Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-21
HEARINGS IN THE
DISTRICT COURT.
l,,ry Awards John 7. Porter S225
For Loss Of Hay Burned
ByC.P. Locomotive.
lob plNGREE, SEM, INJURED.
y.okless Driving Of Ambulancc---Gus
Nordstrom Makes Dash for Liberty
Three Couples Wed.

ogden. March 2l.-The damage suit
:, Iobn r. Porter against the Southern
p,o,ec company was completed yester'
sov afternoon in the Second district
court before Judge Howell, and SUBJ
r,ltted to the Jury, who brought In a
,,ordlct in favor OF the plaintiff fol
,q9s damages and SIS interest. Mr.,
Porter brought the action to recover
,eoo which he alleged was due for
damages to his lucern crop last July
when il was set on fire by sparks from
tho railroad company's engine.
Judge Howell Immediately took up
,be action brought by the McKannon
brothers Music company against Geo.
= patch. The plaintiff In this action
asks for Judgment against the defend.
ar in the sum OF 1880 and costs
which they allege is due as interest on
rote signed by Mr.. Patch for piano
Sorght By him in June, 1904 The de.
fendant testified that /he had paid
ts3I5O the face OF the note. but thai
he had refused to pay the interest be-
cause at the time he signed the note
interest was not mentioned and wGs
moi mt In the note. The case will go to
The fury today. II is an appeal suit
from the municipal courts decision.
JOB PINGREE INJURED.
Job Pngree, Sr., field superintendent
for the malgamated Sugar company,
met with quite painful injuries yester.
day afternoon by bein gstruck on the
head with a bale of straw. telling him
10 the ground and knocking him un.
conscious. Mr.. Plngree was engaged
with hired man IN loading some cat
tie at the Ogden stockyards to be
shipped north. The hired man was at
work loading a quantity OF baled straw
into one Of the cars and not knowing
Mr.. Pingree was close by threw bail
Of straw down, which struck Mr. Pin
gree In the forehead, knocking him
down He was picked up unconscious,
but soon recovered and was placed In a
hack and sent to his home on Twenty
eighth street. Further than slight
bruises and a stiffened neck caused
from the swelling OF the cords of the
neck, he escaped injury and will be
around again in day or so.
RECKLESS DRIVING OF AMBU-
LANCE.
At a recent meeting OF the city coun-
ell that body passed an ordinance
granting TO the drivers of the hospital
ambulance the same privileges as the
fire department. giving them prece-
dence over all other vehicles and
priyileglng them 10 drive the horses
on the run should 1t be necessary.
shortly after o'clock Corey's livery
stable where the ambulance Is kept
was notified to meet the oregon Short
Line train due here from the north
at $3.50 .. m. The team was hitched
up and the driver started for the depot
al good speed. On the corner OF
Washington avenue and Twenty-fifth
street gentleman was standing In a
carriage lecturing and had big crowd
around him. the ambulance came
dashng around the corner at a high
speed and struck a small boy knocking
MN down, but fortunately he was not
injured, but 1t struck a dog and ran
over IT, The driver was at the depot
~ minutes before the train arrived.
10 people who witnessed the affair 1t
seemed very rN'iless and dangerou
eriVing ut unnecessary speed and the
ur'Ver OF the ambulance should be
reprmanded.
NoRDSTROM'S DASH FOR LIB
ERTY.
Gus Nordstrom, the boy who was
''"'enced by Judge Patton Of the