The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-29
HOTEL GOSSIP.

Richard u Goode Of Washington, p, c.,
in charge Of The Typographical surveys Of
the Pacific coast. arrived in town yes
terday and put up for the night at the
Knutsford He said. Il was ordered here
from California to supervise the plating.
Of q typographical map Of the Bingh nam
canyon and mining district. Mr.. Mckee
Of Il Washington will take charge$4of4 g.
party five. engineers in the government
service. and IN about two months time
they Will have completed the map show
ing the ELEVATIONS depressions, and gem
eral contour of the land in that vicinity.
They will be followed by q party Of geolo-
gistsi who will make an exhaustive ex-.
the country When the work Of the
biologists IS completed the two corps of
engineer will combine corces In Washing
ton and construct ascolored map.a showing
the elevations. the direction and nature of
the mineral veinss the depth Of the mining
shafts; direction Of the drifts and the
width Of the veins. When completed II
will show at O. glance the precise nature.
Of the entire district, and Will be a valu-s
able adjunct to the mining industries.
The map will be laid out on large scales
about three inches to the mile
Milton Whitney. chief of the division of
soils Of the department Of agriculture at
Washington D.. G.. arrived In town last
evening and registered at the Kenyon.
Mr.. Whitneyfs visit to Utah at this time
is for the purpose of looking over the
progress of the work in connection with
the project; to irrigate and reclaim the
waste lands west of the Jordan river
The field work has been going on for the
past three months under the direction of
Professor Gardner of the agricultural de-
partnent. assisted By Chemist Stewart Of
the Utah Agricultural college expert,
mental Station. Mr. Whitney stated last
evening that the field work would cover
about $50 square miles of territory, 100
of which has already been completed. the
entire work will b. completed in another
two weeks. and the rest Of the fall and
winter would be devoted to the pTepara-
ton Of a map showing the character and
nature Of the soils. Considerable work Of
q like nature was prosecuted in New
Mexico this past summer. The scheme
to reclaim the desert lands of the west Is
commanding a great deal Of attention iii
the agricultural department att Washing-&
ton and the irrigation congress held at
Missoula. Mont. last week. devoted a. half
days time to the discussion of this irl-
portant question
s..I see Browns in. Town, ,;'ts. said Act
or Will Rising of the Metropolitan COM
panyl AZ the Welker yesterday: THAT re-
minds me Of a. story a bout another named
Brown. This Brown was a frisky sort Of
q lad and bade fair To- reap a good har-
vest from the extra. crop 81 wild oats that
he was forever sowing. Brown kept al gin
mill down III Covington. Ky. and he and
his customers supported a fairly good
sized brewery. Sam Small, the evangelist
happened into the town one day. and al
once set$to$ work to- redeem the character
Of Brown and the: place He succeeded
quite well with the latter but the former
was gospel proof. He made 50 many con-
yerts that the demand for drink abated
alarmingly and the dispensers oil good
cheer determined To wait upon Small and
tell him that the churches were support
ed by the brewery owners and unless
Small betook himself to other parts the
houses of worship would have to close up.s4
Brown was appointed a committee of one
to wait4upon Small and state the bare
gelist and said: Small, you will have to
get out Of this town: If YOU stay here
much longer the grass viii grow in our
Streets Evangelist Small eyed Brown
from feet TO head. and retorted: 1t would
be good thing for this town if it did. Mr.
Brown; then you could raise more hay and
less hell
w. C. Heidel has recently returned from
the leading mining district Of Nevada,
and has some samples of ore that assay
full "a per cent. The mines are about 100
miles from the railroad, and on that ac-
count alone have remained practically un-
developed The mines are not the only
terday Il see that the wind blows in
the Tntic district; that the southern part
of SEWER county Is reported as hot as
hades. and that the wheat crop of Idaho
in the lead district there are enough rat
,tlesnakes and other reptiles endowed by
nature with nasty, long stings to double
discount all the Affections n Tintic. Sc
vier and the rest of them. Whenever / go
into that country | always carry a jug of
snake Juice to counterfeit any. bites that
may get. 1t is good for mosquito bites,
too; use it for that purpose frequently"
Mrs. Lucy F. Fisher of the Walker
house has returned from two months
visit in Texas and Colorado
Ex-Governor Frank Jackson of Iowa
went north to Ogden yesterday on three
days shooting trip. He win return east
via Salt Lake.
T. e. Dubois of Dubois. Pa, returned TO
town yesterday from Park City and other
mining camps.
Don Porter. proprietor of the Kenyon.
has gone to Denver for two weeks.
F E. esatsch Of t Omaha. formerly SUI