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Show THE OGDEN PO OGDEN, UTAH. FRIDAY, AUGUST SbTcOUNTY le Opposition $5500 STILL IN UNION PACIFIC ncnts of Candidates Railroad Makes Attractive Cent-a-MiRates on Account of Courthouse Jobs Are in Candidates Being System Meet; Gunn Says Meet lie Hiking; May Be Annual Affair If the Incumbents Out for Some Already OFFICERS GET Mammoth Still Seized OGDEN FIXED BY TO BOIL fjlectioh; NUMBER LOW FARES TO (dUTKAlPOT goed; 1. 19.10. UTAH ENGINEER TO HELP LOCATE . RAID ON HOME taHaaKSi.yf.a ft S3 DAM AQUEDUCT Former Fitzgerald Home Near $500,000,000 Will Be Required Heart of City Is location of For Southern California to 1 inest Still Ever Taken in Make Full Use of Boulder Utah; 3S00 Gallons of Mash Dam; Bond Elections Will Be Seized; Alcohol Worth 13000 Held to Vote Funds; Water Confiscated; Arrest Made Must lie Had Venture Is a Success; Everything Ready for Big Event Officials of the Union Pacific syscam-C- hi gjwejl activity for the fell tem have announced a cent-a-mi- le exactively Weber county cursion rate to Ogden for the eixth Wednesday evening when the annual Union Pacific system athletic Ceunty Republican club gave booked for August 15 and 16. Berthana the at social and we The special rates will apply on all .Gtfdena. v W w . t. rr Ed. L Ilham, ax 32. at 21G Adams avenue, wa arrested noon for operating one of theSaturday and most romnlete dNtillinir largest plants ever found in the state of Utah, lie waa placed under $2:00 bonds on J n ate charge of manufacture and possession of intoxicating liquor. upon furnishing the bonds County Sheriff R. rinmk and 5 S!pp' induct rd the raid, aided by federal officers. The plant was in operation in the f o?.P residence and was "7 capacity. The still, a hLf cnpor container, placed in one was most com- plcte and thoroughly finished, and to be installed for enduranre and service. Through a transom in the room where the still was placed a jT? .ropPr tul waa run into the adjoining room where an automatic water-coole-d condenser transformed the alcoholic vapor into litpiid. The alcohol waa drawn off by a spigot into n tins. In the two other rooms on the east and north wings of the house were 50 new barrels of capacity, with cohesive liquid, ind four n copper vsta, slso primming over and bubbling with mash. There were also 10 additional ! ??rpe, containing mash, Mj0,nin these stored two rooms were cases 'VJT fUf mi (ZlMMea for county offices and liberations have been tite topic rLH0ation hereabout!. Of course, amount of political conver-lhad to do with the Repub-u' m ' uphranta. iw county clerk, , Lawrence Van candidate to succeed, him-- " L the Republican ticket. As yet has been Mgjte announcement Democratic asydrant Jhy gay his lyujv gtratford has announced User for county commissioner on bonbliean ticket No Democrat entered the lists against Mr. A M gtad. prominent Democrats are ta admit that their candidate to will have pretty gtratford i sledding. Oregon Short Line points in Idaho and Utah as well as from Las Vegas, Portland, the Dalles, Pendleton, Cheyenne and Denver. The general committee in charge of the meet in Ogden anticipate that of people will take advantage of this low rate and attend. Purchasers of tickets will be eligible this year to purchase Pullman apace also. This added feature is another incentive for outsiders to come to Ogden for the joust. Fifteen bands, including a number of A organizations will be included in the line of march in the mammoth parade. Several thousand Union Pacific employes are expected to march in this big event, the opening feature e,' hun-dre- er, I ii da cent-a-mi- le of the two-da- y 800-gall- on ,? program. icbid A. Norris, Democratic High officials of the Union Pacific will undoubtedly be railroad from all parte of the system inas-g- l HpjLUto to succeed himself will be in attendance and will ride in term. one as he has served hut automobiles. to date no announcements have Parade 'plans are moving forward contestants to possible nicely, never Lyle Larkin, general chairman, has there but position, announces. a time in Weber. county when Harry Kimnieyer, Ogden promoter, have not been numerous for the' com has been signed to handle the boxing program, which will be sponsored by !!! ija. j the have will Ogden chamber of commerce. FirePincock Richard works and dancing are added attracsucceed to of ty opposition tions. in the is Claude Green A bathing beauty contest will be as a possible candidate in the n nomination, fight. Amasa held at the Berthana Monday, August former Democratic county 11, and Friday, August 15. Miss Ogmr. is being urged to get den will be selected from the group nom-- i Monday night and will compete i tks race for the Democratic for sheriff. Sheriff Pincocka against unit winner on Friday. i comes from both sides. His Miss Ogden will not be eligible to mt of George Welch, former win the system trophy for bathing, but Fran-kaini-st will be eligible for the diamond ring i itreet supervisor under the coun-bnission- fed-vn- five-gallo- 52-gall- on u him-jtlna- dy i , ration, to a deputy ship seined on. by opposition, particularly the Demo to, u a definite exposure of an rimtasding between the sheriff and U. Eldredge. Welch has long been recipient of political favors at the Pincock denies ndi of Eldredge. with . Eldredge, hut " g mi he appointed Welch on the trend of friendship, togeth- -' with need of an additional deputy. nr, even Republican politicians that Pincock is close to Eldredge . 1 1 political way. S. Sylvester Grow, I Huntsville, is also being prominent-atione- d for the Republican nom- Irewks age da-bai- ng kook-up- old-ti- award. Young women of. Ogden over 16 years of age are eligible to enroll in this event. Ogden's new $75,000 stadium is rapidly nearing completion and will be in readiness for the two-da- y program, city commissioner! announce. Track and field events, baseball and the band concerts will be held at the stadium. Members of the general committee have arranged to have a public address system installed in order that the results in the track program may be flashed as they happen. Sixteen special trains, loaded with Union Pacific employes, will be on There is a possibility that this hand. incumbent who Is slated to m tough sledding is County As-- list may be enlarged to 20 before the Burdette Smith. .... Smith i has meet is held. re ittacked time and time again on "Everything is in readiness for the two-da- y i nsesiments. program," said F. F. Gunn, school and City on him to explain de general chairman, today. "We are revaluations in the face of $12,-- 1 ceiving fine cooperation and look for attendance. worth of building permits in hit ten years. It is expected "Ogden may have the meet annualtl.IL Eldredge will support Smith ly if the 1930 venture is a success, and back r tin Republican renomination when it will be a success if Ogden gets 100 cent" the of per program dory gets about that Smith has the Standard-Examine- r' but Half a million dollars has refused for this property. Of "i the county assessor cannot tke intangible wealth of that tin. such as the subscription inother nr of-call- ed 1 record-breaki- . ng . 1 Railroads to Discuss Shipping Problems Of Stock in Ogden . franchise rights and good-wi- ll f How-b- e tpreiented by a monopoly. and means of handling the Ways could assesi the physical heavy movement of livestock anticiTOty of that corporation, which pated for tiie coming season will be position to the assessor points discussed at a meeting of railroad of- tiuds at near' $100,000. N. 0. ficials in Ogden Monday. bae been talked, of aa a Representatives of railroads cencandidate to oppose tering in Ogden will attend, together No Democratic announcement with representatives of the Ogden been made. Union stockyards. Suggestions from v?"! W. Evans, county treasurer, shippers for bettering the service will Democrat, will have. no trouble be considered. ! Possibly the largest supply of lambs to piece hie name i hoket, says the member! of and ' sheep moved over the railroads Wy. No Republican candidate from this section of country in a numJt appeared. ber of years will be shipped this fall. best methods of handling this V? Beckham, Republican, preaent The will probably be decided Monbusiness tttorney, has finitely decided a candidate, for that of-- day. pK The meeting will be held in the ofopposition to Blackham has He appears to be very sat-t- o fice of C. F. Donnitan, general superPacific at his party, the leaden intendent of the Southern ci Pacific Southern .Other Ogden. ke has filled the office kith D ore Attend to credit to himself expected and the party. R. Owen, general agent at Salt Lake; Ola St aephine on, county - A. K. Frye, general livestock agent candidate for renomina- from San Francisco; T. Bergeson, general agent at Reno; H. M. Welty,Ruth-rauff, Agent At Reno, And F G. and passenger district freight agent at Ogden. Dan Clark, general livestock agent Airport of the Union Pacific System of CheyPaenne, will represent the Union pilot for the cific,. and H. E. Godwin, general Airway, foe, agent, and George Bisbee, officer by the city freight livestock agent, will represent the . 'wmmissionen Tuesday C. Smith, Oregon Short Line. Fred pay at the Ogden general superintendent of the Ogden construction of a bridge Railroad Depot company, and u r. on Highland Drive Whitlock, general manager ox tne ot rf Pioneer power, plant on Union stockyards, will also be presend a survey of the ent. ... teferred to the city engi- veral citizens. Upon complaint of has orWilfong E. A. was received by the city Chief frora Mrs. S. J. Baker, dered the arrest of enjr P101 a evenue, asking for a orehended in the act of watering their to conduct real at public drinking fountains. estate bus-.- .. foun.Petition was held for The chief says that the drinking human beings of use the for tains are so used. only, and will he an repre-icntitiv- re-JJj- p1 live-sto- ck Officer at Appointed fires, m morn-actw,ith- ut Tatry iH0 Xtv 200-galio- pre-candida-tes , f-Police .? ap-pear- ed Pictures by Post Photographer. Selection of the route of the Boulder dam aqueduct to be built across mountains and through valleys to the 12 cities of the coastal plain will be made at Los Angeles, August 1J, it was announced Tuesday by Richard Jt. Lyman, a member of the engineering hoard of review for tho metro, politan water district of southern California. Mr. Lyman will meet with F. E. Weymouth, rhief engineer; A. J, Wiler of Hoise and Thaddeus Mcrriman of New York in determining the route over which the water will !e carried from Itoulder dam. It is important that a decision be reached as soon as possible, Aid Mr, Lyinnn, because a special election is to be called in tho district for voting $250,000,000 in bonds to finance the work. The dam itself will cost $105,000,-00and Secretary of Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur is authority for the statement that work on the project is being rushed. Another $150,000,000, will he laid out for the construction of a power transmission line from the Black canyon power plant to the southern California cities. Add to this the $250,000,000 which must be voted to 0, finance the transportation of water, and the huge total of $5G5,000,000 will have been reached. several sacks of sugar, It in estimated that another instruments for testing, and will be spent at the damsite, ther equipment necessary for work in and around Ijm Vegas, and by Los Angeles and other cities to make their 41! anI wrf advantageously T Maced. The premises were scrupu-ousl- y own waterworks system conform to neat and clean. The mash bur-re- the new supply of water. and vata were capped with a In the eight or 10 years required to appliance to keep tho alco- complete tho gigantic enterprise, of holic odor from diffusing through the which Boulder dam ia only one unit, neighborhood. thousand)! of men will be and It was stated by the police officers muteriala from Utah and engaged other states the prohibition agents that the in the vicinity of the project will be J still and equipment was tho most utilized. complete ever confiscated in this terThe board of directors of the metroritory. district arc waiting upon tho politan ' It is the first alcohol plant ever unto ..determine tha mute t Ogden Company . "7 Search covered in Weber county. Several engineers, the aqueduct before they set the date years ago, a plant was found in the for a bond 'election. Chief For Secures Contract Victims basement Engineer of the Hermitago hotel in Weymouth declined to discuss costs Ogden canyon, where rye whisky was until all the confacts engineering of Search was continued Thursday for being made. One prohibition agent cerning the route are at hand. Contracts for joint construction extension of the Western the body of a man who lost his life asserted that after eight years of a The directors believe the bonds r, under a Pacific railroad from Kcddie to freight train on the Southern service in the prohibition department should nqt be voted upon at the comCalif., was awarded Tuesday to Pacific trestle over Great Salt lake. he had seen many stills, but none to election in November, but ing general the of one found at the Williams the Utah Construction company A man's leg, found Monday, was equal that they should be the sole issue at residence. comis It Bechtel W. A. and the estimated that the Ogden the first indication of a tragedy, and a special bond election. It be pany of San Francisco, said an As- officials later learned a man had been value of the plant would exceed $5500, the special election will not may be held and that the alcohol alone would sociated Press dispatch. be aboard a car of lumber. They believe until January. It is recognized by the The construction, when linked with tho cargo shifted, causing the man to worth probably $3000, The mash barrels and vats were board that considerable educational extension to be built by lose. his balance and fall under the an dated and "scheduled" to enable the work, will have to be done, although the Great Northern railroad from train, the wheels severing his. leg and to keep tab all indications there is a general unanimity in favor Klamath Falls, Ore., to Bieber, will the body falling into the water. operator to an output of 70 to 80 gal- of the huge Issue. point connect the trunk system and permit Crutches were found on the lumber lons "The problem of taking water from of alcohol entry of the Western Pacific railroad car, and the wheels and coupling of Williams wasa day, Colorado river to the metropolthe arraigned Saturday into the northwest and the Great the next car were covered with blood. water district is tremendous," itan before United CommisStates night Northern into the San Francisco bay Sheriff John Zundel of Box Elder sioner H. A. Soderberg and his trial said Mr. Lyman. The conduit, which region. county is aiding in the search for the set for Wednesday, when Judge Sod- of course must be of reinforced conThe project will cost approximately body. A boat was chartered Tuesday erberg fixed bail at $2000. He waived crete the whole distance, is to cross $10,000,000, officials of the Western to search tha lake for the victim. and the case will several mountain ranges and a numpreliminary hearing Pacific announced. be presented to the fedra grand jury ber of deep valleys. The capacity of A. H. Christensen, a t its next session. Under the Jones the conduit is to be 1500 second-fejsident, now are in San Francisco "five of the Utah Construction company at and ten" act on a charge of and the elevation to which it will be connection with the project. Salt Lake, said the work will begin manufacture and possession of intox- nocessary to pump the water ia apcontract for con of the be will Letting and the project icating liquor provides for a maxium proximately 1000 feet immediately extension marks the of five in jail or a $10,000 fine "Those who live on the southern completed in about one year. He said struction of the the physical linking of or both.years in the metropolitan district will that W. H. Wattis of Ogden, president initial step inPacific slope Northand Great Williams was also' released from the be required to pay not only the of the construction company, and E. the Western O. Wattis, also of Ogden, another vice- - ern railroads. for tno aqueduct and this county jail under $500 bail on a state charge of sale of intoxicating liquor. $165,000,000 for Boulder dam, but sdiio In both cases, B. M. Harmon and J. for 'additions to their various waterHarry Price, of Salt Lake, were the works systems. There are 12 cities of bondsmen. already in the district and the total Williams states that he' was run- cost of the work of providing water ning the plant for others, and that he and power will reach $500,000,000 if and his family had just moved to Og- not $600,000,000. ale have den about three weeks ago, from CaliSodas, pie, sandwiches, ice cream, and ginger of Loa Angeles recently "The fornia, for the express purpose of curried city been the Waterloo of many a boy at the county fair, but a bond issue for $38,800,000 running the still. He also stated that for providing additional water needed the selfsame formula, combined with the alertness of a local he was being paid a good salary, and before the Colorado river of the instead aqueduct delicatessen owner, sent one youth to jail took the work upon the promise of his can be constructed. A considerable receivwas employers that the plant hospital. portion of the water supply of the protection. ing district comes from unX metropolitan the Kings-An interview with Mrs. Williams R. S. Johnson, 17, of Pleasant Grove, entered sources. Tho demands on derground morndisclosed the fact that the plant was this underground Delicatessen, 2530 Monroe, about 8:15 Wednesday Followsupply are so great in operation when they arrived in Og- that the water soda. a is continually rewith breakfast plane his strange and began ing den. The Williams have four small ceding and as it recedes, salt water he dishes, proceeded breakfast unusual children, the oldest being about aix from the ocean seeps farther and ing this with other of field conquest by years of age. The house was vacat- farther inland." to carefully size up his proposed ed Wednesday afternoon, and the The corner. nook and proprietor each Mr. Lyman minutely scanning th fwni,y u unknown customer his after became suspicious H. J. Hirschenfeld, route of the aqueduct is August 11, and had cast several longing glances at the cash register, it may be postponed until August 18 Dobbs to accommodate Mr. Mcrriman, who immediately notified the police. City is engaged in & big water case in the anK. Milligan and George Finn Advises Commission New York area. City Detectives W. were loudly swered the call, and upon entering the building On Two The above pictures fchour views of the huge distilling plant seised by county and federal officers in a raid on the premises at 2536 Adams avenue. Upper left shows a few of the mash barrels as they were found in the upstairs rooms. These kegs were sealed, the only outlet being the small rubber tubes, shown above, the ends of which were placed in glass containers filled with water. Fumes were thus prevented from invading the air. Upper right is the copper still before it was dismantled. Below Is a view of the apparatus and supplies after being removed from the house by the . officers. elec-tric- sl $50,-000,0- 00 52-gslI- 300-gall- ls non-od- or on - tontjnuesv Rail 112-mi- le Bie-be- 88-m- ile vice-preside- nt et $250,-000,0- 00 ' A Ney Kind Endurance Contest ssrsars a jsrsstf Attorney salesand cheerfully greeted by the enterprising owner as what they men Although a trifle bewildered at first by fell mistaken quiddy of they identity, case thought was a endurance into the game. Said game turned out to be an eat for contest to determine whether young Johnson could had hours two could After wait. as long as the officers to and and Finn began gave up passed, Messrs. Milliganthe iron stomach. indefinite His question the lad with a answers proved his undoing, and when searched toy pistol was found in his pocket. the Hospital Johnson was identified by iH E. Watkins i whe WtkinsonSun. held hiu! one up confectionery as the daw The vouth later admitted breaking into the Lester I i Whai Park miniature golf course tattling Saturday night36 hours for eaten said not had he he was arrested, Johnson he had just partaken of. previous to the odd meal word from He is being held at the dty jail awaiting his parents. Matters Weather Bureau Installs Rain Gauge U. S. City Attorney Stuart P. Dobbs made a report to the city commission Wednesday relative to the recent communication of C. R. Green, who complained that the switching of freight cars at the Hilton Mills on Washington avenue is a nuisance. lie states A Marvin float rain gauge, the latest and most modern device for registering rainfall, was installed Wed- Mr. Dobbs also gave an opinion to the commissioners in regard to the communication of the Rev. John Edward Carver, chairman of the Carnegie library board, askiny that a tax levy be made for the maintenance of the library, rather than taking money from the general fund. Mr. Dobbs said that this might be done, but it would first be necessary to have on file a petition signed by at He said the levy least 200 taxpsye cannot exceed 2 mills. the Salt Lake weather bureau office. The instrument automatically records on a sheet of paper the total fall, the rate of fall and the time of the beginning and end of each storm. This information is of great benefit to engineers and architects. Mr. Alter believes this is the only instrument of its kind outside of Washington, D. C. It will be in charge of Arie Van DeGraaf, cooperative observer at Ogden. . that under the franchise the Utah nesday in Ogden at the cooperative Rapid Transit company has the right office of the United States weather to operate freight cart over its tracks. bureau, according to J. Cecil Alter of |