Show NEWS FROM 1 NEARBY Hargaret Beck Brings Suit Against Frank Scott BOTH ARE WELLKNOWN PLAINTIFF OF SPANISH FORK DEFENDANT OF SPBEKTGVILLE I Scott Has Vanished and the Sheriff i Anxious to Learn of His Whereabouts Plaintiff Would I Have Agreed to a Marriage ut the Defendant Said Nay Slugging Slug-ging Match at Provo La Grippe in Wyoming Diphtheria at He ber f Provo Feb 27 Another scandal has come t light by the filing of a comPlaint I com-Plaint in Justice Booths court against I Frank Scott who is well known and of good family residing in Spring yule Scott is charged with the crime of fornication and the girl In the case is Margret Beck of Spanish Fork The complaint was made by Miss Beck who it is stated would have I agreed to a marriage but the young I man evidently thought she was not in I his class and refused to settle I in that way Sheriff Starrs is now on the lookout look-out for Scott THE WATER CASE John E Boothe attorney for defendant defend-ant in the big water case attempted a knockout blow this morning by may ing the court to strike out nearly all the testimony which has been ul duced by the plaintiff corporation Booth argued that it was set up in the allegations of the alegatons complaint that there had been a trespass on the rights of the city by Provo Bench Canal people peo-ple by their taking more water than they were entitled to He said this be ing granted there should be a suit for water stealing and trespass against I fense those who had been guilty of this of Judge De Moisey hardly saw it in the same light as the learned attorney and arguments were proceeded with A decison on the case will in all probability ing prob-ability be reached on Monday morn I A LA CARSON For a long time Gus Blumenthal of I Provo and Ray Packard of Spring vII have had bad blood between them and it became so thick and black that last eveniLjr they were both determIned that some blood must be spilled Their friends advised that they make no scene on the streets but that they I retire quietly to the gymnasium put I on a pair of fiveounce gloves and settle set-tle their difficulties according to the rules laid down by Queensbury This seemed to please the antagonists I They therefore appointed two referees and faced one another in the ring The first round was a hammer and tongs bout with honors about even I the Provo man scoring a knock down In the second a swift jab between the eyes brought the claret from Blumen thai The round ended with blows raining down from both belligerenta at a rapid speed In the third and last round they fought themselves to exhaustion both men panting like dogs in a chase and I the referee announced the contest a draw Billy Wilson and John Levis sports well known to local fame refereed ref-ereed the fight in a satisfactory manner man-ner and Nick Markman acted as timekeeper time-keeper There were no arrests as the disturbance was slight and no brutality tality exhibited A FEW NOTES I Mayor Holbrook went to Salt Lake I today I us H C P Green of Payson is visiting Representative W H King has appointed ap-pointed Bert Olson of Ogden a his secretary Ber Thurman leaves tomorrow morning morn-ing for Washington to attend to his i duties as secretary to Senator Rawlins Raw-lins Today the farmers institute closed I and the tillers of the soil went to their several homes well pleased with the I pointers picked up by them during tiles I tile-s session Several Provo attorneys will board the Union Pacific train for Fillmore on II Tuesday Monday morning Court will open in that burg Fifty tickets were sent to Provo for the Davenport engagement March 3 and they went like hot cakes At special spec-ial train with a rate of 125 for the sion round trip will be run for the occa |