Show farmington the trustees association met here on saturday to consider the advisability of putting za libraries in the different schools of tile the county it was decided to purchase 1000 books and put them in the schools of the different districts where they desire to adopt this feature there will be a missionary benefit ball at the music hall on christmas ni night 3 ht and another on new years e eve ve mrs elizabeth cottrell went to ogden on tuesday evening 0 ta undergo an operation the following day the choir will give a concert on oil monday evening evelin dec under the direction of prof careless aboyoun the young c ladies association gave a misfit ball monday evening in which was larg largely ely attended ateward toward the last the stove fell over causing some little ex excitement cite they cle cleared areil about P 25 which will go for books for the library A S rose who hasteen has been down sick with mountain fever for about two months was wa a out outon on tuesday tue aday for the first time on the of last july mr bamberger had a weir put in to measure tho the water that flows in the creek that comes down farmington F arm ington canyon and since accurate measurements have been made ile he found that the water was lowest on an august ID CITY COUNCIL NOTES the farmington city council met on dec mayor walsh in the chair councilors councillors Counci lors Abbot tUdy steed dark clark robinson and recorder richards present I 1 mayor reported ho he bad filed certificate of election returns ol of the annexation with the secretary of state presented claim kofl of 1 for cost of filing which was allowed claim of F 0 al co for was allowed claim of D 0 willey jr for 5 a in the case of the city vs joseph manning 0 was presented and erred berred to judge king for his OK recorder was instructed to fo have his books in readiness to report at the next meeting mayor reported that the county had appropriated ato 2 to be expended under tho the direction of the ci city ta council for graveling high way wayno no 1 L it w a s the sense of the th council th that a t t tho he reco recorder rd or no notify t 1 fy M mrs r s M E Know knowlton lion that the council was abut ready to begin making the litch ditch through phrot gli hor her pasture per agreement and wanted instruct ions eions with regard to where it is I 1 to 0 be dug I 1 it was reported that jacob Ai miller filler had con consented dented to enove move bit hife fence enco back in the land running lining ra I 1 tp to lagoon in order to widen tile the road providing that mr bamberger would furnish wire councilor udy was appointed to sae see mr bamberger bamberg go r and see what whai he would be willing will fiig to do road supervisor reported that there were fifty seven men in his road district eligible to work poll tax and that all lad had worked the same none having paid cash he also a ls presented a bill for 1350 f for 0 r supervising g for the year 1897 which was allowed adjourned to dec 20 1897 monday evening dec mayor recorder councilors councillors dark clark abbott robinson and steed present the mayor and councilor robinson were appoint edan auditing committee claim of lamoni call for 16 1620 20 for election stationery and printing was vas allowed adjourned to tuesday jan 4 1898 7 p in COUNTY couitt COURT NOTES S adjourned session held dec 1897 peter christensen a resident of the school district being present asked what disposition would be bej made of the special school tax levied by the trustees of the school district in that portion of section 5 tp 4 north range 2 west which has beon been annexed to the school district the matter was discussed at some length Z and the treasurer was instructed to withhold tho the payment of the taxes on said tract to other district pending lurther further investigation the petition of J 11 II wes coles and 1 severity one ond others asking 0 that the and sch school col district of davis county be consolidated was read and the petition of oflas jas warren and seventy 0 others asking in an that clearfield Ole arfield and syracuse precincts be consolidated was read and the hearing 0 on both petitions set for monday jan 1898 at 19 a in richard duerden petitioned the commissioners for an abate ment of the taxes assessed in tile 1 ord school district on of edse on the grounds that said assessment in edse assessed asses S ed in the ast 1st school district there being beciri no edse dolse at the at the store antho in the 3rd ard district the matter was referred to tile the assessor and treasurer to ascertain il if the matter waag was a double assessment I 1 the petition of ceded jedediah brown asking that iho tho taxes lie he had paid bo be refunded on account of poor lil health alth and indigent cir 1 cum stances the petition was noi not granted road supervisors reports report of poll tax collected were presented and approved as follows george IV green supervisor road district 17 the report lepor t of alex pt pat terser supervisor of the steed road district were referred babli backa for correction corr Aion the report of A L lamb J P and the report of 0 D hadlock J P heretofore referred deferred to the attorney were presented and ordered filed the rules were suspended and tile following claims were audited and allowed ved rice nice expense E P ellison J JH agrant HG Grant rant fid 3 00 1 edward A steed john ijohn 0 John johnston bounty 1700 A al lamb criminal 1413 1475 james warren road suir 1600 alex patterson road sup 11 roads 1150 2 2250 2 50 george 0 IV green graen road 7 85 alfred boulton 44 r robt watts 94 william higgs g 00 harry white 69 2 40 0 D hadlock t As william morton 64 geor george geore 0 e swan jr 11 2650 AL S browning jurors and witness 4 90 W ff beazer jur and wits 1080 henry blood 11 11 11 2880 danl knighton jurors and witness israel call jurors and witness 1 adjourned to monday jan 3rd ard 1893 1898 at 10 a in |