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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
LIGHT VOTE CAST.
Little Interest Taken in School Elec
ton at Manufacturer Notes.

Manu July 14--YesteTday afternoon the
citizens Of Manti voted to select two
trustees, one TO fill a term of three years
and another to fiji a term Of one year.
Fffty-twO votes only were cast. The can
didateS placed in nomination for the
three-year term were W. G. Crawford
and Peter II. Madsen, the latter being
one OF the outgoing members. Crawford
received thirty-two votes and Madsen
seventeen. The candidate for the one
year term was J. 3. Jacobsen, who re-
ceived forty-four votes. The new board
OF trustees, as they will stand when the
newly elected ones take their office. WI
be: Lewis Anderson. W. @. Crawford and
j. 3. Jacobsen. Very little interest is
taken in school elections in this city.
which has been the case for several
years.
The store building Of Fickstad & Hou-
gard is well under way toward compile
ton and before fail they will likely be
located in their new building.
Mrs, W. W, Crawford, wife of our drug
gist left yesterday for Salt Lake City
with her little boy. Eden. to visit an
eve specialist for the purpose of having
his eyes treated, as they have been very
poorly for some time past.
Ferdinand Alder, manager OF the Black
Pine Mining company left for their prop
erty in Idaho yesterday. Mr.. Alder in
tends making another shipment of ore
before he returns to Manti. Workmen
have been employed there during the
summer and the prospects for rich devel-
opments are encouraging.
The family Of James Crawford. jr., is
away from home on Il, fishing trip.
The days in this section are very warm
and the nights are quite cool with occa-
sional frOsts which are noticeable in the
early morning.
Ray Westwood Of Springville is in the
CITY representing some loan association.
There is some speculation as 10 who
Will be the supervisor of the forest re-
serve 10 be established I'm the near fu-
tuTe. There are n number of candidates
for the place Among the number IL has
been rumored that Bishop Farley Chris
| Hansen of Mavfield is one Of the princi-
nal ones. a. ". Jensen is also said e
/ be among the candidates which. If true
will cause him to receive a great deal OF
support from the northern part CT the
county. together with a great deal from
the south. Mr. Jensen would certainly
be a capable man for that position. II
I is understood that MI Pleasant is max
! ing a strong pull for the office, al
though nothing has been done by its resi-
dents toward getting this important mat
ter before The national congress.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
A FAMILY FEUD.
Women Indulge in Hair-pulling Con-
test-Men Also Mix Up.
Especial TO The Heraid)

Park city, July 1l-This morning
about o'clock Third street was the
scene Of a most disgracefEl fight between
two families living on the street. Mrs
Charles Stevens had driven her two boys
from home. Mrs. Chase, a neighbOr. took
them into her home and was giving them
their breakfast. To this Mrs. Stevens OBJ
iected. claiming that Mrs. Chase was only
befriending The boys 10 get them TO an
swcr certain questions relating 10 their
mother. Mrs. Stevens called Mrs.
Chase some names, whereupOn the
latter went for her, and regular fight
ensued. in which Mrs. Stevens came out
second best Warrants were sworn out
for the pugilistst who were arrested and
brought before Judge Lockhart this after
noon and fined s. each.
Not 10 be outdone bv the ladies' Douglas
Allen assaulted J. r. Langford this after
noon on Main street. No particular cause
was assigned for the assault and both
men were taken before Judge Lockhart.
II was found that Allen was wholly 10
blame and was fined $40 for his eXer-
else.
TODAY about 100 members of the Ma
tional Editorial association spent the
time between trains visiting the various
mines and mills The oxcursionists were
met at the depot by large transfers and
taken to the mines. where dinner was had
and the day spent going through the
workings of the mines
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
STATE NEWS
HIS AIM WAS UNTRUE
HyrUm HeiseIt Shoots at Burg
lar and is in Turn Wounded
in Arm.


Provo, July A.-Last night about II
Q. clock a telephone message came to Sher-
if Harmon from Hyrum Hejselt, who Is
running a small store in Provo canyon,
that his place had been broken into and
that he had shot the burglar. Sheriff
Harmon and Deputy Sheriff Graham at
once went to the scene of the tragedy,
but returned without any burglar. dead
or alive. About a month ago Mr..
HeiSelts store was burglariZcd and the
then made up his mind that if another
attempt was made he would have hand
I'm it. Last night, SO far as the officers
could gather the story, Mr. Heiselt saw q
light in the store, on returning from
town. and went to investigate
When he arrived and entered the back
room he saw 2. man in the front room
calmly taking a mental inventory Of the
stock. Mr.. Heiselt took a shotgun from
the back room and departed without let
ting his presence become known to the
intruder. He went to his dwelling house.
which is near the store, and asked his
wife to inform the Telluride company S
Waterman of what was going on Ihen
he went back 10 the store to further
recOnnOiter. About this time the burglar
had apparently concluded that he did not
want to transact any business IN Mr.
HeiseltS store and was walking down the
road. Mr. Helselt fired a charge from
his shotgun in some direction which
caused the burglar to accelerate his speed.
The pursuer gave chase and, as he ap-
preached tree. was halted by the burg
lar, who invited him to go back, en-
forcing the invitation with a revolver
about as big rs cannon. Whnh fH
showed in Mr.. Heiselts face. Mr.. Helselt
went back and soon after bethought him
self that he ought to phone % the Off
GERS that they might know OF the eN-
citing time he was having. He started
down the canyon to the Telluride COM
panys telephone FOR that purpose, and
was fortunate enough to run across the
burglar again. Mr.. Heiselt had another
charge of buckshot in his gun. which he
let 20 and then slid or fell off his horse.
Now was the time for the burglar to do
some shooting. which he did. He hit Mr..
Heiselt in the right arm. inflicting a
slight wound. afte-> which each of me
conlbatants went mis- way. Mr.. Heiselt
telephoned to the sheriff of the cS-nage
that was going on. He informed the sher-
if that he had shot the burglar, because
there was more or less blood all around
them. But when the sheriff and his
deputy arrived they were not able 20 dis
cover any blood. except that from Mr.
Heiselts arm. and it is thought the burg
lar tscaDed unnuTt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
Youthful Felons.

The proceedings In the district court
might have been characterized as chill
dren's day Judge Rolapp. when ne
noticed the extreme youth of a number oI
the prisoners. asked the district attorney
to- investigate with a view to ascertalning
II prosecutions might not be had in the
municipal court
Louis Norris MOrel. burglary end petit
Il rcenv. pleaded not guilty. c. c. Rich
ards appointed to defend him.
Ernest Martin. grand larceny ana
housebrea king. pleaded not guilty. val
entine Gideon appointed as his attor-
neY. 80
al Saleen and Frank Johnson botn
pleaded not guilty to the charge Of house
breaking The court appointed w. l.
Te1derson for the latter. Their COM
panions Fred Johnson. aged Is years,
and Ned Hastings. aged i years; Dolh
pleaded guilty TO the charge OF house
breaking and were committed TO the re-
form school until they become 2 years OF
age.
All Of the above. except Saleen. are I'M
der the age Of p years
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
More Holdups.

Frank Durham was held up early yes
terday morning in the neighborhood OF
the Union Pacific tracks. near twenty
eighth street by three footpads. he threw
his watch which was a very valuable
one. as far az he could send Il. The
robbers secured his other valuables but
the timepicce was later found by the Of
ficers. M.
A laborer from Morgan named Deiia
vas also held up and robbed near the
Union depot Monday night Della had
about SIS In his pockets. Later ne lden-
aid Of officer ELAN. the fellow was cap
tured. He gives the name of David Ed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
OGDEN NEWS
Office: 24S4 Washington Ave.
WANTED, ROUND MOON
Irrigation Congress Committee
Prepares For Excursion Over
the Lucin Cutoff.

Any person having a nice little new
moon IA good condition may dispose OF
the same at a profitable figure to the
BOARD or control of the eleventh ma
uonai irrigation congress in Ogden. The
reason as that one of the features planned
Ior the entertainment of the delegat es
70 the irrigation congress Is an excur-
sion from Ogden across the Ogden-Lucin
cut-Off. as the tTestie will then be COM
pieted- The return trip is to be at night
and the board has already done some
advertising calling the same moonlight
eXcurGon- After consulting the almanac,
however, il was found that there VIII
be very little neon next September. The
/ board OF control cannot control the moon
but the excursion will be given. The
regular meeting Of the board last night
was taken up in discussing this and
several other features connected with the
entertainment of delegates.
Colonel II. 3. MaNson, secretary Of the
I congress. was present and gave the
board some valuable suggestions. Mr..
MaXsOn also assured the board that
I Governor Sparks of Nevada and his en-
tire official staff would attend the con-
EreSs, also that Nevada would furnish
all the fat beeves that might be required
for an elaborate barbecue Mr.. Max
son was made eX-officiO member OF the
board Of control and also d member of
the press committee.
1T was decided to secure the attend
ance of as many pioneer irrigators and
farmers as possible. The secretary IN
vites correspondence along this line.
A suggestion is made that some typi-
cal western lady be elected as a queen
Of irrigation. who viii take part in the
social events of the congress. This mat
ter will be considered further at the next
meeting
The committee to arrange the food eX-
hibit was appointed as follows: William
Craig. chairman; David Moore. J. l. VIII
son. Harold Ziemer and q. G. McGriff
Word was received through d. T. Bur
ley, general passenger and ticket agent
Of the Short Line. that the passenger
agents Of all the western lines had
agreed upon a rate of one fare for the
round trip to Ogden from Pacific coast
points. and that tho eastern lines WOULD
take similar action next week as re-
cards rates for Missouri river points
Governor Wells was added to the IN
vitation committee. the idea being e
have. the governors of ot9er states 5l1 Oh
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
HARRY DUKE
SEEKS PAROLE
Friends Have Secured a Good
Position For Him.
ROBERTSON GROWS MoR0SE
TURNS FROM HIS FRIENDS
WHEN THEY VISIT PEN
ROBERTSON GROWS MoRosE

While the friends Of Harry Duke. the
defaulting assistant cashier of the
Wells Fargo bank. are preparing TO
seek his parole. no effort in that di-
recuon viii be made by Alexander "A.
Robertson. former councilman, and
teller in the bank, who was sentenced
with him.
Robertson has been advised by close
friends to make no move for some time
10 come but to go on serving his sem
tence, keeping up his clean record.
They have told him there was little
chance Of success at this time. and il
is understood that he has accepted the
situation. one reason for this is that
the bankers association of which the
Wells-Fargo company is q member is
reported TO be especially hitter toward
Robertson.
Reports have come from the peniten-
tiary that Robertson's mind has been
altected by the close confinement. This
was stated by "A friend yesterday to be
Incorrect, as far as any approaching
insanity is implied. There is no ques-
ton, however, that the terrible strain
is telling on him. having a depressing
effect on his naturally buoyant dispo-
sition.
Turns From His Friends.
When some of his best friends have
gone out 10 see him, Robertson has
turned from them, even running 10
get out of their sight. When the gov
ernor and other members of the board
Of pardOns have been at the peniten-
tlary in times past Robertson has
greeted them pleasantly. but recently
ne has turned from them also
Duke has been promised a position
n he can get out. His friends are pre-
Iaring 10 seek, not a pardon, but a
parole. for him. His prospective en-
plpymeut would take him out of the
cfy, but not out of the state. II is said
"a be with prominent Utah mining
company. His friends are confident
~ the board Of pardons can be per
Suadad TO show some clemency under
the circumstances.
Duke and Robertson were sentenced
July 10 Of last year To four years in the
penitentiary for embezzlement the
amount involved being over 800 600.
flhey can decrease this sentence about
In year by gOod behavior
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
-YECHING PREVENTED
BY DEPUTY SHERIFF

Albany. y. Y, July 1.-THE y
deputy sheriff at Coxsackie pre- =
vented "A lynChing there this aft 4
, ernoon by smuggling James Little. =
, a 19-year-Old negro, out of the =
, fiimsy Jail there and taking him to =
: Catskill Near Baltimore. early in =
, she day, Little assaulted the IL =
y Pr-old daughter of farmer and =
escaped, after threatening the =
child with death. He was cap =
, tured, confessed and was placed in =
, Jail While a mob Of farmers and y
striking moulders and river men. \
, led by the girls father. was form =
, ing the sheriff got Little safely =
, away from the jail The child is 4
? seriously injured, but may recover. =
; . . 3 = b = = y > y y
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15

J. H EDDerson and Dan Ensign have
leased the Brom hotel property and will
The primary hearing of Frank Stranger
charged with attempted rape. is TO be
had this morning in the municipal court
Mr. and Mrs. II. Catell were in Ogden
YESTERDAY from COrinne.
John d. Lambert was yesterday SEN
fenced TO serve six months in the state
prison for houseoreaking. his offense
consisting in breaking into the green
house of f. J. Henderson, and stealing
a number Of palms.
In the district court yesterday IN the
matter of the divorce case of Mrs. Lena
Goddard against Howard Goddard the
defendant was ordered to pay So INFO
court each month for the expenses of the
wife during the tendency OF the action.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
Fnrrer Does Business.

A forSer got in his work Monday night,
realizing at least S17 on two checks to
which he affixed the name OF G. Inge-
hretscu. The fellow attempted 20 cash
one on Erik Larsen at the Little Queen
saloon but Mr. Larsen did not believe
the signature genuine. Later he asked
Nr. Ingebretsen. who said he had issued
no chock 70 T. a. Clark. Mr.. Larsen then
-niiried the other establishments in his
vicinity to look out for the fraud. but in
the meantime Clark had cashed one
forced check FOR s. at the Ranch saloon
and one for 50 at the Senate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
CUMBERLAND wATERwoRKs.
Ogden Firm Gets Contract For Put
tine in the System.

A. B. Corey Of the Corey Brothers Con-
struction company yesterday closed a
contract for the excavation work neces-
sarv TO the installation of a waterworks
plant at Cumberland. WyO. The work
involves the building of two reservoirs
and the putting in of A main pipe line
about seven and cne-half miles IN length
and also the putting in of the distributive
system for the two Observation-Disclosures
No. / and Cumberland No. 2. The com
pany has four months in which 10 COM
plete the work and will ship an out
fit Of teams and supplies to Cumberland
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
PROVO NEWS NoTEs.

Provo. July 14.-General Manager Wells
Of the San Pedro road was IN Provo TO-
dav inspecting conditions here,
Frank Staley OF Chicago has come here
from E,Ondikc to join his mother. who
is visiting Mrs. Nettie Pigman. The two
will return to Chicago the latter part of
the week.
Miss Mary L. MCGEE. who has been in
Provo some time on business connected
with the national bureau Of statistics. has
i4ft for Heber for the purpose Of gather
ms facts and figures for Uncle sam re-
lating TO the finances of Wasatch county
School district were elected yesterday: j.
+. CLYDE. George NJ. SmoOt and G. O.
Haws.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
Labor Organization officers.

The Central Trades Labor assembly
has elected the following list of Officers
for the year:
President c. O. Glanville. Typographical
union.
Vice President Q. Thornburn. United
brotherhood Of Railway Employees.
Secretary. W. s Donaldson Umteo
brotherhood Of Railway Employees.
Sentinel d. G. Dore. Machinlsts
union. -
Warden. Charles SummerviIe, paint
ers' union.
Ciparmakers' union: w. $. Flewelling
Carpentcrs' union. and James Bune
BlaCksmiths union.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
IRRIGATED LANDS.
Many Thousand Acres Now Avail
able in Idaho.
Especial to The Herald)

Especial to The Herald) ..
BlacldoOt. Ida. July 1.-THE work of
surveying the Carey tract of land on
the west side OF Snake river, between
ackfoot and American Fails, embrac-
Z $1,000 acres Of the choicest agricuI-
al land in the state hitherto prac-
tic5 lly valueiess by reason OF no water,
canal being under course of construc-
ton to cover the same is progressing
r2pitl ~
As soon as the corners are esta b.
lished the lands will be ready for entry
and settlement. 4 large number of
prospective settlers have already ar
rived and more are coming in each day.
The extremely low price Of land AMI
water-Sl5 per acre-is proving a great
inducement to homeseekers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
Non-partisan Ticket a Winner.

The partisan ticket in district No. /
for the school trustee election did not
cut much of "A figure and the ticket
named bv the non partisan convention
meeting I'm Ogden last Saturday was
,clcctcd bv 4 majority Of about TO l.
The trustees elected in this, the largest
county school district I'm the state, are:
Frank g. Stratford Republican of Viii
son. threc-year term: James r. Beus.
Hooper. twO-ycar term. and George r.
HUntcr. Taylors one-year term. Both
the latter are Democrats.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
INSTANTLY KILLED.

Butte Mont, July 14.-Because OF
the failure OF the brakes to work. "a
siX-horse freight team dashed wildly
down a steep hill just out of the yell
lOwstone park this morning. Phil
Sheldon. the teamster in charge. was
thrown out when near the foot Of the
hill. aligStiuE on some rocks and being
instantly killed This was Sheldon
first trio.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
SENT TO THE ASYLUM.
Lieutenant McCue Proved to Be Men
tally Unbalanced.

Washington, July 14.-GeneraI COrbin
has approved the recommendation of
Gen. Bates in the case of Lieutenant
McCue, First infantry. and the officer
is now on his way to st. Elizabeth S
hospital for the insane in this city. The
papers in the case have been received
al the war department and show that
surgeons who examined McCue pro
nouuce his insane. Among the papers
Is one rendering his resignation as an
officer while in the Philippines. and an
other. written about the same time,
saying that he was insane. The letter
describes his life IN The interior of Sa-
mar and says that existence there
makes men insane. McCue is the Of
fiCer who was married in San Fran us
co. although having a wife in Cincln-
natl
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
Bloss, Body Arrives.

+ The dead body of Otto Bloss was
brought ia yesterday from Deeth New,
where he met his death in the Southern
Pacific wreck. last Sunday. Bloss was
n machinist. and his home was i'm san
lose. The train crews came In yesterday
with the fun particulars Of the wreck
which was caused primarily by an open
switch that derailed freight train and
caused the head-end collision.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
OGDEN Briefs.

Mrs. J. b. Milan has returned from
salt Lake.
Miss Dolly Kempf Of Chicago is a
guest al the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Malonev-
Mrs. Edward Wertheimer OF Pine Bluff
Ark. nee Miss Selma Kuhn, is visiting
her parents IA this city. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
Reason is Divorced.

In the district court Yesterday Charles
NJ. Beason was granted a decree OF di-
vorce from his wife. Marietta Beason.
The wife has been insane for ten years
and Is an inmate of the asylum at Provo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
Klenke sues For Divorce.

Iohn IIlsnke has sued his wife, Cath
crime ISlenke. for divorce. alleging drunk
enuoss as the principal ground. The
couDie we're married in Chicago in $3.50,
and have six children. Of whom the man
asks the custody.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-15
OGDEN AND RETURN, ST. 90.

5Via R. G. W, Sunday, July 18th.
fLeayc Salt Lake $50 a. III. Return-
IL leave Ogden IL D. n.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-07-30
Colgate Items.

1a5sl@5- HsaHthN4 ---E aE3afs ftESNZkg
The ball game last Saturday
between Sherbrooke aud Colgate
turned out 9 to 20 in favor of Col
gate. The first two innings
were a walk away for Shcrbrooke
they making 6 scores, but the
d eturned and S~herbrooke did
not get another score until the
last inning when they made the
last three.
]. C. Foster is building a new
upright 1sx24 on his farm and
repairing the old part.
VIM. King and family were
the guess of J. w. Wakemar
last week.
The sound of the moving
machines tells US that aging has
begun in earnest.
Considerable bar..ev is being
cut.
Orlo Wakenlan barely escaped
what might have been a serious
accident Tuesday, While moving
in the yard he stepped ahead Of
the team to remove some abb
structior when the team became
frightened and ran away and
Orlo barely escaped being struck
by the cutter bar.
Messers Foster and Spudling
have returned from Canada, Mr..
Foster rode across from Valley
City IN Mondays heat, while Mr..
Spudling came around by tram.
The meeting for the considera-
ton of the Mormon question
Sunday evening wa quite well
attended, and interesting. 1t
behooves every good American
citizen TO post himself as to the
real mwardncss of the Mormon
question.
Our livery barn is soon to be
completed by the putting on a
hip roof.
Mr.. Cook has sold out his wood
business to G. H. Knowles who
will handle wood. Mr.. Cook will
continue to sell coal of all kinds.
j. A. Morris our northumberland
is kept very busy these days.
Farmers all seem to be building
or repairing.
Gavin