The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-31
W. E. Tribhle of Green River
Denies Dam at That Place
Has Gone Down Stream.
STORY WAS PUBLISHED
TO INJURE COMMUNITY
r. &. Miller Of Price, Utah, Here
on Business: Talks With
Other UtahnS.

! movement 10 modernlZc the municipal
ity and bring the community to the
| forefront in the industrial world, are
! chagrined because of a report that was
| given publicity early this week to the
! effect Tint the dam of the Green River
Land and lrigating company had gone
! down stream.
w. +. Tribble. one Of Green Rivers
| business men, was in Salt Lake ycstcr-
day, and when seen at The Wilson made
AN emphatic denial Of the report, as
sorting at the same time that 1t had
/ evidently been published for the pur-
| pose of injuriug the community.
! The only fact on which the story
\ could be based, he said. was that the
| tops of three of the cribs in the dam
had been carried away ~ tine water
| last Monday. As the headgates and
| Hoodgates have not yet been construct
ed, these cribs were purposely left in
| secure, for had they not gone down
! it would have become necessary to
! dynamite the dam in order to release
! the flood The damage was compara-
! lively insignificant and will delay mat
| ters less than ten days.
The dam is 1910 feet long and raises
! the water about eight feet that 1T may
! be used for Irrigatlng purposes and to
! propel machinery which viii furnish
supply Of electricity to be used in
/ Green River Work on the dam, which
is composed of rock, cement and logs,
was begun last spring, and the company
! intends TO begin pumping water from
the race into the irrigating canal on the
first level about April Is. This viii re-
qulre raise of about eighteen feet
Next fall another pumping plant Will
he installed. 1t will raise the water TO
| the second levcl-about ninety. feet.
| When completed the system will furnish
water for irrigating about 5000 acres
of land.
R. G. Miller. of Price, Utah, one Of
! the most prominent citizens Of Carbon
county, is paying Salt Lake a business
! visit and is domiciled at the White
| house
every indication" Mr.. Miller said.
,tpoints 10 prosperous year for the
farmers, fruit raiscrs and livestock men
Of Carbon county and Eastern Utah
! The abundant rains and heavy snow
falls insure plenty of water with which
TO irrigate the country. and that is the
one necessary desideratum to insure
good. heavy crops. Stock on the range
| has done finely the past winter. There
was practically no loss Of sheep by in
element weather, the result IS they are
IN better condition and carrying heav-
Ter coats Of fleece than for many wears
past. The Utah Irrigation and Land
company of Carbon county is putting
forth every effort TO complete their i'm
mense reservoir at as early date rs
possible. This project is giving an i'm
petus to farming not heretofore cvDe-
lienccd IN our section of tho country
The soil Of Castle Valley is very rich
and with water is capable of producing
fruit and the cereals to the greatest
state ot perfcc tion. Business in Price
Is good, the town is growing and every
body appears to be prosperous.
Dr. Francis Campbell of Beaver City
is guest Of the Wilson, where ne viii
be for 2 few days In speaking of
Beaver. he said that never in the ten
years that ho has practiced his profes-
sion. that Of dentistry, in Beaver and
that portion of the State has he known
business Of every kind 10 he anywhere
nearly as good as it is in Beaver coun-
ty tins season. The high price Of live
stock, which is in splendid condition,
the output Of the mines of Beaver couu-
ty, which is phenomenal. aud tho large
expenditure of the San Pedro, Los An
geles & Salt Lake Railroad company in
building its terminal division al Mil
ford. are responsible for the 1ourishiug
conditions which prevail in that section
Of the country. This is the doctor s
first visit 10 Salt Lake IN three years,
and he notes with wonder the growth
Of the city and the improvements that
have been made in that time He is
convinced now. as are all men of oh
servation, that Salt Lake is going TO ha
great city, and he so expresses himself
unreservedly.
J. r. Edwards of Hay Creek. Wvo.
is a guest of the Knutsford Mr.. Ed
wards Jack. rs he is called bv his
friends-is one Of the great sheep kings
of Wyoming, and has the happy faculty
or in bn bo & l. 80.
travels. He arrived in the city Friday
and Will he here a day or two on bust
ness.
r H. BubI. Of Sharon. Pa; George
\. Baird and Chester G. Baird, of chi !
ing end registered at the Knu;sford
the gentlemen are here on Il visit Of
inspection Of their mining interests i'm /
Utah, and before returning viii visit !
the Twin Falls. Idaho. Reservoir con-
pany's irrigation project of which Mr.. /
Baird IA president, and Mr.. Buhl one
Of the principal owners. They win visit !
the Uonerirc Tunnel and mines al Stoc- |
ron. IN enterprise in which they are the !
controlling spirits
Mr. Baird said before leaving Cbica
90 there was some apprehension felt, .
but no great excitement manifest as vet /
concerning impending railroad troubles .
the general opinion being that the |
grievances complained Of would be set |
tied by arbitration. The gentlemen will /
be here Tor several days.
?. j.. Quealy. general manager Of the
Kemmerer Coal company of Kemmerer.
Wyo.. IS in the city on business and is
registered NJ tho Knutsford.
James Shields the travelling man. ar.
rived in the city Thursday night and
registered At the Knutsford This is
" Jim 5 = sixty fourth semi-apnual trip
to Salt Lake. This makes him one of
the oldest i'm point Of years on the list
OF travelling men 10 Salt Lake CITY.
Mr.. Shields had many friends thirty
wears ago here. He has them vet Those
of them who. like bimself, have been
permitted 10 live, and in that time has
added thousands to his list. nut jim is