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Show NP.VS CESERET 4g Monday, September 8, 1969 m Amid PtssU: Physician Has Day ivini . In Court By HARTTWIXOM Deseret News Staff Writer - Utahs Supreme Court today heard arguments as to whether Dr. A. G. Tritt, Salt Lake had osteopathic physician, been proved guilty cf contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Tritt was convicted of this offense by Juvenile Court Judge Regnal W. Garff Jr. and sentenced to six months In the county jail with a fine all Utahs towns, Frisco Js probably the least known today. Yet St was once the wluJesi of them all." Now, during vacation time, might be the best opportunity to see it. Few people, most of them rock hounds, have looked upon the old shafts that once fielded an es- -, timated $50 million in silver and other metals. At Friscos apex of glory in 1885 it also provided home for some 4,000 miners, merchants and out FRISCO Of boom-and-bu- st . 4 laws. of $299. v-- i, , ffr But a mine heir cave-i- c ruin' This worn remaln-Hn- g claims, Frisco is called by-- t one historian "the most dead and deserted looking of all I Utah boom towns." Frisco was founded in the j5an Francisco Mountains in f 1875 by two prospectors fiom Roche, Nev., who stopped at nearby Squaw Springs for f water. James Ryan and Sam-- J Jiel Hawkes "decided to check fence is typical of picket-ra- il around a bit because a stone ledge "looked kinda good." They discovered galena, a lead ore. Sinking a relatively short shaft they hit a rich vein. The pair sold the claim for $25,000 and disappeared. The new owners took out 25,000 tons of ore worth $100 a ton. The ore bore such a strong resemblence in color and texture to the horn of an animal according to Frank Robertson's "Boom Towns of the Great Basin," that they named their mine the "Horn Silver. They then sold out in 1879 for $5 million dollars. By this time Frisco was Robertson: Says booming. "Frisco became as wild and tumultous a town as any In the Great Basin, . . and the wildest camp In Utah. Twenty one saloons had so many killings the undertakers wagon made daily rounds" Some other nearby frontier mining towns mushrooming -- B-- l ration in which professional give ther talents to help their neighbors in emer- ging cultures, Dr. Le Chemi- -, nant explained. : "The project eventually has I plans to Include basic educational and -program included,- - he said. Z But right now we are runon a the ning 'medical chairman said. LETTERS MAILED said finances so far have He f .Come from donations from members of the board of trustees. Also letters have Teen ma:!ed to friends of medical personnel in the state imd they have mailed dona- agricultural shoe-strin- -- tions. v Patients in the village have .been charged a token per visit when treatment programs Cwere called for, Dr. LeChem-nasaid. C Most of the medical help Which has been available in the small villages in the coun-Ctr- y has come from "folk Dr. LeCheminant healers, nt said. ; MOBILE CLINICS He said the long-rang- e goal of AYUD is to have traveling .teams of physicians who can hold clinics in the various miner's grave. VtA Larks Meanwhile, Tritt also was convicted of a narcotic drugs offense in the U.S. District Court and has appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals. He is free on a cash bond of $5,000. ' L. E. Richardson, attorney for Tritt, told the Supreme Court today that the state had failed to prove its case on a number of technical points. He claimed that Tritt had no way of knowing ths a juvenile for whom Tritt prescribed drqgs was in fact a juvenile. The state had not proven that Tritt had encouraged the patient to use a false and witnesses identification, were heard in the trial who were not named in a bill of departiculars, Richardson SIGNIFICANT fice of Atty. Gen. Vernon B. Romney, argued tor the state. He said Tritt had prescribed dangerous drugs which the juvenile patient obtained every Beaver ft three days over a 1 1 period f er jl Old Frisco is located 15 miles west of Milford. with money, saloons, and lawlessness during that time and were Mercur-Ophi- r Pioche, Nev. At this point a mysterious Marshal Pearson appeared on the scene and apparently curbed outlaws effectively at and Frisco. both Pioche "Boom Towns" says, "He was far more ruthlessly efficient than any of the better known marshals whom books and television shows have made household names. Where he came from and where he went, no one seems to know. But the Utah State Guide tells us, With the simple philosophy that dead men give no trouble, he put on a law He enforcement campaign. had no jail and no fines. Pearson gave a man a choice shoot it out or leave town. Many outlaws tried to shoot it out, but Pearson outlived them all. "Pearson had a quick trigger finger and strong nerves," says one book. "He was known to have killed as many as six men in one night, and it finally became necessary tor him to hire a body mover to clean up after him. If they tried to put his story on Gunsmoke, few would believe it. people Freighting became big business in those days and where strong-arthieves couldnt survive with Pearson around, the dishonest art of fixing prices did. ' without four-mon- th more than a POST WINS AWARDS The new biology chairman, a member of several honorary and professional societies, is a consultant to the Ell Lilly Co. and is on the genetics panel of the National Science Foundation. In 1965, he received the prestigious Eli Lilly Award for outstanding research and has also received the National Institute of General Medical Science Career Development Award. B-- perfunctory examination of the patient and with no Inquiry into his background. and 4th South have increased, with irresponsible drivers dodging from one lane to another, in an attempt to weave hurriedly through traffic. Operation For, Trooper Other offenses noted this last weekend included traffic impeders traveling abreast at the same speed, preventing others from passing. Charles Warren, 42, Utah Highway Patrol trooper who was shot Sept. 2 when he stopped a stolen car near Springville, was returned to surgery at Holy Cross Hospi- -. tal today. The trooper suffered two bullet wounds In the head and one bullet was removed after the shooting, but another bullet 01 fragment remains and surgeons will attempt to locate and remove it today. Warrens condition remains critical, but hospital officials said he has "held his own the past week. A California man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the shooting. . Also noted were dragsters peeling out of intersections on light changes. Two retired polcemen have been summoned this month to report for duty, according to Police Chief Dewey J. Fiiiis. POLICE CLERKS Officials last week announced plans to hire four police derks who do not have to be trained for patrol duty. The hirings will permit the shift of four trained into the dispatch room to replace the four transferred to patrol, Fiiiis explained. oifi-ce- rs We intend to organize the training class for the rookies no later than Oct 1, Fiilis Utah Forum Schedules 4 Lectures Four addresses will highlight the fall lecture series of the Utah Forum for the American Idea. Tho lectures will be held at Junior High h East. School, Evergreen 4301-20t- "United States Foreign Friday. Alan Stang, "Revolution in America (Are We Financing Oct. Our Own Destruction?), 10. STILL LOW Fiilis cautioned against ovewjptimism in the patrol additions. He said Salt Lake City would need 109 more than the expected 19 increases to bring the local police department up to average strength. National statistics indicate 1.8 policemen are required for each 1,000 population. Fiilis said the University of Utah survey indicates Salt Lake City population is now about 214,000, requiring a total police force of 428. The police department 300 now. This is a totals ... to open series Policy, said. He said the class would begin sooner provided die 10 men are available on two weeks notice or less from a certified civil service list of 35 eligible applicants. l Ezra Taft Benson Sdiedued as speakers, their subjects and dates are: Elder Ezra Taft Benson, Special Patrol For Violators Continued from Page . post-doctor- L a r ks appointment Is regarded as "one of the most significant within the science area of the university during the past several years, according to Dr, Pete D. Gardner, U. of U. dean for science. Dean Gardner added, "His stature as a scientist and his understanding of the current problems and needs in both graduate and undergraduate instruction in biology and related disciplines will add to ourvimprovement and growth potential in an unprecedented way." clared. Lauren N. Beasley, chief of the criminal division in the of- eO effec- appointment, tive July 1, 1979, was announced today at the U. of U. Institutional Councils noon meeting in the Student Union. The Kansas biologist will replace Dr. Ceorge k . Edmunds Jr., who has been serving as acting chairman. Edmunds e teachwill return to ing and research. w4 drop of 23 during the past year from retirements, resigna- tions ard other terminations, Fiilis reported. At the same time, the department has 10,000 more emergency cases to pursue a year than the department had two years ago. W. Qeon Skousen, tivity Training, Nov. "Sensi14. Senator State California John Schmitz, "Brainwashing in the Schools, Dec. 5. Each lecture will begin at 8 p.m. The series will cost $5, or $1.50 for single lectures. 2 Teens Sought Poilce were looking today tor two teen-ag- e youths who beat and robbed a Salt Lake man late Saturday while he was walking on 3rd East and 3rd South. Bruno Alto, 47, 661 2nd South, said the burglars knocked him to the ground and stole his wallet E. containing $48. 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He has served on the St. Louis University School of Medicine faculty and has been professor of biology at Kansas State University since 1963. and The new professor chairman of the University of Utah Department of Biology is Dr. Karl G. Lark of Kansas State University. full-tim- Tenth - Old Frisco Ghost Town TEAM OF UTAHNS 1 O g lime- HIT RICH VEIN the ( , 900-fo- of . t umm 4 In spite ? buried n Cand several million Sworth of minerals. V Frisco is located 15 miles flest of desert railroad center Milford, in western Beaver ' County, on Utah 21. most other Great Unlike ..Basin mining towns turned ghost, Friscos luck, rather fthan Its vein, ran out. So much earth filled the deep Horn Silver Mine shaft I that for all practical purposes "It was dead, although new shafts continued to remove I valuable ore. One of them, financed by Salt Lake capi- talist Samuel Newhouse, took out $314 million. Some owners today who have inherited property there still maintain slim hopes of I better zinc, copper, lead, sil- ver and gold prices which might make future mining profitable. These claims are marked by some "no tres-- J passing" signs at the present town. s if- 4 ' BURIED DREAMS I . ' 4i II ' . Biologist Gains U. Appointment vil- lages. "Their medical needs are great. Their medical care and education are very limited," 1 ,Dr. LeCheminant said, perv In addition to long-tersonnel, the staff will include short-terdenphysicians, tists, and nurses will be participating on short "work vacations, he said. ' "Instead of an expensive trip to a vacation mecca, we invite Utah medical people and those trained in aspects of agriculture and education to consider a family adventure of service, Dr. LeCheminant said. this During opportunity, you have a chance to become acquainted with the culture of the Mayan nations, he said. . "Right now we need longterm care of workers for each Site. 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