Show CUT OFF TWO HEADS aiontasrtie and Bates Dismissed By the Commission Within five minutes from the time the members of the police and fire commission issued from the private office of Chief Pratt yesterday afternoon after-noon and went into regular session I two heads went into the bloodless basket which Chief Devine has had in readiness for some time They were those of Firemen Montague and Bates I against whom the charges preferred were sustained In the opinion of the board Mowers will go back to the department I All members of the board were pres eat When Chairman Salisbury called to order shortly after 3 oclock After the usual preliminaries the following decisions were handed down This board having heard the evidence evi-dence upon the charges preferred by Chief Devine against W F Bates a member of the fire department and j having fully considered the same find 1 the following I Tint < hnr < res first second and third comprising the total number are sustained sus-tained and that the defendant W F Bates be dismissed from the service affirmative votes Empey Jennings i Mr Noble dissenting on the ground I that the evidence did not sustain the charges In the matter of the charges against E P Mowers the board finds that they were not sustained and by a unanimous vote the defendant was ordered i or-dered reinstated in the department I This board having heard evidence upon the charges preferred by Chief Engineer Devine against Charles H Montague a member of the fire department de-partment and having fully considered I the same finds the following facts I First That the charge against said Montague specifying illhealth of such j a nature as to be offensive to his fellow I fel-low members of the department and therefore detrimental to the service Is not sustained by the evidence j Second That the charge against said i Montague as to his general reluctant manner cf discharging duty and disposition dis-position to disobey orders is not sustained 1 tamed I Third The beard finds unanimously that the third charge preferred against said Montague of using disrespectful and abusive language towards his superior officers and of not being on speakincr terms with the officer in I command of the station where said Mcntitsu has been employed is fully stsiinpd as charred Fourth That the charge of direct disobedience of an order of the chief of the fire department is fully sustained sus-tained The board therefore unanimously confirm the action of the chief of the department in suspending sid Montague Mon-tague arc bv unanimous vote hereby tllnil se puct Montatrue from the service ser-vice of sfiid department None of the ra ° n were present when the decisions were rendered I The special pay roll of the police de partnTnt for salaries of specjtl men j during conference voek amounting to S70 was audited and apnrovefl I An adjournment wi = s then taken to Monday evening at 730 oclock I If there la a place on earth especial lly culled for human residence Salt ts Lake city is the place acid if there is i a part of Salt Lake city better suited for residence thin any other part of it lit I is Papperton Place j It is not generally known but it is a > fact just the same that the city water i system has been extended over Pop jperton Place and that the water enjoyed I en-Joyed by the happy residents up there is just a little bit better than any other II I oth-er water in town because it comes I in by the highland system because it comes from City Creek canyon and because tk be-cause water is taken out of the creek a mile and a half before It Is taken by the lowland system You see we don t get the Emigration and Parleys canyon tt tt can-yon water because the pressure wont take it to us and we are glad that It i doesnt because we dont get so much lime I and other things whiih are said 1 to be in these waters If you think I there is anything in this come up and buy a lot or a house we have them for sale and we are not raising the price neither on account of th se advantages ad-vantages |