The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-25
Boundaries of Fish Lake Reserva-
ton Proposed BY King.
EARLY ACTION PROMISED
LANDS TO BE USED AS A PUBLIC
STATE PARK.
Provisions of the Tunnel Bill Passed
By the House-A Lecture On the
Great Salt Lake Basin-Claim of
Richard King, Shot By the Care
1essness of a Colored Trooper.
(special Correspondence.l


Washington, April 21.-Representative
Kings bill granting Fish lake and the
adjacent lands 10 Utah for public p rk
has been we'll received by the house public
lands committee, and will be favorably
reported. The territory embraced in the
proposed park is described by Judge King
as commencing at the summit of Mount
Terrill, in Sewer county, and running
thence south about % degrees west along
the eastern rim of the great basin. keep
ing on the western edge OF the Fish lake
plateau, 20 miles, to a point two miles
south of the old Fish Lake q Rabbit
Valley road; thence north about 40 de-
grees east. approximately 13 miles, to the
point of intersection with the Fish lake
outlet, approximately one mile below the
let keeping along the crest between kao-
bit valley and Fish lake valley; thence
northerly along the ridge between Seven
mile fiat and U. NJ. valley 70 point of be,
ginning, and embracing Fish lake and
Johnson valley drainage, and all undis-
posed lands of the United States. This
land is to be perpetually used by Utah
for public state park. The lands Will
revert to the United States, together with
all improvements If. at any time, 1t shall
ceass to be exclusively used for public
state park. if the state shall not pass
a law TO protect the timber.
TUNNEL RIGHTS BILL.
The house has passed the Bell bill pro-
mining tunnel rights. This bill provides
that only $50 feet on each side of tun-
mel site shall be reserved for tunnel loca-
tons. Any location made in a tunnel
may take any part of 1900 linear feet on
one side and the remainder on the other:
or the owner of the site may take fuil
claim of 1850 feet on one side and l,5OO
on the other. if that part of said claims
extending beyond $50 feet of the center
line in the tunnel does not conflict with
any prior location. Any vein or lode cut
in the tunnel shall be staked on the sur
face and recorded within 90 days, other
wise it will be subject to discovery and
location outside of the unabandon9d
workings of the tunnel claim by any other
persons. The owners of claims Will be
entitled to all ore to the apex of vertical
lodes, although the apex may not be in
cluded in the boundaries as staked on the
surface.
The bill has the endorsement of Secre-
tary Bliss and Land Commissioner Her
mann, and will PROBABLY become a law.
SALT LAKE BASIN.
Prof. C. X. Gilbert. of the United States
geological survey. has delivered an in
teresting lecture on the Great Salt Lake
basin, before the Geographical society
here.
Mr.. Gilbert spoke about the great basin
of which the Great Salt Lake is the CEN
ter" He divided his lecture into three
parasitic mining, agricultural and graz
ing industries of that section of the coun-
try. He said the reason so much interest
lack OF rain necessary for agricultural
pursuits, The grazing industries Of the
country, he said, are small for the same
reason.
The lecture was illustrated with stereop-
ticon views of the section of the country
about which he was speaking.
RICHARD KINGS CLAIM
The house military affairs committee is
now considering the Shoup bill to pay
Richard King 5000 for the injuries sus-
tanned by him because of. the carelessness
of a regular army soldier. King was
shot by a soldier of Troop F. Ninth cav
airy. while that troop was en- route from
Rawlins to Fort Duchesne, on June Z,
1894 On that day King was herding
his sheep about % miles southwest of
Baggs. He was shot through the body
and fell on his face. Upon raising him
self he was able to see two men with
horses who seemed to him to be going
away from him. He motioned to the men
and one of them proved to be a colored
soldier, and when asked why he shot
King said he thought he was an ante
Iope."
1t cost King $500 for medical services,
his only property. a herd of sheep of some
2. 900 head. were badly scattered and never
recovered, and he sustains a lifelong
injury, which will forever prohibit him
from active labor The affidavit of his
physician says in two cases out of three
such a gunshot wound would result
fatally.