The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-09
WITH TIE COFFEE.
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From accounts printed in the eastern
press, it would seem that Buffalo
Jones, whose name is as familiar in Utah
as it is in Kansas or elsewhere, is lost
somewhere along the Saskatchewan or
Athabasca rivers up in the Northwest
Territory. Buffalo wrote to friends last
August, stating that he was going UP
north and that he would communicate
with them from somewhere near Prince
Albert but from that time nothing mas
been heard of him.
Jones had visited this region before,
when he brought back herd of 50 bison,
but he did not have to go into the Wlld2r-
ness after them-he simply bought the
bunch and brought them into the UnlIed
States on the hoof.
1t was in June of this year that Jones
organized an expedition TO go INTO rn9
Northwest Territory and capture, II pos
sible, a few specimens OF that rare amman,
the musk OK. 1t is found only in the
frozen region and for the purpose of
assisting him, four cowboys joined his
happy band. They. we're men VINO haa
been with him before, and Jones was
happy because the men were not stranS-
ers. They had plenty of provisions
enough to last al winter. il need be, and
were in good spirits when they LETT
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Jones has wonderful history. He was
born in Illinois, but that state was too
tame for man of his kidney, and with
the education ne nau acquired at ll1
State Normal and Wesleyan Universities
at Bloomington he came west to Kansas,
settling across the river from 81 Joe. Lie
here was too slow, so Jones Travelled west
to Garden City, where the crowd rushed
during the boom a town of 1000 people
was built in almost one night, and Jones
was the high man among all. He built
block of buildings which would have done
credit to q large city and then turned his
attention to irrigation He built miles of
bitches and was a financial whirlwind
while he lasted.
Jones earned his prefix Buffalo in 1886
when he organized buffalo hunt, and
with IA calves captured on the expedition,
began the propagation of the bison with
mora or less success. His plan was TO
cross them with native cattle and make
himself famous and rich. 1t did not pan
out as might have been expected.
1t was in 1884 that Jones attained a
prominence which made him known rom
ocean to ocean and from the Gulf to Man
itoba. He was a delegate from Kansas
to the Republican national convention and
was a Blaine man from start to finish In
Chicago he had banner painted, adorned
with shocks of wheat ana corn and other
agricultural products and then in letters
of gold the following:
$4,000 For the Nominee of the Con- {:
VentiOn. ::
5000 For Blaine.
Wheat and Corn For the Nation. {:
Fall In. ::
On top of this was a rooster with the
motto: kansas crows for her loyal dele
gates" On the third ballot in the con-
Vention Jones came down the aisle with
this banner and the convention went wild.
He had pictures OF Blaine and Logan on
the same and everybody just rose up and
screamed. Dan Honin, the Railway News
Reporter man in Omaha, was there. Dan
has a voice which rings ike a clarion. He
wanted Blaine, because he believed he
could be beaten. When Jones struck the
floor with that banner. Honin began
shouting Blaine, Blaine, Blaine" The
famous woman in the gallery" began
waving her handkerchief and sending up
her shrill voice in answer to Honin cries,
and there never was such a scene any
where. Blaine got there.
Then Jones cam came farther West- lie He
beyond Garfield and the noble animal
which was killed by A n. Mckay. the
Canadian Kit Carson, on Antelope island
last winter, full details of which appeared
remnants of that band of bison which
used to cavort and gambol around the
park to the edifcation of visitors.
Jones left the Republican party two
years ago and joined the Populist party,
of which he was member when he dis
appeared.
For several days thers has been an ad-
vertisement running in an evening paper,
calling for bids for q sewer on Third East
between South Temple and First South.
The work IS-sWorth about 1850, according
to an estimate. But yesterday when the
board of public works met there were no
bids This seems very strange, when it is
considered that there are so many men
out OF employing t in this city. The con-
tractors say they do not bid because they
do not get a square deal at the hands of
the administration.