The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
A NOTED PRISONER
ESCAPES FROM PEN
His Getaway Brings Discharge
to Several Prison
Employees.
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
BOISE, Ida, Aug. 5.-A. E. Lowe. alias
Portland Whitley" a well-known char
acter all over the Northwest, who was
received at the penltentiary last AprD
to serve a ffteenyear term for bur-
glary has escaped from the peniten-
tiary. AS a consequence there are four
vacancies In Warden Whitneys official
family and Turnkey John L. Robinson
and Guards Joseph Brim, William De
witt and William II. Rogers are seeking
new positions, Two had been gone
twelve hours before their absence was
discovered.
Body Found.
The body of Arden Chase, the fifteen
year-old son Of Rush Chase. foreman OF
the work on the Gratz dam on the Pay
cite river, about sixty five miles from
Boise, who was drowned May 8, with
Joseph Lang while attempting to cross
the river just above the dam, has been
found short distance from where the
young man lost his life, Immediately
afteri the accident a diligent search was
made for the body, but without results.
The body of Lang was found a few weeks
after the drowning.
One Of the oldest ranches In the Boise
valley changed hands Thursday, when
the deal was consummated IN which Mrs.
D. Heron sold the large ranch belonging
TO the Heron estate to j. T. Ulmer and
Edward Stein for SIT 900. The ranch con-
tains 290 acres and is about two miles
west of the Soldiers home The late
David Heron bought the place in 1869
for s2500. the seller being John HALEY.
who had purchased 1t a year previous
for $525.
The proposed Boise & Interurban line
will pass through the ranch and the new
owners are dividing the tract into ten
acre lots, which they will put on the
market.
Artesian Water Obtained.
An artesian flow of excellent water, a
little too warm for drinking purposes.
has been struck by j. w. Cline. who is
boring a we'll for the Short Line at a
point south of the Hyde Park school
building and e short distance west of
the cold storage plant Water began
trickllng over the top OF the teninch
pipe when the we'll had reached the
depth of 35 feet. The flow has been
gained and it now runs eighty gallons
per minute, throwing out q stream near
ly as large as a mans body,
The department has sold fully 25.-
600 900 feet of timber In the Sawtooth
reserve by deals consummated in the
last few days said Forest Supervisor
probably noticed by the statement from
Clifford Plnchot the Sawtooth Is in the
lead in the way Of being a source OF
revenue. l predict that the revenue
from this reserve Will be Quadrupled
next year. The business that will be
done by this reserve will amount 10
100000
Yes, sir the reserves are work
ing out like a charm There is
n sale of timber in the Sawt ooth now
pending that is practically consummated.
which will amount to s125,o0O, Not only
this, but We have in prospect many small
sales which will aggregate from s400 600
to $40, 900. The free use privilege pre-
vents any one from being shut out who
wants timber for his own use. Many
ranchers are taking advantage Of this
and having their lumber sawed right in
the timber, In speaking OF the revenue
OF the reserve thirty-one sales have
already been completed IN the Sawtooth
and the people are now cutting the tim
Der. There are 330.l73 sheep pasturlng
by permit in that reserve. Grazing fees
from them amount TO SIS, 50S.65. There
are nearly 6000 cattle in tho reserve.
grazing fees from them amounting to
s760.5O."
Idaho has 10000, 900 acres of mer-
chantable timber and 25,O00. 900 acres OF
mineral lands. These industries will be
fully exploited at the Fourteenth Ma
tional Irrigation congress, TO meet at
Boise. September s TO s. TO demonstrate
the unlimited market for farm products.
The Myrtle group of claims, southwest
of the famous Lincoln mine at Pearl,
has been bonded for sl2 900 TO Michigan
parties, represented by o. N Calender,
president Of the Easter Gold Mining
company.