Show THE GUANO CO3TTEST There Is every reason to believe there will be a lively contest over the guano location on the Islands out in Great Salt Lake Mr Perkins of this city claims that his party was the first to set up a claim to the Islands and that they propose to hold them against all comers In view of the fact that there is no water on either of the islands suitable tot irrigation purposes and there Is no soil of such a character as usually pertains to agricultural lands Mr Perkins Per-kins cannot understand how a desert land entry can be mad to cover the case even If the contestants were the first to locate on the coveted ground In conversation with Mr Perkins it was learned that the guano which has been thoroughly prospected ranges from two to four feet hi depth and covers the greater portion of both islands is-lands The guano is about half as good as the South American article and a conservative estimate places Its natural value at about 20 per toh and there is about 100000 tons in sight To screen it and place it on board the cars will cost about L50 per ton and by the time It gets to market the net amount realized will be about 20 per ton which leaves a neat little sum for the owners Acting on the advice of their lawyers law-yers air Perkins and his friends filed a placer claim on these islands with the county clerk of Bet Elder county on the 80th of January There is no law directly covering a guano deposit but the best advice obtainable ob-tainable In such matters Indicates that nothing save a placer claim will cover this claim THE MGH1 QUESTION It seems that the electric light company com-pany proposes to fall back on the contract con-tract It has with the city and oblige the people to pay 15 for lights which the same company supplies to a neighboring neigh-boring city for 850 per month Such a course may in the opinion of the light company be the proper thing to 00 out eventually they will probably prob-ably find out that they made a mistake mis-take Ogden must have light for the streets and It must be supplied either by a private corporation or toy the city purchasing and operating an electric elec-tric light plant of Its own Perhaps the best tiling under the circumstances cir-cumstances Is for the representatives of the city and the company to get together to-gether and agree on a compromise So far as the contract is concerner the city 3s in duty bound to comply with its terms until it expires unless It can he modified with the consent of the company and in view of the fact that a lower rate has been given to another city oy the same company may induce the management io do the right thing by Ogden LOVAD BRIEFS The articles of incorporation of the Peoples Coal company were filed with the county cleric yesterday It was rumored yesterday that Alex Wilkinson who was indicted for ballot bal-lot box stuffing by the Salt Lake grand jury has gone to Chill L R Freeman formerly editor of the Ogden Freeman published in this city in the early days is In town He Is now a resident of Worth Yakima Washington The question Hesoived That the new state constitution Of Utah should have a Tvomans suffrage provision was debated in this city the other evening before a large and Intelligent audience The judges three men and two women decided in favor of the negative side of the question Two of the men and one woman voted for the negative Marshal Baliantyne heard there was to be a prize fight at Peebles drugstore drug-store yesterday and he was on hand early to see that there was im infringing infring-ing on the laws against such things After viewing the fight through the klnetoscope he concluded not to interfere In-terfere |