Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-20
OGDEN.


irict court yesterday the trial Of the
case OF wadman VI Mckinney was re-
sumed. a motion for non.suit was
denied and the defense introduced tes-
timony. The case may not be- finished
Tor a day or two.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The borad mot yesterday and the fol-
lowing business was transacted;
Ordered that John MhoolWrght be
notified to at once make such additions
0r improvements on the bridge erected
by him over the Weber canal ne will
make said bridge conform to the re-
qulrcmcntH Of the contract, plans and
apecincationa.
ordered that the roadmastcr OF the
oregon short Line be- notincd that the
crossings of Hnid railroad within Weber
county are In a doplorablc condition.
the bridges over tho same being In
convenient and dangerous, and request
ing that the said crossings De ut once
put into proper condition as required
ordered that the board concur az 60
the appointment % vivian T.. Hatch
ns deputy sheriff, his salary TO be so
Per month continuing during the pleas
urc OF the board.
The request for nn Increase In the
snlnry ~ Joseph Bailey chief deputy
sheriff, was unanimously denied.
The sum Of $500 whs ordered trans
fcrfed from the sinking fund 10 the in
tcrrst fund and the county auditor was
authorized and instructed 10 draw his
warrant ON the county treasurer Tor
the sum Of $3.50 on the interest fund
and warrant on the county fund for
the sum OF seas 10 pay interest on
county bonds due July 1T.
Upon motion Of Commissioner Adams
the board unanimously resolved TO en-
ter into "a contract with some capable
person for apfinkling the ogden cam
y1n road during the summer season,
from WinSlowH bridge TO the city
limits. providing. that the city council
will arrange for the Hpriukllng NJ some
particular routes 60 the end Of the
city limits, which u at the lower
bridge.
The following bids were received Tor
rprlnklIng the ogden canyon road. r.
u. Brown. q 90 per day, ur so per
month. David Coon, 500 per month.
Walter Lindsay So per month, r. 10.
Heller. ts.is per day, Ions T.. Petersen,
ils.t0 per month. Andrew Allen. SO
per month; 4. \. Williams, N.sO per
day.
The board took "a recess until satur-
day at 10 o'clock a. m.
TAN ADJUSTMENTS.
Yesterday the board Of county COM
missionorH reported on their action aH
o. board OF equalization up 10 and In
Guiding June i5th During that time
Hixty-four applications f1r reductions
on real estate and improvements anu
personal property were denied thirty
two items were ordered stricken from
the roll and the reductions ordered
amount TO many hundreds ~ dollars.
Al the close OF their regular session
yesterday Afternoon the board again
sat as "A board NJ equalization.
The weber county summer school
opened yesterday In the weber stake
academy building. with q good attend
nncc OF students. Nine branches Of
study have been taken up,nnd the pros
poets are fair for successful season.
LICENSED TO WED.
Yesterday the county clerk issued
marriage licenses to the following can-
didntcs FOR matrlmony: Peter Cook,
"a. OF Wilson. and Miss Margaret Lord,
20. OF Knncavillc. stephen Charles Nyc.
20. and Miss Carrie Frodshnm. ~, both
OF CARS Fort. lioxeldcr county. Robert
Gormain. 81. u Dillon. Mont, and Miss
Alice Nordon. q, " payHon, Utah.
DEATH OF THOMAS u, brown.
Thomas d. Brown died at his home
ln North ogden sunday afternoon,
aged "A years, Q months and 20 days,
Of kidney trouble. The old gentleman
attended services In the meeting house
and died within two hours after re-
turning TO his residence. Deceased
was born az Hath. England, Tie be-
came a member OF the Church Of Jesus
christ OF Iattor-day Saints on April
"a, 1874, and came To Utah In 1866,
driving an OK team In the train that
hauled supplies Tor the hnnd.cnrt COM
pnny. Mir brown moved 90 Weber
county In 1868 and made hla home In
North ogden. lie was twice married.
the result Of the two unions being NJ
teen children. thirteen of whom sur
viyo him.
OGDEN CITY COUNCIL.
The council met Just one and three
quarters hour late, at 9'i5 pm.
All the councilmcn were present.
After the reading OF the minutes, the
report OF the majority u the committee
on laws. fayorlnF the pOstponcment OF
consideration " the base bah ordinance
for one week was read, followed by a
minority report favorlng the passage OF
the ordinance. Tho reasons assigned
by the minority were.
Flfst-ft n useless fot ogden city 10
protest against sunday ball games as
long as such games are allowed In other
parts ~ the State.
Sccond-The financial Interests of Og-
den city demand that the ordinance
shall pass.
Councilman Brewer moved that the
minority report be adopted, The mo-
ton was lost. Councilman Woollcy
moved that the majority report be
adopted. The motion was lost. on
both motions there were Ave votes for
and nve against For bnll-lircwer,
cullen, Jones' shaw, Williams; against
-=Bruwning, Jenkins. Pingrcc, WoOlley
Watson. The ordinance now IN force
remains ne Il Il,
deTed paid also payrolls amounting to
81, 1876.
IA. schnusenbach was allowed So
for injuries to his horse at certain
mnnhole.
Ali the communications Of the receive
erH Of the wnterwOrks relating TO eN-
tension Of water mains ana renewal ~
stand pipes were returned without no-
tlon. owing 20 litigation between COM
pany and city.
The clty's water In strongs and
waterfall canyons was leased for 1893
TO u. r. Rratz, secretary, Tor 5000,
A special police was ordered for Five
Points to patrol from o 10 II pm. each
day for 10 days, his salary 10 be $50,
The contracts and bonds ~ the per-
sons who sprinkle the streets were read
and approved, and on communicates
from Weber county. stating that the
county would sprinkle the canyon rond,