The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-28
ARRESTED
AND DISCHARGED
Sheriff Hill of Carbon County
Severely Criticises Helper
Officials.
EVERYTHING MOVING
DOWN AT PRICE
Dry Farming in Carbon County
Being Tested by Those Who
Have Confidence.

W. Hill of Price, Sheriff Of Carbon
county, is in the city a guest of the
Wilson. and tells an interesting story
of the arrest on Tuesday night of a
man wanted in Ogden for forgery at
Helper by couple of deputy constables,
and after a few hours detention being
let loose. The story told The Tribune
by Sheriff Hill is as follows:
"On Tuesday night Sheriff Sebring at
Ogden telegraphed TO the justice of
the peace at Helper to effect, if pos
sible, the arrest of a man, describing
him, who would be on passenger train
No. 4 that night The justice Of the
peace deputized two men as constables
for that purpose. Upon tho arrival Of
the train at Helper the conductor point.
ed the man out to the deputies and
they took him in custody. They de-
tained their prisoner six or seven hours
and turned him loose or let him escape.
The only excuse they gave for permit.
ting the man to go was that one of
them sent message to the Sheriff at
Ogden that they had the man In custo-
dy and that they received no reply from
the Sheriff. Sheriff Sebring, however,
stated to me that he did answer the
telegram, asking them TO hold the pris-
oner. The deputy sheriff at Price, sew
en- miles below Helper, also received 4
telegram that night from Sheriff Sebring
to go to Helper and take the man in
charge, Immediately upon receipt of
the telegram the deputy drove up to
Helper, but before he arrived there the
deputy constables had let him go and
the excuse they offered was that which
! have stated.
Conditions at Price.
Asked as to conditions at Price, Mr.
Hill said price is more active than
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siderable stir in real estate, and a good
deal of property changing hands,
the work being done by the Utah Land
and Reservoir company. The company
has gone to work in earnest, and is now
actively engaged in the construction
Of reservoir which, when com
pleted, will irrigate thousands of
acres of the richest and most produc-
tive land in the State, You see, some
few months ago Fitzgerald Bros. of
Chicago and D, NJ. Landreth of Colo
rado, who has recently taken up his
residence in Price, purchased the old
Mammoth reservoir. which was started
TO furnish water for $4,000 acres of
land near Price, but which failed for
the want of capital to push it to com
pletion. The new company has ample
means with which 10 complete the
work, and the land will now be
brought under irrigation Just as soon
as labor and material can accomplish
1t. The new company have entered
upon this great enterprise as a bust
ness investment, and they realize the
sooner the land can be rendered Guilt
vatablc the sooner they will begin TO
realize on their holdings. This is the
biggest thing for Carbon county and
eastern Utah that has ever been under
taken, and Will be the means Of bring
ing more money and permanent settlers
into the State than any other enter
prise that has ever been started -
Dry Farming.
Dry farming, Mr.. Hill says. is re-
ceiving earnest attention, and tests
are being made by himself and others.
He thinks that dry farming in Carbon
county can be made to pay as well as
in other parts of the State
Mr.. Hill and W. D. Livingston have
taken ten-year lease on the FL
liot or ''Big. Springs" ranch, some
miles east of Price. On this ranch
are 1000 acres under fence The
ranch, Mr.. Hill says, will be devoted
principally to the raising of blooded
stock The purpose is to make it the
finest stock ranch in Utah. The ranch
is being well equipped with farm ma
chinery, and $4,000 steam plough
has been ordered, their intention. be.
ing to raise several hundred acres
of alfalfa and grain. Mr. Livingston
will move his fine cattle from his stock
farm in Sanpete county to the Big
Springs ranch the coming sDring.