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Show FRIDAY, NOVEiniPft THE SUV. PXIOE. UTAH EYEET FBIDAT. PAGE SIX' 7 1M NEW SEASONS BLOUSES UNCLE 8AH GETS BUSY WITH GREAT WESTERN FOLKS OP GORDON CREEK l'p at Salt Lake City lat Friday the federal grand jury for Judge Tillman D. Johnson's court brought in an indict meiit against George A. Storrs, president aud general manager of the Great Western Coal Mines euuqtauy, and Charles M. Croft, Karl J. Welch and Joseph 11. Welch, former fiscal ugeiits td the concern. The three are liiiiged with using the mails in lur-- 1 of a cmtspiiacy to defraud thfiaiu-who be or were induced mius ci j to imest in loans, bonds or tuwnsite lots of a eoriKiration to lie formed the Great Western Coal Mines eom-jiy iu an indictment returned near The jury A o'clock ol that eening. liud been in session on this aud other matters nearly two weeks. The is on Gordon Creek to the proerty1'rice. Storrs is a well known west of man in Flak, both as a coal operator' and (ware officer, having been of the Spring Canyon Coal company, sheriff of I' lull county aud warden of the state prison. The camp of Storrs was named for him. Croft has be$n a mendier of the state legislature from Morgan counter and has been variously assoeiuted in polities. The Welches are well known in mining circles in the state. The indictment charges that it was the purxe of these defeudants to cause the corporation to be organized for the puriMme of carrying on coal Olierations iu Carlton county for the pretended lienefit of, the investors, imt for the real purpose of deriving personal profit to the defendants. Fraud by means of letters, prosier-tusenewaiaier articles, nias and are alleged in carrying out false plats the stability and vireteuses financial condition of the roiiiuny, as well as its pmprrty and coal land SECBETARY OF THE COMPANY EXPLAINS MATTERS Tl:e status of the Great Western I Coal Mine company is not in any way at at letted by the indictment returned, last Friday by the federal grand jury: against fiscal and former sales ageuts j of the firm, according to T. J. Yates, secretary, who on Saturday made this statement: With reference to in-dietuients made against fiscal agents or former sales agents of the Great Western Coal Mini company, this does not in anyquirtirular affect the prenciit standing ui the coiuiiany. The company now uwus aud controls the water rights iu llcaver and Gordon ('reeks, together with fifteen aprings having a normal flow of twenty eubie-feTier second, and an acreage of six hundred and eighty acres of timlier land; two hundred and forty of town-sitCrepe de chine aaeoclatee itself with thirty-tm- e hundred and twenty a trimming of equal fineneee In the for fslL For decoration new of farm land and sixteeu hundred bloueee models often confine themeelvee to acres of eoal land, making a total laces with filet and val the favorites. acreage of 564(1. The company now owns aud ieiute on mutual plan at the beginning of the present year and LAYING THE GHOST haa ojiened up the mine, and will be ready to ship eoal from this property during the mouth of Xovenilier. Our fpHU:K sc icd to be no doubt that recent analvsis of the eoal, which was Buruin House was haunted. It made by the state chemist, shows this was an uld Culonlal house situated la a little New England village, and falleoal to be the highest grade bituminous in the state." ing to ruin. The new landlord repaired it, and the Baileys learned about the ghost before they moved In. Bonds Are Furnished. "It's Nlci tus Scrngvett, who built it. Bunds for George A. Storrs, Earl J. Welch, Joseph S. Welch and Charles Hes been seen walking, In his clothes, at night. But he M. Croft, indicted by the federal never harmed us one. And funny grand jury on a charge of using the " mails to defraud, were approved last thing. Mehhe you wouldnt believe " but this, CommisMonday by United State Go i on," said Bailey. sioner ifenrv Y. Pan Pelt at Salt Lake no pants on. he ain't I.' Why, got Welch R. H. W. and City. Snyder holdings. The eoinimny was organized furnished Kind for Kith the Welches, Seems to lie lookin' fer 'em," said the October 21, 1021. while Snyder and Frank Croft fur- landlord. Bailey and Ids wife laughed loud at nished Kind for Croft and George Bonds and Mortgages. the I Idea, and fniynt it. On the tlrst W. Penrose Frank for and The persons indicated are alleged to Kvcicsmp night, however, Mrs. Halley awoke her have represented holdings to be ac- it.rrs. huslmnd with a scream, and pointed quired by the Great Western company Cf nk for into Hie room. iu bonds dollar si purcveiy from the Cedar Mesa Form, lue., inThere, at the font of the lied, was from all ten In chased." letters the liet ween cluded eight hundred and a a shadowy shape looking at them a Western of Great the rom'siioiidenre thousand eight hundred acres of coal man in clothes without lands which the farm imople owned or Coal Mines company are set forth in kulckerlmekera on. any indict it is writ the leu chargincut, controlled, while the farm cotuiiany ed -- in The Halleys moved Into another furtherance of the alleged conhad title to only an approximate nine room and censed to he troubled l.y the The to defraud. prosspirators' plan acres of coal lands, the only dcosiU Tltt'y Junked up the history of ever acquired by the Great Western pect us is claimed h.v the government spirit. Nicolas Rcroggett In the local library. have in liecu to fraudulent the that front the farm eoniauy. They are He had been a hard man, an said further to have represented that renter age contains a map divided man, they gathered, though of into sections, townshiis and ranges, money to he paid for investment waa course this wux not stated. But he e is was blocked it said, off, to be used to get the pnqierty acquirhad owned half the town, and there ed in shaiie for a first mortgage bond ranch Great Western Coal Mines coin were records of lawsuits over trifles, and Western another Great pany" railissue of $000,000 to construct a and mortgages called In. A very inclosed Coal Mines." areas The are road to certain coal properties, man. the Ituldings of the farm com- in a heart, it is said, with an arrow About three weeks later Mrs. Bailey them.-Ttoward govern pany, and to develop etui properties piinting awoke with a scream again: claimed to lie or to have lieen acquired, uient claims the map is so drawn as to He's found us! Oh, I'm so sfrald I" while the motley so raised was used lead one to believe the rouqiany owns at the foot of the bed, stood There, all coal blocked the and lands ranch either wholly or largely by the defendthe wraith of Nicolas Bcroggett, (ailnt-InCoal Great the Western Mines" off, ants and their agents aa commissions a Anger at them. But the and payment of their personal obliga- area containing two thousand and for- look onlong his face was more Imploring acres. The indictment ty grand jury have said The bonds to are tions. than minatory. been represented an first mortgage, refers to the prosiwrlus, saying: Pella, 1 believe ' the old fellow's Said prospectus is too voluminous were there existing nmrtgnges to lie set though for his ' pants," said Bailey. looking forth lutein." and encumbrances in large amounts he knows where they are, but Maybe The which to led the investigations against the property. While it was indictment them. Pm going to help him can't get made E. were J. Keefe, by represented, according to the allegafind them." oftion, the company should lie shipping special agent of the general land A slow nod from the spirit's head coal for the 11)22 Reason, none has ever fice, and turned over to l'ostoffiee F.. L. Jackson. The subject greeted this statement. Insiieetor Plsreganling been sent out nor was it intended that was presented to the grand the remonstrance of his wife, who ldd matter 1022 made lie for could the shipment jury by Charles M. Morris. Storm her head Kneutli the bedclothes, Baiseason. was reached over long distance tele- ley got up and looked flxcdly' at the Claims Are Set Forth. phone Friday evening last at the prop- shadow. One letter to George Rasmussen of A mournful expression came on the erty, where he has charge of a conProvo, written by K. J. Welch, is quot- struction camp building a railroad face of the late Nicolas Bcroggett. tie ed in the first count of the indictment grade for the company. He authoriz- pointed to his legs in whjt'li it is stated that the Great ed this statement : Yes, yes, I understand Kind of Western Coal Mines own aud control Mv frienda know my reputation cold, aren't you, old fellow !" said Bai"what we firmly believe to be one of fur square dealing, and wlien all the ley. Lead on, Macduff I mean Nicothe greatest deiwsits of undeveloped facts are presented I know my name las Bcroggett Whither thou goest . coal lands in the entire West. Fur- will be cleared." I go." ther on the letter states : The presiAs If clearly understanding, ths Your Hiring jnet who can with specter glided through the dosed door. dent of this company, George A. Storrs, wrote a letter to one of his stand fall frusta is entitled to some As Bailey was unable to iterform this personal fricqd and made these state- credit feat, he opened It to And the ghost ments: That he has $127,(NK) investwaiting for him outside. The spirit ed in this property and he would rath- VYIAWWVUVVYVUVVVWYWVVVVS advanced along the corridor and er lose all of it than to have any misascended the flight of flairs which led representation made in order to raise up to the attic. the necessary amount required to comBailey followed, but being unable to plete the financing of this eoriora-iiopass through the trapdoor like his If it was good enough for Storrs guide, was forced to unbolt It and push to put a fortune into, that in itself is. It up. He was relieved to And the a sufficient reason why you or anyontr Secter waiting for him above. else who has a few hundred dollars The garret mbs quite dark, but Nicolying idle should put it into this las 8croggett was enveloped In s pale loan." A letter and prospectus, algreenish astral light, which diffused leged to have lieen mailed April 10, sufficient Illumination for all purposes. 1021, to A. Ijl Welliver, who was to 'Well, old boy, where are they and become a selling agent in Davenport, how are yon going to deiuaterlallze Ta., are charged by the government as them?" asked Bailey. For your house, business, aufraudulent, which states lie is mailNicolas Bcroggett pointed to the ing pros) wet uses and letters of referwall.. Bending down, Bailey saw, by tomobile, household' goods, barn ence on Storrs. Letters Burgl'd to lie the light furnished by the spirit, a fraudulent in character also were or garage. Fire will take them trapdoor, cunningly hnllt Into the raftwritten to Mrs. D. M. Gray at Irovo, ers. It was secured hy a rusty bolt. without paying yon a cent if In there?" asked Bailey. according to the indictment. They are quoted. A letter to Lewis Herrick", The specter nodded its heud mourn" you are not insured. We write 859 East Ninth South street. Salt fully. had Lake City, states the town-it- e fumbled with the rusty bolt. aU kinds of insurance in reliBailey been surveyed and the lots at a hunThe sjs'cter, apparently suable to unable companies that pay losses dred dollars apiece should earn $2,-fl)- 0 derstand why he waa unable to puss for the company, while one to through, showed signs of Impatience. promptly. Every kind for the John Zerno of Midvale ine'ilion a But at length Bailey got the door open. $3(10,000 first mortgage bond issue to Inside was a closet containing a few automobile at the lowest posbe offered. A letter written liv J. L. rags and an pair of sible rates for good protection Welch to C. W. Wendell of Murray knickerbockers hanging from a wooden under date of November Inst, peg. against fire, theft, damage and follows, as quoted in the iinlictment : Well, here they are. eld fellow," We received vonr eertifir.'i'e of suld Balie.v. Sorry you've been so liability. inconvenhTi'ed." And lie held out the guarantee this morning anil are stock certificate for three h'lndred pants to Hie ghost. shares of Great Western Coal Mines But the ghost, with a mournful sigh, stock. ' to the pocket. Reel pi'lnled Estate Equitable Permit to Sell Bonds. Bailey put his hand in and drew nut something hard and flat and round. The company lias been given perHe thought It whs a gold .pleee. But and Investment Go. mission by. the state securities comit was an trouser button. mission to sell $300,000 worth of first He held It out to the ghost, and InRepresenting Strong mortgage gold bonds. To the holders stantly Nicolas and the trouser button AMERICAN COMPANIES of certificates of guarantee who demuteriallzed forever. 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