Show THE CITIZENS OF ALTA AND THE TOWN SITE another meet meeting liag was via hold held lit at alta city on saturday in relation to the town bite ante and to hear the report of ortho the committee sent seat to confer with walker brothers Broth cra on the subject from which it appears that the people of alta or at 1 l lemb least bome fome or them hem do not noi take laic kindly to a proposal prop onal made ly by hemli lead si it attorneys fur for the parties parl in the patent is voi bcd lcd ai alic public is not acquainted with all tho the facts in the case wo we have taken pains to ascertain them with a v view 1 of creating a clear of the matter is as also to correct erroneous in im to do much miso mischief hief following is a correct state went if ff the circumstances inces attending the lo calion or of alia city cily soule some years since and long before little cottonwood Colt onwood attained i ita is present impo importance ronco as a mining regi region on or ouch mch a town als aa alta alia was wan thong h t or of mr robert squatted on I 1 tha h 43 ground on which it is ia liner HOT built tend and lived there for a period of over two I 1 cars during that period ho he decided to enter the ilia tract and obtain a government title to it about the timo time the entry was made and during the progress of tho the survey cc central atral city wi wag located below this mr did not enter aa a lie to to avoid any prospective i conflict being do dc filous of claiming nothing but what he be was justly entitled to by law subsequent to this thia mt mi joseph it 11 walker henry W IV S godbe and others calad ci ilij ou oil mr at his hia residence on the ground and con conferred frred with him on the advisability of making a town site rite or of li kiil liil location to which bi he e consented and the above named gentlemen decided on iho file name of alta at the sonic gamo time lime locating some poma of the streets and arjang aig for lots for business busi purposes which were afterwards jump jumped cd this jump itic inc we believe ended me ars godbe and lawrences laurences Lawren ces connection with the town of alia pending tile tha apalie a tion fur for government title mr right was disputed anti and protests were entered catered oil all of which hol Never mere ruled against ly by the department and the patent lamed so much for the ho origin and location of alta city the names of walker brothers and I 1 mr B G Ilay bould having baing been frequently frei used in connection with lite obtaining of the patent we have bato sought information on this bis point and are arc aa theorized zed to irate tate that neither of obese gentlemen had any tiling to do u with ith it their connection consists con sisti al merely rely in in protecting the interests of one of tho the firm mr J IL 11 walker who purchased a three eights interest in tho the property after afier tho the title was obtained which he had an aa undoubted right to do regarding it a legitimate lepit legit imato transaction it would bo be well fur for the cottonwood observer to lay hy these facts before tile people of all aid with wilh a view of giving a correct un demanding of the cic case |