| Show ON A VISIT TO UTAH Governor Drake of Iowa Seeing the Sights of Salt Lake AI11I1TEI IIKliK AT iUO > TODAY ills Million n Vniromiea Oariiron Itemliilicuit In an Intinlen 15 lIlt a SITS lion Governor Drake of Iowa one ef tbe moat tflibo nod appioach > ble alale executives of the country arrived In Bali Lake over Iba UIO Oundo West ern at 123u Ibl allrnoll A couple of hour later he Woo m1 on Ih eslree I by a NRW8 uprnllh and raully YIldu 10 au lolelvlew During Ibe converiatlon the Governor proved blmtelt to bo a venatllo and internet ICE character Ho li J an oldtimer itocklly built gray haired and well preierved This li I not uli Oral vIsit to Utah as will be teen from tbe following follow-ing statement tot patted through this lection of country when It wai a burn wilderness wilder-ness In 1662 I drove two yoke of oaltl and was ooompnld by live lOon Our dettlnitlou was Ibe goldfields gold-fields 01 California la 1634 1 again patted through Utah t rove log Ibe old Ileat River route That lime I was driving one hundred cows live yoke el oxen and five bead of horse to Bsotamento Irom Iowa I through with the lout uf only three cows and rnado money by the venture BATTLE WITH INDIANS There was one very Interesting and I exciting I feature tbli trll At Shell Creak Nebraska we bail a hot engagement writ the laoo Indians and killed nine ol them None of our men were killed but some were wounded 1 received on arrow through one of my shoulders but I had tbe amltactlou ot killing the ntef who led Ibe nusitught agalnit U is Ache sprsne tonanls me With the Intention ot taking my scalp I felled him to tbo ground with be butt of my rifle There were about finy ludlaui who came nut of Ibe brush Wo numbered but fifteen but we were much bitter irmed than they The trouble aroie over them demanding de-manding our horseeas loll ror prml lion to crota a bridge over the Platte which they claimed to have built Well we needed our bones and I didnt believe they had built tbe bridge Thli concluilon I proved to be true whereupon I peremptorily per-emptorily refuted A moment later the flgHt was on The 1awneet were very detperale and buugry at that lime Ihey were having dim dutIes with the Sioux knu had been urlven from their hunting ground by the latter and lollouixJ usai long us they uared attempting at-tempting constantly to get In deadly work on our 11 mxi But we were fortunate for-tunate In l llluc In with about 800 Immigrants Im-migrants and Ibep we kept Hum ell more eaillr although by this timu tie tawneea bad their numbers swelled to about 1200 I TOOK THIS 80A LIS ALONG A man named Smliti scalped the old chief for me In loCi he oslpd all nine 01 tbe dtaJ tndlani and we took Ibe trophies alone with ui Wbn we got on to Sioux territory we vxhlblied them to the Sioux and they were very much delighted and tillered au a pony or eeoh oolp A bud ollbm traveled with ui for more than one hundred miles and ovary night they utlhe cults on a high pole and bad a regular war dance Finally we gave tue n the soalpe anti arteil oompauy The old chief whom I kllltd woe a noted mn lu hi tribe Ito bad utica been to Waiblngtou anJ bli breast was covered with medili when ae died VISIT is NOsroLinrAL Al It woe getllni dan garoueiy close to prose time the NEWS man sought t II toad the diitlunuitbeJ executive oO ou to topics ot more recent Interest and i aniwer to tbe ijuettlon Is It true as reported that you are here sea niireientaltvo 01 tbe Its publican national committee to watch the trend 01 certain political eventi replied It li not I im not a member of the Republican national committee and am here limply tor a tut and will no back to Colorado where uiy daugb tern itnylog tomorrow nIght lam I very Hunt in need of recresllou I rJndnr i worhod lard th durIng 1 campaign making thirtyseven speeches for Mo Klnley which 01 dorm would not particularly par-ticularly pleas your people out bore AI Ibh point Ibo Uoroor huab1t and conlloue ei am very mun grllnd wih Ibll rlOli Iowa ao you will remember gave the jOe publican ciudidate for 1ieildenl a majority 000000 OOVKHMOU BOILS euccFssoi Bpraklog 01 bllUlIlI Oornor itrahe aatdl 1 ban one mole yar 10 servo 1 sucreodod tdovertlur Iloleea vary One anll oU 010110 ytr I ago I was cIrcled ly I the blgiietljvota ever given an Iowa governor gov-ernor notwltbstandlng a lertlflc fight wai made over me I tmthepretldenl of two railroad compsniei a ulrrctor In four a pretldent of a national btnk and director In two olhti On thIs account I had to t combat a great deal of prejudIce And Ibo I bad to meet Ihe opposition nf I the Iroblbltlonltlt not liecaufe I wai not In bar mory wllh tbelr views I but be dance I formally announced I rould lien a miuufaclurlcg bill CALL ON OUVEHNOB WELLS Tbli uflrrnoon Gov Brake was hen to the tfflce of Dial > > chief exiculttt and Introduced by Mr 1orler of the TmloIob a A phol chat rreulted followed by a ride about the city In Gov Wellts carriage Gov Urakeli iccoinptnled by Gco U Ilowen of Denver astlstaul nltur ney and heavy itockhnlder In Ibe Colorado Fuel and ilJCb company |
