Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-29
IlRE WITNESSES
WERE EXCUSED
,,,.,onent officials Did Not
Care to Hear Their
Testimony.
suus PAID FOR RICH LAND
MIN, Numerous stcnographers'
Nn's and Girls Received $50
zach for signing Papers

.sterday afternoons session o'
ne interstate commerce , commission we're ere
Wy Irrigation some more Witnesses s >, WV" ,ss
wsuSl the expressed desire OF 'he
, e. : attorney As was the case ..v w', =,
y :, wInlams, general manager Oh
b. ~ va, Tnel company, the testimony
10 John ]. JudsOn the local J, d s',ss0'
g y Moyle and samuel e. suoper.
VIM no, required The three last
y, sII are alleged to have been m NIKE,
NAM :. tbe local land scandals OF utan'
w = = Is inslnuated that they were
IN is.' n securing straw men," ana
acu'' SIGN their names TO divers
girls " Mn decided to the utah tuc,
papers VIVA, ySaluable lands they hau
never owned
RECEIVED $50 EACH.
,,s uttle accommodation num-
rv s,enographers, CLERKS anu s1
gvu' naid the sum OF sou each, "t 49,
WIZ ',a stimulation OF trade anu VIZ ~,
VIZ Of cash. The big DOOM VI
c ISnarS in salt Lake Of four or hNe
nlrs ,so Is now explained. . -
!eal' asnection with the statement OK
" va SIlison for the Utah Fuel COM
coul'., ,he effect that the chairman
pH! interstate commerce commis-
q NE ni Sled that Mr.. Williams be
~ "a N testify, Commissioner Ciark
mvn sSov AFTERNOON threw som llght
On the subject. .t., ,ho conmis-
~ stated that Chairman Knapp OF
Ne commission had had q CONVEX sa'io,,
ub PRESIDENT Jeffrey OF the Denver
Bio Grande and had told nm thae
Ssv wanted Capt, w. r. ColtoIl'
nsber OF the Rio Grande, to TESTIFY.
q, ss' fsfery had told Mr.. Knapp that
W. W. rolton was not employed by the
MI, crande. but Mr.. Williams knew
~, Mr. Cotton would know. CONF
S vuls,io nor clark made the statement
~. Sr benefit Of counsel assembled.
~ M ~ Sross.eya mination of Prof, Jones
,rsa wss on the stand at the adjourn
,nss, far lunch, proved to be both tech
XIII and tedious, and upon the gov
,,nmsnt counsel objecting, Commits
si,rsr Clark sustained the objection
a, me grounds OF waste OF time.
THE POWDER TRENCH.
David Thomas. county attorney for
rintah county Wyo., was next called.
NJ told how In l90l-2 he was super
isiendent OF the Spring Valley coal
nine In Uintah county where oil was
g,covered. The property was not de-
ssoped He said that Mr.. Forbes OF
~ Land department endeavored TO
s,sr the land under the placer act
n endeavored to get the California
Facilitated oil company on the
mud The Union Pacific caused a
Ise to be erected around the oil
discovery. This fence was destroyed
,M we'll boring machinery hauled To
N scene, Then Il was that the
Iaon Pacific caused a trench to be
ag and filled with powder. Later on
sductions from D. A. McAllister, tho
midway was blown up and access to
Aa property for vehicles was blocked.
When NJ Zeberty came and conduct
4 an investigation, the oil company
abandoned their project. The rail-
loai company agreed to clean out the
plugged well and ascertain what was
It. The company found water and
OIL IN the we'll
W. Wasn't II abandoned
because NJ the seepage II oil and the
formation Of gas was so that IL could
rot be WORKED
no, don't think so. There were
other reasons Tor 1t being abandoned,
but \ was q gaseous mine"
Was not the oil seepage so great
MAJ Il made il almost impossible to
build tunnel was asked.
There was gas IN the tunnel and
s'eral men We're killed and there
tas also oil seepage. Oil wells were
alns sunk in that immediate yicln-
" and IN majaroity Of them oil
vas found"
SPAULDfNG TESTIFIES.
P w. Spaulding. an attorney at
hsnston, was the next witness. II
WI be recalled that at the former
a'esusauon held here Mr. Spaulding
lvVed very unwilling witness. This
une ne told how he made some easy
money by making a cash coal entry
me Evanston district The money
@ furnished by y. o. Clark or Geo.
I g1ck The amount he received was
'aout S3l00.
Nhat was Your profit IN that trans
"uoh3 asked counsel
INo hundred dollars"
VINO paid you this profit?"
t'.aer Mr. Clark or Mr.. Black.
~, Iot certain which, He thought
AMI. ne named the figure and he in
49, OF Mr.. Black whether he, Mr..
NJ OF tne coal company would buy
1na' and Mr. Black said he would
lie stated that no star cham
session with regard To any nrotes,
49, nv, neid IN his office. The wit
IA 49,, 49, STOW 10 answer the questions
Tho,'a ,aueo some Of them. and Mr..
tlsl,ss stated that the witness was
t.', WIN WIN thc commission. The wit
q cn, Vnllhlllng, said he never heard
VIM Ky Back coming TO Evanston
4 S,a,. number Of men as witnesses I'm
tErp1test Proceeding.
rs,erino matter was II that you were
sfs,,aps 70 When YOU came down this
sc raoIn with Mr.. spence ~
Srenoe n' uoWh today I asked Mr..
aS "I i. what I was here for ana he
robo,s aiat ! was simply here 10 cor
As h ave " IN. me testimony given Yesterday
cJnHDmise meeting in my office"
an ,Ir,gaidnlls.sloner Clark-Did Won hova
IBIS llsaresIs'anding that IL YOU took IN
rnlor,S U Gan ana turned il over 70 tho
pofi9 raclIlc you would receive a
"YeSn
~ Standard OIL COMPANY.
,scu, s9n s,.. Nesbltt Of Evanstor vo.
Damon sl,sr he had testifled thai T tSs
oVr OWED ~ Coal company stock sS. 'T ~
compinvyy ne Amalgamated '' Sonne ~
TIE s tsSSS.w which In turn Is ovn n0pp hy
ielsr S ana I, OIL company. Mr. M" Roc,, ey
ssnteS saI Il. II. Rogers and thar i'1 ,hss.
toad. ' ws,. are stockholders IN The ra,I
he nlsSmnolsh transport the pro oav ran, y,
lonavllle coal mines. u
MSS ANDREWS GOT $40