Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-02-12 | Page 1 | Utha Men in $1,103, 101 Land Deal

UTAH MEN I IN INI I r 1 1 1 l lAND DIAl Acres Acre in N Nevada vada Is Now NoN in the Hands S 6 fR r W Wa a c Gon li onY pany an I In a dc deal l that Is being cOl completed I today In this city acres of oC land lanel i inear near Winnemucca Nev Ney will wiH pass Into I Ithe the hands of or the Ellison Ranching company of or Utah II The deal involves all Utah I capital I Tho The land Jand Is being bought from rom the I Golconda Cattle com company pan a California I concern in which William Kent member member mem mem- ber of congress from California is mem-I mem the principal owner Jesse Knight of oC Provo explained tolay toda today to to- da lay day by long distance telephone that the big ranch would be controlled largely by the Knight family of Provo and D D. D P. P Ellison of or La Layton ton as prin principal principal prin- prin cipal stockholders in the Ellison Elison Ranching company From another source It was learned that the buyers have ha made a deposit deposits I of to bind the deal and arid that when the abstracts are arc completed and the live stock that goes boes with the tIle ranch is counted the remainder of oC the money will hill be paid and the new owners will wilt take possession This willbo will bo ho about April 1 1 The land is In two ranches one o of which contains about acres and the other about acres With the land will go approximately head o of cattle OOOO tread head of sheep and I GOO COO horses j I I I I The Ellison Ranching company was wasI already owner of or much land Janet in the vi vi- vicinity of that involved in tile the big hig deal This land is said to bo ho worth more than It includes include the tho Thomas Thom Thom- as Nelson ranch of or acres and tho the Hardin ranch With tho addition of or acres now being bought the Ellison Ranching company will practically own all the range in that vicinity It is understood that the deal is I being heng consummated through h the Ule local law firm of oC Skeen Skeen The fhe abstracts to the title arc are to be prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared in iii California and it is possible that somebody from here will viii be there to look after that work The deal leal was as practically closed Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- but some additional details are being worked out toda today The owners it is understood will improve tho the newly new new- new 1 I ly acquired ranches and probably improve Inn Inn- im 1 prove tho the stock that will come with i I them lien I J. J T Will VIII Knight it was learned this i morning left Provo Pro tOlla today for Cor Salt Sall I I Lake presumably to look after arter the final details of the deal I Congressman Ken KenJ it i is understood is not nol at hand to take talce part Dart in the deal but hut his leis son Alfred I K 1 Kent has signed the contract as secretary for the Golconda Golconda Gol Gol- conda Cattle company compan