Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-19

quarantined The inspector went In
and searched the house and found a
woman hid behind the curtains. The
commissioner told that just TO show the
kind Of man the fellow was who
made the charge,
WILL GET AN ASSISTANT.
At the conclusion Of his statements It
was decided by the committee to pay
DR.. Benedlcts bill of $l5 for attending
the man who was cut In the neck and
1t was practically decided to give DR..
Wilcox an assistant with the assurance
from him that the two could handle the
emergency cases and avoid the bills
coming in to the city from other ply
siclans for such work.
THE MARGETTs CASE.
Immediately after the session OF the
police and prison committee, Or. VIII
cox was called before the sanitary COM
mittee TO explain why he discharged
Sanitary Inspector Margetts. Coun-
Gilman HOLIDAY, who, under the division
Of patronage made, had the naming Of
the sanitary inspector. demanded am
explanation of the matter. Dr.. vii.
cox replied that he discharged Mr..
Margetts because he considered him in
competent. He said that he sent Mr.
Margetts out to inspect the place OF
Mr.. Winters, who had maintained a
nuisance I'm the shape OF a hog pen and
manure pile at his hog rpnch across
the Jordan river. Mr.. Margetts re-
ported that the place was in a sanitary
condition,
other complaints We're made against
the place, and Dr. Wilcox sent two
al
reported that the place was IN a horr-
BILE condition, and Food Inspector Mey-
ers swore out complaints against Win
tiers and the latter pleaded guilty be-
fore Judge Dleh and was given four
days to abate the nuisance, DR.. VIII
cox also said that Mr. Margetts had
misrepresented matters to him In con-
necton with the condition OF the Mar
getts brewery. The foul stencil aris-
ing from the ditch at the brewery, MI
Margetts reported as being caused from
the flowing wells In that vicinity. In
view Of these two particular instances
the doctor thought he was Justified In
dlscharging Mr.. Matgetts
THAT "PoLITICAL' SCHEME.
In regard to the statement that II
was purely a political scheme 10 put
Henry AIllulQt Il lytil III a. anu "a bAfNNT
er-in-law Of the health commissioner
IN Margetts' place, Or. Wilcox said
that he did not want Arnold, but that
Republicans had come 10 him and told
him that they had fixed II up with the
councilmen from the Second precinct
TO put Arnold In Margetts' place and
Ben Harmon, who rs a Republican, IN
Arnold's place I'm the street department,
This was a choice bit Of information to
the Republican members and the coun-
cilmen from the SecOpd denied that
they had anything whatever TO do with
the scheme at all, and charged that II
must have been fixed up by Harmon
and his friends, alone,
MARGETTs MAKES DENIAL,
MIR. Margetts made statement In
answer to Or. Wilcox ana denied that
he had misrepresented the conditions az
the Winters ranch, lie Dad Couhcll-
men Barnes Fernstrom ana Pteece
state the conditions at the ranch ms
thew saw them. They each said that
the place was kept I'm as good condition
as ii could be, but that the slough on
fine premises was responsible for the
foul stencil and that Mr.. Winters had
taken steps to drain It aud fill 1t up
HOBDA > bhrOiNi'
Holiday moved that Mr.. Margetts be
retained in his position, but Preece said
that he did not see what the committee
could do because the resolution intro
duced by A. J. Davis and passed by
the council authorized the heads OF
the departments TO employe their men
until otherwise provided, and did not
require their actions In that matter to
be approved by the council. Hence no
argued that the council could take no
action I'm the matter Mt all Dr. wilcox
said that the committee could resolve
as much as II wanted 10, but that 80
far as he was concerned the matter was
ended and Mr. Margetts could not re-
turn 10 his office Holiday still insisted
that Margetts be retained and threat
ened to use his influence towards re-
leasing some Of the Democrats IN the
employ OF Republican heads OF depart
ments. No report on the matter was
made so that II Is doubtful whether or
not the matter will be brought before
al, poupcI