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Show 1 THE BEACI Um. -4- The Inquiry BeUtlre Tberrt Bnif. lajjr to m dote. I Offing to the pressure Upon our space yesterday, tre were obliged to hold over the account of Monday's ! proceedings in the beach bad coo-teitcasc. coo-teitcasc. Among tho wllnetsei called after the close of our report on Saturday were Messrs. David McKinsey, Jr , Brighton Ward, Salt Lake County, farmer; Edward Kendrick, farmer. Granger precinct; Thomas Kendrick, Ken-drick, theepberder, Granger precinct; pre-cinct; anJ George Human, farmer. Tailors vilie; each of whom gave evidence relative to the condition of the lands in question and the kind of "vegetation" growing upon the same. I'olbr! eg these yesterday came Mr. McCormicL, C. . (who was recalled re-called on the r&rtot the protestee); Messrs. Josepn II. Worlev and Vincent BhurtliU, Bait Late City. They were briefly questioned, amoug other matters, with regard ta tl.e nature of the lands, their pcts'Ue reclamation, etc Tee tint witne called this niomlcj was Itobert Watson, contractor, con-tractor, this city, who has resided iu Utah Territory since 1850. lie said, in answer to Attorney Stcphrn, that he was acquainted with the. Jeremy & Co. salt claims now in dispute, 1 and had been over the I J thereabout dozens of timet, witness described lands in the -vicinity of Decker's lake upon which there was formed alt water, upon which salt had been deposited, and which had since been reclaimed. The general character of tbe Jeremy lands was pretty much the eime as tlio alkaline or saline lands Iu tliu vicinity of Decker's. In cross-examination by Major Bird the witness said be never saw so heavy a deposit cf Bait upon any portion cf the Decker lake or the Ibt north of it as on the Jeremy A Co. ponds. Mr. Stephens, counsel for the pro-teatints, pro-teatints, asked that Thomas . Jeremy, Jr , and Thomas J. Almy be sworn to testify for the protectee. pro-tectee. Major Bird pm'ested against this btiur done. I am here, he said, to frotect tkeir Interests. Mr. rhompson, the protectee, is present, aud if lueo'ber aide has anything ta prove, let them call him and find out what he knovts about tho character char-acter of the land at the time be swore to these aflldavits. We are now more than anxious to havehim coaio upon the ttaud. Mr. Stephens We stale that fire are Killing to call Mr. Thompson If tho proteunts will testify, that the records of Ibis Land Office show that tho protectants have entered the lands in question and also adjoining lsuds clmmed by them as desert lands, and held them Under such entries fur three ears; that we de-s'-e to ask them what, if any, effort t ley evtr made to reclaim the lands. Mnjor Bird declined to enter Into ajj stipulation whatever or t answer an-swer any argument at Ibis stage ot the urvo-edloCT. He denied, also. mo-t positively that the protestants had held these lands by deseit entries en-tries in their name and challenged the Land Office record to prove any mcli assertions as had been made u herein it could be shown that cither Mr. Almy or Mr. Jeremy hd ever entered any lands embraced em-braced in their salt ponds, or within with-in the vicinity of the same. Inquiry proceeding ' |