The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-09
NEW OFFICERS IN CHARGE.
Utah County Commissioners Board
Remains Same as Last Year, With
Josenh w. Dunn Chairman.

Provo. Jan THE county officers elect
ed in November took charge OF the affairs
of the county today. The members of the
board of county commissioners are the
same az last term-JoSeph W. Dunn, John
III. Dixon and A. y. Walker The board
organized with Joseph w. Dunn president,
as before. The only changes in county of
ficers arc Thomas John, county attorney.
in place Of Robert Anderson. and Joseph
III. Beck. assessor. succeeding George II.
Lewis. The appointment OF A. l.. Booth
as assistant attorney and VIM. o. Clay
ton as deputy assessor were confirmed.
The other county officers. with their
deputies, are as follows: Clerk. Elias A.
Gee; deputies, NJ. r. Kartchner, jr.. Miss
Jones; deputies, r. r. Thorne Miss Leah
Payne and Miss Lydia Knudsen. Treas
urer, Mont Johnson; deputy, l.. l. NeI-
son. Surveyor, Frank Wentz. County st-
| perintendent Of schools, l.. T.. Eggertsen.
Mrs. Selena c. Brown, wife of Prof
James l.. Brown. of the Brigham Young
| university. died this morning at o'clock.
| following an operation for a serious in
/ ternal disorder on the 18th Mrs. Brown
was the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs George
1 Curtis. and was born in Payson Nov. %,
/ 1852 She was a most lOvable woman and
| highly esteemed by a large circle OF
| friends. Her husband and five children
survive her. The funeral will he Wednes-
day. Services will be held in the taber-
| nacle, beginning at / o'clock. After the
services the remains will be taken TO
! Pleasant Grove for intertnenJ The re-
mains may he viewed at the residence on
| Wednesday. between 10 a. m and ~ m AT
244 North Third West street.
w. !. Pack. J. o. Pack and J. w Guild
have commenced suit against Spanish
Fork city, Mayor James NJ. Greer and
| Councilmen Samuel BrOckhank Marinus
| Larsen, James l.. Hales. A. ]. Hansen and
! h W. McKelt, to restrain the city from
opening an amusement hail which COM
petes with an amusement hall owned by
the plaintiffs and constructed at a cost
OF SlO,OOO in 1897, and for the operation OF
which plaintiffs are compelled to pay a
license fee of SlG0 per annum. 1t is al
legged that the city after the plaintiffs in.
vested their money liz the amusement
property, constructed an amusement hail
investing ss.JU0 III improvements of a Ger
tain building on the city's property
which was in the first place CONSTRUCTED
without any relation TO or connected witt
n city use. and especially since the i'm.
provements, II is unfit for anything ex
cept amusement purposes. The contention
If the plaintiffs is tiat the business cor.
Quoted in said building. and It's main
tenGnce for such purposes are not within
the corporate powers Of the city. If thu
Plaintiffs contentious are sustained II /
said to be the Intention of the plaintiff,
&c bring suit against the defendants ~
an improper expenditure Of the city.
, money.
The coal corrpanies here are refusing :,
sell coal 10 people living in other towns /,
the county. who have lately been IN th
habit of coming to Provo for coal yxhe-.
the supply in their homo towns runs short
1t is stated. although not BY the Goa
companies, that he railroad COMPANY 4
, responsible for this condition. and tha
the railroad companies have notified IA
coal companies that If the practice OF sup
plying outside demand was not stoppe.
, 1'rNo would be ert down in the s,ipnlF o
cCa1 delivered
Judge NJ. NJ Kellcag has consented Z
continuc to act . : judge of the Provo cit
ius eillp court. fTom vbich he resigna
! some time ago and be has been reappoint
| &C by the board Of juvenile county coTn