The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15
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While a number of the Indian contin-
gent tor the Elks carnival were taking
an airing yesterday afternoon a crowd OF
visitors sat in front of the Cullen and
watched the brigade file by. Talk turned
to Indian lore and the redmen were be
ing given all kinds of good regulations
when n. D. Page drifted in fresh from
Mount Nebo district. where he has been
cngaSed IN government survey work.
Don't tell me anything about those
fellows" said Page. DO you see the
geeZer with that thing that resembles a
red flag. I shouldn't wonder if it were
mine L don't want to castany asper-
sions on these chaps in particular. but
| do want to say that a bunch of Indians
can drive a surveyor mad. a few years
ago l was working down in the San Juan
river district. The Indians would dodge
in and out, hiding their movements. yet
following me like a hawk The moment
my vigilance ceased they would swoop
down on my signal flags and carry them
off for decorative purposes. But that was
not the worst Of it After l finished one
job l was called to account because my
corner monuments were not to be found.
I had to get affidavitS from old settlers
to prove Ghat I had done the work. In
vestigation revealed the fact that the In
dams had dug them up at night because
of the. superstitieus awe Iney developed,
carried them bodily for miles and cast
them into the river
P H Poindexter of Dillon. Mont. is a
local visitor in search of wealth. Mr..
POindexter is the senior member of the
firm of Poindexter. Orr & Co. and is
credited with having introduced the first
Oregon in 1871. when he drove over 1000
as an experiment. He is suffering from
asthma and expects to be benefited here
Mr.. Poindexter is stopping at the Wey
hotel
The members of the Ogden baseball nine
were guests OF the ManitOu.
There was 4 merry little gathering at
the Knutsford last night in honor of the
return of G. s. Holmes. Charles Char
lieu. head of a wealthy Partisan mine
promoting syndicate, returned from Cali
fOrnia with Mr.. Holmes; o. p. POsey,
managing director of the Bingham Cop
per consolidation and the largest stock
holder OF the Tom boy gold mine at Tel
luride. was awaiting his return. after just
arriving from a European trip; T. Z.
Gibbons, vice president of the san PEDRO
& Los Angeles railroad, and Robert 5.
Billings OF immense Cripple Creek inter-
ests and the Rocky Mountain Smelter
company, were on hand to join in the fes-
tive occasion. Mr. Holmes was given a
hearty welcome by his friends, who gath
cred about a luncheon that lasted well
into the night.
Clerk Pollard of the White House was
busy last night lending his testimony to
the mass OF stories circulating in rela-
ton TO the unprecedented fall in the lake
level He has just returned from trip
to some mining interests in which he has
a share and averred that he drove
through the lake four miles without find
where only a short time ago there was
four and five feet of water
"A. B. Soaudso. United States army, and
wife"
This is the way the last entry on the
Kenyon register read when the facettouS
drummer from the east arrived and
scanned over the sheets before register
ing.
Guess there amt much use of trying
to get a room here he said. glibly
enough. and the clerks brow contracted
why. what's the matter inquired the
dignitary in a perplexed way.
1T rather looks as though the place
must be more than filled up. was the
retort of the drummer as he pointed 70
the entry. And the ratified clerk forgot
to ask whether he had any baggage or
wanted a bath