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Show I TERRITORIAL NM i t . j La riata ii Today Celebrating It ii Just Om Month Since tba Big i Find Was Kada. t OTHES NEWS FROM UTAH POINTS. J Hyrum EoUeates to the Irrigation Con- I vention The Road From Ogdan to ( La Plata Minor Hotes. OiiUKN, Sept. II La Plata is cele- ' brating today. It has been just one month sinco the discovery was made and the rush brgan. Many changes have taken place in those mountains in the past thirty days. Miuera and prospectors have tramped oyer every kaol) and tested every spur that indi t cated mineral. Nearly Kin locations of claims containing minerals have been S matin. About one-half of them is be-j be-j ing worked and every indication point-; point-; ing toward success. The fit st payday in camp is also bidng observed todav. ; Forty-nine men received their vouchers, vouch-ers, being tliu first pay day at the La l'lata. The owuers of tne Sundown are making preparations for shipping live tuns daily from their mine. Samuel L. Arthur died and was buried ou yesterday. His diseaso was consumption. Ho leaves a wife and three, children who are penniless. Some UMirmon people living near the family who were slopping in a tent, assisted them to food and clothing. Thuy also , paid O10 funeral expenses. the route. The principal complaint is that the dugways are too narrow. Others, Oth-ers, however, seem well pleased with the road thus far, and opinions differ. -h C W. Henneway of the Comwrcvil, announces that he will soon issue a until pamphlet on La Tlata. It will Se a detailed account of how the mines were discovered and what they are proving to be. The book will he illustrated and is intended for free distribution. dis-tribution. 6rfnal Corrtfspna''nre to Th Tin. Louan, Sept. 10 The county court goes to LaJ'latain body on Saturday to accept the new road. lion. John Henry Smith was in Logan yesterday, a guest of Hon. Moses Thatcher. The rapeist who gives his name as John Kaul, was brought before Justice Smith yesterday. He pleaded not guilty. It was "clearly proven, however, how-ever, that the culprit had committed an assault with intent to commit rape on the person of Gertrude Theurer aged between a and 'i years. The a.aalt was perpetrated in tne malt house at the ('ache Valley brewery, the beast enticing the little girl through the window and giving hor twenty-five cents to keep the matter quiet. The girl, after the rascal's assault, ran to her mother weeping bitterly ond telling her what John had clone. Tho mother of the child immediately went in search of the father. Mr. Jacob Theurer, the proprietor of the brewery, who immediately imme-diately had defendent arrested. Kaul hailed from Montana, is a brewer by ti-ade, Bnd had been at the brewery in the employ of Mr. Theurer for two days. Defendant was held in the aum of'j-100 to appear before the grand jury. He could obtain no bonds, hence was committed. Terrl'orat News Notes. Hyriiin is building a fine brick school house. The lime used for refining by the Utah sugar factoiy will be burned on the premises and a kiln for that purpose pur-pose is now being erected. The store of Alvine Johnson at Lehi Junction was broken into Monday night by a man named Kgar, of Salt Lake, and three boys nbout 12 or 14 yoars of age. James Mack. Esq., and John F. Wright, Esq., Monday retired as selectmen select-men of Cache countv court and their places are tillnd by William Haslam and Thomas Griffin. The Hyruni City council has appointed appoint-ed the following delegates to the Irrigation Irri-gation convention: Mayor 1. C. Thor-enson. Thor-enson. James J. Jensen, S. M. Molon, J. F. Wright, II. P. Hauseu and O. N. Linjeuquist. There is a considerable amount of counterfeit money being passed around Provo at present. The money is in dol-ar dol-ar pieces and in appearance is exactly ike a genuine dollar, but is rather ighter in weight. It is reported that a big galena find has been struck about fourteen miles northwest of Richfield by a Mr. Broad-head Broad-head of Aurora, and a Mr. Snow of Vermillion, and that Hans (iottfredsen of Salina has offered II OHO for their discovery. dis-covery. Monroe, Sevier county, is entering upon a period of prosperity. Grain and fruit are being harvested in abundance. abun-dance. Two saw mills are turning out lumber at a rapid rate, a brick mill with a capacity of 7000 per day is in operation opera-tion and all with a prospect of a greater demand than a supply. The Salt Lake baseball club has chal- i letigod those of the Junction to a game tomorrow. Tomorrow is the time set and it is presumed the Ogden club will visit Salt Lako and play. --- Charles Parker, tho colored heavy i weight purler at the Alt as saloon, some ! time ago challenged any heavy weight in Sail Lake for a t:glit. Mr. Strieder of the capital city accepted the challenge chal-lenge and proposes lo knock out Parker in si x rounds. They will probably ex-i ex-i hil'il at the Novelty theater this eveu-i eveu-i ing. -f- - j Tim Voung People's Society of Chris- ! tian Endeavor will give one of ttieir ! mum sociables at the Now West academy this evening. ! -- - j Tho real estate transfers yesterday footed up )0. Only four sales were I recorded. Lakeview aud Cropsey's ad dition received new tenants. j -- J. W. McWilliams, formerly secretary of tho chau.ber of commerce, left last evening for California, lie will remain in tho west and become a resident of the Golden state. V. C. Wright aid family of California, are visiting in Ogden, the guests of Judge A. B. Patton. Mr. Vrright is one of the attorneys of the west and author of Wright's Irrigation law of California. The quarterly conference of the relief re-lief society was in session at the tabernacle taber-nacle yesterday. Representatives from the various wards reported everything in good order, big crops and people satisfied . L. W. ShurtlilT, president of the stake, was in attendance and niade a speech. -- William Griffiths of Salt Lake was one of the passengers for La Plata this morning, lie proposes to get a hasty glimpsu at the camp and then return to Salt Lake to take part in the base ball match with Denver. The Knights of Pythias people are making arrangenmnu for the reception of the grand ollicers on next Monday. A grand banquet is to be given by the loral lodges. -- Mrs. S. 1. Chittenden has just returned re-turned from a month's visit to relatives in Guthrie, Oklahoma. She was ae-cii:ipHnied ae-cii:ipHnied by her mother, Mrs. A. M. Hiiii.y. - rjj. J. McKenna, of the La Belle mine at La Plata, is in the city to purchase a blowing machine fur tiie mine. The smoke is ton long in leaving the mine ami he proposes'puiting in a machine to clear 'he smoke away in a few mo-lUBiits mo-lUBiits after the discharge of a blast. --- J. 11. Mayberry is expected in Ogdc.n tomorrow." He comes to represent the ('. K. Mayne company, and will open au otlice for business at once. -f- -i- - Marie Heath in -A Turkish Bath." will draw s crowd at the opera bouse this evening. -- j K V. Coliins ami A. L. Hoaglaod of j Colorado, want out some time ago wilh a pack horse to visit La Plata. Thoy i report somit good Hnds and have locat ed a coni miue, which thty expect to j devulop soon. Tho road to La Plata that is being biiilt by the rounty courf is atiout com- , pletttd. Sfveral objections are being J raia'jd by men who have traveled over j |