Show THISTLE THINGS I jUlio Zip on His Way to the Kingdom 1 King-dom of Canute 1 This morning THE DEMOCRAT traveling representative left on a trip to the King dom of Canutethe county of Sanpete Nothing whatever occurred during the rido to Thistle Creek Station the point where I dropped off to make the balance of the way to Sanpete either by train or on foot As fortune ever smiles with favor on a press representative abroad it happened a freight train was waiting at Thistle to start for FairvIew Arrangements Arrange-ments were soon made with the teamster for a Beat on his load It took but a short time with tho assistance of the pencil pusher to get the load on after the arrival of No 16 THIEVES AND KOBBERS At Irovo Sheriff John Turner boarded the passenger train From him your representative learned that yesterday he had returned from Eastern Utah where he with a small posse of men had cap a roving gang of robbers The Sheriff says the men there were three of them I were about the touchest lot ho ever tackled and that had he and his assistants assist-ants not cot the drop on them there would undoubtedly have been trouble in getting the precious trio However the place of arrest was as Turners plans always aroso carefully made that he had the outlaws when resistance meant death and so the rascals graciously gra-ciously surrendered to the officers As your correspondent had but a few moments mo-ments talk with Mr Turner the names of the arrested men were not learned The Sheriff said though that these fellows fel-lows had commenced by stealing horses saddles and bridles and then picked up such things as rifles pistols field glasses and any other small valuable things they could get their hands on Two of the party the Sheriff feels confident are deserters de-serters and the other he feels surer still had sawed himself out of some prison within two months As the train glides up the benchlund towards Spanish Fork Canyon one of the finest views is panoramore 1 before the wondering eye of the traveW I is Utah Valley a scene of ARCADIAN BEAUTY Beggaring all description Lulled to rest at the foot of the western hills is the picturesque Utah Lake when The stars and mountains view The stillness of their aspect in tho last trace Its clear depths yield of their far height and I hue In every direction is the eye met with fresh bright foliage soft contours charming charm-ing contrasts and rustling waters The higher climbs the train the grander and LI L broader grows the scene until in full I view one beholds on the northern poi it of the lake the quiet little town Lei then American Fork Pleasant Grov I and nearer still Provo and Springvillo Ito I-to the south Payson Benjamin and I Spanish Fork are additional spots of beauty all surrounded by mountain peaks which the white clouds float down t kiss and caress in softening shadows Still pushing up grade the train enters the mouth of Spanish Fork canyon and at an astonishing rate speed on its way eastward to those grand and wonderful structures and freaks of nature that have made the D R G famous as the scenic route of the world MiLoZir THISTLE CREEK May 261887 |