Show ANTELOPE ISLAND PROJECT I RUMORS OF PROPOSED ENTERPRISE j ENTER-PRISE REVIVED I I But John E Dooly One of tho Heaviest I Heav-iest Owners on the Island Says No Proposition Has been Made I Humors that a syndicate of Eastern I capitalists had their eyes on Antelope J Island with the idea of purchasing It j and making a public resprt out of a por ilion i-lion of it at least were prevalent sometime I some-time ago but that anYdeal was on wtia 1 denied by those who were most interested Inter-ested So the report died out But It has been brought to life again by the appearance here of a man of apparent wealth who registered at the Knutsford and took long rides over the I city in various directions usually accompanied I ac-companied by one or more companions Ho talked very freely to his companions I I com-panions while out riding and the driver of the carriage says he frequently heard I I him mention the mImes of big Eastern capitalists In connection with the probable I prob-able purchase So far as1 could learn said tho driver yesterday the Idea uppermost In the mind of the man whose name baa slipped my memory was that Antelope island was a place that offered chances for good investment invest-ment and ho talked of big bathing resorts re-sorts cattle ranches and other things that might be made possible when the Island had been thoroughly explored Being well versed about the Island as I 1 am having been over It several times Iwas able to give him several good I points concerning it which he seemed I to appreciate J E Dooly who is heavily interested in the Island Improvement company which owns the Island said lost evening even-ing that no one had approached him AS to selling even a portion of It I do not say he remarked that it Is not for sale but the man or the syndicate syndi-cate that gets It will have to put UI a pretty stiff sum The Island is a principality In Itself It has many advantages ad-vantages that no other spot of ground I in the world can duplicate and Its value In the coming years Is beyond 1 computation If It wore located near some of the big cities bidders for It would be numerous and the sums offered of-fered fabulous but it is where It Is and that settles it for a time at least We are doing very well with our Hereford cattle and our buffalo and agricultural pursuits and as I said the buyer will have to have a long purse to reach our ilgure I |