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Show MAN IS NOT FOUND BY DRAGGING RIVER After dragging more than a mile of the Jordan r er bottom in search of the body of W A Bills 80 ears of age who has been miss ng from his home in Rjverton s nee Monday 8henff John 8 Corless and seven deput es returned to Salt Lake last n ght and reported that no trace of the miss ng man had been found The deput es aided by about twentv residents of B verion began a system atic search of the river bottom at tbo point where the gloves and hat of the miss ng man were found Wednesday They continued down the nver for about a mile and a half when darkness forced them to g ve up the search Tomorrow To-morrow 8henff Corless and the same deputies will resume the search and hope to reach a point two m les below the Hanson ranch where a w re net ias been spread across the stream Friends and relat ves of the mffesing man are still divided in opinion many believing that he did not fall into the river, but rather is wander ng about in the brash west of the c ty Others however firmly bel eve that Mr Bills fell into the river while wandering about in the dark and was drowned He was very feeble and it is also aid that his eyeB ght was poor |