Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-05
Unfinished business. Election of Of
flcers.
SATURDAY, 2P. NJ.

Unfinished business. Election of Of
| ficers.
SATURDAY, 2 Z. NJ.
Trip up the canyon-trout and chick
en- dinner. Ladies are invited.
HEAVY DowNPoUR IN WEBER.
The local weather obverver Arie,
van DeGraaf reports that about n half
an men of rain had fallen In this sec
| tlon during the "a hours ending at 6
o'clock last evening, but that this was
much lighter than what had fallen
south Of the city.
The storm of yesterday was much
| heavier than IL has been for several
days 1t caused the Ogden ans Weber
rivers TO rise several inches within
| rev hours. number OF wooden paths
ana root bridges recently completed at
| sylvan park were almost completely
ueiused The cutters in many parts
OF me city proved inadequate TO carry
on the water and as a result the side
walks and streets were flooded.
officials of the AmalRamated Sugar
company stated that unless the storm
| speedily ceased the beet crop will be
n failure in many parts of the county.
| Many beet fields in the lowlands are
| covered by miniature lakes and for more
than 10 days the beets have been liter
ally drowned.
MRS. GEIGER SUES FOR DIVORCE
An action has been filed in the dis
trict court against Philip f. Geiger by
Julia Geiger upon the grounds OF nom
support. This is the second action
brought against Geiger for failing to
care for his wife and children.
About month ago Geiger was
brought back from California by the
state upon a warrant charging him
with violating the law requiring
father to furnish food, shelter and
clothes for his children. Geiger was
given a preliminary hearing and was
n $500 bond.
The custody of the three children
and reasonable alimony and attorney
fees are asked for by the plaintiff in
this action, who is represented by
County Attorney Harris. who also pros
ecuted the case against Geiger for the
state.
Y. w. c. A. FOR OGDEN.
There was an unusually large at
tendance at the Carnegie library at the
recent meeting of the general commit
tee of the Young Womans' Christian
Association and q great amount of In
terest manifested in the proceedings of
the meeting.
Several of the leading business hous-
oil the CITY were represented Wy
young women employees. Both the mer-
chants and employees have expressed
themselves as being heartily In accord
with the movement for the establish
ing of a home for the young women
and ready to further it when the plans
are definitely decided upon.
All of the committees reported pro
gress in the work and expressed the
opinion that planse OF subscription for
the home would be completed within
a short while. Several prospective 10
cations were mentioned and considered
| but no action was taken.
The committee to which was referred
the subject of the appointment OF a
matron at the depot reported that 1t
had met with the officials of the depot
company and they promised to give the
matter full investigation and hope TO
grant the request
STEADY WORK IN r.. r. SHOPS.
The S. p. Railway company an
nounce that the fun shop force will
resume work on Monday and Will con-
tinue all summer.
Work on the viaduct, which has been
suspended on account of the continued
rains, will also be resumed on Mon
day
POLICE COURT.
The case of Leon Bailey, charged
with receiving stolen goods, Is on trial
for the third time, before Municipal
Judge Murphy and jury of -four The
former two trials failed through some
trivial technicalty.
MONTANA TRAFFIC. SUSPENDED.
On account of flood conditions in
Montana, the local railroad ticket Office
here has been instructed from head
quarters not to sell tickets TO points
In that state pending the receding of
the floods.
BOLD DAYLIGHT BURGLARY.
The home of George Beech, 1247
Washington avenue, was entered by
q burglar yesterday while members OF
the family We're away from home ana
s. in money was taken. The thief
gained an entrance by prying up n rear
window. He pried open a dresser
drawer and secured the money but did
not take a watch and number OF
pieces of jewelry which he left on the
dresser. 1t is the opinion of the off,
GERS that the thief became frightened
and hurried away leaving the jewelry.
The officers have no clue.
JUNCTION CITY BRIEFS.
Judge Howell at Morgan--Judge
Howell holds a term of court a Nor
gan today and tomorrow he will take
up the regular motion calendar in the
district court in this city. on We'd
nesday and Thursday he held court at
Pennington.
Desertcr Observation-Disclosures Wertz
was arrested by Detective Hutchens
and Sergeant Pincock on the charge
of being deserter from the United
States army. 1t is alleged that he was