Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-08-23 | Page 3 | Settling with the Heirs

SETTLING WITH THE HEIRS PROGRESS BEING MADE IN SCO FIELD ADJUSTMENT About Seventyfive Per Cent of the Seventfvo to Heirs of Victims tof the Explosion Have Accepted Companys OferI I 1 About 75 per cent of the heirs of miners mi-ners killed in the Scofield flI have agreed to accept the offer of the Pleasant Valley company I will be I lemcmbercd that the company recently offered 500 to the heirs of each person who lost his life in the mine and agents of the company have been at work ever since locating heirs explaining explain-ing the matter and getting signatures with the result that the proportion stated have agreed to accept and there Is every Indication that all will accept In a short time Owing to the fact that the heirs are II I scattered all over the country the task of locating them has been no easy one The services of an interpreter have been needed li a great many cases The company has reason to feel gratified grati-fied at the results so far obtained and It looks bright for a full settlement In a short time