The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-19
HOTEL GOSSIP.

HUIEL GOSSIP.
Yes, / am preparing magazine article
on the Mormous,' SAID Miss MabelIe Big
CART. author, ruconteur and lecturer, at
the Knutsford last evening, "but l am
treating them as a progressive people
ASIDE from their teEets ana faith, and
today l Halter myself that l have col
lecIed quite a lot Of data on the subject
Miss Biggart, VINO is a descendant Of
i'noInas Carlyle. has pursued chronological
studles throughout the United states,
England and Newfoundland. Her travels
nave been the means 10 an end. FOR
seven years she has been collecting data
TOR her book. Ourselves and Our Neigh
DOTS and last night she said that she
breauhed sigh of relief to think that
me work IS now practically complete.
Last summer MISS Biggart visited New
toundAnd, Labrador and the land OF the
EsQu1nauX. and found them full Of in
tereSt, not only as a student of eLhnOiogy,
Dut IRON the standpoint of a journalist,
and as result Of her visit a novel from
ner pen. Solomon Garland of Newfound-
and is now in the hands of her pub
fishers. In the opinion of Miss BiSgsrt,
Rudyard kiDlings story, Captains Cour
ago9uS, which treats of life among the
Newfoundland fisher folk. is 0verdraWn
and lacks correct local color. The writer
ana dramatist gives a lecture recital, I'M
der the auspices Of the Ladies Literary
club. at the club house tomorrow evening.
which includes a condensed dUamatizatiOn
OF Adam Bede' with piano and violin
accompaniment.
A F. Brayton. jr., Of San Francisco
came in from Cripple Creek yesterday
and registered at The EnutsfOrd. The
engineer is wei known in Utah as being
the instigator of Big Cottonwood and
Pioneer lower cOmpany's power plants.
He said last night: L have just returned
from Cripple Creek. where ] have been
experimenting the installation Of one of
the biggest plants in the west for the
Flant-WOOds Investment company on the
property of the Gold Coin mine. r. NJ.
Jones, VINO used to be here in Salt Lake.
IS the engineer for the concern. The
plant, which cost over 100000 is situated
on creek in the canyon. which. before
the summer is over Will further operate
z duplicate installation further down the
stream Mr.. Brayton says that he in
tends to take % week s vacation in salt
Lake, throw dull care away, and generally
reCUperdte from the effects of living in
such nigh altitude for some time past.
I'VE have $50 school Children and
eleven districts in Emery county" said
County School Superintendent B. f. Luke
at the White House last night, and we
ttke great PRIDE IN our schools. paying
our teachers from $40 to S65 a month for
their services" Mr.. Luke went on 10
state that at present the schools were
pOX at Castledale, where there is one
case and two suspects qUarantined. The
gentleman from Emery county IS at pres
ent IN the City on the dual business of
working up q summer school in his dis
tIict and laying in d stock of goods for
the OrangeV1lle Coop. of which ne is
also the superintendent. He reports that
there is considerable gold prospecting be-
ing INDUCED ia III the neighbOrhOOd of mis-
city, and that several samples which he
mas Drought IN nave developed fattering
assays.
A z. Wood, from Peerless Payette''
and Snake River valley. Idaho. in course
of conversation at the Knutsford last
night, said. Our farmers cut two or
more crops Of hay each season off the
farm lands. The average yield per acre
IS about six tons, while much larger yields
are common When it comes to the stock
INDUSTRY, sheep head the list. 1t IS eSn-
mated by competent authority that there
are 70 900 head o. more of sheep now be-
ing fed within a radius of fifteen miles
OF Payetj5e, While wool is way up. In the
same radius there are several thousands
OF horned stock. fat and fiOurishing
and ava ling the advent of the shipper.
our mild climate, with long summers and
short winters, is specially adapted to
poultry raising. Chickens sell readily in
our minir.g camps at s. to $ a dozen.
and seldom below $780, while eggs fiuc-
tuate between . cents and so cents psr
dozen. Wnen we get a canning and evaQ-
Grating plant, with oar contemplated
creamery. Payette win be a prime factor
in Idaho"
81 look for the sanpete Valley road to
shut down before many months have
passed. said A J. Nicholson of Foun-
tain Green at the Walker yesterday. For
sOms unexplained reason the railroad
fails to connect with the Oregon Short
Line at Nephi; as a consequence, any
one wishing to go to Salt Lake over that
hne from Fountain Green has TO spend a
couple of days on the journey while on
the other hand We can drive over to
Mount Pleasant and catch the Rio GTande
Western train and be in Salt Lake five
hours after leaving home. L understand
that in consequence of the delay thereby
occasioned in the delivery Of letters over
the Sanpete Valley route. that the gov
ernment is going TO cancel the contract
for carrying the mails in March J. and
as there Is not much coal mining now be-
ing done at Sterling. the main source of
supply for that narrow gauge road will
be cut of Mr. Mickleson says that the
prime topic at Fountain Green at pres
ent IS the enlargement of the Coop.
store to accommodate the increasing vol
ume Of business transacted in that town.
George Weston of the Circle Mining
company. Lion hill, Ophir. is registered at
the White House. lie stated that quite
real estate boom has been inaugUrated
at the mining camp consequent to the
opening up once more Of old properties
producing lead and silver. According to
the mining man. the old sBuckhOrn Is
once more talking Of resuming operations.
The Ophir Hill Consolidated, he says. is
erecting q l0t-ton concentrates capacity
mill. which viii be in active operation at
an early date.
KeHyon.-D. 3. Stevens and daughter,
Wisconsin. Charles II. Haystedd. man
ager Remember the Maine company;
j. p. keiian. Delta Colo. Joseph
DTukker and wife Baltimore Nd: J. A
Sprague. Denver; A J. Rand, ST. Louis;
c. 5. Carnes- St Paul; DR.. TAYLOR Good