Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-06
PEPPER BOX PISTOL.
Gior6i Anderson Of SpFlngVllle tha
PClNsSOi Of a Pioneer Relic.
BELONGED TO JEDEDIAa N. GRANT.
amo, Cox, an Early Utah Visitor,
Writes Interestingly from Iowa
Other Items.
srRtYsvnLE. Utah. April 8, 1927.

spRiNGvnLE. Utah, April 8, 1897.
To the Editor: +
Dear Slr-Readlng In the DEsERgr
NEWS OF relics, reminds me that arn
the posessor of pepper box pistol thai
belonged to my friend Jedediah M.GranL
While this gun is scarcely capsble d
oounierfeiting "tho immortal Iov4I
dread clnmors,' as the barrels at has
are only about three inches long and Up
bore is barely big enough TO IoceseE
bullet as large as a pea, yet when igN
good start 1t Is a terrible thing to nodL
Should this weapon be considers ~
worthy of a place among the Pi1Be
relics, shall feel not only pleaset but
proud. Respectfully,
GEo. ANDEBsN.
Amos Cox, aged 20, and residis In
sheua doab. Page county. lows has
forwarded to Chairman Clawsn "a
Pioneer blank" which he has hned
out aud on which he has resrdei
some interesting Incidents. He tritss'
III never was at Salt Lake Cy, bui
| on my return home with General /
Kearney's comm nd IN 1847, / sas In !
the north end Of Utah. Consed1ently
/ caunot claim to be u Pioneer, but 1
do claim TO be tho individual brown
by the wild bull when In camp on ths
Rio Sacred Pedro, and have had
lame back over since. / have
one sacred relic sworu
owned and carried by one oil
Joseph Smiih's life guard In tie Nhn'
VOC Lsgion. 1 am brother of II.
Walter Cox Cor was when nn,e) OF
Manii, and In tho Temple there you
will And my record" Mr.. Cox was
member OF company ID. Mormon Bat.
teiiop, and his sole meano Of living -
the pension he gets from the govern
ment ns q Mexican war veteran.
John Gavin spencer inscribed his
autograph on the Jubilee register yes.
| terihy.
Giant Y. Bullock OF Coalvills has a
| huit Of clothes worn by his father In
| lS47, and q banner in which Ia In
scribei the names Of the original Pio-
nears. They are interesting relics and
will occupy space in the proposed Hall
Of Relics.
| J.s. Anderson reports tbs existence
of an old log cabin near Murray. but
the date OF ~. erection 10 unknown 10
him.
The finance committee held meet.
fug toaay, 81 which a plan for p676in1
AStu6 Nc{iptlo list was adopted,
X. II. 6Sswats 81 Moab. Grand
county, was "a visitor at headquarters
Today He came to Utah in A, O.
Smoops company and with him he
brought camp kettle In which he
made the firsi salt In Utah, the out.
put o'lhe ke'.,e being 200 pounds. 1t
Will he one Of the pioneer relics.
Thez. q. III. l. 10 doug q splendid
work In distributing jubilee advertis-
Ing liernlure. 1t Is sending to cor
respondents several thousand buIle-
Tins each week. Other nrms are also
engaged In the good work, but the
number 60 doing Is not as many rs
the commission desires.
Secretary j. A. Wright and @. II,
BionnIerburg OF the State board OF
horticulture have asked the commits
sion ior IN appropriation of 800, W hich
they propose, II their request is
granted, to expend for float repre-
sentiig the horticultural products of
the eate. They will take exclusive
chkrgs OF the work and promise to
display ON the float a Japanese Cycaa
Revonta plant, which is over 100
yesrsoid. Ii is the property Of MI.
Blonnierburg, who resides in Provo.
and !, one OF the rarest plants in the
West
| THE FUND TO DATE.
A aaoN previously S. rspOrted.....~sae.sse 80
| Co'opGaiHe wagon and Machine
eobPAhy''"''............ $50 Gu
'oiA...."..."." ...............,,27.io 7 60
Mis- Cora Hooper, chairman of tb,
comnitles on designs, IL DESTROYS Of
receiving designs for five floats, the
comp,tition to be general. The sub.
jects sre: "lSi7, "lS97,D uMouptain
and Valley" represented by old men
and young women; "MouptstU.
Stream AMI Lake." represented by
young and middle-agsd women O,
youni and middle.aped men; and
"Tho State Emblem" The designs
are 10 be sent 10 Miss II roper al Jupi-
lee headquarters, properly addressed
and securely sealed.
The nrst stove used in a schooI
house in Salt Lake City lie now owned
by Jo,eph F. Murdock OF Charleston,
Wassch county.
A halt dozsn nails, manufactured
from condemned wagon tires and used
IN the construction OF the first saw
mill IN Big Cottonwood canyon, were
left al headquarters Saturday by Z. l.,
Willard OF 16l south Third East
street. The nails were made by Plain
d Ellert, the Church blscksmiths, In
early days.
W. Il. ii. 5psf,ord has rendered to
the commission che use OF the 6rst
millslone used in four mill in Utah.
CONNECTED with the milestone is an
axle u = '47 wagon.
Mrs Payion Alfred OF Butte, Mont.
write, the commission urging that tbs
railways be prevailed upon 70 time the
arrival Of jubilee trains 40 as to give
the yxcurslonists one days time In
this city In which to prepare for tho
ceiebrailon festivities. She suggests
that the excursion train from Montana
be scheduled to arrive here on July
10Th.
A Rich CALIFORNIA; strike.