The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-05
Details of the Weeks That
Utah Students Spent in
Surveying.
CULINARY DEPARTMENT
PAID IN RESOLUTIONS
While the Days We're Spent at
Work, the Nights Had
Their Pleasures.

been doing practical surveying work
at Eureka during the last month ar
rived in Salt Lake Wednesday morning,
much wiser, of course and more tanned
than when they left school on May q
to take up this work. The outdoor life
and the daily climb over the rugged
mountains have tended to develop the
boys along new lines, and none looked
the worse for the strenuous life Of the
last five weeks
This surveying work is a regular part
of the courses in civil and mining en-
gineering given at the University, and
every student who receives a diploma
in either Of these branches must do this
work. Besides the surveying work, the
mining students are also required to
do two weeks Of field geology and min,
ing work under Dr. J. E. Talmage and
Prof. G.. \. Overstrom. This work
comes at the first part Of the trip and
1t is followed by the surveying work;
which this year has been in charge Of
A. G, Andrews, chief of the mineral
division of the United States Surveyor
Generals Office.
The work done by the students this
year is said to be the most thorough
ever done in this course. The men who
have been in charge are thoroughly
practical and therefore were fully
qualified 70 give the students the best
part Of the work in the shortest time.
The students who made the trip were
George Allen, II. \. Gardner, J. P. Rus
Brighton, e L. Jones, c. W Higgins,
c. R. Woolf, F. ". Deming, J. Jensen,
E. S. Bowman, V B. Herbst, 0. A.
Peterson, J. S. Bennion, M. F. Schick,
II c. Meyerhoffer, Leo A. Snow, H, ".
Alston. II. E. Hayenor, R. J. Bryant,
". Z. Sutton, NJ. J. Downey, T. R. Wal
son, R. r. Woolley and Reuben Simpson.
Before leaving Salt Lake the boys
held a meeting and chose F. w Dem
ing as chief engineer and W. z. Sutton,
commissary. The following were elect
ed captains: George Allen, D, G. Lyon,
Z. L, Jones, J. Jensen, ]. S. Bennion,
Leo Snow, R. j. Bryant and T. R, Will
OF three and four, and each party re-
malned intact throughout the trip.
Camp at Eureka
Fifteen of the boys who are doing
the mining work left Salt Lake on
May "a. Arriving at Eureka, they
pitched camp about two miles from
town in grove of maple trees at the
foot of the dump of the Yankee mine.
Fresh water was secured from a spring
| near by. The tents We're placed in the
grove so that all were arranged sym
metrically up and down "Main' street.
The cook tent, the dining, tent, with the
cook IS tent, were pitched near the
spring, Hyrum Manwaring and his
wife looked after the culinary part of
the trip, and so well did they treat
| the bows that. when camp was broken
| Monday. set of resolutions was drawn
up thanking them for their efforts.
The camp received its name from the
grove, and all mail was addressed to
"Camp Naples. -
The Office tent was pitched at the
lower end of Main street, while the
tent of Mr.. Andrews. who was known
as the F'Colonel or the Sold man.
according to hearing distance, was
placed at the head of that thorough |
fare. Next to Mr. Andrews g tent came
the &C. A. r. Correspondence college,
from mamma "Cuddy' or "Puddy'
Russell, from Daisy, and Allen Gardner
got the blue variety from 800 South |
Thirteenth East
Opposite the college was the 200"
where ''Skyn' Lyon, "Slim - Bright
the monk. held forth Below the 200"
was "McWhirter Bros bakery,
where "Aleck" Jones, "Weelum"
Deming, "Tiny" Higgins and "Macru-
ram (Which means straight) Woolf |
handled the chips till the wee small
hours Of the night beckoned them to
bed; Across The way was the green
Jensen, D. D., sang Papa Loves
Mamma" while "Granny Jim Donald
SON. Bowman and "Ike' or "Snipe'
Herbst figured up the earnings after a
strenuous evening OF fHearts, "6S'
or "2l -
Peterson Fed Birdseed.
Farther down the street was the
"Clipper," where professor Anton"
Peterson fed birdseed to HJosie Kelly
Bennion, "Gold Dust Schick aud all
others who wished to spend an evening
and elsewhere.
Drs. Henie' Meyerhoffer, "Dippy'
Snow and "Chiscl Teeth" Aston did
rushing business across the way caring
for the victims who were dragged
around the q snorting'' post--one of the
most respected institutions of the camp.
THE Tap at lower Main street was
the home of Commissary '-Lulu' Sut- =
ton. where he attended to the wants of
" Jumbo Bryant and HShylock
Havenor. who, however, was known to
the ladies of Eureka as 'fDottie," the
dear one.
Railroad" Woolley. alias "Dago
Joe, - Mike Downey, Happy" Wilson
and "Silent' Simpson held forth oppo-
site the 'ITap,' and daily they would
parade Main street waiting for the ,
last CALI for meals. At the sound
of last call they would always lead the I
line of hungry fellows who beat the
trail for the cook tent. "Last call'
always caused a cessation OF business,
and, no matter how slow, none was ever
late at the sound of "last CALI !
Also Canned Goods
Canned goods were among the chief
articles of food at the camp. but fresh
meat was delivered every other day by !
the Mayor of Eureka. Beans and piggy ;
had strong hold in the cook IS heart, c
and Commissary Sutton paid out the '
co coin j. in in liberal quantities for these
fast foods always appeared in large {
meals managed to get at least one dish :
Of the crisp food with some Htinned" I