The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-23
MAKE HANDSOME ovERTUREs.
Ephraim Pays Heavy Bonus To
wards Securing County Seat.

Mt. Pleasant. Sept. 22.-The county seat
removal contest is assuming tangible
aspect now. and the question bids fair
to become one of the most interesting of
the present campaign. Ephraim which
VIII make an attempt this year 20 remove
the seat of government from MaTti. has
this week. through committee. placed
the sum of 5000 on deposit i'm he local
bank same to he at the disposition of
Sanpete county FOR whatever purpose is
desired. provided the county seat is vot ed
TO that town. 1t will place in he same
custody deed to the best corner in the
town. valued at 5000, on which stands
a fine twO-story- brick and stone build
ing which is to be conveyed TO the cOun-
ty on the same condition as tho money.
and as Ephraim proposes 10 augment the
sum of money TO quite IN appreciable
extent. and as il has numerous weighty
reasons why the seat of government
should be moved. il is going to cut pretty
close to attaining the object Of :ts de-
ST..
Al Peterson of this city. who was ar
rested on warrant froul the federal
court for an alleged violation of the in
terstate shipping law. wherein ne is
claimed to have shippedS $50 scabby sheep
from this state to Kansas is home again
and Is expressing himself vigorously in
regard TO the matter. He CLAIMS abso-
hItely that he has not shipped a scabby
sheep. The load in question. he declares.
was passed on once by the government
INSPECTOR who was al the shipping corrais
and was accepted and he was allowed To
load. Later some herder who mad come
i'm from the range related the finding of
q sheep afflicted with scitD which had
been tied near by the corrdls and on the
ground near where Pet erson's lerd had
been before loading. The inspector inn
mediately became suspicious and ordered
that the sheep be unloaded anG dipped.
This was done and they were again
placed on the ears. and then, without OBJ
lection. We're forwarded east Later the
same inspector preferred the charge
against Peterson and the arrest followed.
Peterson is at loss to understand what
is behind the whole proceeding.
w. r. Allen. who committed suicide in
PARK CITY this week was for many years
q resident of this city. He was married
here TO a daughter of tho late Wood
Brandon Of this city; Joined the local
lodge of a. .. L. w. here in which ne
still retains his membership. His many
his last desperate act. although he was
known 10 have despondent tits occas-
iOnally.
After several months more than
years work by contractors. the city and
others the local waterwOrks system rs
being gotten into condition which jus
titles the city council in accepting II. or
at least that portion which is now in the
trenches One considerable portion of the
pine which was first put in the trenches
was not CAPABLE OF standing the test of
the very heavy pressure which is on the
system in the lower part OF town. and il
was rejected by the authorities. The con-
tractors went Immediately TO work and
this weeS have finished about one-halr
OF the new pipe which is to replace the
old which was Tejccte ed. and have given
il thorough test This il withStood and
il is living accepted and the entire svs-
TEN will soon be ready for general use.