The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-17
CANAL ZONE QUIET,
HEALTHY, PROSPEROUS
Capt. George Stanton Writes
of the Isthmus to Father
in Laramie.
Special to The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
LARAMIE, Wyo., March 16.-Col.
Thomas Stanton CT this city today re-
ccived a letter from his son. Capt. George
Shanton, chief OF police on the canal zone
at Ancon, Panama. in which tho latter
says concerning the work and the sani-
tary condition OF the zone:
Everything on the isthmus ls going
along smoothly The cities OF Colon and
Pnnama arc being well paved, water
works and sewers are being put I'm and
sanitary conditions In general are being
Improved everywhere There are no cases
of yellow fever at present along the en-
tire zone. and there has not been u case
for ninety days. In fact, there is not l per
cent OF sickness from other diseases, and
general condition OF contentment and
happiness prevails among the people, as
well as the employees of the commission
Most everybody Is now living In II good
house, well furnished, and az the wages
arc good there Is no reason why the work
on the canal should not continue
smoothly
'I have about 2lO mon on the force now,
and as l am Marshal. warden OF the penl-
tentiary and Coroner, In addition to being
Chief OF Police, you Will sec that l hayo
enough to keep me always busy.
Tranquility Prevails.
Tho American element and TIE we'll
educated classes or people on tho isthmus
give the police department very little
a great many people thought 1t would be-
or perhaps think 1t is nova place OF
rioting. Drunkenness. lighting. gambling
bawdy houses. On the contrary, conGi-
tons on the 5one are just the opposite
OF these. There are no gambling houses
or other low resorts, and no more flght-
ing than Will be found In any other part
{ the world.
AT present great deal OF work is be,
ing done. New steam shovels are being
set up tracks Ibid machine shops erect
ed docks built and hundreds Of Other
trlnzs necessary To start this great under
taking. As soon os the type of canal has
labor will oe brought in to begin the
real excavating of tho canal This will
mean the addition OF thousands OF men
ard added work for my department"
VIII Plant 500 Acres on Plains.
D. y. Stickney. Il prominent ranchman
contract for steam engine of S2-horse-
power with a gang plow carrying two
gangs OF nve shares each. and the coming
season Will plant between 500 and coo acres
on tho Laramie plains to oats and field
peas harvesting the oats and pasturlng
the peas. The outfit Will plow. disc har-
row. smooth harrow and drill about thirty
acres a day, the operation being per
formed simultaneously.
Mr. Stickney will also experiment with
Kubanka (MncaronD wheat, which. on
company ut Littleton, Colo, last year,
produced thirty-eight bushels to the acre
or SlNtN-tnTSc pOunuS test, with not a
drop of artificial Irrigation. Prof Olin.
tho agronomlst OF tho Agricultural col
l.gc ot Fort Collins. Colo says this wheat
is peculiarly adapted TO the Laramie
plain and should produce without irriga-
tion large crop OF excellent grain
Bank Directors Elected.
At 81 meeting OF the stockholders of the
Albany County National bank the num-
bcr OF directors was reduced from seven
TO fye and the following were chosen;
r II. Homer Eli Crumrlne. John Nc
Gin, Frank II. Eggleston and J. w. John
son.
The bank made applications for an extern
SION OF it's charter from December a. laCs
to December "a. 1876. and the application
vas forwarded to the Comptroller OF the
Currency.
The shareholders authorized the expcnJI-
ture OF several thousand dollars for a
new safe, new counters and steel rallin9s
a new front for the building and consid-
orablo repairs In the bank. The Albany
County National was started In a small
way twenty years. ago by parties from
Pennsylvania, and has never passed a
dividend. paying at this time about 10 per
cent per annum The president Is R III
Homer, vice-presdent, Ell Crumripc, and
cashier. G. d. Spaldlng.