Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-05

Mrs. Dora Mlddlestate, who for some
time has been matron at 81. Marks
hospital, has resigned and left last
night for Colorado Springs where she
will reside, Mrs Middlostate has made
many friends In Salt Lake City and
leaves with their best wishes.
81 am not bothering with politics
any more" remarked ex-Chairman
Wesley X. Walton, Of the Republican
state committee today I'm attending
TO my sheep and cattle interests, and
letting some one else take care of the
political machine. In fact I'm attend
Ing to other things beside live stock; |
have been locating oil lands, and 1t
looks as though we were going TO come
out way ahead Look at this" and Mr.
Walton pulled piece Of oil shale from
the depths Of the capacious pockets,
scratched II and then held the same
under the nose of his interrogation,
Doesn't that smell for itself2" The
other party addressed rather guessed
il did, for the scent w9s strong OF
genuine petroleum, we have whole
mountain Of that sort OF thing up in the
northeastern part Of the state, with
more coming said Mr. Walton. cover
the line In Wyoming, oil has been found
In paying and commercial quantities,
and we are In the same formation
Mr. Walton says that the weather in
northeastern Utah has been about the
same as here, and that altogether this
winter there has been very little cold,
and the live stock are doing well on
the ranges.
Utah properties stand very well now
IN the Boston mining market" said c.
n. watkins, Of Boston, AZ the Cullen
this morning. II have learned this
about mining In Utah, that If we will
only keep at IT, we are sure IN time to
strike something that makes It worth
while l have a telegram from our
foreman Of the Baltimore Mining, Mill
ing and Tunnel company near Bingham
giving the interesting information OF q
good strike. and | am going out there.
The day of the wild cat mine and
dabbling In prospeotors' holes Is past.
and only genuine propositions with
something tangible 20 back them can
be marketed now in our eastern mar
kets. At the same time / find that the
oil craze out in this country Is inter
ferlng with our mining markets, and
attracting a good deal OF attention that
would otherwise be given to mining.
But then II Is all right-ts all in the
lntermountain family, and what Is lost
In mining opportunities is made up. and
perhaps more, In oil. passed Dubuque
yesterday en- route to this city. and
saw operations at the big well there.
There is certainly something OF import
anoe being done at that point
]. 7. Cayanaugh has returned from
Cache Valley business trip and says
that there will be about double the
acreage devoted TO sugar beets in the
vicinity Of Logan the coming
season over that OF last
year. az there Is more money I'm
beets than In some other things. Mr..
Cavanaugh found that the cash distrlb-
uted by the Logan sugar factory has
been a great boon TO the people Of the
valley Moreover, farmers are giving
up raising wheat for lucerne. as they
argue there is nothing in 40 cent wheat.
while there / in hay. For the last sea.
son or two hay has been steadily on the
rise, so much 20 that It's cost. It is
claimed has taken the profit out of live
stock, and this latter industry has been
curtalled In consequences Mr. Cayan-
augh found that farmers were getting
on 20 the fact that there Is money I'M
lucerne seed which IL selling for and
Z cents. There IA comparatively little
snow In Cache Valley, but the farmers
are thankful for what little they have,
got
T.. j. osborne, former editor Of the
Phoebe Record Is a crest at the Cullen
hotel. Mr.. Osborne says that the re-
cent alleged attempt near Phoebe TO
lrnch O colorpd man and brother, was
merely the carrying OF a joke a little
100 far by crowd OF jewellers out for
"a tear. and they succeeded In doing a
little more OF the tearing up business
than WAS calculated on. A number OF
these roisterers are now revolving many
things within themselves In the Lincoln
county Jail, and the remainder were
badly scared. There was no real in
tention Of doing the negro any bodily
harm; but with q rope around his neck.
end a roaring crowd pulling at the
rope and dlstharging six shooters into
the air al around him. the victim be-
hcved that his exit from things terres-
trial was merely the matter OF a few
trief moments. Mr.. Osborne says there |
is good railroad grade built almost
up TO the camp from the main line |
grade below, and that there il already |
q track running from the town to the |
emelter which IA only one and a half |
miles from the new grade. and II win |
be easy enough TO build across that gap.
The winter mas been very mild, and |
4 was only recently that snow came TO
moisten the ground.