The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-21
ARGUMENT PENDING
IN THE M0YER CASE
Reading of Affidavits Asking
for Change of Venue, 0c-
cupies Time of Court.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
BOISE, Ida, March 20.-The read
ing of the af1idavits, accompanying the
motion for a change Of venue in the
Meyer Haywood Pettibone cases at
Caldwell, was concluded at 3 clock
this afternoon, and Judge Wood an
nounced that he would allow each side
three hours for arguments on the mo-
tion. Attorneys Richardson, Of Den
YER, and Nugent of Boise, argued for
tho defense and tomorrow the argu-
ments for the prosecution will be made
by Attorneys Hawley and Borah.
When Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone
were taken into court this morning at
Caldwell there were only few persons
present. Immediately following the
convening OF court the reading of the
afidavits were resumed, Griffith and
Griffith of Caldwell handling this por-
tion of the work for the defense,
The proprietors Of all the plumbing
establishments in this city have Joined
the citizens alliance and declared for
the "Open Shop with the result that
all the union plumbers in the city are
on strike and plumbing in Boise is
at a staud-still There is little pros.
pcct of arbitration.
V. G.. Kerr, Citizens candidate for
mayor, has announced that in the event
of his election he will name, as mem
bers Of the Board of Public Works. the
following gentlemen: G. G.. Anderson,
Democrat; c. G. Steveson, Republican;
Thomas Finnigan, Republican. He did
this pursuant to a resolution adopted
by the convention in which he was
nominated.
Union Labor Ticket Named.
Dor people nominated the following
municipal ticket, Mayor, l.. W. Grubb;
treasurer, D. J. Cohen; councilmen,
Carl Prouty, R. o, Bacon, I. W. Wright,
NJ. S. Harker Ex-senator Y. F. Cation
was chosen chairman of the Labor party
Central committee, and F. C.. Simmons,
secretary.
The convention was largely attended
and very enthusiastic throughout. The
for municipal ownership OF public utlli-
ties, non-partisan administration of
municipal affairs, reduction of city
tax levy and against representatives
of public service corporations holding
any city offices,
The Democrats in city convention
today indorsed the straight Republican
city ticket. one of the bitterest pills
ever swallowed by the party in this
city. Hundreds of Democrats will
refuse to follow the lead of the small
bunch Of Democrats who today practi,
cally traded the honor of the Demo
cratic party of Boise for one place on
the Board of Public Works
Charles f. Wells of Crawford, Neb.,
w. f.. Saunders of Los Angeles, Cal,
and A. J. Wiley of Boise are here to
sit as a board of engineering experts
in the matter of simplifying the work
done on the Boise Payette reclamation
project.
McKeen Morrow of Boise, who is
student at the State university. has
Just been awarded Rhodes scholar,
ship at Oxford. The scholarship pro.
vides for a three years. course at Ok
ford and $500 yearly expense money.
Mr.. Morrow is to take up the work at
Oxford next fall.
Thus far the registration of voters
in this city is light, and the registra-
tion books are to close March 81. There
seems TO be n general apathy among the
voters, especially Republicans, this
year,
The Boise and Payctte rivers are
high, caused by the warm rains in the
mountains.