Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-17
Merchants Unite in an Agreement,
To Put Down Ticket PeddIinq
Graft.
GEORGE HICKS FOUND GUILTY,
Convicted OF the Crime of A,sauI,
With Intent to Commit Murder
ON Officer Brown.
Special Correspondence.


oCATELLO, Feb. ia moysm.n,
is on foot here to unite the m.r.
chants In an agreement to clos.
all stores at s o'clock, beginning Tues.
day. Feb. 70, and also to refuse 10
treat customers, or to buy tickets
to any balls, theatricals, concerts or
entertainments OF any nature. This
action has been found necessary be-
cause of the number of people who
have drifted into the practise Of ped.
ding tickets TO the merchants for eve.
ry little local affair that comes I'M
thereby working a hardship upon tn.
storekeepers, and greatly reducing their
profits.
The same argument obtains with
reference to the treating habit, or
custom. In future It is the intention
to impress upon the minds OF the peopls
the fact that they are receiving ths
full value for their money and con-
sequently must not expect to receive
any favors when they come to settla
their accounts.
1t is claimed that this rule prevails
in business in the east, and can be-
as successfully carride out here.
A JOKE ON THE HUMoRIsT.
One Of the inemen employed In put
ting in the new service for the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company hers
was the star actor in a little one
act drama that was played on the
streets yesterday. A certain individual
who had imblbed rather freely in the
goods sold at the Q. =. saloon had
his attention directed to the blind man
who was playing an organ and solicit.
ing means from the passersby. Imme-
diately Mr. Booze-fighter walked over
to the mendicant and began to amuss
himself by tipping him back in his
chair until the poor beggar was almost
frightened out of his wits. At this
1uncture lineman, on his way homs
from a hard day on the poles. ap-
peared on the scene and, without walt
ing to ask any wherefores, he sudden
der the left ear OF the sportsman"
resulting in that party trying to butt
hole In the brick wall some 10 feet
away. The lneman was loudly APP
plauded, but firmly refused to respond
with an encore
i, d. S. CHURCH MOVED.
The old Mormon" church at Mccain
mi ha a.
site into town there. Ii required the
efforts of 20 horses to move It, as the
snow was very heavy.
POCATELLO INVENTION.
Articles of Incorporation OF the Au-
tomato Field Glass Co., Ltd. were fled
with the clerk Of the court here, yester-
day.
The objects Of the company are to
manufacture, sell. lease, rent and
operate tourists field glasses. The
capital stock OF tho company IL 500, 900,
divided into 100000 shares at 81 each,
$4,000 Of which has been already sub
scrbed
The principal place of business will
be Pocatelo, and the incorporators
are John c. Fredell, James f. Kane,
Frederick j. Glover, Lyman Fargo II.
A. Castle, w. II. Cleare and George
l.. Gasser.
The Tourists Autmatc field glass Is
the invention Of Mr. Glover and Is
adapted to be placed In the sides OF
Pullman cars, excursion boats, stage
coaches, hotels and, In fact, In any
place where field glass might be de-
sired. The glass has the appearance
of an ordinary stereoscope, the person
desiring to use II drops a coin In the
slot alongside Of the hood and the coin
then releases the telescope arrange
ment so that II can be adjusted TO suit
any vision, II Is confidently asserted
that several OF these arrangements
placed I'm each Pullman car, TO say
nothing OF the multitude of them that
can be placed In other places, will 10
source of revenue to the owners that
IL hard to realize,
HICKS FOUND GUILTY.
The jury IN the case of the state Vs.
George Hicks, charged with assault
with intent to commit murder, after
being out nineteen hours, returned n
verdict Tuesday last of guilty as
charged.
This is the case already referred TO
in these columns as having taken place
on the evening OF December 18th last
In which Special officer w. II. Brown
was detailed to escort the wife and
daughter of Hicks to their home, Hicks
having previously made threats against
their lives and having several times
fired off his revolver
ON the way to their home the two
ladies and the officer were met by
Hicks, who Immediately began firing
at the officer. with the result that on
Ger Brown still retains one bullet In
his body besides very serious wound
received In the conflict. The penalty
is from one to II years, but as yet
Judge Bulge has not pronounced sem
tcnce on the culDrlt
DEAR COAL.
Another man was up before Judge
White upon the charge Of stealing coal
from the o. s. l.. Railway company,
Wednesday, This time II was w. NJ.
Evans, who II was claimed had stolen
"A sack full Of coal, He pleaded guilty
to the charge and was sentenced to
60 days.