Show State Is Trying To Discover Who Owns Ensign Peak A A letter received d' d from Arne Amne Wid- Wid gard of Wisconsin by Governor George H. H Dern Saturday offering offer offer- ing to sell Ensign Peak for 1000 to the state or to some patriotic so society society society so- so has started an earnest in inquiry inquiry inquiry in- in as to just who holds title to the property It has always been supposed that the peak was on a part of Arsenal Hill Eill on which the state capitol building now stands An effort was wa's made to teal steal this hill in 1888 when a real estate speculator from Colorado Colorado Colo Cola rado and another of Salt Lake City organized a gang of land jumpers They were routed however ever by the city marshal and his posse The Pioneers arrived in this valley valley val vat ley Icy July 24 1847 and two days later they commenced to explore their surroundings The party headed by Brigham Young ascended the peak north of the proposed city site It was there that President Young cited the prophecy of IsaIah Isaiah Isaiah Isa Isa- iah And he shall set up an ensign for the nations and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather to together together together to- to gether the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth When en the party reached the top of the hill President Young named it Ensign peak and it has since borne that name The city council on February 28 23 1888 1838 decided to present a portion of the lands on Arsenal Arsenal Arsen Arsen Arsen- al at Hill to the territory as a site for the erection of a state capitol building The legislature of 1888 made the tho first appropriation for the improvement of the hill On April 5 6 1876 forty tons of powder on Arsenal Hill exploded costing four lives and the the- destruction destruction destruction tion of much property A steel flagstaff has been erected on oa Ensign Ensign Ensign En En- sign peak to carry th the flag That it has passed into private hands and no longer belongs to the state is questioned A search of ot old records records records rec rec- will be made to ascertain just when Knutsford Place addition to Salt Lake of which Ensign peak was considered a part was made |