Show CHAPTER PRELIONT One ISLAND XVIII A LONELY DESERT HOME of the guests taken by the Hillers to Fremont land was Judge U Lake City from Illinois J Wenner Mr and had Is- to Salt established a law office in Wenner had come that city Within a few years he was appointed U S Probate Judge for Salt Lake County and became a rather prominent man However Wenner was afflioted with tuberculosis which gradually became worse As a result his physicians advised him to seek complete relaxation and rest from all business cares What could be better than a home on an island in the Great Salt Lake? Here he could have complete isolation nnd rest at least from his routine office work It was further believed that the fresh lake air vould also prove beneficial and probably result in a complete cure So it was that Mr Wenner and his wife began to lay plans for occupation of the island Although the Millers had been in occupation of the island for more than 20 years even before the railroad grants had given alternate sections to the Union Pacific Railroad they had never made any attempt to gain legal title to it They did have an agreement with the railroad company giving them the right to pasture sheep on the island They also claimed to have had an agreement with the company giving |