Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-04-07
STATELINE.


stateline, Utah, April 8, 1916.
Ionic Roberts went down to h
F'linspach ranch the other day TO d
tend to some matters of busine
and TO visit his father, Mr.. Rober1
who is clearing land for Mr.. Film
pach.
Mr.. Drake and son Tom are fencir
about. 80 acres of land on their HON,
stead below town.
During the week some automobi
lists from California while looking on
er some land below town ran onto al
old stump and bent the front axle 7
their car so badly that they had sor
difficulty. in getting the machine
town, where, with the help of Nh
Tyron, they got the car fixed tenn
porarily and left for Modena.
c. w. Parsons, from Bakersfield
California, was here recently, and
stopped over for few days. Mr.
Parsons came via the Needles and the
Grand Gulch and he is now headed fol-
Osceola and JEFF Davis peak to lool
over some tungsten properties.
II is learned that the Ophir propert,
is about to change hands. Probably
some Salt Lake parties will take hold
Of II and there is likely to be con.
siderable work there this summer.
Paul Kimball reports that he has
had cavern on the 100 foot level
which came in the night and was OF
sufficient magnitude to shake his cab.
in a quarter Of mile distant. The
cave was nodoubt caused by seepinp
water from the surface, and has eff.
fectually blocked the way to two tons
of ore which was already blocked out
The effects Of the cave will be removed
as speedily as possible.
Mr.. Bennett came in last evening
and spent few hours about town. He
rode his much priced Tom horse in
and q little later that night a gentle
man very famalitr to us was seer
riding out Of town with his face
fronting back up the street, and won.
dering what had happened. One OF
our citizens standing on the sidewalk
blurted out, "Now what new kind OF
foolishness is this?" He looked fool
ish himself as his companion nudpet
him that II was April FOOLS day
The visitors saddle Just got switched
around, that's all.
A few evenings ago we had some
more boxing exhibitions. Henry Films
pach came up from the ranch and was
initiated and said that he would take
the name Of Young jeff. He ther
donned the gloves with Kid Drak,
and they stepped lively pace fol-
three rounds, Drake being given the
decision on points. Since Drake ha.
developed a punch that makes hin
invincible he has changed his name t.
KNOCK Out Drake" The Drak,
twins gave a good wind up perform
ance, but young Edgar was soon o,
his back dreaming of killing pigs.
Last Sunday Mr.. Bowers and hi
son Harry, and Lawrence La Cool
and Mr. Bennett came up from thei
ranches bringing bunch of mustanl
horses, and with the boys about tow
decided that they would indulge in ,
little bucking contest, to raise a bi
Of excitement. Mr.. Warner and Ton
Drake were the first to take their turl
and some exciting buclSing and pitch
ing was witnessed. Br. Bennett CAV,
the next exhibition, and it did no
take this gentleman long to decid
that he would be safer on a mule
even If 1t were a thousand years old
Then came Harry Bowers and Mr.
La Cook, and the way these gentle
men rode certainly caused the State
line people to "sit up and take notice,
for it was evident in a minute tha'
they were genuine busters. II ap
peared for few minutes that the biz
corral would not hold them. Espec
tally were the people interested in tn,
way these cowboys rode. When the,
dismounted they said that those hors
es were tame and that it was "jus
like taking candy from a baby"