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Show DAILY PAGE TWO. UTAH STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1905. be- and up to within thirty days smith, in the face of a bill, and long before any notice of It time -' to the pubrestored are lands said r.irof reached the public, agents the wot by the lSusch people bad in have shall PEOPLE HOBOED as ; iK'ii.atn company went all As Perry came down the GUhoii Asphaltum -. nf i h lease or permit the prefersteps of tin- capilol that day, C. W. through the west, tracing down Indithe under mining e nt al ligi t to locate Ruxlcr. Mien a member of the Gilson viduals who held claims In the o tract. These claims were bought u,i, not to exceed 640 acres of con-- ti Aphii!tum company, stopped him and the land, except literal I!. otfi'i-eto piy (OU.OiMi in cash fur the for a song right and left, because, since J! iii..g con puny, which may, in the land was on a reservation, they ises. Tin- ufTer was refused. 100 mining It.ixler piuinplJy turned Ids attention were valueless. No less than sixteen e of its li'i'f, locate of mineral character , the s of Busch were the agent.-afterto other up by picked hods, and shortly ward an opinion was rendered by the here In Denver, Policeman David Cook mentioned in Its lease." UP iin-COMBINATION TO GOBBLE M. Wood, Major William Wise, H. Wise providence thus protected the declaring the Dr. a UINTAH RESERVATION. the late Frederick Cranter, Culvert t Inretn-- Mining company, which had I'iut.ih Illegal under the Uln-- : (,f one section of land in the Marker, John A. Eugene of the bill ihissed by congress In Wright, vx7. Voght, Charles HSU and many others Mi mountains, 150 miles from the Matter Dates from the Discovery of and the Raven Mining Tlu-dissensions came the among parting with their holdings for little Beds in the Gilsonite None of them ever dreamed u.' puny, which was already working or nothing. of the American members Asphalt Utah. under the old lease onipuiiy, of which Mr. perry was the a hill was then n congress to validalt the elaterlte beds 1891 the American Asto in their rights. and Pierce and granted Murray. iiiuiiagcr, The Florence comon wus company. But a bill there the big fight phalt Thornton, owning per If evidence were in i I,lil Unit Its section In the located came up for passage, and its pany promptly somewhere cent of Mu- stock, sold their Interests to when It ;in ihiIhh ful (uiiiliUMiioii the reservation, of comer comto were forced effect a li southeast In in McConnell. This resulted linn Iksupporters the the koI'IiIiii in the and covering river, Green which latest the of date American of the by promise along company, unit Uncnnip.ihgre reservations, or whole in the beds was allowable from coverIts best a gilsonite ami Uintah leases, changed discovery nf history of the purl of ;in to the passage a 1, 1901, to January 1, 1891, Helds in the southwest January Utah. Long previous v.irious 1,11 w hii li rtiiiifii SK Ii:im passed ing tinr of the act it had surveyed these beds of the reservation, was trans- difference of ten years. fitlli el'IiiiiK thill territory ii ini if Mu1 cortii-It was a hard blow to the syndicate, thoroughly, and knew Just what it was ferred by McConnell to a Denver com asphalt IrilSl'M NicMiimIs Wlllllll Its members rallied and secured doing. was but and from taken them by the mii. The Raven company also, long preTillwhole liitiller Koea Imi k In till1 Kiivi-- Mining company, a new corpor- another amendment to the bill, providseceven numbered to the passage of the opening ton the that vious in al formed Busch only I'tuli the ing beds syndicate, of by the gilsonite iliKiiivery of had two gangs of prospectors should be the under had tions iift'-act. the the latter disposed Florence wliuin l.MCi Gilson. company, John in Mining hy l wus liilliieil. Gilson went In SI. utiotlii-- subsidiary corporation, owned terms of the act, the remainder to be- at work on the reservation, one of them lamia noon iifli-- win ii, iiii'i. through t. and ofllcered by the same men, was held under government control for the starting near Emmons peak, in the In organised, and on November 16. 1891, present. An investigation of these Uintah mountains, eighty miles from of ili.it lily, was V, Il.ixli-Ihisrh iilul was granted a mining lease of 640 acres even numbered sections, after the bill Its elaterlte beds, and the other start-- j p will) A In the Uintah iiieinlii-rullii-of Ik mountains, on the had been given publicity, showed that ing from the elaterlte beds in the ltrewiiiK company. They funned the mirthem edge of the reservation. The the gllsunite people had not only pur- southwest corner of the reservation u riirsir-iitiuFlorence company never did any devel chased many claims, but had also done land working northward to meet the CIIkoii Axphiilliiiu riiiiipiiuy, in lietiver. with opmeiit work, though the Raven con- the assessment work on them recently, lirst party. These two gangs of prospectors have In Ajiril, 1SMI. tin- new company. by cern has been working the elaterlte spending a sunt on assessment work asmi ni t of cmigrc-mpurrliiiseii from the Helds under the original lease to the alone which representatives of the already located and have done the in government a trin-- of luiiii two miles American Asphalt company for a dojen Busch syndicate placed at (10,000, and sessment work on nearly 100 claims on property which would be of abso- the eighty-mil- e district, not of elaterlte, long anil one mile wide, situated two years. Now began the working out of the lutely no value unless the bill at that but of silver, gold and copper, some inllua east and soulti of Kurt Duchesne, The of it being ore of exceeding value. Now and covering tip- nriKinal gilsonite great plot, by which the Busch people time in congress was passed. amendment opening the even numbered the elaterlte bed Itself covers a large Tin- price paid was (16.000. sought to secure control of all the valat once, and uable minerals In Utah, Working sections wus only put in us a last re- area, and would Include many more Work oil this was tost sort. The gilsonite people were beat- Mian 100 claims if all were Hied on. as the vein Is now almost worked out. through Adolph Kieboldt, then en, and they knew it, for most of the assessment work done there by the In tin- following year to he exact. trailer ut Fort Duchesne, mid McCon inFebruary 8. INST another bill was nell, Busch and his associates secured claims in that district had been lo- Raven company indicates that it tends to do. Then what is the purpassed by congress, allowing Indians the services of John McAndrewa, at cated since 1891. on the I'tah reservation to lease their that time In the employ of the governDesiring to lose as little as possible, pose of all this work being done on lands for mining purposes, subject to ment as chief herder on the Indian the provision leaving half of the gilson- other claims to the north tytd eastthe approval of llie secretary of the In- reservation. McAndrews stirred up the ite veins still In government posses- ward? terior. In 1889 William A. Perry, a cowboys of that country with wild sion was injected into the bill, leaving Simply this: of Denver, tales of the riches In the hills, and the chain e for another bill in congress on ii mining man Under the bill governing the opening made some surveys on the Uintah and subseiiueiit excitement resulted In the this portion later. Meanwhile, the of the reservation, mining hinds are I'nciinipiihgre reservations, and In the discovery of the Cowboy vein on the president's proclamation opening the to be held entirely separate from agriThe latter will be following year l lie American Asphul-tui- n Uiifompuhgre reservation, and in the even numbered sections, has been de- cultural lands. company, a Colorado orKiratlon. slaking out of hundreds of other valu- layed from time to time, and the Busch drawn for by lottery, mil et tiers will was formed, with Robert II. Kootiey, able claims throughout that section. take up the homesteads allotted them lobby Is still In Washington. All this refers to the L'nrompahgre under exactly Ms suto conditions as commissioner of jurors of New York, The Busch crowd options on as president, Mr. perry ns some of the most valuable mines und reservation, which adjoins the Uintah would prevail were the.- merely taking and general manager, and M. J. Mien presented the claim at Washingreservation on the east. Meanwhile, homestead claims on some other porlands other bills pertaining to the opening of tion of the public domain. Mining Murray, a New York Jeweler, as secre- ton that. If the will also be thrown open to pubtary mid treasurer. Franklin M. Pierce, were not Included In the bill giving Ihe the Uintah reservation itself were beNew York commissioner of insurance, Indians the right to lease, as hud been ing considered and passed by congress. lic entry, but these will not be drawn and Aniiisa I. Thornton, an attorney, ruled by the attorney-genera- l, the lands In the original measure oiiening the by lot. and their possession will dewere on the board of directors. must be subject to settlement under reservation it was intended that the pend entirely on the nutn who first Perry spent the summer of 1890 in the general land laws. On this point settlement should be by a rush similar reaches the land office at Vernal on Xttah, and early In January nf the fol- they were turned down at Washington, to that on the Oklahoma reservation a the day the opening occurs. The next step late In 1902, doxen yeurs ago, and a clause was Inlowing year, assisted hy Indian Agent Agents of the Raven company will he Waugh and Major Dondelett, then when a bill was Introduced In congress serted by the gilsonite people as fol- there. They will file on the 100 preferat Mirt Duchesne, held councils with providing for the opening of the ential claims allowed them by the govlows: Indians. file on from 'he lllntah and "Provided further, that nothing here- ernment. They reservation for settlement Leases running to Mr. Perry and John and further providing that all locations in contained shall Impair the rights of ISO to 200 other cl'M" of rich gold, T, McConnell, then a Justice of the of mineral claims made prior to 1901 in any mineral lease which has been ap- silver and copper lands which their peace at Fort Duchesne, were signed by hit territory should have all the fores proved by the secretary of the Interior, surveying and development parties the head ir.cn of both tribes, the lease and effect accorded by law to lncntlons or any permit heretofore Issued by di- have recently discovered. giving the two men, who represented of mining claims on other portions of rection of the secretary of the Interior The public general!'-that the the American Asuhsilt company, the the public domain. to negotiate with the said Indians for a Raven company has been allowed 100 Tl-right lo is a territory .12,000 acres not know passage of this act would val- mining lease: but any person or com- claims. Prospectors will , creek and idate all claims then owned by the pany having so obtained such approved until the day of lying mith of however, west of the 106 th vrerlilun. Busch syndicate, as well as all others mineral lease or such permit to nego- whether any particd-icl Mm on which On 8, mot, these lease taken up by Individuals prior to 1901. tiate with said Indians for a mineral, Raven assessment vrv been done were by Secretary of the In Immediately on the Introduction of this lease on said reservation, pending such and on which a Riven sign stands ! ter ior lloke sluing lobby ii l St. Louis. afore-wld- , - i- - Uficotn-pahgr- Ra-i-- l It- - - I I 1 aiiiiii.i-y-gcnera- I'ondl-lioii- K gll-be- I llu-r- seven-eight- - - - I Lin-tu- t 111'- - - Im 111- - elati-rit- Klltll--li-- - r lliilli-ril- t r iiililn-itlii- pl.u-i-i- I I n s r I i H ! ii - . l - - n - well-kno- w - nt e wHl-al'- I e me-'t'-g- Kchr-nr- fca-- conspicuous. Is included in that preferInquisitive men will be ential 100. told that It is, and will be driven off. Then, when the time for filing arrives, the Raven company will calmly pro. ceed In peace. The opening of the reservation Itself may again be postponed, this time to October 1, 1905. the reason given being that the government has not yet had time to complete Its surveys, and to properly determine between the agricultural lands, which will be drawn by lot, and the mineral lands, which will open to a rush. That is the reason given. There Is something significant, however. In the fact that the Raven Mining company still continues its prospecting and assessment work, and in the further fact that the allotment of preferential land to the reservation Indians themselves has not yet been completed. These Indians, it Is generally believed, have positive knowledge of the existence of rich placer veins on the reservation. Travelers through the country bring back tales of necklaces and bracelets worn by Indians of both sexes and made of gold suggests strung on wires Some of these nuggets are as long as the first Joint of a mans middle finger and almost as thick. Officials of the Raven Mining company have been heard to declare that they will not cease prospecting until they have found these placer mines, a thing which thus far they have been unable to do. And the Indiana themselves will not telL There have been three postponements of the opening of this reservation. The original act provided for Its opening on October 1. 1903. A second act. passed March 3. 1903. extended the time to October 1, 1004, and by the act of April 28, 1904, the time for such opening was further extended to March 10, 1905. Now there has been a third postponement, this time to October 1, 1905. Are these postponements merely for the purpose of giving the Raven Mining company more time to complete its prospecting In the district? The Busch syndicate, operating in the Uncompahgre reservation, Is at the present time stronger thun ever. Three weeks ago. jtosslbly to create the Impression that the syndicate had no further Interest In Utah, the Gilson company of St. Louis was dissolved, but all Its holdings had previously Aieen transferred to the American Asphalt company of New Jersey, a Barber concern. In other words, Busch and Barber and the satellites of each have Joined hands, and are preparing to continue the fight for Utahs minerals with unabated vigor, GRAND OPERA Politics Made the Dormant the Making cf Ap. Fj C,0r pointment. Mr-n- s . .. , l,-- , i , -, on-t- y. -- , 1.:m-o- him or his deputies, amt .i t p iriicttla,! connected with 1'ielr lHsuaiu-egj,, requesting that l e county clerk, discontinue the issuance of 'iiiticates for bounty claims pending ttic action of . the legislature. The resolution Is meai.t t tom o basis from which the seiiu:, may cirrr on an investigation of the recent ty frauds. Upon order of the president, ttom-olutto- eginning the statement from lMt to 1901. when the present law went too effect. A communication from Governor Cutler was read, which stated a deficit of 82.000 had been incurred by fhe I Twenty-fourt- h Street. (Continued on page 6.) K88t31iA I Tuesday Niqlit, January 24 udolplhi and With Its 75c 50c 25c n was tabled pending thtpRpu. atlon by Senator Ilollingswom amendments changing the dates at b- CHARLES F. GROUT. 352 j PRICES n Yesterday the tiit ... ' IS I ij,.,, to follow out the f nor Cutler In his n.vs., .. " meOliver. lature that appoitiMivc ... ,"1 tisan instead of mu.-- , t now the case.and tli.u " f ..r. vice of their members "I'hei.ji administration. Senate bill No. 14, . . Ri. band of Summit coiti.t-laa governing the :i,,n ' rt "f th, state land board, as im :, 'i in tlon 1, chapter 64. or M- i' "tthedm. Senate bill No. 13 policy to the appointm, m ,f ;h( kuipii Kate board of equalization It lirml.ithat of the four niemi-- " i:t mure than three shall be of i",iti,!il par. Each member is to ""M onto ' four years and receive y of tsu The first Item of "T docket was the consider n. .i, llf g current resolution from ... n)Mer questing that the state t;ior earliest convenience pr.i, ne a ,u nieiit from each county howin the number of certlHruiK iwuej The Real Laughing Show POPULAR - n j TR PARTl- TEA I HfDl ACTION Tht san board' plan, state mental hospital, and that he had investigated and found the deficit to be necessary and regular. Be, therefore, asks that the amount be appropriated. It was referred to the committee on appropriation and rlalma. Tea is like poetry; also like The president announced the appointment of Senator, Walton, and Larsen as a committee to Ieggs; a little bit like woman nvestigate the finances of the worWe herself. There is no mid- - fair commission. This committee la to act with a like committee of the hooie. Senate bill No. 18 was Introduced by Senator McKay upon request. It prof the Corn, 81.20 per hundred. Hay as ovides for the Investigation waters and the cheap as the farmers will sell you. Oats proper use of Irrigation (1.45 per hundred. Other grain as reclamation of alklll lands. The Agricultural experiment station cheap. epp-.-nve- I- -1 SENATE Seat Sale Opens Monday at 9 a. m. |