The Inter-mountain farmer and ranchman. [volume], March 04, 1902, Page 6, Image 6

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$ll 0 TUT; IVTKK-MOUVJ'AIX FAlfMEU ASfD TUXCirM VN TlTLI)AY MORNIVG, MARCH '1 , 1002.
I FARMER AND STOCKMAN
If i Hot Debate Between Two Interests in Irriga-
!' tlon Convention Yesterday.
1 hsuc Raised by Resolution on Control of Watersheds, md Spirited
Mi Arguments Made on Both SidesSecond Meeting Called for
;' April 2nd to Perfect Permanent Organization.
i
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, P-iturdnv'. nsllj )
,1 .
:V f What the Convention Did Yes- K
. terday. .
ir A i tM a resolution offered b s
' s t i' Fwcndsen of Cachn rnun
i , l I mm tiding the Investigations
' I rrlM on by the tlepiirl-
r r f the Interior f
;' s t 1 a resolution offered bv
c, . r . .f- A F Iiiircmtis of ftnlt
J 1 h I rlnrlng thai the n iter s
ft- fir the Mate should anil mml
1 i m I r the absolute control of
! the i ,ple resident on the system
1 of Ml I. h the shed In a part
I A itfl rc.-iliitlon "Here I hv
tit I rart of Mich ren m
men ii t. In it oni incrrber from
I s c II ountv bo appointed In re
D r rl 111 ollii existing In his
urn
p . 1 iid n resolution offered bv
1 rrl u 1 fi Nell of Uintah, dcclir
PS , In, ih it the parsmnunt Issue he
f re the lonventlon If to serurr
V. nll fr un the general Onvernment
Ail I'1 " resolution offered by
" P li-nt" flegg of Tooele, thai It
il le il senre of the convention
it i le, Ihit nil Inwrliltn Involving rights
Jl V. to the hit of water now pen ling
J1 t Ill Ih rt i.r Ihe Suite l pout
7 V, r t I imill after l lie nxl l.mlf
' V. Iilur. rlull him mol
!. t' I H IMollillop nrffrril by .
Dil k ile ClfSK of Tonolo lomUmn
i . InK the irfK'nt polli i of nelllnft .
6, puhll land In fori) ncro irici on
jj iMitirthrda of the Blatp V
f .liti.,i i rrnoliitinn offrtil bv
I DrlfBali IVarl of Hlrh anklni; Iho
" nmirn r and Ihi Klalc Unalnerr
: lo ronfi- ltt- flmllur niilrrrr In t
ft Iho Halo of oinlnr to fcriiro
f odjudlr illnn o( Ihi ulr rlshti In
f Ihi llpar IlKcr dlalrlrt
JLI . Ilcjcclfd a rmoltulon offi-red by
SJl ". Di legate I'ase that no water ner .
J.J. l fihill uiie more water than la ni
V nn for IrrleallnK till lind K
ij , llejeeted a reeolullon oftctt.l by .
i DelrRite How irrt ol l"mer that .
y ea h rU r or mreuin need wholly .
I, e In ono counl be Imotporaitil and
!' & conlrollfd by one general board of .
U . illreelora. elected by the plockhold.
ft era of Iho cerul canal i
j i , panlea
i , ItcJecKil a roeoliillon offered by
fi, V. DeleKato Pack of Bummll re .
I I wirMIng the Ooernor to call nn
i extru iculon of Ihe IRUInlure to .
i, . . draft a I in In the Iniercata of Ir
i' ' ". rlnallon
!, llfjected a rejolullon offereil by
. DelrRiite (. rer of Utah InHrnctlnn .
. the permanent orxintzatton com V.
mlltto to fnrniulale i till rrqillr .
! Inn erri peraon u.tnx water In J.
i record hla water light In hl own .
T county .
t riejected a reeolntlon offered by K
. K Delegate Damherty of Halt Iike. ,
ft tt In appoint n Ifgltlalho commllteo
t ". of fMen member In draft it bill .
K for pretentalloti In Ihe Utah ia-iila.
, laiuro
t y Hejecled a reeoliitlon offered hy
. Delegate Flfher Harrlti of Rait
J . Lake anklnc the Legislature to .
e create a board of Irrigation .
Appointed a special commltleeof .
r a, seven men to draw iip a plan foi ,
1 , the permanent organisation of u le
. Male Irrigation ussoclation t
! K Decided to hold another onen K
I . lion April Slid lo pcrlect perm ment .
IK organization
'A ' ' 'A 'A A 'A A A A A 'A A 'A A A A
.The rlneh between the repreaenlnlUea
I nf lto atock and of nKrlcultiinil Inter-
eats, anticipated from Ihe fit nt, i line
In the afternoon eeaslon of the Irrlg i
1 tlon comentlon )esterila, iiml for
I thirty minutes the ussembl) wua In nn
uproar while Impassioned sptoclioa
ere made h the mUocatea of clthir
interest In the end Ihe fannein prt
alled and carried out the mensitte thej
desired against Hit determined but fu
tile oppoIUon of the fheep and cattle
I men
I I co.NTitoi, of Tnrtsin:nt
The contri)crs arose oiei u lesolu
lion Intiodueed by A I' Dnreniiia of
t-alt Luke etpresslnit It ns the sense
' of the comentlon that ihe waieisheila
of the Btnto were an essentia' put of
. the Irrigation systems and ns suili
should be under the contiol of the res),
dents of the district of which the sjs
tenia were n pin
In Ihli tilt slnei men fan a menace tn
their otcupntlon of mnn eo,uun miles
i if lind deslrab.e for the pastuinBe ami
Malirlng; of sheep. The nit,ueil IniiB
nnd e unesllj to proie that the sheep
OiiX ml riestroj the cgetntlnti nn the
lilgli phtenus or If thej did It was lint
detrimental u th wuterslmls in It
line nn opporiunltj for the snow in
drift Into the ennjons whire It could
lie iroperl piesered for futuio use.
iioAHii i inn mii:hp
The ndora(es nf 'lie rernltuion on
, the other hnnd malntiilned Unit tho
shep lllemllj ileastnleil eer renlnn
thej entered nlpplns oft the nr.iss and
low un.lerbiiish ilose to the Kiuun.l i
und destrojlnK Ireea by fclrdllng us fat
t tip is thyoiilrt teau, JudKe Irfilrand I
' oune ditw ii palhelle picture of the
scene nf desolation lo be t levied wher- I
I eer herds of sheep had pastured i
I through the winter
I tuii'uKii me winter
A lars:- Brlst of resolutions was passed
I through the comentlon mill mil Ihe
1 ret meisuiei nf many dclegites weie
consigned to lastlnR obllMon At Hie
tireent insistence of the members from
the southern counties the imiveiitlon
vas continued until tcHlu when the
business piobablj will be eompMed
' SECOND SIHUTiNCl IN Al'ltll.
i Bteps were taken toward nifeitlnir
n permanent ornanliatlon of u rtali
irrigation conuress bj the appointment
of a committee to take the neiessari
preliminary steps and report at u -
ond meetlns of this convention to be
held in this city April 2nd
fOrt PKRMANKNT OHOAMS5ATION'
The committee on peimunent orKanl-
ration, appointed at Thursday s sea
I , alon. reported tho prcllmlnarj draft uf
I ""nMltutlon for n permanent btntc
I rrlgntlon HssociJiion to be kmmn ns
i the Utah IrriRiition Congress The en
tire matter was refeird to a special
) committee, wlilcli was Instrum I to re.
this city April 2nd The personnel of
it f,a't Lakes a L. Bwendsen (ache J
' J'. Holmgren, Box Klder W I) Lllns
. ton. Sanpele, Caleb Tanner Utah
I Oeoree IJaherson, Weber. Pimon Chris,
tiansen. Sevier.
,fc KESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS.
L ,M.ny Plans Showing Great Variety
J - of Ideas Presented.
f i "bjtlons and molloni by the dozen
'q upon the convention at the
, , 'JK'p, nd the secretary j03
Wll i
kepi busy reading them and passing
Ih'm or to the committee on resolii
tlnns Thev pertained to every ron
lelvable phuse of Ihe snbjeel and some
of them ioerd seerl pages or man
uscrlpl
DIPriMIBNT HCIIKMBB
I'eler ( lega; of Tooele wanlel It il
rlnred the si nse of Iho ronwntlini that
all lawsuits involving rights tn the use
of wut r now ptndlntr In the inurls of
Ihe Htate bi ponlponed until after Ihe
next leglslaiurn shall hae met Iho
Wihi r loiinty delegates di sired the run
entiiin lo teenmmetid nn amendment
to thi present Irilgatlon Isw so as to
BlM- Ibc SI He control of the walei ss
ems of I tab II 1. Bleed of Ilox Kldei
would hne the nmentlon drnft a suit
able Irrigation Inw and piesmt It lo the
loglilnluro V Wilson of Halt iJlkf
fniored the ndludlcatlon or wutci
rlghis h arbitration und wnntid n
Slute board of arbitration appointed to
sellli ma tiers afire ling two or more
i mint leu
ItOAHD or IIlIiirjMinv
I'lsher llnr'la of Salt iJike lesolved
Ibut the UglslAture Ik p illloncd to
(.UHte a lionrd of Irrigation to luvestl
ratn Hie aourre nnd extent of the water
supply of the State and tn liuestlgate
the ailous methods In use for the
moasuument of water M Diughertj
of Pall Ijike rnnrl the .ippoliitmenl
of n legislative lonunltteo or seven tn
tc ale h hill for premnlallon In the
next legislalurn The I'tnh imintj
itelegallou wanted the (iinvenllon to
mi tnnilalisc 1'ongress to grant lo own
irs of water In I ml. all tin l ublle lands
within the walrishels of the 'Wnsatrh
mountains at a price pot to exceed 2"
cints an acri
These were onli a few of the mens,
lues resented for Ihe innslderatlon of
Ihe rimw ntl'.n nn I lhe rhowed clenrly
hnw divided In sentiment the delegates
wire oer the proper solution of Ihe
lllllrultle whlrh foi mrs hive hem
recognised nnd toleiated
LANI 1IOA1II) AND W TIT IS1 1 KDS
Interest was .Housed bj Ihe readlni?
of Ih leitolutlons iresentid the pri
Moils dav whlrh were submitted tn the
comcnllnn wllh recommendations b
the cnmmltlet as to their adoption or
rejertlon I'suallv Ihe committee h rei
oinmenilallon was incepted nnd the
n solution disposed of without much de
bib V spirited nrgumiiit nine how
iei rn the resolution nf I'eter 1'lei.K
or Tooele dlsapiioMng or the pollcj of
Ihe land bmrd In .riintlng fnrtj-ncie
trueif on uitirshtils llcbei Ilennlnn
I C Tlioicseii nnd others urked Ihnt
Ihe land Imiird should not b (ensured
for rinlnr what they had been Instructed
tn do b law The legislature the
said had mule the provision that was
objected to nnd was chiefly In blame
for whaleei evils hnd arisen from It
The mi nsure found some sup nrl tmonir
Ihe sliiepmea but In the end It was re
committed to Ihe committee
AORICULTUKE VS. LIVE STOCK.
Clash Between tho Interests Over
Watershed Proposition.
The clash btween the agricultural
and the IKestntk Interests nrose soon
after the call lo order In Ihe afternoon
session It came up rather unexpected.
I) nrr a resolution Introduced by A 1'
Dnremus of Pali Iike This is Ihe
lesoliitlnn
Ilesolwil That the entire water shed
of our Irrigation lcm are Ihe essen
till parts of such slems. that their pro
lei Hon ns ihe sntines of Ihe w iter sun
l Is of irainoiinl Import nice tn the
w lir iimtm ot Ih m ,u nnd thii n h
shiil shuiill in I must be un ler the ah
solute control of the pet. le resident on
the sslcm of which Ihe shut Is u pari
jMrnrtTANci: or stock in
ti:hi:sts As Ihe committee hnd rerommenlel
the report for ndoi Hon the chairman of
Ihe committee Judge Johnson wns
ailed upon and brlell) sinteil the rea
son for Mich aillnu-lhnt It was deemed
necessnrj lo pmteu Ihe watersheds of
Ihe state Jesse M Smith of Pivls
lie.dul Ihe sheepmen in the opposition
Hi said It would be unfair to kite tn
one cnmmunlt) the tontiol of the water
sheds aboo it and lo exclude there,
from all other peisone Iho stock In
teiesls In sild were Ihe most Im
lortnnt in tin Sluti not ive ting een
the ngrl ultural nnd their privileges ,
should not lie nirtalled 111 this wa I
'S1ILI.I' MJMNST iHIN ' I
JudkO LctirHiul oung of Salt Iike
Rave a touching description of a forest
IhiotiKh which he passed last summei
the gtound li.lmpld hird bj the hoofs
of thousinds of sheep and Ihe trees
ellnw nnd illng b lenson of being
girdle 1 bj the sheep us high ns the
animals could reach
It Ih Jiim a question of sheep against
mm declaied the Judge with great
emotion Are we going to protect our
watirsheds from thise destructive
forces or must the iwop'e move out of
Utah entlielv. and leave the vegetation
to Ihe sheep'
M-ti'MVi 8 COSTIlADIl TION
This gloomy pliiuie did not appeal to
J c Maikej of Salt laike He said lie
could noi endure to sit nub H and hear
men of supposed leirnlng make suite
inenls of suih falsehood 1 lie wisdom
of theorj was sublime he said but II
sank Into liiHigiiillciure compared with
the wisdom of practical e-vperlenee
All tha theories advanced b all the
engineers of Kurooe uinl imi.ri.ri m
engineers of i:urore and tinerlm ale
In error asserted Mr Mackej In
all my iwcnt ears of sheep raising I
nevei anw a sheep touch a pine tree '
Piiuri-s iiEsro.ssiniuT
This stutement was hreeied with n
murmur of .1 rlalnn but Ml Mac key
wns mil daunted ami plunged Into an
extensive dissertation nn the dietetics
of sheep tlu (impose of which was to
show that the animals confened actu il
lieneilt on the land In which they wem
allowed to kraae Mr Macke also ie
seined the Insinuation that the grulug
of the livestock had aiiMhlng lo do with
tn scntclt of water
The seisons have charged since wc
came Into theto aliees ' he said Of
late jears we li.i 1 very little snow
How can ou Intelligent men snj the
sheep are icspinslhle when (iod Al
mlght alono has chirge of the pit
clpltatlon I hero were ninnj others who spoke
cm minus iiliascs of the iiuestlon but
Delegate Dougall tlm choked off the
nigunienis wllh n motion for the pre
vious nueillon The vote showed Hint
the fnimeis weie considerably In the
majnrltv nnl the ictolutlon was
adopted
J W'TED OltDKrt REVOKED
The fight wnsremvved later however,
nn a resolution Introduced h Jesse
il bmtth protesting against the with
ilrnwal from entry nnd settlement of
lOM nerea in tho Wasatch lunge, and
requestlns: the Secretary of tho Intel lor
to revoke his order, reserving onlj such
limited areas as might be neccsjir for
the beneilclal piotectlon of tho water
sheds MOItl. UEVTED DEDATE
The nBrlcultuii Is tcented denser In
II r '.tiion ni there were more
n ioi i i c h' th vtoi kmen
i i iiluig thai ih fanners wanted
i Ih big f i. I i i- iw eiiabiMie 1 In
lu h w i ac to ibut out rvervbody
an! the farmers rontendlng that the
she men desired to have them left open
for the iiBe of all alike rinallv the
reiolutlm was tabled by a vote of 12 to
7 routines The vote nf Hall Lake
rnun was not recorded as the dele
gates were evenly dlvlied In sentiment
(IOV HC.N r 8 ISIT
fJnv Hunt nf Idaho was a special
guest of the convention nnd occupied
a seat with (;ov Wills on Ihe platform
lie was tailed Uon to speak, nnd re
sponded wllh a few woids of congratu
lation on the work of the Irrigators
He snld his own Slate was not mulcted
with the same evils revnluit In Utah
and that Idaho was receiving somo of
th most valued additions tn Its popu
lation from those who tame across the
southern border to esrape the illlllcul
lies that thej encounter here
QUIETED DOWN.
Small Attendance nnd Pecceful Pro
cedure at Evening Session.
The attendance nt the evening ses
sion was eomiaratlvelv small nnd th
members appenred rather listless and
unwilling tn enter Into hated contro
veisles 1'iesldent "vhel John Evnns
was absent, having returned to his
heme for the night nnd Mre Tresl
dent lohnson was In the chair Ow
Ing In the non attendance of some of
Hie belligerent members many nf the
resolutions Introduced were sciney
debat'd at all an I were ad plH or re
Jicted Immedlatelv upon being lead In
this wnv a goo I deal was nrtompl hetl
nnd the table was piactlially ileirtd of
(.solutions
VO IIKITIlENc- i: TO HOAIU)
I The leaolutlun dlsapi rnvlncc of Ih
roli.y or iho Iiii I bnaid whlili In 1
been reininniltti'il at the iniinlng f .
slim was brought up in amended fii in
the iiiy being intuli mm I but all
reference lo the 1,11 nd board bein,
omitted In this form It pnsel th
convention wllh seare-ly a diss ntln- I
vote
i. n uoriEiiFiK i:pi.iiiKNri.-i
Lindsay It lingers one of th. mo I
aellvu Irrigators ut tie even n- s i
slon encountered some unlrU e xpi rl
ences Mr Itngeis Ins ntlenlitl neirly
nil Ihe sesslnllH of Ihe ronv lltlnn. bbt
hlthirto ban been merely an attentive1
Istener taking little pirt In the de
Ilbeintinns Ijist tllil when he nr -c
lo spenk he wns chillingel by a.
ini-ml,er from Pevler county I
I rise to a point of order ' Inter '
ruptcd the Sevier nn mber holding up
n cop of an nftirnnnn paper In whl h
wni printed the list or ddemtcs Thla
man Is not a member of the convon
tlon nnd has no right to sprak on thli
llesir Ills name Is not on thin II I
Arter refeienre to the mil 1.1 oils
Ihe secretary assured Ihi objector thit
Mr lingers was it member In good
standing and full fellowship nnl he
was allowed to finish his r-mi ki He
hapiened to lie sitting In the pi i c
leservel Tor Ihe Oarllel I d leg Ulon
md Iinlge Johnson. In grintlng him
ii (.million sild
The gentleman fioin fJarfleld countj
has Ihe Moor"
Evm Ihls did not terminate Mr Tiog
eiss experiences ns an Irrlr-nlor I pon
objecting as Impractical to n rc du
tlon bv Delegate Kelser nf Halt lake
letltlonlng Ihe Ciovernment to ub
llsh nurse lies for joung forest ire a In
I'tab he was asled this question by
Mr IteNer
Does not Ihe Oovernment furnlili
flsh with whlrh to slock our str am
cs shniitel .Mr Itogers be aue
Ornver Cleveland was n 1Kb rman
PI.OHAI1LY CLOSE TODAY
At 1 'n the convention ndjciurned to
meel ngiln nt in nclmk IhU morning
The 'iiiestlnns have bnen pretlv well
Ihresheei over nnl there Is nppirentlv
I ut little tn be done Tlu old n,.
Ing -versus- agriculture controversy
mil he gone over ni,aln however when
the committee reports n resolution In
troiuced bj .Mi Llllson nt Ihe tlr t
da s session It Is probable the con
vention will finish Us lal ors this morn
ing nn I n IJourr until April 2nd
Convention Notes.
A telegram was read from Major
C.lnstn.inn nnd A V right of Ogden
nsklng that the next Iirlgatlon Con
gns be bel 1 In tint ltj
r( legraim of nni.r nidations and
greeting wer- n reived Irom Senator
Kwarns CVingier.ni in Sutherland nnd
the (resident of the Intel state Irriga
tion Congress In session nt Stetllng
Colo
REGRET FOR STEVENSON.
Resolution Adopted by IrriRatlon
Convention Yesteiday Last Let
ter Written by Sevenson.
v neie of sorrow was struck In the
lulkiilo) convention jesterdiv when the
.1 .th or c nl e L rttevemon w is nffl
ililti ilinoiuired and a propelate icsi
Inn ns i f mourning and condolence In
li. kIii. (, I bv John llenrj Smith wire
aderfietl with more than usual feeling
How deeply ("nl Sleveneon wns Inter
ested in Irrlkitlon milters and how gresl
ihe loss fiistalne I bv the Plate nruuulsi
tlon Is best shown b th, lust I. Iter he
Is known to have written It was ail
dressed In a mi mlier of The lllliune
staff wns nmll.il nt K o clock Thmsiliv
nushl iwn nnd nm half hours Ik fore
Ihe writers death mid was Intemlnl to
explain the reason if his enforce I ib
senci from Ihe eonvmllun The leltir
follows
reliiuarj 27 urn:
Mj IV ir Mr -Will ou kindly
Insert In The Tribune thai e nl c I
Htevenson Is coiuliied tn his home wllh
an altaik of inll iitiniiilory rheumitlsin
I want In so fur as possible let the
nubile know that m aluence from the
Irrigation convention Is romnulir it
Is excesslvelj dlsappnlutlng rspecljllj ns
I bad arranged to discuss ihe questions
of natloiiHl all and iisllonal legislation
as relallve In lull nnd at the Ver) time
1 iniild have had an audience from all
over tho State 1 him to he lul.l un
jours. (' I. 81 KM SSO.S
! IRRIGATION BILL IN SENATE.
Very Little Opposition to Measure In
Upper House.
TRIM K lll'IH ii )
!. K Str el V
v ishliiKliiu I) c" "eh 2 lH! I
Ihe lrtlkntl.il hill prepared hv t esiern
Congressm. i, ,. lUpre.eninlUes , w
II. Iho Uenate for discussion senator
Clark of Uvomlng made an able speech
In sunpnrt of the bill ibis afternoon anl
"; listened to allenllvely It is ex.
ie.lc.1 Hint Senitor Dubois will sncnlc
loin.irii.w on the bill There Is verj lltlo
"PP". tlon In the Senate and friends of
tho measure prullil Its eerliiln iHisssae
Swl ,h""" ln "le "'""", 're licit so
WATEnWOHKS I'On LVMAN.
A Wano County Town's Six Thou,
sand Dollai Enttrpthe
IllihfWII rb .N-lhe little (own of
Limit, ,ye roumv his Just eoni
fi,ilU.'i,f.,"'m " wat.rvv.irks 1 he Ipe
line whkh lonv.vs ihe wmer friin
nnuinialii spilng nliove is ne miles
long Ihe settlement Is a new on. and
Its growth lias hem retarded b havliig
I'nVVire' vVili'tVr ,l"ln"rV "'r""'P'
ajne county farmer are to build an
other reserviir Iwn nave, now Ueu
built on the l'remont river and they have
proved to he so successful that th. rrl
gallon ronipanv owning (hem has d.rllel
mi,iJ,uil.lii"iJh.l,n1 " .'t '"fSMh ranch
?'.,ktw".' IIH'3 l'h water from tho
vim h.a". ' i,'0rk f, the river The dam
will not be an extra one mi but will
be ihlrlj f.et In height Fhe t ,t 0 .on!
structlon will bo about IMv).
i
UTAHN FOR THE CABINET
W. S. McCornick Being
Pushed for Portfolio.
MAY SUCCEED HITCHCOCK
Movement ln Behalf of the Salt Lake
Banker Assuming Rapid Momen
tumFriends llnve Presented His
Nome to tho President for the Sec
retaryship of the Interior It 13
Believed ln Washington That
Should Secretary Hitchcock Keslgn,
Mr. McCornick Will Succeed Him.
Tiuni'Nn nt iu.au, -t-
- IW K Street r
Washington D ' l"eb 55
A I tah man Is lung men- -f
Honed for n place In Ihe C,abl
IT !TrSsssssssssssssssssssssssssSaWBs8,'?Aa llS
Th slaatHsWCSsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssHslssssls llV
Y kSisssBV assssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssSssssssssHBsi A
liataii9SiniiJiastsa
35s&. X&-isjieas8" "" ',SSv ifteo,
net. In high olllc lal di rlci there -f
-f Is a strong sentlmi nt favorable -
to the appointment nt 11 far-
Western man to -the next vn-
onnej The East and mid West -f
Is amplj iepresentee)r, while the -f
Koeky mountain region nnd be-
onl Is whnllj without repn-
f sentatlon among the President s
e high counsellors -f
HITCHCOCK S HESIONATION
f Tor several months rumors
-f have been current tn the effect
-t- that Secretarj Hitchcock of the
Department of the Interior
f would retire anl tho nevvspo-
pers have fiequently precllcte 1
his early exit with n. degree of
deilnlteness that curried convlc-
tlon Although the Kecretorj
has neither afllimed nor dls-
credlle-I the n port
PCK1NO Otir TIMHEIl -f
Hovvevei II Is known .osl
llvelj tint certain Senators nnd
others from . sum Htnlea are
lli king out Ihilr vei best Urn-
ber rreparatorj to submitting -
the claims of their favoreel sons
for the consldeiutlon of the ap-
pointing pQwci .
f HOOSEVEI.T IOOMVfl WEST
It Is piediciei with csrtalntj -
that should Stridor) Hitchcock
lealgn his suneivor must come
t from 11 State woi nf ths Ilncky -f
mount tins Piesldent House- -t-
veil Is known tn be Inciting
-f westwaid vvllli several objects
In view mil Is said to have
r Jlelded to argument tn those)
who uige that (he V.ost. and
especially the mlneiul region. 4
should have ihe Interim port-
f folio A nuinlier of names of t
men from CalUiirnln Montnna
-f and the Pugi t ound cniintr)-
f have been sul mliiel f
Ml! JICOHMi K SCC.dlShrED -f
4 Plah also has 1 mim whoe t
eminent Illness for the place has -
been suggest I to the Presl lent
In the person nf W S "IiCor-
nick the Halt Iike er, n t
e man who has hem 1 Inent In -f
llepubllcun counills in tha fir
4 West for 5 ears 4
4 HAS SPLENDID ItECOHD -f
As n delegate to the St Louis
convention .Mr Mef ornlck wns
one of the few Western men lo
f Hand llimly In supimrt of Ihe
Bold stundard of nionev Ills
4 reiord In support of standard t
f monej and in defense nf Ilepuh-
llcan principles was such n to 4
ciuse the leadeis of Utah tn
urge hla nam- for the United
States Fenat. timing the last
Leglslatute Ii wlilcli bod he -f
had many staunch friends, hut
e w as defeated bj a small mugln
WILL HECE1VE HLCOONITION. -
1'p to this time Mr MrCor- -f
4 nick has not been m ide n party
to the iffert now In Ing put forth -f
t pine him at the head of tho
-f Interior department, hut one of
I
I - - ,
e hii sr lal fn nds a 1 ulted
-f -til s nator fr m ft .estrn '
St di has written Mr M Cor-
niek advising him of the move-
ment and the rapid momentum
it Is ivssumlng It Is believed
that the I tah batiker will re- -t-4
celve recognition should Secre- 4
4 tarj Illtchcoek leslgn -f
-f-f-4-f--f- -t--f4
MB M'CORNICK SURPRISED.
Knew Nothing of the Movement Un.
til Yesterday.
Mr McCornick had received no defi
nite Information In regard to the mat
ter when consulted nt a lale hour last
night although he admitted that the
subject had been broached to him
The first Intimation I had thnt anj
thing of the kind was being consid
ered was when a friend called me up
over the telephone jesterdav and In
formed me that a number of my friends
In oillclal circles were Interesting
themselves in my behalf In the mat
ter I had given the matter no thought
whatever up to tint time In fact I
did not know that Secrelarj Hitch
cork Intended to resign '
LETTER ON THE WAY
Late in the afternoon jesterday '
Mr M l ornir-k continued "I received
n teli grim from Senator Kearns thai
was somiwhut vague nnd at the time
I thought It referred to some business
proposition It said In effect that a
letter was on the waj. and asked me
not to decide on the proposition con
talned In It until after giving It care
ful consideration '
AS TO ACCEPTANCE
Mr McCornick was asked If he
woul 1 accept Ihe portfolio of Secretary
of the Interior If It were tendered lo
him b Piesldent Roosevelt lie
laughed In n hearty waj and said
.Now you certainly would not ex
pect me to nnsvver such a question ns
that Dent vou see that It would he
verj hnd manners for me to accept
nr refuse something that had never
been orfeied It will he time enough to
discuss that phnse of Ihe subject when
something has been offered '
CANNOT SELL CANAL.
Panama Stockholder Surprised by a
Message Fiom Colombia.
Pirls Peb 28 At an extraordlnarj
meeting of the shareholders of the new
Painmn Canal company todaj l'resl
dent Ho rend a message from the Con
sul General of Colombia nt Paris set
ling forth that the companj could not
transfer lis concession to anotnei na
tion without first, with the assent of
Colombia, modlfjlng tho stipulations
of articles 21 and 21 of the agreement
After a discussion, dining which It
was urged that effoits should ho male
tj kee the concession fur Prance th,.
mectlm, atlopted u lesolutlon express
ng approval of the attitude of the
hoard of directors and .leildlng. In
view of this fact, to postpone entering
Into anj engagement.
The dlapahh of Ihe Columbine ,m.
.... .n.ni. 11 'Jl cue e cnumciiar IOV-
eminent wis a complete stiri 'e to
the shareholders of the Panam anal
iiinipanj who met this arternoon In
evpeitatlnn of merelv rallying thn ar
il 11 of the board of dliermrs In offer
ing the Panaini ('anal ronipinj spiop.
eitv to the United Slates for llOonOOml
w Ills h oiTer was lo remain open imui
Mm.h I mi and authorizing the
board to rarry out all the measure
for the transfer of thn 1 roperlj and
fix and nieept all modes 11ml terms of
pa j ment ir the lulled Slates arcepts
the offer
The consternation therefore, was
general when President Ho read Co
lomblas Ii legram and n heated ills
Mission broke nut The mnjorltj of the
apeakeis 1 cine liided that the lelegiam
rnetuit the utter collapsu of tho negn
nations with the United States and
rerenimenl against Ihe United btates
was expressed
TRIUMPH OF PRINCE HENRY.
London Times Comments on Ameri
can Reception to Royal Visitor.
London Ph 28 -The rimea ihil
morning pulllshes ntt editorial on th
tiiuriph of Prince Henry In eonvcrtln,
the cool friendliness nf his first n
ccptinn Into the henrtj enthiHlism
whl Ii hi vv nroutis In the breast
or the nr jeople, and says this
I'ipiili has been won by tut and
(Imp am hHs fair to continue
Inn. ig until tho Prime kVv,.,
American shores
'Ihe editorial enprecwes sincere grat.
Iflratlon at the manner ln which tin
United Stales Is meeting Ihe advuncca
of Germinj and udds We niaj fe 1
ot the sama time legitimate ratlsfac-
II 11 (hit we dil n watt until non to
. I "our admii Hi n and regard for
the m iic-in r I If but ',a"y "
pre-, I both at 1 time when thev were
uf greater value to them
The nore closely the Germans adopt
American principles nnd the mote
steadfastlj the) act upon thm In
thlna and elsewhere the better Pl
will be the English speaking race on
both sides of the ocean
BRAVE MEN HOME.
Soldiers Who Discovered Agulnalrlo'a
Hiding Place Return.
San Francisco Cal Feb 2S Among
the troops which arrived on the trans
port Hancock from Manila were Capt
Ceo A Detchemendj, Lieut Parker
Illtt and thlrt-four enlisted men ot
Companj H, TwentJ second Infantry
from Ilaler Luson the mnit remote
station In Ihe Philippines
It wns this company of soldiers who
after many hardships ran down the
Filipinos cairjlng messages from
Agulnnldo Together with Lieut James
D Taj lor Tvventj fourth Infantry
they discovered Aguimldos hiding
place at Talanan, furnishing th ne
ressarj Information whlrh was used
bj On Kunston in the capture of
Agulnaldo
After the capture of Agulnaldo these
nflbers ond privates eaptuiel all of
Ihe Filipino troops who were with
Agulnaldo last
i-npt Detchemendj nnd company
were also rccentlv hlghtj praised by
berretarv of the Navj Long for their
work In searrblng for the remains of
lining envllle who wns one of the
f.llmnre party nnd who was killed hy
tho natives
HIS BRAIN LIFTED OUT.
Remarkable Surgltial Operation Per
formed on the Pastor of a
. Baltlmoie Church.
Hi t inure Ml Feb In one of the
in t r marksble operations knivvn lo
I rir.rj Ihe bruin or Ihe Itev William A
St rk iiilor of the llroailway Herman
M V rhnrih nf thin cltv has been actn
iilv lift., I Irom It In. I anl the roils or
e Kiln nerves th i( hnd c ittsed (he e'e igv
I n in exusslve nciiriui;la wern 1 vtraclecl
1 Tin pillenl Is sild tn hive sloj 1 Ihe op.
r H in well end f w doubts nf his le
er ire entertained Ihe nitration
I w i performed at the Johns Hopkins
ii 1 1 tul
I HAN INTO WASHOUT.
Four Persons Killed, Several Injured
In Wreck ln Georgia.
Orlfnn Ol 1 eb 2 -A siulhbonnd
1 p ensrr train nn the Columbus brinrh
t' the Southern nltwav v.cnt through u
ir tie into a creek at midnight near Xe
t li n.i
KII.LKD
A ' Mathews, engineer Columbus C. i
J 1 Hill baggoge mastrr Colum
' i O Mitrros. mall tlerk Atlanta
I I i ic MtDowcil fireman Columbus
vi nl passcngi rs were Injured, but
n i fntnlls
In structure had been weakened bj
ih In iw rilns und three bents if Ihe
bi 'ue guvc win Ihe Haiti was running
(I u-lv nt iho lime or Ihe 1111.lei.11
'tr Itrtt-class conch wn the onl c ir
lli.it did not go Into the war bout
TLOOD IN THE SOUTH.
WIdcspiead Damage 13 Cause I hy
Heavy Rainfall.
I .Atlanta Oa Feb 5R Not In many
rs have Ihe hiutheaXcrn Oiilt Rdilen
I vperlrncel elamige so wldffpreul by a
pi rm us tint which vest nUs lslted
llei'fgll Mih.lmi Tennessee v'liglnll
North and South c urollna and Plirlla
s far as known seven lives weir lost
nl sever il liereona Injured 1 lie il-cm-
uge Is enormous, Ihe rnllruads b-iiu 1'ir-
ti nl irly hcavj sufferers Pom iivch
win lost In a wicek near flrlldii which
was ciused bj a washntit the erher
d 1 I were negroes wlmsi ablns w ro
Miwn awa bv the storm II th
stn urns are bank full
HOOD AND SrORM.
The damage bj slorm In Lee countj
Ala Is r. purled (n Iw jMii
M Lamlierlsvllle and rtelvldcre Pa
the silk mills are Hooded and manj fam
ilies were liken Irom their homes In
All rillwaj traffic In Ihe mountains of
North Carnllni Is complete!! paniljzeil
as a result nf Thtirsdiv night's storm
The French llrnnd river Is (hi highest
ever known all manufacturing 1 lints on
(he banks hive teen forced In close
Pittsburg and vicinity Is threatened
with u disastrous II md Ihe groat ice
gorge In tho Allegheny happllj pissed
nut without doing any serious damage
"!.', . B.r'f l"'"e of vviler behind It
whUh Is heltg augmented everj moment
bv swollen creeks and mount iln
streams nukes It nnarent th it much
damage mun r ull
One of the most violent gales experi
enced In jinn prevailed ihiough nit
northern Ohio early jesterdaj u the
I levelsnd wealhi r burenu oftlce the wind,
wlilcli was from tho southeast registereii
II velncltj of elghtj mile, an hour nl one
I Imi Scons nf plain glass windows an I
skvllehis In (he downtown district were
demolish-d
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Two Men Killed by the Collapse of
ft Furnace Roof.
Chicago Feb ! Two men were killed
and three were Injured today by the fall
lug nf a furnace loot nl the plant ot the
South Chlcugo I urnare cornp my
DE Ml
Frank Itusell head crushel
Michael Jirkular I. nlj crushed
Whlln Iho three men who w,ro njurPd
fP'leSt K, pti'to!, ,1;" IWfiJ Yo
.ing''gglinfi.1,,!?- B""
TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
Jealousy Causes Death of Woman
and Two Men
I Igln ill lib : -Henjamln F TIH
north an tntluenllal man nf Wood tock
nnd owner or extensive machine shops
S QklAnd'e.i1''
SPARKS FROM IHE WinES.
m:nlng"'l.n,Ta.01,ra7ly'roril;u
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.
Dnrlel Sweeniv nn uged fanner .. 1
hi dlllghter Mil j were found n"J
nlghl In 1 heir home ni wiienx i'n JUii
fflrr.-vr'"
In Leavtnvvnrlh Knn. I rank it.,n
nek, a salnonkeeier shot Dii ir li
ter In his place. In that cltv y .T ."?.?"
killed hlinsilf The woman .nW l,mn
evenlm. liurlanekweTit then a ,'?!'
ago from c r le Neb where 1,. s,,r
wife and three children. '" h"" "
ACHIEVE BIG sjjjj(jj -
British Make Combined M6
Against Boers.
NEWS READ IN THE COMMOi
Boer Losses In tha Two Days j., v
Ing ABgregnte Six HundrH " On
Killed or Captured Two Thou
iforses nnd Twenty-tlght Tk
sand Head of Cattle Fall IB(.t
Hands of British Troopjjriui
Selects Anniversary of Bam
Majubt Hill to Win Great Vitu tv
London Teh 21 -Following tbj ,. Im
cedent or Lord Roberts, who anno
Oen Cronjes Mirrend r at raartld, ihe
on the unnlversary ot the bain, ..
.Majuba hill (February !7 11,51,! '
Kitchener lppnrentlj selc Id t,i,, "
nniilversnrj to achieve a big . f
bj .1 combined riovm nt lastm, ,' ""r
da8 agalnrl the Hoer forces Ji,
the Harrlsmith and Van Reensn , H
of blockhouses T,u. Hoer loss?, ,".' tins
gate 600 men klllc-J or captured an! Mr
horses and it .100 bend of cattle h "
the hands nf the Hrltlsh troop, "i "J,
news was so vv tie nine to the liritlsht '
II was rend out In the House ot rl c
mons bj Ihe War bn rotary r R iht
.rrka.f7e.lJo'vvs'"f,'', ""fI''dK"
KITflllVntlS DISPATCH T.
Hanlsinlih 1 eb lesterdav
conillnid iieinlons ol the columu t '
rnlna id In driving tl-e liners agiinft '
Harrlsmith an Van licenan iiSimL .,
line Tie Illvcr Wllse wisheldS" "m
lei ester rifclme it ml Lillntl s mm, HP
Irfnntrj fr m llarrlsmltli while n?, sh
iimns formed em I h rrnnkfort a
I lli tha s pus bin I hous line sm . ,1
vnnce.1 south ho' ling the coitnirr J.
tween Hie VMIi. nnd tin Nntnl rr '."
on (he llrsl night n severe allimj, )
brenk Ihie.tgli ni made nl n pohiv lh
nrd the Nevv cilandcri bchavn i rl
grr it galhinirv
The tigbUiu- vi ,t 1 tn e qmrte, ,
the lleers ilruvc a la 1, herd 01 cattj
fiontnf them hi us, .Mnnl Dn""'
Hoer lend, r Wis klhc I nil ihln
de 1 1 Uoeri were found 011 th m
Ovir 11X1 hois- 1 w re I lie I and vtn
of rattle wer. I on our hnhd. b
1 mill illemil to I ik ut wen m
nd In two e ises 11 -,1 d On tN?i
dnj If Uiere with rlllr md hore7i
t ipt tired
MN1 1,01.1 Hklllln
ll ihe eoluiiini ha 1 noi mi riror
1 Ihe oiir 1 I 1 V p lie n vile
vi- n P. r I vi been klllr 1 n
lil eners In 1 r haa I 1 o b-
1 ie head 1 r 11 1 w s c
shiep 1X11 till. il rnim if,
inunlllein I 1 n s I ci le v
Hi w t eon j 1 1 1 1 i ( mnu
l.nts Mejir ml 1 il,. r f (. r t
lornets lie 1 t r 1 1 ,
very mipii in- o ins int. r
M I ll a
TheXare 1 11 Ir I rmlrKr
pljlng lo n 1 1 1 1 H m.
Commons li v 1 1 10 el ( Is
He exception 01 ih 11 t if cinnli
I I ad been 1 ceiv il ,1 in r rn nn.
I of a Itiitijii , iivo rr ij i vi rr.
reir Klerki Ioi, 'o r en bud I
tcportti! kill I but t re vvcie iVj
IW vvoun I I
NOI VI I, nr HDt
In rcoso t in ml v maid
tho novnnnietit 1 to n, fate e
esenrt it 1 .n oj f ,1 ,11 car
wblch iccordin- I a ,1 ,pit f
Lird Unci er r m c pi bile Fcbtui
-ith win aiic I, nd cii lur I
the Uuoiii south est of 1:1 rkidj
Transvaal colon r b 1r 2ih j,,
Klleli-p. 1 Inr 1 at I I nc follol
messige
A report ha Jt st I in ie I veil II
sixteen utile rs nnd I l m, n were hi
I rlsoners f tl, un nftlc r oil
men have Inn 1 I d ( ol nden
of ihe miu 11 im nr who
nunded la still i pr ner M-iJ Vriia
who i.imn 1 1 the Infnnlrv t
V'.?'!'.lc'! , " " .' "", " '" In nhtalnl
ilellnlln Inform Illnn
Lend Kitchener m i nothing In I
response nbc ut the two guns that t
Huers cnptuiel wllh the convoj it
Ir Urenlilik the fctr tary of Su
lot War iinnounc d In the Hause
Cnmnions todaj that tho (lovcrnme
hod nn further Inf rnntlnn beyon'' thi
eotitnuinleali I In Lord Kit, hener 4 ti
pulch
CHNSOItSHIF STRICT
The censoishlp In South Africa lu
been excissivelj strict for some tip
pnst nnd dl?p ttrhes have constnue:
ly suflered n rlous delay In some cv
Ihej have been held up for one nr Ir
dajs both at C ipo Town und I'retorli
A dispatch lecelv d tonight fro
Harrlomlth shows that fien De Vt
anil Mr Stejn were Within the nelek
scribed bj Lord Kitchener In hli li
patch from llnrilrmlth, conccrnlnr; i
killing or ejptining of COO Doers dtirlt
the) last two diys but escaped be'
tho line vvai- enmpletcd
RAWLINS S SUCCESS.
Tonights dlspitch from Harrlsraltt
also sajg that Col Rawlins scored If
highest success of the drive He ije
ecitled In completely suiroundlnf 1
la iger of loci Hoers nnd gave them oc
hour In which lo decide whether th
would surrender or light. The Brt
Uncling escape Impossible, surrendtrrf
nt ills retlon. nnd not a shot was flret
DR. C W. HIGOINS,
Microscopic and Anilytie Phtlt!"
28 YCARS IN SALT LAKE.
SALT LAKB
Microscopic Medical Institute
C W. Higglnj, M. D, Mimger and fie?.
sr. ri.M.o norPL.
Corner Main and Third Souta,
Has practiced In Bait Lake City tart
ly.nyo years, and Iho wonderful 5
establlslied cures he has effected lo "
lime provn tho sclenlltlo prlnclpl.J
which his medlclnex are compoun'iT
Forming diagnosis by ll.o alii of n 3
croseopo enaliles him 10 detect tus CJ.
msry muse of iliseasn and effect a rsaiej
cui 'Ihe Doctor haa cured thousands"
ervllll. Debility, Jlenlal and F&'lc"
i-sKne., nnd Mervou. I'roslratlon.
nd will foifelc ,uo for any case i
under his ireatmeut which h !"'
cure , ..
All classes of private diseases eureJ
all old lingering diseases which '";,.
tha blood anl hniialr the stn. ,j
oughlyand pennanentll cured Livei r ',
klcTney cnmplalnt curacf All els.se ,
cured Tapeworm removed. with r.S,,
ao pay. ottlce hours, 10 to I "" '
I leucs. sent for a list of giefj'ft'ujj
Br. c. w. llissini. ealt UktSW"