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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-04
DUTY ON HOSIERY.
Representative Howell Writes Mrs.
Cohen Regarding the Schedule.

~ ! 4 s. sF Il ~.
The following reply which was sent
by Representative Joseph Howell tc
the protest of the Woman's American"
club OF Utah, against the increase of
tariff duty on hosiery and gloves, was
read yesterday Afternoon at the JVo-
mans American club:
House OF Representatives.
Washington, DISC. April 10.
To Mrs. Elizabeth Cohen. President OF
the Woman's American Club of
Utah:
s Dear Madam-I hereby acknowledge
the receipt OF your wired protest
against the increase in the duty on
hosiery and gloves, signed by Yourself
In reply permit ME to say that the
tariff bill must inevitably be 5unsatisfae-
tory in some of Its provisions to every
section of the country.
The Payne bill Will pass the house
this week. and ann pleased to say that
in the main II Is a very satisfactory
law. Under the order of the house nc
amendments can be made to the sched-
ule to which you invite attention.
3, Yours very truly.
JOSEPH HOWELL. H.
3 The secretary, Mrs. p. Il. Conner. was
instructed to write Congressman How
ell again and endeavor to show him the
of the proposed increase OF.
duty to the women Of Utah.
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CASE WILL BE PUSHED.

Il Wade H. Ellis, acting attorney gem
eral of the United States. has sent n
letter to the Commercial club traffic
bureau of this city, acknowledging re-
gceipt OF the petition Of the shippers Of
Salt Lake, Provo and Ogden for an in
vestigation into alleged discrimination
lin rates practised by the railroads in
this sectiorl. The letter contains the
further assurance that the matter will
receive the prompt attention Of the de-
I1a rtr1reDt * Il s2fi astSf 5ty lgtisi
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RoBBERIEs REPORTED

PROVO May 4.--On Saturday after
noon Mr.. Johnson, OF the Johnson
Paint & Glass company. located in
the Eidredge Block, had taken out $50
in checks and one $40 bill to de-
post in the bank. A customer whom
Mr.. Johnson cannot very accurately
describe came in for some oil, while
Mr.. Johnson went out of the room to
get it. After the customer had paid
for the oil, and left Mr.. Johnson look
ed for the checks and money. which
had been left on the safe. but he
found they had disappeared. 1t is not
known, of course, that the man who
bought the oil took the money but
IL he We're known he might be able
to tell whether other people came
into the store while Mr.. Johnson was
out, and Mr.. johnson Is therefore
anxious to locate the customer.
Between Saturday night and Mon
day morning Miss Chapman. who
boards with Mrs. Belle Nelson lost
s45. by robbery. She had this amount
in purse in her trunk. Saturday
evening, and Monday morning the
money was gone, nothing else was
taken The OFFICERS are of the opinion
that the theft was committed by
some one we'll acquainted with the
premises
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UNUSUAL THINGS
IN WALL PAPER

Any one can furnish Wall papers that
have only house cleaning qualities. To
produce artistic effects requires talent
and study. All our previous efforts are
surpassed in excellence, good taste and
merit. We have everything for dis
tinct purpose, and vast variety to
select from. Geo. w. Ebert 6 Co, 8 4
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FUNERAL /, NOTICE,

4 The funeral of David Evans win be
held tomorrow morning at 10 o, clock, Mt
the residence, No. 25t Fifth East street,
rhe funeral services for u. Howard
woodbury., who died of peritonltts at
st. Marks hospital Sunday will be.s
held at the Granger ward Westinghouse
Thursday Mt 2 b, ms s5 IS
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TREsPAss DAMAGE SUIT.

PROVO, May 4.James L. Medium
has commenced suit in the Fourth
district court against Lucian NJ M
Hinck1ey and Edwin S. Hinokleys to
quite title to so acres of land north
east OF Provo. Five hundred dollars
damage for traspass and obstruction
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DIED.

5MuRRAI.--Mirs,, Harriet Ann Smith
Murray died at Murray Saturday night
$S from q stroke. aged IS.
X Funeral services will be held Tuesday
at o'clock from Murray First ward
chapel. ~
2LAUGHLIN,--In this city, May g.. Mrs:
Gertie Laughiin, aged "a years wife OF
William F. Laughlin ana daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. i. SRarey. 5555.
NJ Funeral services We're helds from the
family residence. 7e6 east Third South,
today. at o'clock, Interment at Mount
sOlfvet.
sIIARBAC H.--In this city, May 2 Fred
Harbach. In his seventy-seyenthf year,
at the residence of his daughter, MIS-
Mary Harbacll, OF 922 Third avenue. y
Interment In Des Moines, la.
RICHARDs,--Tn tliis city, May. Edward
Richards. in his siXty-stXth year, at
& his residence, lG3 south Eighth East.
Funeral private. Interment in Denver
Colorado. III
THoMAssEN, -Mrs p. o. Thomassen
died at her home.
Funeral was held at 2 p. IN. today.
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1 DEsIuRRAGE CASE SUBMITTED.

IN the case of the United Suites
against the D. g. n. g Rnilrpad co,n-
pany. further testimony was given yes
terdny afternoon before Examiner
George N. Brown, by N. A. Williams
freight conductor of the p. 4 r.. 6; ",
"a. Thompkins. yardnaster at Thistle
Junction; Il Mr., Jackson, tleinurrage in
spector OF the Intermpuntain bureau.
and Thomas lSlef, freight conductor Of
the p. e r. G. There was consider
able cross-examination after which the
case was submitted BY the attorneys
to the Interstate commerce commission
4 at washington
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supREAlE COURT CALENDAR.
May Term Begins Next AIondny Will
Twcnfy- seven ('nscs TN

Twcnty-Seven Cases Up.
The May term Of the supreme court
will open on next Monday There
are ~ cases on the Calendar which ara
to be argued 5at the rats of three each
day. The tern, Will close May 20. The
y following are the cases:
May 10-Stato Of Utah nf5aiust M. f
EIoben, appellant; state against Arthur
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May 14---William j. Barrette, appel
liant, against S. a. Whitney: Lena Mey-
ers against the San Pedro, Los Angeles
4 Salt Lake Railway company. appel
liant Mary Eta Chambers against c..
Frank Emery. sheriff, appellant.
May 17--H. S. Kezminsty, appellant,
against Oregon Short Line Railway
company; William Brown, Jr., appel.
liant, against William 7. Owens; Twen-
ty-second Ward corporation Of the
Church of Jesus Christ OF I.atter-day
Saints against the Oregon Short Line
Railway company, appellant.
May 1S---Ntck Jachetta, by his guard
ian, Raphael Jachetta, against the San
Pedro, Los Angeles g. Salt Lake Rail-
way company, appellant: Volker-Scow-
croft Lumber company. appellant,
against Mary r. Vance; Mary e. Mor-
lls against the Oregon Short Line Rail
way conrany, appellant
May 19--Annie F. A. Hilton. appel
liant, against Gideon Snyder and otll-
ers: G Harold speight against the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
8pang, appellant; Mary II, Schuyler and
others against the Southern Pacific
Railway company. appellant.
May 20-Fiorence manufacturing
company against the Pacific Express
company. appellant; N. r Madsen, APP
pellatit. against the Utah Light & Rail-
way company; the Grand Central Min
ing company against the Mammoth
Mining company appellant
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ALL THREE SERVED.

All three OF the county commission
ers have now been served With a notice
or tho filing of suit against them and
their bondsmen to recover S5,721.5g
which Wils paid to the Inter Mountain
Republican for publishing the delin-
quent tan lists without asking for bids
as required under the law. 1t is ex,
pected that a demurrer will be filed to
the complaint In Il day or two by Booth,
Lee & Badger, who have been retained
by the County commissioners as coun-
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KNOTTY CASE IS
FINALLY DECIDED.
49,
Supreme Court Hands Down
Opinion Settling Mining
Dispute.
DISMISSAL OF SUIT ORDERED.
Question Arose Over Deal in Which
John A. Arc.slistcr Acted as
pcaccmakcr.

Without deciding point of law OF
citing an authority, the supreme
court handed down an opinion on gen
era1 principals today reversing the az
cision OF the lower court and oiHer-
ing the dismissal of the case OF a. y,
Cranney. ". w. Klmball, Joseph y,
= cadron, Melvin j. Ballard, Louis .
Carbon, Jacob West, John r. Garaoh'
Robert Murdoch, l.. @. Farr, ~ "a,
Palmer and w. G. Davis against John
IA. McAlister, appellant The SUIT
was brought to compel McAllster 70
account for 5000 shares Of stock ne
received in the zonol Silver-Copper
& Mining company while acting as peace
I 1t was through the clever nlanlpa ~.
tion of McAlister that the plaintlifs
secured stock il, the company and
because he secured a, block OF D,vuv
for his services they wanted q snare
In it,.
According to the evidence II the case $
Murdoch, one of the plaintiffs, met y.
H. Wilson. a mining promoter at the
Wilson hotel on Nov. s, 1905 q wilson
told Murdoch of an option he had
on the Zenoli Mining company's claims
from p. d. Delnias, the owner. VIII
son told Murdoch that IL he could raise
sic, 900 that he would give him and his
associates one-hnndredth interest
In the claims for every $1,000 he IN
vested Murdoch Investigated the prop
erty and found that 1t was valuable
When he returned TO his home m
y Logan, he Interested the others In
the deal and they subscribed the nee
esscary amount. and turned II over to
Wilson who put 1t in Walker Bros
Z bank as agreed, ga
OPTION ONLY ORAL
McAlister who also lives in Logan,
was one of the subscribers, and came
to Salt Lake to investigate the deal
further. He found that Wilson had
only an oral option on the property
and that Joseph Lippninn, w, w
Mainland and others had II written
option on the property. 5s5
Wilson and I1ippnlan and his asso-
ciates were q t outs and the former
had threatened suit Mc4tlister STEPPED
y In as peace maker and finally arrans-
ed with Jlippman for stock In the com
pany for himself and other Logan as
Ssociates under the same terms as the
agreement With Wilson. To ward off
81 suit McAlisters made a final settle
emellt between Wilson and Lippnan
whereby Wilson was to have A 200
shares In the company OF this amount
Wilson gave McAlister 5000 for fixing
up their differences. 1t was this 5000
sociates sought to have divided equal
~ between them. The supreme court
Z held that the plaintiffs in the action
received all that WEB coming TO them
under the agreement with Wilson and
that the 5000 which McAlister recetv-
ed wac Ia side issue and a reward for
Ibis services as peace maker. S
. 8 = u M
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WEATHER REPORT

The weather mas grown warmer the
mercury registering yesterday 10 de-
grees, the record for the year so far
while today. it is likely to be even high
,er. The winter is evidently over, and
gone. though, there may be brief tuc;s
In climatic Condtions: but ii does not
appear so now, as the sun is so high.
Down at Yuma and Phoenix the Their
mometer is up In the nineties. There
has been very little rain over the coun-
try In the last q hours. It Is so warm
in Salt Lake today that straw hats are
comfort, and winter clothes burden
The air pressure is below normal
Throughout the country this morning.
except over the Pacific, Gulf and middle
and south Atlantic states. The only
disturbance on tho map Is central over
the British northwest territory. Frosts
Mississippi valley and lake region, while
much warmer weather prevails over the
western half of the country. Precipita-5
tion has been quite general in the lower.
Mississippi valley and over the Atlantic
states. Fair skies are predicted for to-
morrow.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Record at the Local office, United
States weather bureau, for "a hours end.
Ing at a. nj. today:
Temperature at a. m. Sc; maximum,
%; minimum, 40; mean, g.. which is s
OF temperature since the first of the
month. l. Accumulated excess of tenn
perature since Jan. /, IA degrees. Ac-
cumu1ated excess since Jan, 1. LII inch.
Relative humidity at a. m. 42, per cent.
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DISTRICT COURT NOTES..

F The Oregon Short Line Railroad COM
pany filed suit against the Consolidated
Wagon & Machine company to recover
50, 5000. 1t IS alleged that the railroad
company shipped II carloads of hay on
Sept. 1, 1908, from Idaho to Salt Lake
City and that the machine company
has refused to pay the freight.
Frederick Heath fled an answer to
the complaint of his son, Henry o.
Heath, today denying that hts son has
any interest in the Salt Palace grounds
The father asks to have his sons claims
declared invalid.
Little & Little, real estate agents
have secured Judgment for S362S0
against Patrick w. German. In Judge
lArmstrong's court. 1t was given as
commission for selling certain piece
of real estate.
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Brown, APPELLANT; state against Ma
thAniel WilliAms. apnpllant

May 1s-@Josepll H. Roberts and 9TH.
ers, appellants. against W. c. Tuttle
Wnddelb executrlx, appellant, against
William NJ. Waddell and Others; Utah.
savings & Trust company, appellant,
against Adeline Stout and NJ. H Walk
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-07
NOTICE.

In the District Court OF the Second
Judicial District of the State OF Utah'
In and for the County OF Weber,
B T. Nishimura. Plaintiff, We. Jap
anese-American Bank. corporation,
defendant.
Notice is hereby given that the un,
dersigned has been appointed. and
thereupon duly qualified as such, oy
the above entitled court as receiver
in the above entitled action, OF all OF
the property, books, credits, loans ana
discounts. money and effects of the de-
fendant as connected with Its BANK
heretofore maintained and conducted
at No. 279 2ith Street in Ogden CITY.
Utah, and is proceeding to liquidate
the affairs Of said bank
All creditors of said bank are here
by notified and required to present
their properly verified claims against
said bank. supported by proper vouch.
ers such as receipts, certificates OF
deposit or pass book TO the undersisn-
ed at his office, rooms 319-32O F1TSt
National Bank Building, or to him at
the Office of his Attorney. Room 3OS
Eccles Building, ogden City, Utah, on
or bofore March 1st. 1910
w. D BROWN.
Receiver Japanese-American Bank
corporation.
Dated. Ogden. Utah. November %.
1909.
C. r. Holllngsworth. Attorney for
Receiver
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NOTICE TO WATER USERS.

State Engineers Office,
Salt Lake City. Utah, November
10. 1909.
Notice Is hereby given that Carrie
AnDetta Zimmerman, whose poStonlec
address is ogden, Utah, has nlnue
application in accordance WIN tne
Quiremcnts OF the Compiled Laws u
Utah. 1907. AS amended by the oe
sion Laws OF Utah, 1903 10 app
pirate one ID cubic foot per
ond of water from a spring In wen,
er County, Utah. Said water VII
be diverted by means of pipe lint
nt n point from which the south"eS'
corner OF Section 26, Township g.
north, Range ] west. Salt Lake oase
and meridian. bears south oil degrees
80 minutes west 2.123 feet distant
from where 1t will be conveyed lor =
distance of 5000 feet and there useu
from January l TO December 81 in-
elusive of each year. for domest,c
and municipal purposes. This appll-
cation is designated in the state Ell
Gineer's office as No. 1858.
All protests against the granting oil
said application, stating tho reason
therefor, must be made by affidavit
in duplicate and filed in this Office
within thirty (30l days after the com
pletion of the publication OF this no
tice
Date OF first publication November
is, 1909. date OF completion of publica'
tion December is, 1909.
CALEB TANNER,
= State Engineer.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-07
ORDINANCE,

An ordinance defining and prescrib-
ing n penalty for drunkenness.
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMlS-
S1ONERS OF THE COUNTY OF
WEBER, IN THE STATE OF
UTAH. ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS;
Section l. Any person who shall
he found drunk upon any street. lane.
alley. highway. or other public place
In Weber County. State OF Utah. out
side OF Incorporated cities or towns In
said Weber County. shall be guilty Of
a mlsdemeanor, and shall on con7ic-
ton thereof be liable TO a fine in any
sum not exceeding fifty dollars FOR
each offense, or TO Imprisonment in
the county jail at hard labor for any
period not exceeding fifty (50) days,
or to both such fine and Imprisonment
Sec. ?. All ordinances of the Board
of County Commissioners of Weber
County, State Of Utah. heretofore made
in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed
Sec. 5. This ordinance shall be in
effect on and after the lst day OF Jan
uary, A ID. 1910, said date being not
less than fifteen Q5) days after its
passage.
Passed this 29th day of November,
A. d. 1909
Commissioner o. B. Madison voting
Aye
Commissioner Frank Moore voting
AYE"
Commissioner John T. Bybee vot-
ing Aye"
o. b. MADISON,
oboi-,,,o 90 ,Lo poa-a 80 &C., t,.
Commissioners in and for Weber
County, State of Utah
Attest:
SAMUEL C. DYE.
County Clerk In and for Weber County
and State of Utah. and ex-Ohicio
Clerk OF the Board of County Com
missioners Of Said County
(SEAL)
State OF Utah, County of Weber. SIS.
I. SAMUE G. DYE. county clerk in
and for Weber County. State of Utah.
and eX-of6cio clerk of the Board Of
County Commissioners OF said County,
do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing ordinance, entitled "An Or
dinancc Defining and Prescribing a
Penalty for Drunkenness. was duly
passed by the Board OF County Com
missloners at a meeting thereof held
ON the 29th day of November. A. D.
1903 and that upon the final passage
thereof Oscar b. Madison. Frank
Moore and John I, Bybee, each and
all voted aye"
Witness my hand and official seal
hereto affixed this 30th day of No.
vember, 4. ID 1909
SAMUEL G.. DYE,
(SEAL.)
County Clerk of Weber County, State
of Utah. and eX-Oniclo Clerk OF the
Board of County Commissioners of
Weber County. State OF Utah.
First publication December /. 1909.
Last publication December s. 1909,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-07
NOTICE FOR BIDS.
For Supplies for the Utah Industrial
School Year OF 1910,

Scaled bids will be received at the
Superintendent Office until p. M
December Is. 1909. for furnishing the
following supplies:
$4,000 lbs. High Patent Flour. 72,-
OOO lbs Straight Grade Flour.
O,00O Bran and shorts; 1000 Gra-
ham Flour, 1.OOO Corn Meal 1000
Germade, all more or less.
1900 lbs Beef. front and rear
quarters alternately: 1,000 lbs. Nut
ten. front and rear quarters alter
nateV; Veal as needed for the year;
all more or less.
IS tons of Nut Coal, 500 tons mine
slack, more or less, 10 be delivered l.
o. Five Points.
90 doz. pairs of Boys shoes, 6 doz.
pairs Girls shoes, all more or less
90 Barrels of Syrup. more or less to
be delivered at School
10000 lbs, sugar more or less.
q cases Diamond &c" o. eQuiys-
lent laundry soap. more or less.
20 cases Hard Water CASTLE Soap,
more or less.
rs bales White Salt PORK. more or
less.
IS sacks Ham, more or less,
Is sacks Breakfast Bacon, more OF
less.
$50 Undershirts and 200 pairs IN
deTdrawers, more or less.
100 House Brooms, more or less.
$50 pairs Overalls and 200 black top
Shirts, more or less.
Drugs for Medicinal and Hospital
use. Lists may be had at Office OF
Supt
Stationery, typewritlns paper. pen-
ellis. etc. and all Office supplies ne
cessary for the year 1910. Lists may
oe had at Supt Office.
Hardware; tubs. pals. pans,
brooms, brushes, etc, etc. Lists may
be had at Once of Supt.
School supplies. Pen points; pen
holders; ink tablets; scratch tablets.
etc. etc, Lists may be had at Office
of Supt
Groceries and provisions sufficient
for the year OF 1910. Lists may be
had at Office of Supt,
Dry goods, toweling, sheotinSs,
bleached aud unbleached, table cloth,
napkins. ginshams, wasting and uni
form goods. Samples and lists may
be had at Office of Supt
Laundry supplies, chip soap, ball
blueing, liquid blueing and etc. for
laundry Lists may he had at Office
OF Supt.
All supplies to be delivered as re-
ouired and subject TO the approval OF
the superintendent
All bids will be submitted TO the
Board of Trustees and opened subse-
Quent % above date.
The BOARD reserves the right To re-
iect amy and all bids, or 10 accept
any proposition favorable TO the State.
Bids FOR supplies furnished Will be
paid monthly. The law requires that
certified check for not less than ;
per cent OF the bid accompany same.
and shall require Of the successful
bidder a bond In one-half the amount
OF the bid conditioned that he VIII
properly perform contract. For any
other Information apply at OGco CT
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ORDINANCE.

An ordinance entitled AN ordi-
nance fixing the amount to be paid
for a license for the manufacture sale
and disposition of spirituous. vinous.
matt or other intoxicating liquors I'm
Weber county, state Of Utah. outside
of Incorporated cities or towns in said
county
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF
WEBER. IN THE STATE OF
UTAH. ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section l. 1t shah be unlawful for
any person. firm, or corporation, TO
commence to carry on. engage in, or
carry on the business of manufactur
ing, selling. bartering, dealing out. or
otherwise disposing OF any spirituouS.
vinouS. malt or other intoxicating
liquors in Weber County, and State Of
Utah, outside OF the incorporated cit
les or towns In said Weber County.
without first having obtained license.
80 10 do. from the Board OF County
Commissioners of Weber County,
State of Utah.
Sec, 2. The application for the IL
cense as provided for in section one
ID of this ordinance shall be made
by the applicant Gling with the county
clerk of Weber County. State of Utah,
petition signod by the applicant.
which shall comply in all respects
with all the requirements of section
1243 OF the Compiled Laws of Utah,
1907.
Sec. 3. Upon the payment to the
county Treasurer OF Weber County,
State OF Utah, of the amount required
for the period for which a license Is
applied for. as hereinafter specified
and as provided under and By virtue
of section 124S of the Compiled Laws
of Utah. 1907, and executing and fling
with the County Clerk of We
Der County. Utah. bond With
approved sureties in the penal
sum of one thousand dollars
(S1,00001), conditioned that dur
ing the continuance OF his license he
win keep an orderly, and well-resulatcd
house; that he Will not allow gambling
with cards, dice. or any other device
or implements used in gambling. with
I'm his house, outhouse. yard. or other
premises under his control that he
will pay all damages, fines, and for
FIXTURES which may be adJudSed
against him under any OF the pro-
visions OF the laws of the State of
Utah, or of this ordinance, and upon
the granting OF the application and pc
titlon provided for In section OF this
ordinance by the Board OF County Com
missioners OF Weber County. Utah, the
County Clerk OF said county shall Is
sue to said applicant license TO carry
on the designated business for the
term or period applied for, at the
place mentioned and designated in
said application and petition,
Sec 4 No license as provided in
this ordinance shall be granted and
issued for a longer period than one
% year nor for less period than
three go months; provided. however,
that when a license is granted and is
sued during the last quarter OF the