Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-26
Mountain SIDES TO North aud East
swept by CONGREGATIONS
Last Night
DESTRUCTIVE IN SOUTHEAST,
Did Considerable Damage to Fields OF
Grau, Buildings ana Electric
Power Poles

when mothers ON tno oulshIrls of SAT-
Lake wan, 10 eend their lllllo Ones ln-
stnntly and silently 10 bed all ihoy VIII
have to do tor some time to come, 30 ''
tell them the mountain flames WI
roach them II they don't be good
Tho sprngtimo this year was "''
ana nn abundant crop Of glbW oo u'l
the HIN benches MAS the rNFuIl no"
the grass ~ dry and dead, ana Nhon'
over the malicious youngslor "l'h hs
matcn, or the engine with 49, tp'Ih
or even tho careless camper WIN h'
camp Hrc pufprs through a grass 'l,A,
tboru IN "A ronnagrAlion mat FN'Dl ~
over vast acreage, ana oven N"N"i
down upon the outlying lahShH am
nay stacks Last nlghl lrch n'h'p w
thr mountain sides ~ the uollN lp l''
cast ana ~ me southeast vi ll' ,lVl
ana thr lyps Was iTupaldble 10 hl'elhb
lands. ana timber ana To-Day oluS
black rhnrcl Nslda FORM l'' ''NS
background ,,.
tho foulhopu, II ragcd from carly yrH'
to-day afternoon till late IN the mg0h
ana threatened fields OF gram, as Won
ug valuable buildings belonging lo me
,lty water department. tOg pculNnNlly,
aud 10 the Rnlhuugh puNlnH \
heavy loser was Horny tarllRau. VINO
has 4 ranch east OF the flalo PRISON
About gip uuus ot hlb mouao" "ah
destroyed ANA over hdli m.l" Oh
fences,
Another heavy loser was Frod Grlor
who hor wnch at ElcNrnlh rou'h
street and Thirteenth East the HANNA
gmu down from the Mills ana destroyed
huystark containing about IL tons ~
has. ind dld considerable other dlmoRt
Further out IN the foothills Wh'n II
became evident that the cly water
works were I'm danger warden llaV
of the state .IgoU took ont "A lolcc or
uusilog. and with buckets and soaked
gunuysduks, and "a Boo.lool hose me,
succeeded I'm preventing the spread 1t
flames IA this direction ..
Perry kalhaugh tHNod the property
Al his quarry station by olHanl1lng 10
force OF about 10 quWNmeu aud ngnl.
ing the nIo with wet kunnyhdpkh ana
buckets They worked hcroioullY Tor
three hours. ana their cilolts were sue"
rcsslul, although the smoke AZ lunv'
was 80 dense as 10 almost SURROGATE
them
The Utah Light A. Railway company
Is on the list Of losers 10 The cSiont NJ
four hlah tension poles, The prompt
action of the company saved the dana
age from becoming scll0us at the poles
| were burned M ~ The Rrouud and
! threatened 90 bring the heavy wires I,
| the earth A rev with wugonload OF
poles Wus dispatched 10 the scene .Wl'l
! Inc trouble Nus FIRST reported, ana now
| poles Nurc placed i'm position Whenever
| burned ones were located, Tho curronl
Vaf shut on for few minutes oul'
| while the wires were blng connected
| with the ucN poles
The fires TO the north kept the resi-
dents Of that section up until after Md
| uIght Natohng the spectacle " No
heights ahln2G ana fearful that tho
| IRE might aud ~ way down to the pop.
uldtcd dlslWplu Tho names were oyO'
IDENTIFY started here by either malicious
or careless boys, an no source Of ilrg ~
| lists IN that locality The IRE oNtcndpd
from the ridges behind Ensign peak
down almost 20 the Quawlcs and sand
pits on the north hlll sides 30 Tar as
! learned no damage was done except
| that valuable grlgng was 10.
| Nroycd for the season and q great deal
of young Bhrubbcry was burned IN tho
holloNs,