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Show Uniter'1 THE ARGU vou in i V. As's,i''-'1r' of Ut SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, APKIL 5, V , ' ' " 4 tV s t 2? ',X,V ' "I A ' V. ? v. .. SV J ' THE ARCUS. WESTERN PUBLISHING ? ts -- A KAA v .. c. Those Who Think the Monopoly is Los Box 17. Subscription Price: ing Money, Read Thu. 1.50 One Year 1.00 8ix Months .76 Three Montha 14 Eagle Block Business Office Bell Phone 8366. Entered INDEPENDENT second-clas- The Independent Salt Company has Juat been incorporated under the laws of Utah with one million shares of stock. This eompauy owns valuable front age on the shores of tbe Great Salt just north of Sailalr. The salt is said to form in a nat-uilagoon or depression In the bed of the lake, and hence suit can be procured for the market at practically no expense. No pumping plant is needed, which would seem to hear out the claim that the Independent company ran produce salt cheaper than where expensive plants have to lie purchased and maintained. Tbe Argus1 ia informed that sufI teen ficient capital has already pledged for the construction of a refinery. The articles of Incorporation disclose the names of a large numlier of Biiliscrlbeni to stock, many of whom could alone Insure the consiruc-s- t ruction of the refinery. It is said that wait ran be harvested by this company for 25 cenla per ton, and the retail price being aliout $40.00 per ton, would seem to Indicate unquestioned financial success for the new company. The subscribers named in the articles are: s February 20, 1906, Salt Iarite City, Utah, under the Act of Congress of March S. 1879. L. H. GRAY .. BUSINESS MANAGER ALT LAKE Hon. FranK E. Caffey. Mercur Miner. majority In the county five hundred Frank Engene, youngest child of votes. In the fall of 1887 he was John and Sarah Caffey, la a descend- elerted president of the first ant of one of the prominent and council of Douglas, Wyoming, and cityd in drawing up and a wealthy families of the old south. He was born a few miles from Montgom- code of ordinances for tbe passing governery, Ala., on his fathers plantation, ment of tiiat city In 1888. Was electMay 26, 1850, of Scotrh-Irlsl- i ancestry. ed the second mayor of Douglas. In His father, John Caffey, moved to 1890 was elected commissioner of Montgomery a few years later, where Converse county. Wyo., and chairman the subject of this biography was of the board. In 1891 and 1892 was reared and educated at the public grand tyler pf the grand lodge of A. schools of that city. At the age of F. ft A. M. of Wyoming. Moved from eleven years he witnessed In Mont- Wyoming to California In 1894, to engomery one of the dramatic and his- gage In the stock business. Remained torical events of the great civil war. in California until the spring of 1902, 1. e., tlKL Inauguration of Jefferson when he moved to Mercur. Utah, to Davis as first president, of the con- engage id business as secretary of states. . .The rearjtg, of four .the Union Mercantile Co., -an incor- ears :of 'as bloody, atrile fBrfifed company of seven- hundred marred the pages of history left, and fifty shares, par value 100 each. when the end came, thousands of Thla company has become a clone corsouthern families once wealthy in poration. the stock being held extreme poverty and want. Mr. Caffey Frank E. Caffey of Mercur and B. by F. remained with his parents In Mont- Caffey of Salt Lake City, B. F. Caffey gomery until January, 1872, when, a as president and Frank E. Cftffey, vice little past the age of 21. he left with president, treasurer and manager. In a few dollars In his pocket to seek addition to doing a egenral mercantile his fortune In Texas. The I.one Star business Mr. Caffey doea a general vtate at that eriod was an Inviting banking business and bandies all the and enticing field for the adventur- pay checks for the mining companies ous and restless spirits of our coun- in the Camp Floyd district, which try. Thousands of wild horses, cattle, amounts to from fifty to one hundred buffalo, deer, antelope, and other wild thousand dollars per month. The game fed upon the luxuriant and suc- Union Mercantile store is recognized culent grasses coveting its broad ns the depository for Mercur City, and prairies, only occasionally disturbed ell of the miners and millmen of this lr. the quietude of their secluded district go to Frank Caffey or the haunts by the presence of the fron- colonel, as he is affectionately called tiersmen, or a band of roving Indians by the people, to replenish their cash on the warpath. An immense em- account when it runs low. There pire with one railroad within Its bor- never was a case of sickness or want ders, running from Galveston north that Frank Caffey did not help if through to its terminus, Bremond. Its brought to his notice, and he stands sparsely settled Inhabitants, exclud- ever ready to assist in any commending the eastern part of the state, en- able enterprise, both morally and He was tendered the gaged almost entirely In the raising financially. of rattle and horses. As an outlet nomination as mayor of Mercur City for the thousands of head of livestock several times, but declined on account that had accumulated In Texas during cf pressing business. the war, a trail was marked north It is seldom you see a southern through the Indian Territory into man leave the Democratic party and Kansas, and later as far north as join the Republicans. Mr. Caffey left to tbe Democratic party in 1900 and Montana, when from n million of rattle and horses were voted for McKinley, and remains a driven anually in the seventies and staunch Republican. Tuts change was early eighties, and sold to western not brought about by any political disbuyers, who then dotted the then un- appointment, but solely on the consettled territories of Wyoming. Da- scientious grounds that the Republikota and Montana, and parts of the can party advocates and endorses in states of Ksnsas, Colorado and Ne- its platform the great principles that braska with cattle and borm ranches. stand for the best interests of his Young Caffey, on his arrival in Texas, countrymen in the government of the became a cowboy and crossed the greatest anil most glorious republic plains with a herd of cattle In the. rince the dawn of history. Mr. Caf-fe- y spring and summer of 1872 to Wichrepresented Mercur City at the ita. Kansas, returning by horseback county convention at Tooele, and sent with four other companions to Texas as a delegate to the Republican state in the fall. He afterwards made four convention from Tooele county, held trips with cattle from Texas across at Salt City in 1904 and litotj. the plains to northern territories during the early seventies. His business EDITORIAL NOTE8. instincts caused hint to save bis ' and the of take money j advantage Pournnt. John F. Stevens' atgreat oportunlties offered, and he soon became a well known stockman, tack on the Panama canal sounds like liavlng'hts own herds driven to Dodge tha croak of a disappointed man. City, Kansas, and Ogalalln, Neb. They tell us the diamond trust is Many years of Mr. Caffey's young manhood, were spent upon the ex- broken, but we don't see nny reductreme frimiler of our country from tion sales of spring diamonds yet. the Rio Grande river on the south to Notwithstanding the extraordinary Montana on the north. During tlr;e days he exnerleneed the usual thrlM-in- bomb crop, there Is no dearth of canadventures with Indians on th didates for presidencies and thrones. warpath, horse thieves, Ixirder desperSome one has discovered thnt there adoes and gun men 1nc!dnnt to living such a life. In the fall of l.HNl he set- is one lawyer to every 250 persons In the Cleveland Plain tled on White river In northwestern New York, and how Dealer wonders all contrive Nebraska, fifteen miles from Fort to live. From what they we read of New Robinson, in wliat was then known as York, we form the idea that 250 per the unorganised territory of Sioux sons In that city can keep a lawyer . In 1884 was he county. appointed by one of Nebraska of three the governor commissioners to organize the present EDITORIAL NOTES, county of Dswes out of a portion of the unorganized county of Sioux. Pressing private business caused- him to decline this boner, however, and in the fall of 1886 he was nomlnnted by the Democratic county convention of Laramie county, Wyoming, held at Ijiramle City, for the upper house of the Wyoming legislature. He was defeated In this race by Judge Symons of Laramie City by seventeen voles, however, cutting down tbe Republican - three-quarter- s . ' SALT COMPANY. E. L. WlHtinan C. matter at the postofflee at as NO; 11. A New Salt Company. CO. io The Kuim Republican. Published Every Sunday by the Utah Salt Laka City 3'iCCeitB.ir w' 11HJS. COUNTY OFFICERS. Hicks Back Jc-h- B. M. Stewart Wm. Stoneman Wm. Langton N. Nelson J. S. Ebert W. C. Bowring R. J. Downey T. 8. . Dnvhi Geo. Peterson County Seat Salt Laka City. Fred Langton Clerk J. U. Eldredge, Jr. A. E. Margetts Treasurer J. A. Croesbeck. Minnie Margctts Recorder P. O. Perkins. Other persons sre subscribing daily Sheriff C. F. Emery. Assessor C. M. Brown. and.lt Is said the allotment of Block Is practically all taken. Auditor F. Heglnbotham. It la claimed that aa much as one Attorney Willard Hanson. And in with law and an thousand tons of salt have hundred Swenson. J.B. Surveyor order of of directors on been known to form In one year upon Commissioners J. C. Mackey, J. E. the 17th (he board 19U8. so day of February, the proiierty of Ibis company and Clinton and J. B. Cosgriff. many shares of each- parcel of stock wholly by natural means, and withwill be sold at public auction at the out one cent of expense. LAND AND MINERAL DECISIONS. office of the secreiary, 144 8. 2nd W., One enthusiastic stockholder on a at Salt Luke City, Utah, on April 15, recent visit to the salt beds Is said Milford Times. 12 19ii8, at the to hour of o'clock in., Coal lands procured in name of to have found on one imrtlon of the pay the delinquent assessment therebolding a deposit which qualified person, but for the benefit on. company'a together with the costs of adverof an association. Invalid. he believes to lie pure glauber salts, should tising and exnense of nale. Contest 'Practice Contest with the exception of a very small ( J. MrNITT. Secretary. be dismissed If not diligently proseof mmmon salt mixed with amount First puli. March 29; last April 12, cuted to trial and Judgment. It, Contestant Qualification Qualifica- 19. The old lake Is admittedly wonderful. but it seems It Is to be a wonder tions bb an entrynmn not requisite. ASSESSMENT NO. 3. In saline wonders aa well; for a milEntry A prima facie valid entry $ of record operatea as a reservation of i lion tons In one deposit In one place Plymouth Rock Mining Company, a Geo. B. Margctts In the lake, means too much money the land. Ijucation of prlnrltal I H. Gray for the ordinary mind to grasp. Proof Practice Supplemental final corporation. Heres to the Independent Salt proof showing due compliance with r.lare of business. Salt laike City, A. H. Bergman D. K. Folsom law prior to submission of the origi- I'Uh. Jtotlce 1h hereby givpn that at a nal, may be submitted In lieu of new of the Bbard of Directors meeting was allowed, the where entry proof Messrs. D. W. .and R. G. Anderson, payment made, and new proof not held on the 17th day of February, LAND AND MINERAL DECISIONS. and D. MacMillan constitute the comcalled for until four years thereafter. 1948, an assessment of 50 cents per occu 1,000 shares was levied on the capital The first two gentlemen are Homestead Townsite Tbe Mineral Iam In any case where pany. one or the pioneers, well and sons of payable pancy of land by transient miners stock of the corporation, the character of land embraced with- favorably know nto Utah people, does not reserve it from entry where Much 25th, 1908, to C. J. McNItt, in a mineral Is placed In while Mr. MacMillan, formerly of Burh occupancy ia not for the purpose tnuurer, at 144 South Second West, issue It must application aa a fart present appear baa for a number of eastern Canada, City, Utah. Any stork upon of trade and business, and where such Salt the secured from this assessment may remain that mineral can be years been engaged In business In occupants take no legal steps to as- WMch on the 25th day of March, 1908, land in paying quantities. Salt Lake City, end Is known known sert tbeir rights under the townsite oipsld Mining Claim Citizenship of Cor- as an earnest, conscientious worker. wll be delinquent and advertised for laws. Under the terms of Section The new company has already a Mineral Practice The" location of eak at public auction, and, unless poration 2321 R. 8.. the citizenship of a cor-. made be will ... is. list of properties, and business before, wkh 'In a mining conformity parent,, large mineral a that applies for Is beginning to turn the law, on land returned as agri- o)4 on the 15th day of April, 1908, porationimtent may be shown by a certificate worthy of confidence, we predict a cultural, raises a presumption that at the hour of 12 oclock m., at 144 of Incorporation. successful future for them. the land is mineral In character, and South Second West. Salt Lake City, Practice Regulations of local of-- oto assessthe Utah, with pay is delinquent thereafter of burden the proof fice In the matter of procedure on adcost of with tbe ment, char together the METAL MARKET,agricultural anyone alleging opening public lands to entry, con vertising and expense of sale. acter of the land. action rluslve taking upon parties J. C. cop-pe- r, McNITT, Secretary. Mining claim cannot be entered by Wednesday, 1: Silver, 651-4- ; Office, 144 8outh Second West, Salt thereunder without protest u citizen of the United Statea. acting lead, $4.00. 13; occu Alaska Mere Reservation copas trustee for the benefit of an alien Lake City, Utah. e Thursday. 2: Silver. 651-8- ; panry of land In Alaska for the 1908. First Feb. 23, publication, $4.00. lead, 13; corporation. per. will of trade and manufacture, o PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP not confer any right upon the occu MERCUR MINER MENTIONS. Combination ComKitchen Delight pant, as against tbe government, that N0TICE8. biscuit cutter, bined land cake, doughnut, of the a reservation will prevent Consult County Clerk or respective 12c. CatMercur Miner. corer, coffee strainer, apple naval for purposes. Dave Olsen returned from the hossigners for further Information. Novelties Standard Co., free. can alogue once established Residence pital Saturday, where he was treated and In Box 664, Salt Lake City, Utah. act when the be changed only for an injured eye. 8UMMONS. o such In the District Court of the Third tent of the settler unite, to effect J Tssts of Work. Pay day passed off quietly at Mer- Judicial District of the State of Utah, j change. Settlement Rights and Reservations are three teats of wise work: cur, the 17th. About $50,000 was paid County of Salt Lake. There W. E. Baird, Plaintiff, vs. Ivah K. Rights of settlement extinguished by That It must be honest, useful and out by the Con. Mercur Co. I executive order creating reservations. Jl Ji Laird, Defendant. Summons. I lands cheerful. John Ruskln. Coal Lands Entry of coal Mr. A. Chesterton of Boston, repre- 8he State of Utah to the said Defend'ivirT tracts. not allowed for ant: o senting the eastern stockholders in U W. D. HARLAN, the Con. Mercur Gold Mines Co., is Yon are hereby summoned to ap-lAmusements. Land Attorney. within twenty days after the servisiting the property this week, and Salt Lake Theatre (First South and is highly pleased with the progress vice of this summons upon you, If Eastern successes, 25 cents, up. Jtate), made by tbe company. served within tbe county in which A NEW REAL ESTATE COMPANY. (State street, below 1st Orpheum o this action Is brought, otherwise, 25 cents to $L Vaudeville, South), That Salt Lake City real estate ofwithin thirty days after service, and Theatre (264 S. State), MovElectric STOCKTON SHORT-STOPdefend the above entitled action; and fers good chances for speculation or ing pictures, 10 cents. In case of your failure so to do. Judg- invsetment Is evident from the many Btockton Sentinel. Charles and William Hiss. John ment will be rendered against you well established firms dealing In the fuMurray and Fred Shelton started their iccording to the demand of the com- same. Having full faith In the Slag-towEstate Real Mountain at Inter the old lease at the slag dump plaint, which has been filed with the ture, SALT LAKE CITY. clerk of said court. This action Is Exchange has been launched recently and rereliable, of earnest, HONEST WORK. a trio disJ to a by recover brought judgment jl HONEST PRICES. Roller skating was on In St. John solving the marriage contract exist- sponsible men, with offices In Rooms 31 and 32, Eagle block. Their speciallast Tuesday evening, March 24. Quite ing between you and the plaintiff. Painless Extraction of Teeth oi a number attended. DANIEL T. HARRINGTON, ty. as set forth In a fine display ad. no Pay. All Work Positively Guarfound In another column, is bringing anteed. Phones: Plaintiff's Attorney. Bell, 1126-X- ; ji jl P. O. address: 334 Atlas Block, Salt together owners of property In difThe Stockton boys beat thP Tooele ind. 1121 ferent section! and effecting Lake City, Utah. 218 South Main. boys in a fact game of baseball last of the same to the advanSaturday on the Tooele baseball dia- Slate of Utah, County of Suit Lake. mond. The score whs 10 to 5 iii favor SB. tage of all concerned. 1. J. U. of Stockton. of the clerk Jr., Eldredge, Third Judicial District Court of the jl J The Daughters of Kebekah, I. . (). Plate of Utah, in and for the County F., No. 25. Mercur lodge, gave a card of Salt Lake, do hereby certify that party Friday evening, March- 2o. tin foregoing is a full, true and cor Ask Your Dealer FOr Aliout fifteen couples were present. !nct copy of the original complaint bana After the card game they gave jtuid summons, in the action therein iiTltlr-d- , quet In the lodge hall. Everybody filed In mv oflice. Witness my hand and the seal of reported a splendid time- aid Court at Salt Lake City, this If ,2Mh l You will always get a good day of March. A. D. 1908. "MARBLE SPRINGS, Obncbou's Cafe. (Seal.) J. r. ELDREDGE. Jr.. Clerk, yon eat at Mont The Pure Whiskey. H. By Liie Salt F. EVANS. Deputy Clerk. 2?24 South 8tate street. City. Already the patronage woud SUMMONS. justify increased room, which mav be secured later on. Rcmeber the n" the district Court of Salt 1 state of Utah. 'Emma Richards, piuinMff. vs. John RIEGER ft LIXDLEY, Distributors. IL Richards, Defendant. Summons. 'Ihe State of Utah to the said DeDELINQUENT NOTICE. fendant: SB a Yon are Plymouth Rock Mining ('otnpiny. summoned to ap-fa- r hereby l 1 .oca t Ion prin'-paof corporation. within twenty days after the place of business. Salt Lake City. service of thla summons upon you. If Utah. Mrved within the county in which J. H. MARSHALL, Notice There are delinquent upon this action is brought, otherwise. MANAGES. the following described stock on ar 1,'lthin thirty days after service, and count of assessment of 50 cents ier defpnd the above entitled action; and 1 000 shares levied on the 17th day of i'1 case of yonr failure so to do, JudgFebruary, 1908, the weversl amounts ment win be rendered against, you acset opixisite the names of tin re- cording to the demand of the com- spective shareholders as follows: a,nL which has been filed with the Name. No. Cert. Shares. Amt clerk of said court. This action Is fought to recover a Judgment dissolving this bonds of matrimony the plaintiff and defendant. IU PNOMB 44 E, Second South St, FRANK B. SCOTT. WUmbBpML Annas rialniiff. Attorney for n O. P Salt LaKe City. 6 address: EVENT OWE KNOWS PSI Eagle Block, Lak Utah. dty, First publication, March 1, 1908. Ul,t publication. March 29, 1908. their-way-Be4w- w - pur-pcs- j non-tlguo- ar Union Dental Co. m-;i- i JiLt-Count- - bo-tee-n 14-1- ? |