Show r 4 sF r.r. r. r y r. r rr a t dr nI Y o 9 y F a. a V w e a at Bert C C. Graves Disappointed in love sought fortune in gold TEMPERA TEMPERATURES TO REACH IN N S. S L. L Pessimistic Salt Lakers who have been keeping their ear earmuffs earmuffs earmuffs muffs and wool mittens handy just in 10 case could relax Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day as the weatherman predicted predicted predicted pre pre- degree 80 temperatures for Tuesday afternoon and Wed Wed- Mondays Monday's mean of 57 was nine degrees above normal with a high of at 69 and a low of 45 Scattered clouds also were predicted predicted predicted pre pre- for Tuesday and Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day Weather will continue warm this week until Friday when cooler temperatures are expected a along l I o en n g with light showers Despite the spring breezes In Inthe Inthe inthe the valley skiers still were enjoying enjoying enjoying en en- their sport at Alta and Brighton with lifts and tows operating operating- and snow in fair condition con con- Brighton had 78 inches of snow while Alta snow measures measures measures meas meas- ures inches UNLUCKY IN H LOVE Trunk Reves Revea s Saga Sega of P West Wes WestBy Bj By BILL CLARK The romantic saga of a man who ran away from love and tried in vain to wrest a fortune in gold from the fabulous undeveloped no iio mans man's land of the Colorado river was revealed Tues Tuesday ay when the thc mystery of a trunk found by navigators of the turbulent t river in 1944 was at last unlocked The story behind the trunk found foun-d in such good condition that letters within were still legible was revealed through letters from the owners owner's sister to the explorers Addressed to Bert C C. Graves and sign signed d by Eve E Hanks flanks the letters bore the postmark Guss Ia la 1890 The explorers LaPhene Don Harris Hams John B B. B Brennan and ET E E. T Ellason ElIason all of Salt Lake G City ty also found in the thc trunk two wedding wedding wedding wed wed- ding rings albums books a harmonica harmonica harmonica har har- monica and a copy of the old Salt LAe Times dated Nov 21 1890 Piqued by curiosity concerning the man who ho apparently vanished leaving lea his treasured belongings in a sheltered cove e be beside the big stream Mr Ir Brennan who works in the Salt Lake City post office mailing section consulted postal guides to find Guss Ia la He found it in the 1906 edition and applied to The Salt Lake Telegram for the name of a newspaper in Taylor county Ia la where he could write for information concerning Bert Graves' Graves relatives His inquiry run in the In Our OurTown OurTown OurTown Town column of the Bedford Ia la Times was sent by a law sister of the thc my mystery tery man to the mans man's own sister Mrs Cora Graves Ross of Pasadena Cal Cat Mrs Irs Ross who called her brother Bertie had not seen him since he hc left home in February February Feb Feb- 1890 His search for gold took him to Colorado and eventually down the Colorado river Mr Graves had written his sister about that trip she said One of his companions had lost his life when their boat capsized in the rapids and Bertie had barely made it ashore with his life life and and his trunk According to Mrs Ross Bertie did get out of the Colorado river country and died many ninny years vears later in m Jerome Ida He had never ne married |