Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-10

$4,000. The Canadian bankers are
the shrewdest OF their kind, and the
manager of this branch at Calgary
has boz long IN the business. Never
thelcss when an old man came into
the bank d few months ago and told
how he had discovered gold mine In
the Rockies and taken therefrom
enough dust to form two large bricks,
he listened. He also mentioned the
fact TO the editor, and the two again
heard the story
II was so full of details that they
concluded II was true, and they went
with the old miner to his shack, far
away from the railroad In the wiids of
the foothills, When they reached there
they found an Indian with rifle
guarding the cabin and saw unearthed
two big bars of gold They were made
to believe that the Indian meant busi-
ness, and that II the gold was not taken
as per contract their lives would prob
ably be lost. The result was that they
paid over the $4,000 and took the
bricks back to Calgary. Before de-
scribing their nnd they carried the gold
to an assayer, who reported upon 1t as
pure, They then announced their dis
covery but others suspected that there
might be a trick. and at their sug-
gestion the gold was tested again. The
second assay, by Il new scientist, show
ed that the bricks were nothing but
copper with a thin wash of gold on the
outside. The first assayer had been fix
ed, and the supposed Indian was mere
~ one of the swindlers dressed up for
the occasion. As a result the manager
of the bank lost his job. and | have
been warned not to mention the words
gold brick In the editors hearing.
BARSoN BARR AND HIS COLONY.
It is wonderful that there are not
more swindleg perpetrated upon the
new colonists Those coming In from
England are the greenest of the green,
and ii is only due to the government
emigration bureau that they are taken
care OF. Take for instance the Parr
colony. This consisted of 1900 English
men, women and children. brought In
by Canadian Episcopal minister, who
wanted to establish community
which should contain nothing but
Britishers. The people arrived here In
mldwinter, and they were somewhat
token in at Saskatoon, where they LETT
the railroad and began their 170-mile
trek To their homes IN the wilderness.
Later on some became disguised and
fiocked to the cities. Others remained
and are gradually being ground up IN
to good citizens.
Speaking of the ignorance of these
colonistg numerous stories are toll
of their antics. One poor hooligan was
instructed by the immigration agent
how to handle the oxen, which were 10
carry his goods from Saskatoon across
the prairie He was told to hobble them
at night so that they could Craze free
ly but also In such 81 way that they
could not get far from the camp before
morning. lie was also told to lock his
rear wagon wheels upon starting down
n steep hill, and was shown just how
TO do both. The immigrant said he un-
derstood, and started off The first hiI
he came to he carefully hobbled his
oxen and started down. AS fesult the
wagon ran over them his wife AMI
children and provisions were thrown
out. and the animals considerably
bruised.
After some time ne got his team again
harnessed and crossed the valley to go
up the blum upon the other side. He
now remembered the advice about lock-
ing the wheels, and put on the brakes
and chains before starting When ask
ed why he locked his wheels on going
up hill he replied that he was afraid
the weight Of the wagon would pull
the oxen back the other way,
Another of these immigrants was dis-
appointed in the quality of the land.
He went out to look at his homestead,