| Show ASPHALT IN DEMAND Much Active Interest in TJintah County Syndicate Desires The movements of C O Jiaxtcr representing the Gllson Asphalt company com-pany ol tat Louis and Sncll loh son the accredited representative of a Now J York syndicate upon the gllsonite dc pouits in the Uneompahgni reservation ns told of exclusively by The Tribune 4 yesterday morning has aroused keenest 1 interest among those Jn Salt Lake who 1 have been long sparring for a foothold In the region and a rush in that direction di-rection In a short time 13 I not at all unlikely Upon what theory Messrs I Baxter and Johnson are proceeding it Is difficult to surmise unU83 It bo that I they have finally discovered that the Uncompahgrc never vus as developed by Senator Hrrnvn during his sojourn I I I In Washington anything but a temporary tempo-rary abode for the rod man and never possessed one of time attributes or a reservation Upon what theory these gentlemen arc moving lioucvpir It begins be-gins to look as if a minirije wns traveling in the direction of the Un com inhere The Vernal 35xpves3 says a third company represented by T ycurg ia Johnson is also in the ilckl and that the latter intends chipping gllsbnlle In the next twenty days In fact a force IB now employed in constructlng a road to the latlcrs claims The same papur says that Mr Baxter and Arthur T Lea of Price returned on Monday from a I run Into the country in question and that Raymond Smirh engineer for the Gllson Asphaltum company left hurriedly for the Kast on Thursday after making at survey of the com panys ground 7 Judge J T McConnall manager oC the Raven companys nidicsan l c Ulntah reservation who cnme in from Vernal on Monday night verifies the story of the transactions but pleads that he has no Information that could shed light whatever upon the theory on which zJic purllcs have made their purchases Mr Baxter he flay Is 1 now at Price and will probably reach Salt Lake City the last of the week to speak for himself On the property prop-erty of the Raven companv Manager McConnell reports the amrrJicn very quiet at this time as the weather and roads are not favorable to active production pro-duction |
