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Show SALT FLAT NEWS, 4 AUGUST-SEP- T MM ER, 1971 Mb Cassia's CUartssr The boy who received tired white Butch Cassidys horse on September 19, 1900,re-tume- d to the scene of Butchs crime to dedicate an historical marker last week. Victor Button became friendly with Butch and the Wild Bunch when they were camped in the meadows of the Humboldt northeast of Winnemucca prior to their robbery of the First National Bank there of $32,000. As the robbers fled towards Idaho with a posse from Golcon-d- a hot on their trail, they changed horses at a nearby ranch. Final instructions from Butch to the randier were to Give the white horse to the kid at the CS Ranch. The historical marker is located at the highway roadside rest area at Button Point, having been installed there by Highway Department maintenance personnel. The dedication last Tuesday featured a color guard provided by American Legion Post No. 5 com . reposed of Leroy Broyles and Gabica. Frank tired highwayman Post Chaplain La Vem Inzer opened ana dosed the ceremony with prayer. Victor Button watched as several short speeches were made detailing the history of the location, and the marker was unveiled by District Highway Engineer Joseph Souza and his assistant, Mel Herrera. F. J. Button, father of Victor, served as ranch foreman for wealthy San Franciscan George D. Bliss who bought several pioin the area neer and combined them into the CS Ranch. For many years the prominent landmark on which the Interstate roadside rest is located was know as Bliss Point, and it was the site for one of Nevadas first Civilian Conservation Camps established by the late Plesideut MUM ranch-homestea- ds Franklin D. Roosevelt. The roadside rest was completed and opened to thepublica year ago. m(E a Mft GHQKED HIRE THE HANDICAPPED I will edit and type your manuscripts, theses, dissertations for fifty cents a page. CaU Annie NEWS photo by R. Moniicf RIVERTON, UTAH: Paul Tiocher it a tommy Water PaulTiocher who looks as if he could unscrew fire hydrants if the need naps the,pecic,li,t wet reward of his labor arose. But in all probability the need will never arise, since a newfound supply of cool, clear water. Tiocher has a talent for finding water wherever he goes. - Salt Lake City. ra-Tex- an A jack-of-all-trad- es and Tiocher is self-confess- ed oddball, a practitioner of one of the oldest and most controversial of the occult arts, water witching. A descendant of a long line of wizards, Paul first took up the forked stick when he was just a knee-hig- h lad growing up in the rich oilfields around Kilgore, Texas. It seems the family water well was so polluted with oil that Paul's father one day took a divining rod and discovered a fresh underground stream. After that, the senior Tiocher was frequently called upon by neighbors to witch water, and young Paul followed in his fathers footsteps. That was forty years ago; Paul done a lot of dowsing since and claims he has yet to bring ina dry hole. These days he works mainly for private chillers (most geologists dont believe in dowsing) and he guarantees any water lean see above the grass. Paul disclaims any supernatural or even special powers, al though his experiments in the Held have led him to conclude that not everyone has whatever it takes to find underground water. He has no idea just what makes the divining rod work, but he knows it works. The important tiling is to use a green branch from a stone-bearinfruit tree, claim a willow some, although works as well, and Paul himself has used a cottonwood limb with good results. The forked branch should be freshly cut and flexible and is carried at waist level with a firm underhand grip on the forked ends. As the witcher approaches underground water, the rod begins to pull downward, finally touching ground at the point directly above the water. Tiocher can even determine the depth of a prospective well by measuring the distance from the first downward tug to the well site, the distance being equal to the water depth. Paul denies any formal knowledge of geology; however, he has g learned from trial and success over every hill there's that water.. Most observant drillers can guess the approximate location of an underground stream; the dowser's job, says Tiocher, is to locate tiie exact spot. In' his latest assignment on a hillside near Sandy, Utah, he traced three separate streams to their underground confluence. Does he think of anything in particular as he paces the hillside? I concentrate on money, confesses Paul, although his oldest son Robin, 18, hashed equal success concentrating on girls. Barry , 16, is also showing progress in the family craft, and recently detected an aboveground stream while standing on a bridge. Paul says he has two more at home who show equal promise. With four more wizards on the way up and heaven knows how much water down there, Utah may some day shake off her sobriquet of the nations driest state. . . v .? yjf-k.: - - NEWS photo by R. Mcnzin Sons Barry and Robin will carry on Tiocher family tradition of water wizardry. Under dad's expert tutelage , Barry takes a turn at the stick. 364-882- 9 B.A. Sociology M.A. English |