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Show ' TEE IBMCTAM IBULLETM ' " , i ' VOLUME EIGHTY-FIV- E BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, APRIL 28, 1927 NO. 47 Romance Seen In Gold A. Rush Boys Find Pay Dirt at Wee-pa- h in Time to Save Family Fortune. ToBopah, Nv. If lh aun that shoo opoo th wast lands of Nevada last aniniutr bad been less intense, th world would not hat bad to wait tw-ill Mareb 2 of this year to learn about lb gold slrlk at Weepah. for th diarovery credited to Frauk Horton, Jr and Leonard Traynor waa actual-ly mad last summer. Tti story of tli strlk has th elements of ro-mance and today Weepah Is camp of proiectops, fortune hunters and sightseers who us automobiles In-stead of pack mules and sr building new gold town. Horton's father Is owner of th Electric Cold mines and tha nineteen-year-ol- d lad was exploring its prop-erty when he picked up a piece of rich "float" flecked with small particles of free gold. Frank Morton's pulse bent rapidly. With a busy Idea of locating a rich gold seam such aa the one that mad Goldfleld famoua 23 years ago, h began covering th ground careful-ly. As he worked, however, the sun beat down upon Mm as only a desert sun can. Th intense heat squelched bis ambition for th time being and young Horton went on his way re-solving to return when the weather was cooler. The Horton fHmily consults of Frank Horton, Sr.; Mrs. Horton, Frank, Jr., a sister and twin baby brothers. The babies furnished Frank, Jr., the In-centive to return one more to Wee-pah. He wanted to make a stuke for th babies. Leonard Trnynor. another nineteen-year-ol- d lad. Joined Horton, and the (wo boys set out for the hills from Tonopah. Two Boy Prospectors. On th morning of March 2. after they had eaten their last rations, th boy returned to tb spot where the gold float had been picked up the summer before. A badger hole on the ground at that time showed that g rock was just below the sur-face. It panned well and the boys be- - t ft Is In country wher roads can b batter classified aa trails off the highway. ( Traffic, road and rait, go t Tono-pah first ; that la af established town capable of taking ear of th influt of fortan bostsr and sightseer. Then It poor Into Wph. For that reason tbos wo nxik moaty st their basin or trad and the who bars ground near th stflk ar tb only one who ar living la Weepah, al-though a number tfltch camp titer nightly while on th road. Th town la a squalid little camp at th base of a low bill spreading out onto the flat No towualt has been staked out yet, and the Inhabi-tants have picked out their locations for their homes by using the squat-ter's rights. Most of the Inhabitants sleep In tents rauglng from th small one-ma- n dog tent to th large and spacious dwelling (20 by 10 feet) of the cook shack, store or club room. Scattered among these outfits sr the brown homes of the regulur tnurlHt or city camper, whose tents are always newer and contain muny more con-veniences than do those belonging to the prospector. Four frame dwellings were already on hand at the camp, which belonged to the Gold Electric Mine company. Since the camp started the majority of dwellings have been tents. During the last week or so there has been an Influx of building supplies, as all the available trucks In Tonopnh were brought Into service, and now tb frame buildings ar becoming more numerous. These buildings spring up In but a few hours after the supplies arrive In camp. f Faat Work. On of the best examples of such work Is tli Weepah club, wher "Hard Rock Jack" Jovially greets all comers. It Is a d structure with a canvas sign Bearing th words "Kals and Drinks The material for this place was broeight Into tramp at 1 :30 Saturday afternoon. By six o'clock there were three poker games going full blast, and another famous old character of th camps, "Smiling Jack." was standing behind a short th ground until early evening. Back In Tonopah at night h smilingly re-jects mor offer to help him, and at the earn tint listens gravely to th plan of other who ar eager to show him how b can mak a fortune. Toung Horton and Traynor do not ay much. They answer sll questions aa courteously as possible, and then return to their prospector friends to do their talking. Thirteen 8acka of Or. Dp on th aid of th bill where th cut haa ex)osed th gold or ar 13 sacks of ore. They weigh approxi-mately 80 pounds each and hav au estimated value of somewhere be-tween $50,000 and $100,000, accord-ing to the elder Horton. These ar left for public Inspection each day, and at night they re placed In tha cut one more, covered with an old wagon top and guarded by a man who sleep there. No work Is being done on the pocket or vein of or for two reasons. One Is that there Is a possibility of Its petering out, and the other is that people are looking at It most of the time. ' Although there Is no established taw In the camp at Weepah, there Is a very trustful attitude among the resi-dents there. Stories concerning claim Junipers are sent out occasionally, but such cases are few and far between. The average man who haa lived In the desert for any length of time realizes the value of helping rather than hurt-ing, the other fellow, and he lives by that rule. His tent is always open to any one who rany need it or anything In It. Whether or not Weepah will prove to be a camp great enough to produce millionaires In the same manner that Tonopah, Goldfleld, Virginia City and other famoua Nevada towns did Is at this stage of the game problematical. Until enough work can be done In the field to prove that the district I a really rlcb one there la always th doubt that It may be Just a "flivver." gan digging the little cut that has caused ao much excitement since that time. In a few hours a trench hurt been dug into the hillside and two. sacks of ore-ha- been taken out The ore had flecks of gold running through It and when crushed yielded a long string of yellow gold In the pan. Rut the boys were too excited to tarry longer. In u short time they- had staked some claims In their mothers' names close to the Electric Gold ground and left In a cloud of dust for Tonopah. In Tonopah they created a genuine sensation by handing out several thou-sand dollars worth of ore as samples. Mining' Men made offers running Into thousands of dollars for the right of being told the district In which the gold was first found. Prospectors who happened to be In the town of Tono-pah that night hurriedly threw their packs together and waited for the Dews to break. . Keeping th Secret For two day th boys remained Improvised bar ready to dispense cigarettes or liquid refreshments. Pouring In and out about the tables and counters is a steady stream of prospectors, miners, brokers, sight-seers and newspaper men. The speech Is rough, but the men are bappy. There Is always a good group bang-ing around Frank Horton, Sr., when he Is In Weepah, and he Is accepted as being the father of tha camp; for It Is he who has been trying to "sell" that particular section of the country for a long time. Having won and lost one big fortune he handles bis work now with admirable capability. The sudden visions of wealth and the im-mense quantities of mull offering him help do not bother him In the least He Is always the same Jovial man each day. Each day Horton take a trip, out to the camp to aee that everything runs smoothly there. He listens to the fickle praise of those who come to Weepah, and attends to bis duties on silent The strike was on the ground belonging to Horton's father and they wanted to keep the location secret un-til he could return. It so happened that In the days of Goldfleld Mr. Horton had made nearly $1,000,000, which had been spent In water projects In tha vicinity of Oak-land and In th Southern oil fields. For years Frank Horton, Sr., had been working the Gold Electric, developing ore, but after reaching the stage where It would make a paying proposition he was nnable to Interest further cap-ital. The ground at the time of the gold discovery was under option to another company for money due, putting young Horton In the same position as little Nell when the vil-lain was ready to take up the mort-gag- e on the old homestead. Horton, Sr, had borrowed funds a few days before to take care of bis family for a short time while he made one last desperate trip to Los Angeles, hoping to raise money enough to keep the wolf away from the door of his home and of hi company. It was then that Prank Horton, Jr., and Leonard Tnaynor found rlcb g rock. The name of Horton was saved. The Weepah gold rush was started with automobiles, moving picture cameraa and radio sets as modern trimmings. What Weepah Looks Llk. Th camp of Weepah Itself Is not large. It is situated In th heart of a barren country where water, grass, trees, birds and beasts sre unknown. The landscape for hundreds of miles is made up of nothing but mountains, foothills and great flats or valleys where stumpy sagebrush Is the prin-cipal verdure. I I I I I I I I I H I I II I I II ! Recipe Found for Spain's "Lost Bread" j '. ' Malaga, Spain. Spain's "loal '. ; ; bread" haa beco' discovered Id the recipe of ao old mouaatery ; and now la ail th rag aa a ; labia delicacy. U la aort of ! ! fritter with a cinnamon flavor. '. Th reelp la: Cut ordinary ! whit brand Into finger and ! ; pour ver theio tha yolk of on ; '. egg beaten up In glass of ! ; Ualaga win. Dip th soaked ; atrip In bta tit d fry to . a golden brown In deep boiling lard. Drain wall and aprtakl ! with cinnamon and sugar. ', HHm'mIMIIIIIIMIHIth' BORERS FROM ' WITHOUT 01-AG- E MERCHANTS The editor of the Bingham Bulletin questioned some of our merchants on home buying during the week, putting to them the following questions: "Do you expect the people to sup-port you because you are located in this community?" Although different terms were used in expressing it, this was in substance their answers: "We have a lot to offer that really makes it worth while for the people of Rincham to see us before niacin? the order for merchandise or house-hold necessities they may want. "First we will not be undersold, quality or quantity. We have to han-dle quality merchandise; if we didn't people would quit trading with us un-less we made good the merchandise which they had purchased. We can-not offer shoddy merchandise such as the mail order dealer can get away with. "Another thing we are here to give service. People don't have to Wait for the things they need. We carry the stock on hand. This is a mighty big advantage which people should consider for their own welfare. "Third, we are keeping up the town, employing labor and contrib-uting Our share at all times to make this a better town. We don't expect support for this reason alone. But there is something in this connection to think about. More business in Bingham creates better property val-ues and makes a better town. ' Now suppose a man saved a dollar on every outside purchase. He would be helping to destroy the business life of his town. He would in reality be taking double that amount off the valuation of his home or his busi-ness location." After considering reasons of this kind the editor of the Bingham Bul-letin fcls that he can safely say to the citizens of Bingham: "Do your buy-ing at home, not merely because it is your home but because it will mean dollars in your pocket in the long run." One of the greatest dangers to re-tail merchants is the boring from without by house to house peddlers. It probably occasions a greater diver-sion of trade from Bingham than that of Jmying in other cities. And the pity of it i there is nothing gained by it, for everybody knows that in-ferior goods are "sold by these bell- -' ringers. The merchants of Bingham are aa important part of this community. They pay taxes, support all philan-thropies and civic enterprises besides giving employment to many people. Their characters are known to us, and they are right here to correct - errors or complaints. They are of us, be-longing to our communal family, and we should have personal interest in their success because their progress means progress for Bingham. BINGHAM YOUTHS MAKE HIGH STRIKE Oil LEASjD GROUND Considerable excitement reigned in Bingham during the week when two youths, Russcl Christie and L. R. Ma-son, while digging on the 00 foot level of the Utah-Delawa- re Mining company property in Highland Boy, struck a pocket of gold assaying tOOC to $7,000 a ton. The youths had leaded the ground to dig for lead and copper. It was estimated the pocket was three feet long, nine inches wide and IS feet deep. Approximately 1S00 pounds of the ore was taken out and placed in sacks. Frank Wardlaw, superintendent of the Utah-Delawa- mine, said that although the lease of the youths ex-pired May 1 and had not been re-newed, the company would it o them, though with the stipulation that if any more gold was found the company would expect to share. Veteran miners who saw the ore taken out by Christie and Mason, de-clared it to be the riches they had ever seen. Although the pock.it in which the gold was found petered out, there is still considerable excitement and much digging for new pockets. BINGHAM SOCCER TEAM LOSES 111 HARD FOUGHT GAME In a hard fought play-of- f game this week, the Salt I.ake Soccer team trimmed the Bingham players before on of the largest crowds that has assembled on the local field. . The score at the end of th hard, fought contest stood 2 to 1 in favor of the visitors. ... Turville won the toss and elected to defend the north goal. ' Carr of Bingham kicked off, but the Salt Lak-ers stood their ground and soon drove the invaders' back. Wharren and Longman carried the ball in the vicin-ity of the Bingham goal, and after considerable bitter fighting Longman registered the first goal. While the Salt Lakers wer con-gratulating themselves on their good start, the wily Carr got the ball on a rebound and registered one for the home team. The game continued even until the" halfway mark. The second half opened with both sides battling every inch of the way, Referee White having his hands full in trying to hold the players in check. In the closing stages Mason shot the ball for another goal for the visitors. Brilliant playing featured the game throughout. Special credit is due. Denver, Mannion and Carr of the local team. The game was one that had been postponed league contest. Standing of the clubs follows: P. W. T. L. F. A. Pts. Salt Lake- - 5 4.1,0134 9 Callies . 6 ' 3 0 3 It 13 6 Spartas -.4 13 0 6 4 S Ogden 6 2 " I 3 5.9 S Vikings --.,5113.4 6 3 Bingham 3 1:70 i 2 3 5 2 '. Sco.r .,wo,Poim forWin, one for tied game. APPRECIATING UTAH SHOULD BE SLOGAN IF UTAHJITIZEUS As the tourist season opens, large , numbers of out of state cars are seen ( on our county highways. It is noticeable that in interviewing these people they all express great surprise at the wonderful scenery, splendid roads and healthy develop-ment of Utah. Many easterners and numerous Cal-- - tfornians had the opinion that Utah had no scenery and that its Citizens were of th unprogressive type. The small opportunity they have of exploring the state as they pass thru it entirely upsets this vision. The wonders of our highways, leading through scenery which they didn't know existed in America, the beauti-ful fields of the many verdant valleys and the modern cities growing up the state actually bewilder them. If we are able to bewilder "native sons" of California, then why should we go elsewhere to get our thrills. Seeing Utah, is not a trick phrase, coined to stimulate interest in your own state. It is meant to be educa- - tional. We as the people of Utah are not doing justice to ourselves if we do not see our own state and know J, it, each and every section. Distant fields always took the greenest, but you can take the word of these Californians and easterners that no scenery is finer or grander than what we have in Utah. Practically every tourist after visit-ing a short time in the state, ex-presses the desire to make another trip. On that trip, they declare they are going to spend then- - vacation J here, seeing the whole of this great J state. " t Let the people of Utah sell the 3 ' state to themselves this summer, that they may better sell it to the - world. See Utah first and then you L; will not need to see another. BINGHAM A1 NER IS CRUSHED BY G1TB0ULDER While attempting to push a large boulder of sulphide ore down an in-cline in the Pragos lease on the 700 fool level AVeu'iIesd'ay, Clyde Parker was crushed to death.' He was being assisted in moving the boulder by Ed Carlson. Parker was pulling the rock and Carlson was pushing. Suddenly Carlson's foot slipped and the huge rock fell on Parker's chest, killing him in-stantly. Surviving Mr. Parker are his wid-ow and two sons, Redd, 5, and Eu-gene Parker, 3, who reside' at Amer-ican Fork. The body was taken there for fun-eral services and interment. The lease was being worked by Mr. Parker, Cus, Ed and Carl Carlson. FUNERAL SERIES IN PARK CITY FOR BINGHAM BOY .. : i Funeral services were held ' last Friday at Park City for William Jo. seph Treguma, 14, who died at the home of Joseph Kemp on Heaston heights. Treguma has been living at the Kemp home since the death of his grandmother some time ago. The boy's parents died during the flue epidemic. Surviving are his sisters, Bessie and Dorothy Treguma. Joseph was a member of the Boy Scouts of Park City-an- d Bingham, and was in the seventh grade in school, an exceptionally bright lad. Cuts Off Relatives to Benefit Girl Friend Cambridge, Mass. Cutting off three relatives from any share In an estate estimated at approximately $2,000,000, Miss Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, In-ternationally known painter, who com-mitted suicide in her Concord home on March 12, left the Income of the bulk of her fortune to her friend and com-panion, Grace O. Keyes of Concord. The will, filed her, falls to nam the artist's three closest relatives, all cousins. They are Elizabeth 8. Wyatt of Philadelphia, Ellen C. Roberts of llopklnton, N. H., and Lorraine Mel-lon of New Tor. What She Wa$ After Mrs. Sklfflngton, during the course of an afternoon call on Mrs. Blfflng-ton- , sought the latter's advice regard-ing a proposed divorce action. "Well," said Mrs. Bifflngton, on th conclusion of her friend s lengthy al of her woes, "you have had your marital troubles Just like the rest of us; but I am not at all sure that you would be Justified In taking this step. avu iihtc iiu uiuer gruumiS ror SeeK- - Ing a divorce, have you?" Mrs. Sklfflngton hesitated a moment, and then added: "To tell tiie truth, In addition to what I have Just aald, I have a brother who Is a lawyer, and I am very anxious to give htm some-thing to do." This Means Spring Has Come I ll MaMaMiMMllliigi 1 I When you sw "Buck" and "Tom" getting ready to go flabin'. you may b . ear that sprmg baa arrived. Whalea Not Real Fith Whales have to come to the surface of the ocean to breathe. Tbey are not really fish, and cannot breathe aa the ordinary Ash does. Their ability long under water Is due to thele vast lung canacitv. 5 Index To Advertisers : Inaugurating a new system, the Press-Bulleti- n will, from., week., to . week, list its advertisers in the hope f . that the people of Bingham Canyon will take advantage of the bargains offered by the merchants, and be able to locate the advertisements in a moment's time. In starting this method of acquaint- - mg Press-Bulleti- n readers with the ef-forts of the mercantile establishments of the town to serve, it is to be hoped that the folks hereabouts take advan--i - j tage of the specially priced commod-ities offered, and don't forget to say "I saw it in the Press-Bulleti- PAGE FOUR NELLIE GORHAM ; THREE BAR DAIRY WINDSOR HOTEL : fc' BUICK AUTOMOBILES s O'DONNELL'S MORTUARY ' CANYON CLUB . , Soft Drinks R. J. FRY, Inc. " Dodge Cars ' f ED JOHNSON Meat Market GRILL CAFE PAGE FIVE CALIFORNIA FRUIT CO. WILLARD EVANS Farm for Sale HOGAN'S DAIRY SLAVONIAN STORE '0t Help Wanted DR. SHAFER Dentist BINGHAM STAGE LINE SAGRIS PHOTO STUDIO ASSOCIATED LUMBER CO. Lumber and Coal BINGHAM & GARFIELD R. R. BINGHAM BAKING CO. MURRAY LAUNDRY PAGE EIGHT CITIZENS COAL & SUPPLY CO. BINGHAM TAVERN For Sale or Lease 'T BINGHAM CANYON MEAT CO. BINGHAM DAIRY TERRY BROS. Contractors REGAL CLEANERS HENRY'S SERVICE STATION X Goodyear Tires UTAH COPPER BALL TEAM REGARDED AS PENNANTJINNERS The Utah Copper ball club is rounding out in fine shape and is be-ginning to look like a pennant win-ning team in the eyes of the numer-ous ball fans in this place. There was plenty of evidence of their ability given this week when they took the Up Stairs Clothes shop into camp to the tune of ll to 6. While both teams played a good brand of ball, the local club was su-perior in every respect. Manager Edwards has a good string of players and by the looks of. things his club is going to stand at the head of the list when the season closes next fall. j Announcment I p With this issue there comes a change in the ownership of THE B PRESS-BULLETI- Walter C. Adams having acquired all its assets 1 I and taken over the business. Mr. Adams has had many years' exper- - m g ience in the newspaper business both in Idaho and Utah and recently B j conducted most successfully the East Salt Lake Times. 1 Believing in Bingham and its future, he has changed the name 1 g to the "Bingham Bulletin" under which caption it will now be pub-- 1 lished. It is his intention to furnish the news, not only of Bnigham I happenings but to give publicity to the attractions of Bingham (one j of the greatest mining camps in the world) so that thousands of 1 tourists will be induced to visit our "City of Mining Wealth." I The policy of the paper will be constructive at all time and it 1 will ever advocate the making of Bingham a more, attractive place I I to live and the bringing about of any changes that will make our j citizens a happier and more contented people. If In politics it will be independent, advocating the election of men j to office who will serve the community faithfully and keep our city j 1 in the front ranks of progressive cities. I In this policy we ask the of our business men and readers. It will be our privilege to serve and to print a newspaper that gives "all the news all the time that is fit to print." Appreciating the help of our business men and readers, we hope Ia to make the Bingham Bulletin better and bigger as time goes on. WALTER C. ADAMS. ,. A Peaceful People We are a peaceful people: The man who thought up "Say it with flowers" la being feted and given a large gold medal, while the genius who first said "Kill tha umpire!" Is unidentified snd unsung. Detroit News. , ' |