'm
iversity buildings.-Preston Co. Jour
nal.