The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-29
KEEP CLAWS OFF !.
A Bombshell Among
the Vultures.
THE FEATHERS FLY.
Judge Zane Stirs 'em Up
With a Long Pole.
A SPADE Is A SPADE.
Grossly ExhOrbitant, and
Excessive" Fees.
A SPADE Is A SPADE.
AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
Judge Hardness, the Hundredth Man
Tho Matter of Compensation
Waived for the Present.

There was a large attendance of
lawyers and few other spectators at
the Supreme Court yesterday after
noon, when that tribunal convened to
consider the application of Judge Zane.
in behalf of the trustees of certain Of
The district schools, for a hearing in
the matter of fixing the compensation
of Receiver Dyer and his attorneys for
their labor in handling the property o.
the late corporation, the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chief Justice Sandford and Associates
Henderson and Boreman were on the
bench, Justice Judd being busy in his
court at Provo. District Attorney
Hobson, of Colorado, was present in
the interests of the government.
AS was anticipated the proceedings
were of highly interesting nature, and
when Judge Zane sprung his petition
the feeling resultant was in the nature
OF sensation. Three lawyers, Peters,
Hobson and Williams, sat twirling their
moustaches during the reading of
Judge Zane's petition, which, at the
suggestion OF the court, had been re-
duced to writing. 1t was read by John
NJ Zane, and was as follows:
In the Supreme Court OF Utah Terri,
tory, jane Term, 1883.
The United States of America,
Plaintiff,
The late Corporation the Church Of
Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints
and others, Defendants.
To the Honorable Supreme Court of
the Territory Of Utah:
Respectfully represent unto your
honors the trustees of schools of the
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Twelfth
school districts Of Salt Lake City, in
Utah Territory, that under the laws of
said Territory trustees of schools
of school districts receive and
hold all property of such dis
tricts, and receive, hold, ex-
pend and apply all moneys and pro-
ceedS to be applied and expended to
the use and benefit of the common
schools in providing suitable school
houses and grounds, in the employ
ment of teachers, and for all other
common school purposes; and that the
district schools of said Territory are
it's common schools.
That there is Row in the possession
and custody of Frank II. Dyer, the
Receiver appointed by this court in the
above cause, real estate obtained and
held by the said late Corporation in
violation of section 3 Of an act OF Con-
gress, approved July 1st. 1862, and also
in violation of section 1890 of the Re-
yised Statutes of the United States,
described as follows:
All the east half of lot six (6), block
seventy-five (75), plat A, Salt Lake
City survey, Salt LAKE County, Utah
Territory, and bounded as follows:
Commencing at the northeast corner
of said lot, running thence south ten
Q0) rods; thence west ten 10) rods;
thence north ten (10) rods, thence east
ten Q0) rods to the place of beginning;
also part OF the west half of said lot
+ (6), block seventy-fve (75), plat A,
Salt Lake City survey, bounded as fol-
lows: Commencing at point ten 10)
rods west OF the northeast corner OF
said lot and running thence south ten
Q0) rods, thence west seven CD rods,
thence north ten Q0) rods, thence east
seven (Orods, to the place of begin
ming; also part of lots three (3) aud
four az, in block eighty eight (SS),
plat A, Salt Lake City survey, County
and Territory aforesaid, and bounded
as follows: Commencing at point
corner of said lot four az, running
thence north sixteen C5) rods, thence
east twenty (20) rods, thence south
twelve aud one half Q2h) rods, thence
west fourteen (14 rods, thence south
three and one-half (3h) rods, thence
west six co. rods to the place of be-
ginplng: also all the south half ~ of
lots five (5) and six (6),in block elgnty-
eight 1857, as the same are plated IN
plat A, Salt Lake City survey, County
and Territory aforesaid; also all those
certain tracts of land situate in said
county and Territory known as the
Church Farm, "described and bound
ed as follows: All that portion OF lots
tea q0), eleven 1D, twelve Q2), thlr-
teen Q3) and fourteen Q4, block
thirty-eight (3S), Big Field ten acre
plat, Territorial survey, containing
sixteen and seventytwo one hundreths
(l6 Y 1907 acres, which is included
within the limits of the north
east quarter of section "a; also the
east haif of the northeast quarter;
also parts of lots 1 and commencing
at a point south IA rods from the
northeast corner of lot 1, section %,
thence, west AZ 4-1O rods, thence south
SO rods, thence south IS deg, east
II 2-10 rods to the west bank of water
ditch, south % deg. A rods, more or
less, to the south line of the northeast
corner of section %; thence east AZ
rods. more or less. to the sonthea Of