| Show accuses officers of W working graft R G wilson while in tl tj is elt city recently antin abed to his friends that he was go ng to stir up something in connection with the deal between the last cita cit corn cout oil cil and the eureka city mining company and upon his ret irn to the capital he managed to get tl e deseret news to publish a staten ent to that effect the other papers havn g undoubtedly refused to go against the game As everyone here knows the old city council sold the tile mineral right to the property cwi ed b the cita cit to the eureka city mining co the council could have hane taken stock in the new P eureka ureka city A ining company for this mineral r bit the of the city held out tor for and received a cash con 10 being paid over As the stock which was offered to the city for the mineral right after wards ad advanced alced in pr ce until it a as worth more than 10 tl e city council would have made money for the taxpayers ers by taking the stock but not only the citi officers but other tax payers who were familiar with the proposition felt at the time that it was best to close tl e deal upon a cash basis ar at d not make the city a party to a stock speculation then the question arose as to whether or not the city had a right to transfer the mineral rights to city property in ex change for forstock fors toce at any rate it w would have necessitated the appointment of a trustee to handle such stock in case U it was turned over to the city As far as we have able to ascertain the taxpayers of the city are entirely satisfied with the deal made oy the city officers and there has been no grumbling or criticism mr wilson s statement to the contrary standing mr wilson v vi ads up by saving ing that he w will ill insist a thorough gation of the entire transaction which he compares with the george ar arthur thur R ce bank failure in this city several years bears ago but just alst why he should make this comparison is a mystery george havel camp the well known know n mining man from provo pro o was in the district yesterday mr is quite heavily interested in east tin I 1 tic mining prop arty |
