The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-21
HORSES ARE in BINGHAM
POOR FARM TEAM SOLD AT AUG
TION ESCAPE THE FIRE.
Mr. Roberts Is Reported to Have
Decided Upon Removing to Salt
Lake City-Geddes n Resident of
Davis County During the Heated
Term-Remarks by Republicans
Anent the Mileage Makers.

resident of Bingham who came over
yesterday declares that the poor farm
! team which was sold at auction a few
| days ago is now in Bingham and that
! the black horse was being worked there
| by a son of one of the selectmen. The
| grey horse and the surrey were also
there and have been driven around be-
fore the fire.
| In connection with the stock sale at the
! poor farm, it is understood that suit will
be brought against the selectmen TO have
the sale set aside and conducted accord
ing TO law. The law provides that all
safes shall be held at the front door of
the court house. IhiS section is specific
and attorneys who know say there IS no
doubt of the district court setting The
sale aside.
There will be G. great hurrying and
skurrying should this prove to be The
case. The selectmen will nave 10 collect
the property together again and that will
be no small job, inasmuch as some of the
property was purchased by outsiders who
may object to giving nD good bargains.
By the way no return OF this sale has
as yet been made 10 the clerk. 1t would
seem as though the Dooklleeper is iere-
lict in his duties.
To show the standing of the Bmsnam
selectman on his own ground this show
ing is made by Republicans At the Re-
been cast when The ere bioke up the pri-
mary. OF this n+mber Roberts had T.
Rewards ate being offered, so The Herald
! informant states Cor the apprehension of
the quartette.
Mr. Roberts is reported to be contem-
plating, change u residence. He viii
probably remove to Salt Lake in order
that he may attend 10 his duties of max
| ing mileage with greater ease and fac:l-
ity. 1t is d herculsan task, this going
to and from Bingham, AMI besl1as since
! the fire the place mas not the attractive
ness it had once.
The Herald is able today to give some
thing which may be partial excuse for
Selectman Geddes III mis- luileage charges
from his residence 20 the building. 1t
appears this paper vas wrong when it
stated he lived in this city. 4 ne'ghbor
Due n the a a ap y IS
not a fact, that he lives with his family
in Bountiful.
The aforesaid neighbor declares also
that the selectman is enabled, by reason
of some very advantageous terms MAIDS
with the lady with whom the family re-
sides, to get along ON a. small amount
weekly. But this has nothing to do with
the main chance. The distance from
Bountiful to the joint building is about
ten miles This may have something to
do with the ten mile charges which are
entered upon the bill of the official men
toned.
OF course this is all presumption, but
the declaration is made i'll the absence
of evidence from Geddes himself
The HeraId's complete expose of the
salary grabberS yesterday was a singer
for all concerned. Especially dld II hllrt
the organ of the mileage makers which
gave them an editorial stating that they
were marching on the turnpike of re-
trenchment with banners waving in the
breeze, fixed bayonets, bugles blowing,
bands playing and all that sort of thing.
No one appreciated this situation more
than the average Republican. AS mat
ter of fact the party is preparing to repu-
date the two selectmen and will do it
when occasion presents itself.
One of the delegates elect stated to a
reporter for this paper last night that
the party could not afford to take chances
by ignoring the situation. God knows
the battle is hard enough now. We can
not go into the fight handicapped IN this
way, and there is no use in asking them
to resign They will not do that as
long as there is mile to walk or a
dollar to make. So we will have to re-
pudiate them entirely. 1t is our only
hope"
BY the way, what has become of that
investigation of the former county court?
If the present selectnler have a. case,
why don't they make it out? After an
expenditure of several thousand dollars
the matter ought not TO be allowed to
rest, without any conclusion being
reached or anything established If the
old court was crooked, The Herald would
like to show that fact.