The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
CASTING EYES
AT MYT0N'S JOB
Vernal'S Postmaster Thinks He
Would Be Ideal Indian Agent.
SCAlPlNG KNIFE WHETTED
POWERS THAT BE SAID TO FA-
VoR CoLLETT's ASPIRATION.
SCALPING KNIFE WHETTED
Special to The HeraldA

NSpeCidt 10 Lhe Herdld.1
I2RNALs Dec 1S.-The faithful fol-
Y lowers Of the grand old
combination Of destiny and
dollars in this section are engaged
in a guerrilla warfare in these the latter
days The cause of it all is that local
mOgul is casting gOO-gOo eyes in the di-
rectiOn Of White Rocks, where reigns he of
the brave heart, who fights the Colorado
game wardens at long range and disarms
the wild and woOily half-breed in the
neart OF the great city by the salt pond,
formerly k2own as the great inland sea.
NernaI 5 big pOSImasszr, r. S. COllett,
IS q firm believer in destiny, and has
SHOWN no disposition to turn his back on
the dollars, and he has been nursing the
behet for some time that his star of des-
tny viii lead him in the direction OF
where the Uintah braves gather in solemn
conciaVe to receive the big round dollars
and other minor items that have been
generously bestowed by Uncle Sam for
To- these many years.
A Change Desired.
The moral sensibilities of the big post
master and his followers have been sadly
shocked by the administration of affairs
at the agency under the reign of the
present agent at White Rocks, and after d
caretul study of the stars they have
evolved the belief that in the interest of
the red man ana the white man a change
is demanded TO be sure, the agent Is
Order of Pie Hunters, and has contrib
uted his regular quota of wind and wealth
70 the uDbulldlng and glory of that mag
nlflcent organization of patriots who are
ever ready TO delicate their lives to their
cOuntry'S service in times of peace and to
sacrifice anything and everything upon
their country's pie counter But despite
all this there Is war, and the Scalping
knife is whetted for business. Perhaps
ere this the willy agent may have dis
Cerned the war cloud rising TO the east
an no 0f nc f0r117 ia m
of his foes on both sides of the state line
With the possibility OF a joint demOnStra-
tlOn. OF hostile forces staring him in the
lace. II would be absurd 10 SUP pose that
a warrior of such note Is the big white
chief would sit supinely whistliES the time
away while the war cloud gathers
Guerrilla Warfare.
As stated in the beginning. the war is
guerrilla one as yet, ard is being fought
from ambush. From different points The
great father" at Washington is being
bOmbarded with bulletins which indicate
how the ringer of destiny points, and time
alone viii tell which viii prevail.
Within the past few days a petition has
been quietly circulated in Vernal which
sets forth the virtues of Ihc present
agent and asks that he be retained in his
position The document IS being signe1
by a Eumber Of Republicans The Dig
postmaster is counting on the support of
kearns and Sutherland and the influence
or Governor Wells 20 land him in the
coveted place. but there are those who
profess to know that intimate that he is
counting without his host, in one case
a least
Up to Agent Myton.
1t is very plain proposition to many
in this neck of the wocds that the present
agent is baskinS in the sunshine of pow
erful influences The humiliatIng confes-
sion that was made BY Utah's representa-
tiV6S in congress that a certain cOmbina-
ton had the power to defeat any reserva-
ton bill, and they We're forced TO take
what they could get, is still too recent
to be forgotten. The close connection
between the agent and this combination
and the interior department was clear and
unEliStakab bic. The services rendered the
combine that sought preferential rights
on the reservation by the present agent
We're not ;ncOnsiderable, and that he
stands in is within the bounds Of rea-
SON a combination TINT can defeat leg
iSlatiOn II the national congress is GER
tainly powerful enough to retain an In
dian agent IN his position, and 1t looks
very much as If it was really up to Mr.
MytOn 70 say whether he really wants
the POSITION or not
The local push will continue to fight to
the bitter end, however. and II VIII get
into The Open before the end is reached.
The postmaster figured prominently il
the fight that was made ON the Florence
Mining cOmP2ny's lease. and in the report
made by the secretary Of the interior
he was referred to as an individual VINO
had an application on file for the position
of Indian agent" This might be CON
Sidered as almost an ''unfriendly act on
The part of the secretary
Is Perniciously Active.
1t would no doubt startle the postmas-
ter if ii should become convenient for the
department to discipline hin, for his
'parniciOus activity in the recent cam
pai0n. People who live in glass houses
should not throw stones. The gentleman
was then and is now chairman of the
county central committee and Stumped
the senatorial district from one end to
the other, in direct violation of the orders
of the department, and the agent over
the way IS fully aware OF this, and no
doubt somebody else knows also
The present attitude of the interior de-
partment in opposition to the opening Of
the reese TVatIOn was predicted II the Yer
nal spCndence Of The Herald when
the reservation bill was passed. There
were a number who were acquainted
with certain things in connection with
the affair that were open in their dec
IaratiOn at the time that it was passed
simply as a blind. If anyone can figure
how much closer We are to the opening
than we wpra before the bill was DaSSed