Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-27
OGDEN ITEMS.

The building for the First Nation
Al hank has reached the fifth story
and begins to have quite an i'm
posing appearance.
Robert +. Clark, who committed
suicide at the Chapman House a few
days ago, was buried last night, his
friends in Tennessee having failed
20 answer the letter sent to them by
the coroner. Speaking of this aud
other suicides, the coroner expressed
an opinion that deadly poisons
ought not 10 be sold so freely and in
such quantities as they are at pres
ent; he hoped that this would be
taken into consideration at the next
meeting OF the legislature.
John Hamer presented a petition
to the County Court yesterday
stating that he was preparing
an abstract map Of Weber County,
showing all its divisions and sub
divisions, and giving the names Of
/ ali the owners Of real estate up TO
January lst, 1890; he represented
that this would be Of very great
/ service TO the assessor and collector
OF the county, and, asks the county
/ to give him $1,000 for 4 perfect copy.
Z He has also presented similar petit
ton TO the city. This map is being
pushed ahead rapidly, the work Of
preparing it for the stone being en-
trusted 10 Scott Anderson. who is
being assisted hy his son, Scott
William.
The fruits Of the variety show are
shown by the elopement Of police
man Fred. Ribhach with Maud Lee,
OF the Ogden Lyceum. IL was well
known to his brother officers that
lsihbach was carrying on with this
girl; bu twhatOf that? Ogden pOlice-
men under Liberal, rule are not
employed TO suppress vice, but TO en-
cOurage and protect it;'at all events
that is practically what l.. r.. Rogers
recently asserted in open court.
Rihhach, however, seems TO have
been most uDblushing; he actually
took this person TO his house and
kept her there for some time in the
presence Of his wife and children,
and when at last she was turned out
by his wife he seems TO have Dor
rOwed all the money that he could
from every quarter and then he
skipped for California. Messages
have been sent along the line and it
is to be hoped that he will be ar
rested.
The tax levied by the ssLiberal''
officials is just the same ON the face
Of it rs that levied by the Peoples
party, viz, half Of one per cent, but |
the city assessor has multiplied |
valuations so as TO make it more |
than thrice what was paid last year. |
An instance or two will prove this. |
In lSSS, u. G.. NJ. |. paid on their |
building at the corner Of Main /
Street and Twenty-fourth Sl65, this
yea they are charged $500; John
Scowcroft paid in 1sSS $40, this year
he is charged on the same property |
$3.50; Boyle & Co. paid last year
Sil.5O, this year $3.50; $. NJ. Pre-
shaw, one of their aldermen, paid 1
last year 81, this year he is charged
Sl7, over four times as much; while
Reese Howell paid last year SI4 and
has to pay this year $3.50. Many are
even higher than this. The county
recorder paid on his house last
year $3.50, this year SIS;
A. X Ross paid last year $500, this
year SOB; ID. II. Peery, on his home,
paid last year SIS, this year $3.50;
while on % lots Of property he was
charged by the Peoples assessor
S24s.5O, but this year he has to pay
SS39.