Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-11
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r, 4. Flint, OF Ycrlng.on, Nevada,
is at the Kenyon ''Yerinston Is a
new town" said Mr., Flint today 'but
II is good town, and Is coming rap
ieIy 20 the front. Railway surveys
have been completed to the town from
two ways and this helps the town con-
sIderahly. The boom Is not an In
iiated one, but a permanent. steady
growth, The railroad situation is
This, said the gentleman. IN syn
dlcate of Philadelphia and New York
capitalists, who are heavily Interested
IA the fcringtOn mines. has organized
and financed Il company which VIII
furnish electric power and lights for
the mines and will build and operate
a freight and passenger road from
WNbusks. A contract has been en-
tered into with the Truckee Light and
Power company for power, and the
post holes for the line have been dug
aud the poles shipped. IL Is expect
ed that the railway win be in opera
ton by midsummer. Both the South
ern Pacific and the Clark roads have
surveyed a line into the district and
Il Is the belief that the former will
commence construction at an early
day The development work In sew
eral OF the older mines has progressed
10 such an extent as TO prove up big
tonnage In snch properties as the Lud
wig, which Is shipping regularly, the
Nevada Douglas. Mason Valley
CSpragg mine), the BIuestOne. AIala-
chite. Gallagher and Mcconnell. Yer
ngton IS most favorably located for
cheap mining, being practically sur
rounded by an agricultural country of
unriy0led richness, and within stsik-
ing distance OF the railroad. The ore
bodies are unusually large. and carry
~ LOS, tg.ita a., he fn5-.
nation Is ltrre and porphyry. and
there are not lacking quartz lodges
carrying good values in gold. IT. 6
conditions are so favorable for big
mines that Newhouse. De Lamar
schweb, Hein2e, Snyder, the Guggen-
helms and many lesser lights have
gotten In already and are engaging
in development work on n large scale
Salt Lake and GoIdheld people were
among the first to realize the posi-
blities OF the district, and are we'll
represented In the heart of the proven
district
Alex ToDonce. an old resident OF
Ogden, Is registered a the Wilson MFR.
Toponce is one OF the number who
witnessed the driving of the last spike
az Pronontory i'm April. 1859, which
welded together the bands OF steel
uniting tho cast with the west. He
says he viii never forget the impres
slveness OF that occasion. There were
present stanford, Crock4r, Adams, vii
lard. and a number OF the old rail-
road warehouses; who built their roads
through the mountain Businesses and
plains of Wilderness to bring civilian
tion to the great west, csmenting the
Union by the driving on that occa-
sion OF the last, the golden spike,
Fred Wood, the obIiging Apollo-liko
clerk at the Kenyon hotel, is in re-
ceipt Of some unique letters. One
OF his corresp ondents addresses him
as IF Six Footer Wood" while an
other simply pasted one OF Freds pos
tai photos on a card and wrote "Salt
Lake City under it and let II go at
that. Mr.. Wood received the letter
without any trouble
II. BulIen, Jr- state senator from
Cache, Is registered at the Wilson
Senator Bulleh rep orIs everything
prosperous in The north end Of the
state. and saws that he Is out of poll
ties temporarily, at least. un,il he
can get the flag ends Of his PERSONAL
business bound together again, after
the neglect they experienced while he
WAS helping kin the consolidation and
other bills In the legislature.
y. j. Bailey OF lIllIsboro. oregon. is
at the Knutsford- Mr..
Bailey says the people of his state
are very we'll satisfied with the re-
suits OF their new primary election
laws, and the indication by popular
vote of the peoples choice for national
senator This plan resulted In choOs-
Ing Jonathan Bourne as senator from
Oregon last fall" said Mr.. Bailey,
"and the people expressed themselves
very generally on the question The
representatives in the legislature abicl-
ed by the decision or the ballots and
elected Mr. Bourne SENATOR 1t fur
tlIer appeared that Mr. Bourne is not
only an astute politician, but splen-
did advertiser and his press agent
and private secretary Is none other
than John c. Young. sometime of this
city