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Show SALT FLAT NEWS, 1971 AUGUST-SEPTEMBE- Botch Cassidy's r.1arlcer posed of Leroy Broyles and tired highwayman Frank Gabica. Butch Cassidys hone on September 19, 1900, re- Post Chaplain La Vern Inzer turned to the scene of Butchi opened and dosed the ceremony crime to dedicate an historical with prayer. Victor Button watched as sevmarker last Week. eral short speeches were made deVictor Button became friendof the location, ly with Butch and the Wfld tailing the historywas unvdled by Bunch when they were camped and the marker in the meadows of the Humboldt District Highway Engineer Jonortheast of Winnemucca prior to seph Souza and his assistant, Mei their robbery of the First Nation- Herrera. F. J. Button, father of Victor, al Bank there of $32,000. As the robbers fled towards served as ranch foreman for Idaho with a posse horn Golcon-d- a wealthy San Franciscan G hot on their trail, they changed D. Bliss who bought several pi in the area horses at a nearby ranch. Final in- neer structions from Butch to the and combined them into the CS randier were to Give the white Ranch. For many years the promhorse to the kid at the CS inent landmark on which the Interstate roadside rest is located Ranch. The historical marker is lo- was know as Bliss Point, and it cated at the highway roadside rest was the site for one of Nevadas area at Button Point, having been first Civilian Conservation Camps installed there by Highway De- - established by the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Sbe dedication last The roadside rest was comTuesday featured a color jguard provided by pleted and opened to the public a American Legion Post No. 5 com year ago. re- The boy who received tired white ranch-homestea- . v ' ir-i- . NEWSphoacbyS Manila, Paul demonstrates proper divining technique. Forked branch is held at waist level with the gripped ends turned outward. SIS T5T3Ssi o gkdgkd HIRE THE HANDICAPPED edit and type your manuscripts, dieses, dissertations for fifty cents a page. Call Annie 9 Salt Lake Gty. I will Utalrt 'slier Midi by Richard Menzies RIVERTON, UTAH: Paul Tiocher is a brawny who looks as if he could unscrew fire hydrants if the need arose. But in all probability the need will never arise, since Tiocher has a talent for finding water wherever he goes. ex-Tex- an A oddball, and Tiocher is a practitioner of one of the oldest and most controversial of the occult arts, water witching. A descendant of a long line of wizards, Paul first took up the forked stick when he was just a knee-hig- h lad growing up in the rich oilfields around Kilgore, Texas. It seems the family water well was so polluted with oil that Pauls father one day took a divining rod and discovered a fresh underground stream. After that, the senior Tiocher was frequently called upon by neighbors to witch water, and young Paul followed in his fathers footsteps. That was forty years ago; Paul has done a lot of dowsing since and claims he has yet to bring ina dry hole. These days he works mainly for private drillers (most geologists dont believe in dowsing) and he guarantees any water lean see above the grass. Paul disclaims any supernatural or even special powers, al though his experiments in the field have led him to conclude that not everyone has whatever it takes to find underground water. He has no idea juri what makes the divining rod work, but he knows it works. The important thing is to use a green branch g from a fruit tree, although some claim a willow works as well, and Paul himself has used a cottonwood limb with good results. The forked branch mould be freshly cut and flexible and is carried at waist level with a firm underhand grip on the forked ends. As the witcher approaches underground water, the rod be- to pull downward, finally iuching ground at the point directly above the water. Tiocher can even determine the depth of a prospective well by measuring the distance from the first downward tug to the well site, the distance being equal to the water depth. Paul denies any formal knoi he hu edge of geo stone-bearin- - Voter specialist Paul Tiocher reaps the wet reward of his labor, a newfound supply of cool, clear water. B.A. Sociology M.A. English learned born trial and success that over every hill thens water. Host observant drillers can guess the approximate location of an underground stream; the dowsers job, says Tiocher, is to locate the exact spot In his latest assignment on a hillside near Sandy, Utah, he traced three separate streams to their underground confluence. Does he think of anythin in particular as he paces the hillside? I concentrate on money, confesses Paul, although his oldest son Robin, 18, has had equal success concentrating on girls. Barry, 16, is also showing progress in the family craft, and recently detected an aboveground stream while standing on a bridge. Paul says he has two more at home who show equal promise. With four more wizards on the way up and heaven knows how much water down there, Utah may some day shake off her aobriquet of the nations driest state. Q iV,- - r ''!?' NfcWS photo by R Manna, Sons Barry and Robin will carry on Tiocher family tradition of water wizardry. Under ' tutelage, Barry lakes a' turn at the stick, dads expert ; 364-882- |