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Show TRUTH 12 of March patented .ANOTHER FORM OF GRAFT.. an claim, adjacent property. ' The San Francisco Examiner has The Tintic mining district, which the following regarding the bond dehas been decidedly unfortunate durThe May Day has levied a ing the past year by reason of old ore assessment, which will bring the com- partment of the postoffice Graft; The deeper the investigation into bodies playing out in many of its pany $8,000. This amount will more mines and new ones failing to appear ban pay its Indebtedness, and it is the postoffice department goes the bought that hereafter the property more varied are the forms of fraud in response to extensive and persist- will bo ent work, has taken a change for the and graft revealed. & & better and the indications are that it The latest discovery, like the will soon regain its former prestige. which of The Utah Fish Springs, itself naturally Among the properties in which strikes has missed several months dividends, earliest, groups around Perry S. Heath, who regards of considerable magnitude have been on resumed the passing Thursday encountered within the past two the statute of limitations as the one-ceBullion-Becaround a Little are profits by the weeks declaring foundation stone of the Republic. Chief, Tetro, Yankee Con. and Star dividend, or a total of $1,500 for Sep- There are 30,000 clerks in the deis of ex- ember. A number of the officers of Con. The find in the Tetro ' ceptional merit, several carloads of he company recently visited the prop- partment, and from some of these it the ore have been sent to the market erty, some of them for the first was that the government time, should fitting a and the contents are far beyond what and bond. Formerly the exact was anticipated. The first shipment n they all returned with their faith postmasters, who are themselves rethe propertys merits much of two cars yielded 43 per cent lead sponsible to the government, decided ounces of silver to the strengthened, and a firm belief that what clerks handled money enough and twenty-fiv-e ton. The ore body is said to be an monthly dividends of moderate propor- to make a bond advisable, for, of s enormous one, and it is estimated that tions can be continued indefinitely. of the clerks, uncourse, & & in of stuff is the worth $200,000 fully der which classification laborers and now for remains the May The New York Bonanza at Park janitors are also listed, handle no sight. It Day, the Emerald, and a few other City, managed by R. G. Wilson, is money and are in no position thereproperties in the camp to make sim- making a showing highly encouraging fore to embezzle or default. The ilar finds, and the joy of the district was too good to be missed, to the management. A vein highly chance will be complete. however, and when Heath was first encounmineralized has been assistant postmaster general the recently jc. are indications and the were changed so as to make it strong tered, rules Manager Tony Jacobson of the Co- for a and body practicable to exact bonds of from lumbus Consolidated at Alta has gone to soon appear. $1,000 to $15,000 from a very large east for a short stay in the interest JJt percentage of the postal employees. S Mr. Heaths desire to protect the of that and other properties in that The proposed consolidation of the growing camp. A contract for the Comstock and the California proper- government from defalcation on the new construction of a power plant part of all these men who could not mato at ties has failed Park City default with anything more than a for the Columbus Con. has been let to J. J. Burke. Its cost is approximately terialize. The Comstock stockhold- box of pens or a package, of. blotting $40,000. It is to be completed by the ers seem to be the unwilling parties paper was illuminated by this advent of bonding syndicates and the inserfirfist of the year. It will generate to a union according to any plan that tion into the rule of this deft prowater wil which power, electricity by Cali- vision: been has advanced. The yet . be used for power and light for that been sheriff sold fornia has the 4. by Section It is desired that in and other mines in the camp. and the Comstock interests do not postoffices of the first and second Jt Jt look with favor on the proposed amal- classes the clerks shall give a blanB. A. Lewis has returned gamation. Senator ket bond to the United States guarfrom the east and reports that bonds anteed by a surety company. This of the on the Boyal property, of which he is Tonopah- is not compulsory, but it will great Manager Justice manager, have been placed to the Utali advised the stockholders of the ly facilitate the business of the de amount of $2,000,000. The money wil company that two samples of the ore partment. To make it more certain, that the new in 238.8 ran 181.9 strike the and and in used be developing equipping bonding companies rake off should to ounces ton. silver the and be continuous, another rule was enthat and work the the Royal properties, is lots of ore at of there kind forced forbidding a clerk to change that will be henceforth conducted on a his security. large scale and in a speedy manner hand. manalso In the Imperial properties, aged by Senator Lewis, a strike of considerable magnitude was recently made in the Massachusetts tunnel at a distance of over 1,000 feet from its mouth. The ore body has been followed sixty-fivfeet, and the values are measured by 5 per cent copper and $3.65 to the ton in silver and gold This find is independent of the ore body found on an upper level, and to of The Fourth MINING COMMENT. Tiir e Table nt self-sustainin- SAN g. SALT LAKE R. R. CO. ' DEPART. From Oregon Short Line Depot; Suit Lake City. For Provo, Lehi, Fairfield and Mercur, connecting at Nephi for Manti and intermediate points on Sanpete Valley Ky.. For Garfield Beach, Tooele, Stockton, Mammoth, Eurekaand Silver City (via Learnington For Provo, American Fork, Lehi. Juab, Milford, Frisco. Calientes and intermediate points nt k, PEDRO, LOS ANGELES good-size- good-value- J d For particulars call on or address agents, Salt Lake Route, or E. W. GILLETT, Gen. Passenger Agent. It will be remembered that Cashier Tulloch of the Washington postoffice told in his charges that Beavers, who is now under indictment, consulted with the Washington postmaster relative to the bonding of his clerks and said to him: Senator Platt of New York would appreciate the fact if he (the Washington postmaster) would select' the senators company. In view of the fact that besides Senator Platts two sons Postmaster General Payne was formerly a direc- tor in this bonding company. Mr. Paynes announcement that Tullochs charges were only hot air assumed a new and luminous significance. The new bonds are valueless as far as any guarantee to the company -- the clerks who handle money are under personal bonds to the postmaster. The object of the bonding was not to protect the government, but to widen the scope of the looting that has marked the departis concerned, as e m 200 more work will be required. ment under this administration, and for such a purpose a e bond is as good as any other. No chance was too big or too small feet of make-believ- jt The Columbia Copper company a Bingham, together with its entire holdings in that camp, has been pur chased by a syndicate from Dayton O. A mill of 300 tons capacity daily and a speedy operation of the property is promised by the purchasers. & THE SCENIC LINE TO Connecting at Ogden Union Depot with all Southern Pacific and Oregon Short Lirie The only Transcontinental Line passing directly through Salt Lake City. Trains. Newhouse staff has returned from a trip to the Atlantic coast. Mr. Johnson states that the Boston Con. at Bingham can at any time begin the production o 300 tons of ore a day, and that amoun can be materially increased in a very short time. & A test run of the Majestic sampler was made a few days ago which resulted very satisfactorily both in the working of the machinery and the quality of the ores treated which were taken from the O. K. and the Old Hickory mines. J & at Bingham has The Butler-Liberenlarged its holdings by tftq purchase al ; Glenwood Springs, Aspen, Leadville, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, ,' and all points east Jt M. M. Johnson of the OT From Provo, American Fork, Lehi, Juab, Milford, Frisco. Calientes and intermediate Q.'IC a lu points From Provo, Lehi, Fairfield, Mercur and Sanpete Valley C.1C Pm Ry. points From Silver City, Mammoth, C.'TC m Eureka, Stockton, Tooele and vJW Garfield Beach p ALL TRAINS DAILY. Direct stage connections for all mining districts in southern Utah and Nevada. - reach which at least P ARRIVE. - d a m cut-off)..- .... nine-tenth- s 7i10 a HI SPLENDIDLY EQUIPPED FAST TRAINS DAILY BETWEEN OGDEN AND DENVER Via Three Separate and Distinct Beetle Routes. - Through Pullman and Ordinary Sleeping Gars to Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago without change. Free reclining chair cars. Personally Condncted Excursions. Dining Cars, service a la Carte on all through trains. y I. For rates, folders, free illustrated booklets, etc., Inquire of your nearest ticket agent, specifying the Rio Grande route, or address A. BENTON, G. Ai P. D., SALT LAKE CITY for the men who have turned .the postoffice department of the United States into a mill for graft. Contracts for supplies, promotions of clerks, delivery routes and guarantee bonds all gave an opportunity for 'blackmail, and so far the Investigation has revealed no opportunity that was overlooked. It certainly has been a1 business administration. Sculptor Jepperson has in his studi a plaster cast showing the parks grades and elevations for .the propose improvements of Brigham street o the plans of Spencer. Clawson. Thi model shows the whole idea at glance, and will enable the counc to fully grasp the .situation whe shown the members in meeting nex week. Arthur Shepherd has nearly ished an entire operatic score i is said to t very $ne work in . position, |