The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-01
IN THE GARDEN CITY.
Two M0rm0ns Admitted to Citi-
zenship Yesterday.
THE JURY GETS THE PAGE CASE
Pat Collins Gets Three Years-Thc Improve
ments icing made In and
Around the City.

Provo. Sept %, $780, Correspondence
of TIE HERALD. The First district court
resumed its session at , o'clock.
William Sabey made application for citi-
zcnship. Was Mormon, but did not be-
heve In poiygamy and stated that should a
CONTROVERSY exist between the church and
the government he would submit to the
laws of the United States. John Sabey
made a similar statement; both were ad-
mitted TO citizenship
The case of the United States vs. Joseph
Page was continued.
Zane started in by insisting that a COM
parison be made between the MT. Pleasant,
fairyiew and Morrioni postoffices The
judge ruled that such testimony was incom-
petent, as this would not prove how MANY
stamps were stolen from the government at
Mt. Pleasant in the quarter ending in 1885,
Eliason testified to reduction being
made IN the rate of postage some time in
1855, and that 3 cent stamps were used
some time after the change of the rate to 2
cents, on ordinary letters. 1t proved, how
ever, that the change was made ia 1888.
Mr. Bowman, postmaster at Mount
Pleasant, testified that be had been post
master there since May L, 1889. The re-
turns since his lnstallment were exhibited
with books Of the Office that are required to
be kept. His books showed an average of
about one hundred and sixty dellars quar-
ter cancellation.
Abner Crane-Have lived at Mount
Pleasant eight or nine years. The popula-
zion has been increasing little since $50
The present population is 300 1t 1880 it
was 1896.
The prosecution rested.
Mr.. johnson, for the defense, asked the
court to instruct the jury to return YER
dict of not guilty, as the prosecution had
made no case. The request was denied.
Abner Crane testified that MIR. Joseph
Page was man of good reputation, and
was well spoken of.
Mr.. Bowman-Have been acquainted
with Page for twenty-seven years. He
has good reputation. He is spoken of as
truthful man.
To Zane-Would not think report of
$3.50 for quarter ending would reflect upon
his honesty.
To Johnson-Would not think that such
return would be extraordinary.
number of witnesses were introduced
to prove the good character for honesty
and integrity of Page, who gave good re-
port of the defendant.
William I. Reid-During the year 1885
there was greater volume of business
than has been since, from Mount Pleasant,
through the mails. There is less recording
latterly than formerly. There were from
two hundred to three hundred men work
ing on the Mant temple from 1878 to 1883,
principally from the country.
James Page, the defendant, took thest and
i was postmaster from 1872 until 1885 "a e
identified his returns for the quarter en- d.
ing 1881. The business was greater in
1885 and prior to that time on account of Mt
Pleasant being a center of stock bust
ness, aud it being time when many people
went to the mines and other places to Sc
cure work.
The evidence in the case goes to show
that the returns of the Office at Mount
Pleasant were considerable less since 1880.
At that time and prior the cancelled stamps
amounted to $3.50 to $500. Since 1885 the
returns have ranged from $3.50 to $3.50.
The arguments for the defense were
made by w. K. Reid and Jacob johnson.
They were lengthy as was that Of the prose
cution.
Yesterdays BUSINESS
The grand jury came into court and re-
ported seven indictments, ignoring the fol-
lowing cases.
People VS.. j. H. Wallace; libel.
United States VS. Joseph Garlick. An
drew Hendrickson and p. NJ. Rogers
Benjamin Bennett was arraigned on a
charge of fornication. The defendant
pleaded not guilty and was placed in the
hands of the officer until bonds were pro-
cured
Robert Brooks, Paddy McGinnis and
James Bennett were accused of having as
saulted G. Z. Green with rocks, with ir-
tent to commit bodily harm in July. 1890
at the Provo depot
Pat Collins came up for sentence for
having broken into McEwan q Rawllns sa-
loon and stolen cigars. He YVES sent up for
three years.
The cases against d. Page. Casper
Christensen and E. w Fox were dismissed
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OTHER EVENTS
1t will not be lung until the princinaI
streets Of Provo viii have a Grst-cIass
pavement. The work OF putting down the
same was commenced yesterday at the
bank corner. Judge W N Dusenberry
has the SUPPLEMENTARY of the work He
has thorough understanding of the bust
ness and his Characteristic push will insure
the rapid progress of the work
Attorney w. T. Ried, of Manti, is on a
visit TO Provo, and expresses his surprise
at the marvellous growth OF the garden
City.
The choruses that have been selected nv
Professor Giles to be produced at a concert
given by the Choral society some time in
October, have arrived and Will be on re-
hearsal to night at the Opera house. O.
Although the property in Provo is as
sessed higher than its real cash yalne
there have been but few complaints. In
some instances people have submitted to
city assessment of 30 or - per cent. higher
than the county assessors valuation on the
same property. The writer of this article
paid taxes on property that was valued 80
per cent. higher by the city assessor, and I
DO not mention this now by way of com
plant but merely TO show how much we
are all delighted with the improvements
that have been going on during the last two
years. During that short period of time
Provo has gained more In every Vav than
during any former period OF ten wears.
The beginning OF this era Of prosperity was
when the city fathers determined no longer
to tolerate the free whisky nuisance under
the hypocritical pretense that this was a
model temperance community. We can very
well remember the time when Provo was
known as the city OF drug store,n Al
that time our drug store proprietors had
become rich and powerful ana they Joined
hands with honest, temperance peonle
against licensing the liquor traffic They
did not like to pay tie city for license so
long as they could enjoy the advantage of
free trade in whiskey. We can well re-
member how our city was agitated from
center TO circumference, when the civ
council determined to TAX the LIQUOR traffic
IN 1888. A remoRstrance with over seven
hundred names attached was presented To
the city council against taxing the liouor
traffic, but we had city council then that
understood the situation. Among the mem
bers We're such men as James Dunn, James
a Bean, w ID. Alexander, Roger Farrer.
ana olner business men who were deter
mined the city government should be con
Quoted on business principles and notwith
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