The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-05
LANDS OF STATEl
ARE GIVEN AWAY
Six Hundred Acres Sold for
1910 is Now Held at
100000.
VALUABLE 00LITE STONE
QUARRIES ON PROpERTY
Like All Other Grants Made a
the State, They Have Been
Frittered Away.

Utah has stone QuarTieS galore. rJt.h..3
stone ranks with the bcst in Tho ma.
world. Utah has glonc that for bui,d,.
purposes is uneXccled for beau,v ~
strength and adaptability for all tho nn.
poses requisite for fine building, and a..
best stone that Utah produces COS,
from low range of hills about thrso
miles north OF Ephraim, in Sanpete conn
~, It was used In the construction n
the holy temple Of the Mormon chu-c,
at Mantl. 1t was used in the naIo,I.,
country residence OF the late f II In
riman at Arden. New York state n 4
being largely used In the robuIldinc -
San Francisco. The annex to the p " W
NJ I. Is faced with It. as Is tho Vsst
mont building in Salt Lake City. a.
valuable IL II that it brings In the rous
ns hewed from tho quarry seven doIisrs
and fifty cents a ton. T. o. b. cars al ss
switches. and twelve and a half. cph,s
feet OF the rock weigh that amount
Title From United States.
The title to this land came from ~.
United States TO the state Of UfaS|
through selections made for cer,ain ~
vcred individuals from the funds crestsS'
under the organic act whereby Utah hs
came state. So careful have tho stSss'
board of land commissioners been IA
serve the interests OF the schools. lnsti-
public bulldings--in fact any and All
the state institutions have been in t,ss
plllaged. that the friends OF the LAM
board. II not themselves. that theIr rela.
tives might thereby grow rich
The selections OF the best rock vo..
all made by tho Parry brothers, and ~
price paid in ten yearly installrnents vae
from one dollar and half to two dollar
the higher rate, OF a piece OF stone tbst
would measure eight by sixteen inchsr'
by fourteen feet and two inches In lenRth
or two ordinary door steps,
The lands lay In sections 3a. "a, a..
35 and SO. in township sixteen south ~
range three east of the Salt Lake msrI6-
ian. A portion OF sections 35 and ae
has not been surveyed. although 1t con-
talns a large portion OF the Yaluabis
oolite strata.
Bought for Nominal Sum.
Certificate OF sale number 27S2 issued
by T. l. Parry conveys eighty acres for
consideration OF 500, and for this uas-
ent has issued by the state Of Utah No.
12o, Certificate No 5000 conveys ia
acres 10 Edward T. Parry for the sum
OF $40. Certificate sOS4 to the same per
son for 40 acres for $50. certificate S3ls
to the same man, so acres. for $40, While
No. lO2G5 went TO Peter c. Petersen
$50 acres for 5000. while the City OF Eph,
rain. having taken time by the foreloek.
got eighty acres for $120, q total OF 600
to the state the sunl OF $3.50.
SO we'll impressed was the late C. H.
Hartman OF the value OF this stone that|
he attempted to purchase tho lands aboys|
referred 70, and which has cost the for
tunate purchasers the gum OF 1910 Ths
price asked OF him was no less than
5000. 900
II Is true that the Parry brothers hays
spent n large sum in the development o?
their quarry. but ii Is also true that ttev.
have received large Sums for the rock
shipped. The other quarres have only
minor improvements on them, sufTicient.|
however. Ia develop the immense values
OF the rock contained.
Should Be Preserved.
Nor is this all Sections So and ss.
rs others. contain the same stratlicatlon'
OF rock. exposed In many places. These
lands are being sought to be obtained
through the United States under placsr|
mining locations but is the state land
board taking any steps 10 protect section,
sc from this method?
There are other sections in the neigh,
borhood where the valuable rock is 70 DO
found, and upon which the state board
has standard classification OF grazing
land for some. but which Is withdraw
from entry by others.
The facts show that the state funds
have been pillaged under the eyes Of the
commissioners. who have In this instancs
sold for a miserable pittance OF s940 that
which was held for 5000 900 two ycars
ago and now Is held for a still greater
price. This would indicate that invesiis
CATION might he prolific OF results.