| Show THE ROBBERS BOBBERS ROOST it is nearly time that the 0 located in the sau san rafael mountains was thoroughly broken up the robbers roost while having a very romantic wild west sound gives the portion of the state in which it is located a reputation not calculated to attract the wealthy but timid bome seeker or investor the ganis believed to include kofford and mickel Bli ckel the murderers of sheriff burns of san pete county walker the desperado who nearly fatally wounded sheriff tuttle of emery county I 1 and a choice collection of other murderers and horse thieves from various portions of utah arizona and even new mexico and it is about to if it hap ha not already receive a welcome addition in the persons person of the robbers who stole the pleasant valle valley y coal company money the other day one of whom is bili believed eved to be butch cassidy lope one of the he men who robbed the bank a the robbers occasionally make a sortie into the valleys and drive off valuable horses or cattle hold up whomsoever they maya suspect of possessing pose easing any loose loose coin and ana terrorize terrorism terro riM the entire community the local authorities are utterly unable unab e to cope with them and every posse tent pent after them meets disaster they are strongly in trenched io in a country which nature has hag rendered almost impregnable and it would take a large force to surround and cap ture tare or disperse and prevent them from reassembling the P V coal co has offered a reward of 1000 for the return of its money and an equal sum for the capture of the thieves sanpete county his has a standing reward of for the capture of kofford and mickel epner emery v county is willing to pay for the capture of walker and it is quite likely the gang C numbers cumbers among its membris many other men for whom rewards ato are offered the governor is considering si the propriety of augmenting abent thesis these various rewards by the offer of a substantial ole for the capture dead or alive of kofford and mickel and the aggregated rewards may tempt a sufficiently large larga posse to make the attempt for any resident of that part of gilel country to join any unsuccessful attempt however would be to sign eign his death warrant as the outlaws are peculiarly vindictive and he would be a marked man the robbers Kob bers roost should be relegated to the realms of memory if it takes the entire civil and military force of the state to do it the fact that such euch a den exists in the state no matter how bow remote note from the principal business centers will have ft a deterring a effect on the influx of capital and visitors and it be wiped out the counties adjoining the infested district pay their quota to the support of the state government and if unable to cope with thia trouble alone alones should bould receive tre tae rece ne cestary seary assistance |
