Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-21

Charles H. C0lland. the former Orcgon
Short Line claim agent charging him
with forging the name Of John Mills Of
Green River to q bill Of exchange or
check for 1925. According to tho Inc
formation Culland on Aug. 16 1901
had a check 20 pay 70 Mills for klt5
IN payment Of q claim he had against
the railroad company for personal ln-
juries Calland. It appears. forged
Mills name 20 the same and coshcd
Il with c.. A. Henry. lie is now out
on bail OF sl000 Report has 10 that
his illegal acts with the railroad com.
pany cost Il several thousand dol
lars.
After getting away with the money
Caland skipped ont cast and was not
located Tor over month when he gave
himself up to the officers at Denver. He
was n trusted cmploye Of the company
and when the report OF his abecondins
vas made known Il caused a great SUR
prise among the railroad men among
whom he was 50 well known.
COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTEND
ANCE.
Sheriff sebring has received report
from the Weber county board Of odu-
cation giving him the names Of IA de-
lnduent boys I'm the county schools
The sheriff has appointed Deputy Sha"
90 round them up and unless thes
Immediately start TO school inc gaIelt-
will be taken before JuVenhe JUGS
semmeu and required 20 show cause
why they are not 10 attendance A. j.
Understood that most OF the DoFs nav
neon kert ont OF school to help IN mar
vestine the sugar beet crop but inc
school laws arc very stringent ana the
county board az education proposes
they shall be lived Up 90.
CONTEST OVER CHILE.
The contest over who shall be tho
Guardian az John Beavitt. the little son
of j W. Leavitt. who was left an or
oman bv the recent death Of his father.
promises to wax warm before com
5leted The contestants sre John
Clark. the grandfather on the mother
side. and Mrs Mary Leavitt, grand
mother on the fathers side MT 1iarA
las filed objection 10 Mrs. LeaNitt
1ppointment, claiming that IL was the
desire Of the parents, should they die
before the child that he should have the
care OF &c and on the further grounds
hat she runs a store some distance
from her home and devotes her atten-
ION 10 her business The contest viii
,ome up for hearing Dec. T.
BRANCH HOUSE TO CLOSE.
Manager +. T. Stewart Of the local
branch Of the simmons Hardware COM
aany has announced that the COM
lany has decided 10 close out it's entire
stock in It's warehouse IN this city, and
nav possibly close up It's branch house
in ogden entirely. This announcement
comes as q great surprise 70 the bust
ness men of the city, as the concern
has been doing q good business but
the manager says his company is de-
sirous Of retiring from the hardware
business In general and Is going 20 dis
pose OF It's stocks Ia many other parts
Of tho United States. The simmons
branch house at Ogden was the only
wholesale house Of its kind between
Denver and the coast
WEDDING BELLS.
The following couples were granted
licenses 10 wed by the county clerk:
william Reese. "a. Of woodruff, Utah,
and Miss Pearl Porter p, Of Nor
gan, Utah
Alfred Christensen, Is, and Miss
Elizabeth +. Kline, 20. both Of Ogden
CITY.
John Amtoft 25. Of Gunnison, Utah,
and Miss Florence Whipple, is. Of og-
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