The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-10

Brigham City, March 9.-Smarting
under the great scoop The Herald
scored in the volcano sensation, the
Tribune, it seems could do nothing
else but essay to brand the story as a
canard. So the Tribune sent a re-
porter at dead of night and during a
regular northern blizzard up here to
knock out our volcano in the first
round. OF course, he could neither
see nor find out anything during such
weather.
1t seems from his own words that
this enterprising scribe interviewed a
lot of people who had never seen the
volcano, most of whom reside ten to
fifteen miles from the scene of the
alleged spouter. He did not il terview
one of the half dozen or more reliable
men who claim they have seen either
great geyser or a volcano. III regard
TO all OF such he facetiously inquiries
the brand of the whisky they had been
drinking. If that is good journalism,
we fail to see it.
Then he gives a map of the sur
rounding country CD, locating the vol
cano. If the remainder of the YER
bose pre-arranged knock-out-in first
round account is no more accurate
than this map, it is lulu, sure. In it
he draws the lake and promontory all
right, but he runs Bear river into the
lake from a sOutheaSterly direction,
when in reality it comes in from al
most due north. Then he places Cor
inne about where Willard or Ogden
should appear, placing the volcano
northwest of Corinne, when it should
be southwest. The other details are
similarly ridiculouSly inaccurate
In Of oil o,.+f, Dol
who lives on a farm near the volcano
region, declares up and down that
there is a great natural wonder in
that region in the form of either
mammoth geyser or a volcano. He
says he could not possibly be mis-
taken, as he and his wife gazed with
wonder upon the phenomenon every
day for several weeks. 1t would spout
up hundreds of feet many times every
afternoon. Mr.. Rohwer is a quiet,
sober, industrious young farmer, not
at all given to eXaggeration. His hon
est statement having been given only
after solicitation by your correspon-
dent, is sufficient to satisfy me that
there is a natural wonder on the
trackless lake flats on the briny
shores of Bear River bay.
People from. Corinne today still credit
the volcano story. They ask: If ma
ture has not found a surface outlet in
the shape of this reported volcano,
why is it our earthquakes, which for
not been felt now for over two weeks?
And this is d fact. There may be
something in that People who have /
been living in this locality and expert |
enced the numerous shocks during the |
past few months are not at all sur
prised at the appearance of a vol |
cano.
rrl,;e ,,,o,.,;v,cr Nc o,,;eo NTo+i.o,,
aged So, died after a months illness, |
of rheumatism and heart trouble. The |
deceased leaves a husband and family |
of grown-up children. One is a son, |
Andrew Matison, a miner, who is
working either in Nevada or Mon |
tana, and he cannot be reached, as
his exact location at present is I'M |
known. Members Of the family are |
living in Salt Lake City.
Yesterday DR.. Schubert, an old |
timer of Corinne died at that place. |
1t seems a few days before he had |
harbored a tramp under his hOspitable |
roof. For mercenary motives or other
wise one day the tramp set upon the |
old man and beat him numerically. |
The Ungrateful fellow then made his
escape. The aged doctor was confined |
TO his bed from the injuries received,
finally breathing his last yesterday.
The citizens of Corinne are consider
ably wrought up over the brutal affair.
1t would no doubt go hard with the
villainous migrate of a tramp if he
were captured.
There are over 900 children in Brig
ham of school age. The average at
tendance at all the schools now is
about 60G Some of these are above
school age, so there must be $50 chill
dren of school age in Brigham City
today who are not in school.
Everyone is beginning to get tired
IF this continual and phenomenal fall
Of snow and are looking and longing
Tor spring. Last year farmers around
here were blowing before this time:
put they paid dearly for that pleasant
winter weather all through April and
May
Monday large number of the Snow
family met at the home of Mrs. Ada
inc Snow. in honor of that well-pre-
served Old lady's eighty-ffth birthday
There was a big crowd present, and
LII had a pleasant time. There was a
lice dinner, after which the party was
amused by songs, recitations and in
;tIumental music. All hoped they
would have the pleasure of meeting
his agsd lady on many similar occa-
lions.