The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-30
JOCULAR OVER
GRAVE CHARGES
Weber County Commissioners
Do Not Seem to Understand
Their Position.


iE the meeting of the board of county
commissioners yesterday but the several
matters that were expected to be brought
before the body, including the resignation
of Chairman Joseph Stanford, did not
materialize Two sessions were held but
little business was transacted and an adj
jOurnment was taken until 10 o'clock this
morning.
Throughout the proceedings yesterday,
Jocular references were made by the COM
missioners to the charges made against
them and TO other matters of a similar
nature that would ordinarily be taken in
a serious mood. Mr.. Stanford led the
commissioners in this connection with
BILLY" Wilson a close second, while ..
B. Madison contented himself with taking
a shot at the Democrats when one OF that
party refused the appointment as election
judge.
The regular monthly bills were brought
before the board for allowance and 1t was
curing this work that much sarcasm was
displayed. When the payroll for the COM
missioners themselves was brought before
them Mr.. Stanford passed the document
to Mr.. Wilson with the remark: Il guess
that is not padded" When several claims
from Chief Sheets of Salt Lake, in which
$40 was charged for trips made to Ogden
in connection with criminal cases here,
Mr.. Stanford examined the bills and then
said: Goodness gracious, N..2O for trip
to Ogden. You commissioners are not in
it,
Failed to See the Joke.
For work in one of Commissioner Mad
sens district a bill of 1924 was presented.
Mr.. Wilson followed this up with the re-
mark: Buying votes in your ward comes
high" The remark was addressed to Mr.
Madsen, who failed to see the joke and
asked Mr.. Wilson to examine the charges
and he would not criticise. While consid-
ering the application Of the Utah 81 Idaho
Railway company for franchise through
Ogden canyon, Mr.. Wilson volunteered the
information that the prospects were that
there would be an entirely new board to
sit on the matter within sixty days. Mr.
Stanford objected, saying that he had not
resigned as yet.
Il am a Democrat" was the expression
borrowed from David 3. Hill, used by
Henry WeitZel of Huntsville in declining
the appointment of election judge. He
said that he was surprised that he, a
Democrat. should be appointed Although
the law provides for two Republican and
one Democrat judges of election, the peo-
pie of the county have been getting so
little consideration from the county I'M
der Republican rule that the appointment
of Democratic judge seems unreason-
able to them.
The Utah & Idaho Railroad company,
through Engineer Joseph A. West. made
formal application to the commissioners
for franchise to build and operate a
railroad through Ogden canyon, which
road has been under construction for some
time. The company agrees that where
ever the railroad shall come in contact
$1,000
with the existing travelled road, the line
shall be built along the county highway
under the direction of the commissioners
They also agree that wherever the rail
way location shall encroach upon or in
terfere with the wagon road shall be wild
ened or reconstructed to the satisfaction
and approval of the board by the railroad
company. The term of the franchise asked
for is fifty years.
Under Amusement.
Mr.. Wilcox opposed the granting of the
franchise on account of no survey being
made. Mr.. Stanford thought that the mat
ter of the width of the county road. which
was now before the courts for decision,
had much to do with the case. Mr.. West
explained that it was the company's in
tention to build on the north side of the
Ogden river TO a point above the Her
mitage and from there to the end of the
canyon depended largely upon whether or
not the proposed dam at the head of the
canyon was built. The matter was finally
taken under advisement by the board and
it is not likely that any further action
will be taken until after the election.
The petition of George E. Maule, /. L.
Clark and others for the opening of Canal
alley was granted after a committee had
waited upon the board yesterday The pc
tition was presented to the commission
erS some time ago. John V. Bluth and
Eleanor L. Hende -shot were appointed
special clerks for the treasurer's office
during the busy tax collecting season by
ments were confirmed by the board. The
salary fixed was not to exceed So per day.
Some Changes Made
The following changes in election Judges
were made by the board on recommends
ton of the county clerk. In each case
the additional appointee declined to serve
in that capacity:
Huntsville, A. A. Allen, vice Henry
Weitzel.
Eden, II. J. Stallings, vice ID. L. Colvin.
Ogden, First district, Bertha Stone, vice
Mrs. c. r. Griffin.
Third district, Miss Kate O'NeiI, vice
John V. Nelson.
Ninth district, Charles Zeimer, vice II.
G. Peterson.
Tenth district, w. w. Crane vice Will
liam Hart
Seventeenth district, Peter Wangsgard.
vice c. II. Hinchcliffe.
Asst DAY AT OGDEN