Show NEWS FROM 1SEARBY CITIES AND TOWS AMATEURS OX SNOW SHOES 1ST BOX Bricliam Citys Xntuin1 this Pro IieetB Reported Sale of ilic Tiger ftlltl PaocmtUl THiih CnpltiKh < fy itt IVorlc la Iclalto Tellqw Staff iu Wj amliifT A short tltne ago some at Jacob Jen sens hoys started for Sink Hole to see htnv their horses were wintering Beaching the top of Rocky Dugway they found the snow too deep for the horses so they strapped on their htraiemade snow shoes and scaling hills and crossing many a dell they safely reached their destination The horses were nil right with a stack of hay for food and acres of snow five feet deep for water The boys returned re-turned This trip of about eight miles over steep mountains by amateurs with snow shoes is quite remarkable The boys had a hard time ascending the high hillp but shot down their pre clpltous sides lllcc arrows from a how But they accompjshed the feat and did It safely too Brlgham Bugler Erlghams natural gas hap bright prospects pros-pects ahead Man with capital confidence con-fidence and determination have taken hold of the matter Tha indlcatois that one or two companies will he formed Within a few month the wll may he bored the pipes distributed throughout the city when the housewife house-wife will ijfs flooktne wRit gas while the husband reads his Bugler by light from a gas jet The gas lands almost surround the town excepting ou the east and are not over two miles from tha cantor of the city The eapense of putting in a system will not he great Our gas has now been used for years uy farmers for lighting their houea and for cooking and heating purposes BrlcJ and lime Kilns have been successfully operated This has been going on for years Joe Crag head is now using only a hundredth part of the flow which was struck at a depth of only about 100 feet So far the pipes have not been sunk In anyplace any-place over a few hundred feet yet the streams < f the invaluable fluid which rushed from the ground seemed inexhaustible inex-haustible The bringing of this gas to Brigham will result in big reductions of fuel and light bills Success to the natural gas prospect Is our fervent wish Bugler OUR NORTHCjaN NEIGHBORS The Coeur dAlene Miner says that the reported gale of the Tiger and Footman mines to an English syndl rate was utterly without foundation Negotiations have been pending for many months between the owners of the fouv principal mines on Canyon creek and the English syndicate In question but about two months ago says Mr Clark manager of the Poor man they came to an end simply because be-cause the terms of sale of the properties proper-ties could not toe agreed upon by all concerned Utah capitalists will begin the construction con-struction on April 1 of a large canal on the west side of Snake river above and pppDsjtc Blackfoot and continue it towards American Palls It is the companys purpose to make it possible for settlers to enter good homesteads on all lands lying along Its line and under its system of Irrigation Ket chum Keystone Mrs J B Miller widow of Attorney Miller who was killed in the Butte City explosion Is an applicant for the appointment of postmistress at Salmon City The photograph is wanted of the good senator from Wayback who introduced the Sunday law bill He is i a blue stocking of the Plymouth Rock breed Keystone Willis Sweet is supported and has been from the first by nineteen Republicans Re-publicans Colonel Shoup has been supported a part of the time by sixteen six-teen Republicans two Democrats and Messrs Brown and Gamble who are unclassed If Colonel Shoup with this motley following were still his honest self if he were the chivalrous gentleman gentle-man he has been pictured If he be lleied in that paramount Republican governing principles will of the majority he would gracefully make his bow and retire behind the curtains he would not wait to be forced from the arena Newton Hlbbs In the Lewiston l tlier OUR EASTERN NEIGHBORS There Is every indication that the new railroad to extend from Grand Junction Cole to Lander Wy will be built Articles of incorporation have been filed In Cheyennp by E H Sal tie of Denver who is the head of the syndicate that will build tae road He claims that tlie syndicate has subscribed sub-scribed 3000000 and that only 52000 000 more is needed tc build the road The road will be a most important one and will traverse the rich counties of Colorado and Wyoming and open a vast area of country for settlement The objective point Is on the Northern Pacific and there will be a branch into In-to Gasper Omaha WorldHerald Samuel FairfleJd the Colonel Sellers of Lewiston is in the city He has amine a-mine up there four feet deep one of the wellknown Atlas group of which he is sple owner and large chunks of pure gold can be seen sticking right out of the vein at the bottom Mr Fairchild has np use for It but prpmis ed as soon as development work was gtafted jn the prJnSi to send the associate as-sociate 550000 just as a starter to show that the yellow stuff was there Rawlins Journal The Lander Gazette says While at the Shoshone agency last week the writer was shown some eorresp6nd ence In regard to the land surrounding and the waters p the Rig Horn hot springs An effort Is being made by Agent Bay to have the government buy 2000 acres including the springs from the Indians and his suggestion has been VQCSlved by the depavtment at Washington with favor The 2000 will include th9 hot springs and also reach to the boundary of the reservation reserva-tion The cession of these springs to the government by the Indians has long been desired by the people of this part of Wyoming and If Captain Ray shall have succeeded In accomplishing this he shall have performed an act for which we shall all feel grateful |