The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-09
Ten Days Necessary to Get Re-
turns From Several Points
in Utah.
PERIL0US TRIPS MADE IN
SENDING OFT SUPPLIES
Snowshoes Have Frequently
Been Brought Into Use in
Crossing Mountains.

People wonder why election returns
in Utah are apparently so long delayed
from some Of the outside counties. Here
is au illustration showing why. Brown s
Park, in Uintah county, is ninety miles
from Vernal, the county seat. The bal
lots cast in Brown s Park will be sent
10 the clerk Of Uintah county by reg
istered mail, To reach Vernal they
Will have to traverse three states-viz.,
Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. The
ballots will be sent to Fernal via
Green River, Wyo.; Salt Lake, Utah;
Mack, Colo, thence via Dragon to Yer
nal Two years ago the vote in that
precinct decided tho election of county
clerk Of Uintah county. Up to the
there, ten days after the election oc
Cured, Hacking and Hanson had 800
votes each. Brown s Park decided it
in favor Of Hacking,
How Supplies Are Sent.
The way that election supplies were
sent from Vernal to Brown s Park this
year is thus detailed by the Vernal
Express, Says the Express;
Joe Hall left Wednesday morning FOR
Browns park with the ballots for the
election. He has an arduous trip in front
OF him. trip that few people care to
make at this time of the year. He took
two horses, one TO ride and the other
election judges at Manila, Bridgeport and
Linwood. The supplies consist Of two
ballot boxes. officials ballots, sample bal
lots. instructions TO voters aud other
election. One of the horses was the
famous black hucking broncho that has
never been tired IN his life. but Hail says
he will be tired before no sees Vernal
again.
Travels Ninety Miles.
Owing 70 the deep snow over Taylor
mountain, Hall was compelled TO go by
way OF Diamond mountain, which makes
The distance to be travelled something
OF Taylor mountain is about seventy
miles. Hall was due to deliver the sup
plies TO the election judges tonight The
not later than that time. Ninety miles
in two days over such roads as he had
TO travel is a mighty long distance
The people here IN Vernal have an idea
but they are really right In the heart OF
the population and in easy reach OF the
telegraph, the railroad and other COM
forts when compared with the people over
there. No possible means OF communica-
ton between Vernal and Browns park
except in the way that Hall is making IT.
not be better for the Brown park coun-
try IL IL was a part OF Wyoming. The
distance to Rock Springs and other parts
OF wyoming Is not lar and the roads are
better OF course, Utah does not desire
10 lose that vast territory, but would II
not De better for those Seople?
This Is Great Country.
This question OF so much trouble and
expense incident TO an election reminds
Us once again that America is the great
est country under the sun. II Is indeed
the land OF the free and the home OF the
brave. There are less tnan 100 votes in
all that section, yet lool; what pains are
taken and what efforts are made to give
those voters the opportunity TO exercise
their rights as American citizens Wo
all have say IN the election OF ruler
OF this great country and no man lives
so far away from civilization but that he
has the chance,
Many perIlous trips have been made
across the mountains. in all kinds OF
weather and after all fashions. Snow
shoes have been brought into use fire.
Guently. On one occasion q dead man was
brought from the Dyer mine by the aid
OF snowsboes. Aln1an Gardner who was
working at the mine one winter when the
snow was very deep. died Of heart fall
urc. The men who were working with
him put the corpse on a sled and on snow
shoes they pulled the sled into Vernnl