Show GUANO OK HAT ISLAND Deposits Are Said to B Fairly Extensive NO LOCATIONS MADE YET I SERIOUS QUESTION AS TO THE METHOD1 OF LOOATIO Sonic Think the Desert Entry sum cl < yit WMte OiUertt Contend for tv Places Notification Again ut Warlr on tIle Natural Gas System Woolen Mills Consolidation Not Yet Effected I II I I all reports are true GunnIson island i is-land In the Great Salt Lake does not contain the only extensive deposits of Guano an this territory for it is now said that Hat Island is also covered wit the rich and valuable fertilizer As yet no person line made a move to locate these latter deposits or if ho lias the matter has been kept pretty quiet One of the most serious questions tions in connection with the locations loca-tions of these valuable accumulations of sea bird droppings Is how to make the claim stick in the event of a contest con-test from other claims Should the entry be made under the desert mineral min-eral or placer acts and if so which will give the holder the best chance for the possession of the property That is the question which is Just now greatly trembling the recent locators of Gunnison island although the general opinion is that the Salt Lake people with their desert entry and squatters rights ihave the whip hand and will ultimately secure the official title aa they now hold personal possession The Ogden claimants made their entry under un-der the placer act although just how they can construe guano to come within the provisions of that measure Is as yet unknown As yet no contests have been filed but there Is battle in the very air and it is hardly probable that either party will give up such valuable val-uable deposits without a struggle Within the next few days Charlie Wilkes will again head the Talulu for the island The boat is now anchored within a mile of Syracuse and upon the return trip will have on board some fres water and provisions in addition addi-tion to lumber for the erection of a house The Salt Lake people propose to hold the Island under the squatters act as well as by virtue of the desert entry |