Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-08
VERNAL.
MAN FROZEN TO DEATH.
Hunting Accidcnl---lIand and Water
t:lings--New Postmaster.
Special Correspondence.


Special Correspondence.
Vernal, Utah. Jan, 81. A. Pike OF
Vernal met with an accident which
caused the loss OF two OF his fingers.
While out hunting last Sunday With a
shotgun, he let II fall In the snow, and
while In the act OF picking Il up, with
his bngers oyei the muzzle, II was dis
charged by some means, and two fin
gers were shot away.
Despite the severe weather a number
Of land filings are stll being made in
the land Office for lands on the Ulntah
reservation. There have been num-
Der OF coal filings made also, and the
business Of The office has exceeded ex-
pectatlons.
vERNAL POSTMASTER.
Il. +. Belchcr who has received the
appointment OF Postmaster for Nernal
N place OF 3 II. Dllman. resigned, has
fled his bond and will soon assume the
duties OF the office.
FROM reliable sources II is learned
that there VIII be a teaching plant In
Stalled next spring SOME where near
the group OF copper claims locat ed By
the Florence Mining company. a few
miles west Of 0uray. The ore is found
IN sandstone formation that Is easily
worked, and 1t IL the belief of the com
pany that It can be treated by the
reaching process with profit.
number of water applications are
stu going In to the state englneer's
office, from Intending settlers ON the
reservation. The water OF all the
streams has been filed upon several
times over. and Il looks very much as
u there VIII be big tangle before
tne water question is settled In that
section.
RECENT FALSE REPORTS.
There Is considerable feeling stirred
up in Vernal by reason OF the article I'm
the Salt Lake Tribune holiday number
IN which the writer took occasion to
take the usual fling at Vernal, and this
section of the state In general. Ever
since senator Reed Smoot used his In
fiuence In behalf of Vcrnal as the To-
cation for the new land office, the pa.
pers controlled by the Kearns' crowd
have missed no opportunity to injure
uintah county whenever and wherever
possible. The article I'm question, which
purported TO be a write-up OF the re-
serVation country, was full of mac
curacies, and inuendoes but when tho
sheet that published it is taken into
consideration, II should not be at all
surprising. II has been intlmated that
Senator Smoot was materially interest
ed IN this section, and this supposed
fact was behind his frendiness to
Nernal and Uintah county. The fact
OF the matter Is that the senator has
no private interests In this section
whatever. At one time and before he
was elected TO the senate, he was In
directly interested I'm a claim or two
OF gilsonte, with several other Utah
people but these interests long ago
passed out OF his hands. Vernal was
by reason Of its location the natural
selection for the land office and the
senator was simply acting for the best
interests OF all concerned, but despite
this, his enemies are losing no oppor-
tunity to shout their hatred toward
either the senator or his friends.
EXTREMELY SEVERE WEATHER
The weather continues extremely Sc
we're In this section, the thermometer
going below zero every night.
MAN FROZEN TO DEATH.
The report has reached here of the
finding of an unidentified man, frozen
To death, along the Strawberry river,
above the new town of Theodore, at the
junction of the Duchesne and Straw
berry rivers.
given credit for the holiday editions
there is universal sentiment here that
the News put them all In the shade.