The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-06

about 80 years of age, wears mus
tache and small pointed imperial. He
is married but l cannot say whether
he has more than one wife or not.
Only recently resident of Salt Lake
City, he has long been identified with
Logan, Utah, and is the senior member
of Thatcher Brothers Banking COM
pany and vice president of the Deseret
National bank, the largest national
bank we have in Salt Lake City. As a
man, Thatcher is highly esteemed and
cultivated by the most powerful. His
| intellect is brilliant.
The other two candidates for sena-
torial honors are. very prominent and
very capable men. Rawlins, who was
the late member for congress from
Utah, was very influential in securing
our statehood and other measures of
material interest to us. His silver
speech in congress is still well-remem-
bered. Thatcher and Rawlins are both
sound on the silver question. Hender-
sons silver views have hurt him some
what in the fight.
THE Mormons are largely in the ma
jority in the two houses of the legisla-
ture. There are only three Republic
ans and four Populists. Everybody
wished to vote for Bryan and every
body did SO, aided by the Australian
ballot. AS a consequence, a Democratic
Populists are voting for Thatcher.
Mr.. Knox talked entertainingly of
the rapid metropolitan aspect Salt
Lake City is gaining. During the past
two years the magnificent city and
county building has been completed at
a cost of S1,000,000. 1t is built of gray
sandstone, with wainscoting of Utah
onyx; and all the material used is of
the states production. Whereas,
most public buildings are ugly" said
Mr.. Knox, this is universally adj
mired.
The gravity sewage system has also
been completed, which cost millions.
With it's laterals it is over seven miles
in length, emptying on the alkali flats
to the north of the city The entire
city is lighted by electricity and heated
by natural gas, which comes from the
northern district of the city's enviroHs.
Our mining industries are looking up
and 1897 bids fair to be the most pros
porous year we have had. The pro-
duction of gold and silver will be
much greater. In Tintic mining dis
trict the Bullion, Eureka Hill, Key
stone, Central Eureka and Mammoth
have all paid over $1,000, 900 in divi-
dends each. 1 am president, treasurer
and manager of the Ajax Mining
company, which. has paid some $250,000
in the past six months. The year has
opened nicely with us and we are pro-
ducing some 1000 tons of copper per
month which goes about 80 per cent
Tintic is the finest copper country in
the world, l believe. The Grand Cen
trail and Humbug properties are in the
same country and the Swansea and
South Swansea have opened up, be-
coming dividend payers in the last
year. There is absolutely no water
in the mines, everybody makes money,
and the ores are all good shipping.
There are some 5000 people in the dis
trict, in addition to four large concen-
trating mills. The new camp of Mer-
cur is a gold camp something like
your Cripple Creek. The cyanide proc
ess is worked and the recent rich
strikes have caused many people to
flock in, among whom a large percent
age are Coloradoans.'
Merchants all over the city are now
engaged in advertising the coming
semi-centennial celebration. This work
was just commenced, and as the weeks
go by new plans will be adopted. Just
now the business men are buying rub
Der stamps and every letter that they
send out bears this legend:
utah Pioneer Jugilee. Fiftieth An
niversary of the Arrival of the Utah
Pioneers, July 20-24, 1897, at Salt Lake
City"