The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-25
MORE ELECTION JUDGES,
MANY VACANCIES FILLED BY
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
To Secure Polling Places-sidney
Hill and His Mother-in-law--
Miscellaneous Business.

Yesterdays session of the board Of
| county commissioners was again al
most entirely devoted to the considera-
ton of matters pertaining to the ap-
! preaching election and preparations for
the event. Seventeen sets of election
judges to fill vacancies were appoint
ed. and Frederick Anderson, Popu-
list, was employed TO select and rent
suitable rooms and accommodations
for the % polling places in the west
half of Salt Lake City
County Attorney Van Colt sub
mitted an opinion to the effect that
registration agents are not required
and that no compensation should be
allowed them for any such voluntary
service on that date.
Another opinion from the county at
torney held that the protest filed by
L. G. Johnson against the appoint
ment of r. II. Wheeler, a Populist, as
judge OF election for the Twenty
fourth voting district. because the dis
trict was Demo ratio and therefore en-
titled to a majority OF Democratic
judges, and for The further reason that
the Populist committee had not a
certified list of names in recommended
ton, was without substantial merit.
The attorneys opinion concluded by
advising the board that no irregularity
the appointment of Mr.. Wheeler.
MORE ELECTION JUDGES.
To fill vacancies caused by declina-
tions, judges of election were appoint
ed as follows:
District No. S7-Andrew ]. Gray CD,
vice Frank Moyle.
District No. 47-Frank Croker CD,
vice P. w. Madsen.
District No. 40-Ernest Fowler (R.),
vice J. T. Axton.
District No. 39-E. A. Hartenstein
CD, vice D. S. Murray.
District No. SI-N. S. Timpson (R.),
vice George NJ. Cannon.
District No 6-Herman Bamberger
CD, vice w. r. Foster.
District No. 50-M. E. Graves (R.),
and H. S. Anderson (R.), vice ]. S.
Daveler and NJ. ]. O,Meara.
District No. SS-George n. Dow, jr.
(R), vice George Naylor.
District No. 29CJoseph E. Mullett
(R.), vice II. Christopherson.
District No. 44-Thomas Homer CD,
vice Charles Baldwin, and F. A Vim
cent CR.), vice Hoyt Sherman.
District No. 41-Joseph Lippman
(R), vice Alex Lyon.
District No. &C. H. Collins (R.),
vice William sherwood.
District No. 53-A. H. Woodruff (R.),
vice F. NJ. Bishop.
District No. 46-Samuel De Gray
CD, vice George W. Snow.
District No. 42-J. S. Williams Cd,
vice II. NJ. Dinwoodey.
District No. 25-Harvey Culver CD,
vice Samuel Russell.
District No. 52-J. G.. Weaver CD,
vice c. NJ. Smith.
Sidney Hill responded to q citation
to show cause why he should not sup
port his mother-in-law a Mrs. Kings
ton, who has been. thrown upon the
tender mercies of the county. The evil
dence showed that the old lady is in
INDECENT circumstances and the son-in-
law not much better off. There is not
a mutual feeling of admiration be-
announced that he would leave the
live with his wife's mother and that
is the condition confronting him if he
is required to support her. The board
deferred action in the premises.
The petition of II. w. Brown and
a large number of other taxpayers
residing at Sandy. Draper and Cres-
cent, asking that the county hereafter
bear the expense of maintaining the
bridges across East Jordan canal /
the same as is done for the other canal
companies, was referred to the county
attorney.
Frederick Brown of Mill Creek asked |
that the taxes on his farm and home /
stead improvements be abated for this !
year, for the reason that fire destroy |
ed the same on Sept. %. The petition |
was referred to the county attorney.