Show irutMiAiTni OVKMH I Irrrrrto Oranl llo > cad AilJnrn Salt Lake City Jan ItThe firttec I ton ol the second legislature convened In the City and County building at lo > octocka m today Mr Llllle R Par dee chief clerk ol the first senate called t the senate to order That body then I organtfed by electing and Initalllng Aqullla Nebeker preildent The senate proceeded to aelect III officer and com millet clerk and adjourned I Exchlel clerk Thompson ol Ogdeu called the home to order Repredila tIre Perkins ol Ogden was elected speaker The three republican voted for Kimball ol Carbon The senate II lolldly democratic and the boast to nearly to that the sessions vlll not be enlivened by partisan dlt cutloni Each body notified the other ol Itt or ginliatton and ooth houses adjourned unlit the morrow when the governors menage will be delivered A Jamie of III Veered The largest tree In the world Met broken bro-ken and petrified at the end ol a defile In Northwestern Nevada III demen stool are to great that those who know ol Ira existence hesitate to tell the tory became hardly I expect to be bellced but there is I sufficient evidence give the tale credit Improbtble though It may teem up the Mineral Collector This tree maket the monarch 01 the Marlpoa grove teem like Imposters and compared to It the tailed pine grown on Norwegian hilt to be the matt ol ionic great admiral It but and wand At for the story ol Ittdlcoterj It h I thus told by Dad Lynn Pretno and supported by other equally well known people lUck In 1860 a company ol about is left Red IlluK to prospect the then unknown un-known country beyond Honey Iak and Surprise Valley There were In the party lawyer butcher and hocmaker but we were one ided on one point each Individual felt positive that this was the turning point ol hit existence I and that bright shining goM In unllm1 I Ited quantlllet would reward the rather unpleaaant Jaunt The Indlant we call teem Dan nockt were at that time raising hair and very many sudden move were at time necessary In order to get rid ol their unwelcome attention Finding but little gold In this section we traveled travel-ed toward llaker county Oregon there a country entirely denuded ol timber except a few dwarf cottonwoods along the waterways Close to the naker County line we came to an openIng open-Ing In the rocks about wide enough lor our wagons to go through and on tther tide loomed precipice 500 and boo let high The crevasse was about 15 mile long and at III end jut to the I light ol the trail we found a nuniber 01 petrified ttump ol different heights and does In Ihelr ntldt on lie I ground lay a monster tree somewhat Imbedded In the I oll It was completely petrified and from the clean cut feature ol the trunk ermed to have alien alter purification purifica-tion At III hull this tree sac quite < x > ft In diameter We measured Itt length with a tapellne It was M eet long No limb remained but In the trunk were cleft where apparent limb had been broken off Amber like beadiol petrified pitch or sum adhered tothetldetol the trunk for I a distance ol ton feet or more Where the huge trunk was broken quarely off the center teemed transparent parent and the growth mark showed In twaiitlful concentric ring Ill natural appearance was liandtomer than any dressed marble or mosaic I hate ever seen and all ol ut prted the I opinion that It would make a wonder tally beautiful floor and Interior finish for come grand bulUllng |