Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-30
OUR OWN STATE.


/ afternoon at the Ogden State bank by
q smooth sWindler. Peterson had en-
tered the bank and cashed check for
the amount stated. A suspicious look
Ing man was seen In the bank at the
same time but nothing was thought of
his committing any crime until Peter.
son, only n few moments after Paying
Teller Moyes had paid him the money
made the remark that his money was
gone and the suspicious looking indi-
vldual w0s also missing The police
were summoned and In a short time
they had under arrest a man who
gives his name as Dennis Culley. sus-
peCted Of the crime. Culley when
scare he'd at the police stallion had
on him SlQ9I0 In cash. Jalcr Joe
Crtchlow stepped 10 answer the tele-
phone leaving Culley only few feet
from him, when the prisoner made Il
dash for liberty. Capt, Brown hap
rened to come TO The Jail door Just as
Culley ran away and he and Jailor
CritchloW recaptured the prisoner after
IA two blocks run.
II is believed Culley Is implicated
with two other men, whom the police
have not yet arrested, who were pick
ing pockets yesterday afternoon while
the president was here Thomas Had
Icy, a man from Syracuse. and several
others lost small sums Of money out
Of their pockets
The police are anxious TO find the
lady who saw the men pick Mr.. Had
ley's pocket and drop the purse, as
she viii be an important witness for
the state
COUNTY BOUNDARIES.
An important meeting was held
Thursday afternoon at the county
court house for the purpose of fixing
more definitely the boundary lines be-
tween the counties Of Weber BoXelder
Cache, Morgan, Davis and Rich. The
following representatives. Of the Yari-
Gus counties were present.
Commissioner A, W. Valentine and
Clerk Joseph Jensen, from Boxel1er
county. Commissioner b. A. Hendricks
and Surveyor Karl G.. Schaub, Cache
county, Commiss ioner o. II, Randall
and Surveyor o, B, Anderson from
Morgan county; Commissioner Joshua
Eldredge. from Rich county; Commits
siioner VIM. Frew and Atty Thomas
II, Phillips, from Davis county. Weber
county was represented by Commits
sioner Joseph stanford, Treasurer Alma
d, Chambers, Recorder d. w. Ellis. AS
SCISSOR Edwin Dix and Surveyor H. j.
Craven. Commissioner Stanford presld-
ed and Recorder Ellis acted as secre-
tary.
The call for the meeting was read and
its purpose thoroughly explained; a
thorough discussion Of the proposition
was then gone into.
The maps now in use by the various
counties do not agree, overlapping one
another In many Instances, and proper
~ is assessed In two counties, causing
misunderstanding when the paying OF
taxes comes up. AT present the various
counties generally take their boundary
lines along the water sheds, but at the
meeting yesterday IL was practically
agreed upon that the counties adjoining
each other should make their boundary
lines along the section lines, using the
water shed lines only when absolutely
necessary, and that where any counties
cannot agree on their line that their re-
spective surveyors be sent out to strike
a line The representatives viii report
on the meeting TO the commissioners Of
their respective counties, when some
definite action will be taken TO deter
mine the various county boundary lines,
PERILOUs RIDE ON A WHEEL.
The little 1O-year-old daughter of r.
j, Taylor narrowly escaped serious in
jury or perhaps death yesterday after
noon while riding her bicycle down
fINVanf fnnpfh
another little girl were coasting down
the hill when her foot lost the pedal and
the wheel dashed down the sidewalk at
rapid speed, several people stood on
the hill breathless as the child flew
through the air along side Of the piles
OF curblng stone on the sidewalk. On
the coner OF the First National bank
Mrs. Hardman tried to catch the girl I'm
her arms, but she was going too swiftly
and wrenched the lady's hand. The
wheel with rider was headed for the Z.
{. NJ. J. building at rapid speed and
would have dashed against the brick
walls. seriously injuring or perhaps
killing the child had il not been
for the presence of mind OF gentle
man who saw the child coming and
caught her in his arms, holding her
while the wheel struck the building.
A marriage license was granted to
John Campbell, 20 of ST, Elmo, Illinois.
and Miss Vivian Barney, u.s. of Ogden
City.
On Thursday evening a fine program
was rendered by the commercial class
day exercises Of the Ogden High school
before large and appreciatve audi
ence.