The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-05


freezing within twenty-five miles OF
blooming Towers was the experience
in southern Utah Of John X. TibDits
who was brought to Salt Lake City
Yesterday after week OF ngh'u'e
lack Frost ON the southern rim OF
the basin.
Mr.. Tbbits is now in the Holy
Cross hopsital with both his hands
and feet badly frozen that amputa-
ton of one or more Of the members
NAV be necessary. The left side Of
his face Is dark and swollen from the
effect of the frost and his best friends
hardly recognized him yesterday.
Starting from Hatch in Kane coun-
~ on the morning of January %, lib
bits and Henry Kramer Of Spanish
Fork became hopelessly snow bound
,efoee going more than two thirds OF
The way TO Alton. Nor did they ever
get to Alton On the contrary 1t took
them a week to get back to Marys-
vale, from where Tibbits was brought
by train to Salt Lake before receiv-
ing surgical attention yesterday.
On a Lecture Tour
Tibbits who is manager of the In
termountain Industrial association to-
gether with Kramer, was on lecture
tour throughout the southern part OF
OF the state. The subject of the lee
lures. which are Illustrated with lam
tern slides, is Home Industry. All The
principal industries of Utah and the
west come IN for description and
views are shown of factories and
plants. The Tribune's plart was rep
resented as that of Salt Lakes ronre
sentative newspaper, the illustrations
showing the mechanical progress CT
getting out great daily.
The men travelled in a camp wag.
on. They left Salt Lake January II.
Their first lecture was delivered at
Richfeld and In turn they lectured
in Elsinore. Monroe, Joseph. Marys.
vale, Junction. Kingston, Circleville.
Panguitch, Tropic and Hatch. 1t was
sitter their lecture In Hatch that they
met with disaster. Up to that point
they had met with fair roads and not
seriously inclement weather their
camp wagon with a stove in 1t protect
ing them perfectly and carrying their
equipment for illustrating the lee
lures.
The Blizzard Develops
When they left Hatch at o'clock
in the morning fine rain was fall
ing. Within an hour 1t had developed
into a blizzard. Heavy drifts inter.
fered with their progress causing the
wagon to skid from the roadway. BY
s o'clock at night they reached the
mail station kept by Nephi Johnson
ten miles from Hatch. From there
they started afresh on Monday morn.
ing though they we're billed to have
reached Alton to lecture the night
before The snow was axle deep on
the level For three miles they drove
their sturdy mule team through the
drifts and then were stalled.
Shortly before noon they were join
ed by Johnson, who had come with
ten horses to use In breaking trail
over the { ide. With him was John
Sspen OF Orderville. All day the men
fought for trail through the snow
reaching the summit of the divide ut
sunset on the evening of January 2S
A terrific blizzard had set in in the
meantime aud the trail broken was
so quickly filed that It was almost
impossible to follow It back seven
miles TO where the wagon was snow
bound At the top of the divide they
we're met by Clarence Caran h mail
carrier from Glendale As the par,y
made its way on the return trip in
the dark Johnson and Caran ware
ahead The trail was hopelessly lost
Tells Experience
The story rs told by Tibbits last
hlght at the hospital concluded with
the following description OF his ex-
perienCe;
reached shed of old granary
within a mile and half OF the was-
on. There ! laid down. l knew that
u meant DEATH but ! did not care.
We had been told by Johnson's son
That flowers were in bloom In Dixie
from where he had just come, but
the hard ground under that shed
was softer to me than bed OF flow
ers could possibly be. ! was soon
asleep. At 1880 o'clock | was wax
ened by John Aspen who was behind
me and had stumbled upon the shed
also He made me get up and VIC
staggered on for perhaps half mile