Show WHITTEMORE FILES A BILL DID A LOT OF TELEGRAPHING WITH HAYKEN A Few Stray Items That Foot Up About Four Hundred Dollars County Commissioners Will Hold Their Last Meeting Tomorrow I County Attorney AVhittcmorc filed an In teresting bill at the meeting of the county commissioners yesterday it being no less than an account for telegrams board railroad fare etc for the witnesses in the Morris case Whit must have been doing considerable consider-able business by wire with Swiney and Hajiken judging from accounts rue first part of the account charges f 73 for law books purchased and now in the office which was allowed But the interesting part is found in the second part partUnder Under the caption telegrams from BWlney state vs Morris are charged amounts in the sum of 75 7 75 cents and i to C O Whittemore 40 cents Eugene Harbeck S cents to Ilayken r cents Telegrams to Hayken are cheaper than telegrams from Hayken as is evi denced by the following From Hayken 105 5125 To Harbeck 00 cents to Hayken J150 J A Adams 0 cents Swiney 75 cents Swiney 6 cents from Swiney 105 and SO cents There seems to have been a whole lot of telegraphing are done in the Morris case Other Items areDiscount on warrants No 3074 and No 1025 9 per cent 0295 I Amount paid Knutsford on account of expenses M Hayken and E E Swiney while in the city attending the Morris case 2 I Paid Stratton for coming from Chicago as witness 100 Strattons fare i Total 394C3 So the telegrams and Strattons fare and Haykens board and Swineys board at the best hotel in the city have cost the county 32165 rather expensive witnesses But the county foots the bills The commissioners Indited two letters to the state auditor concerning the accounts of Fred Leonard W J Lynch and John D Spencer the same Introduction answering an-swering for both The opening statements state-ments are Morgan Richards jr state auditor Pursuant to law and the order of the county commissioners of Salt Lake county made on December 21 1S9C we hereby certify to you as state auditor that the accounts of John D Spencer county collector col-lector of Salt Lake county as appears on books for year 1S95 are entitled to credit with the following amounts For compensation to the county assessor of Salt Lake county Ii95 state portion 425000 For compensation to county collector col-lector same 412500 Taxes abated by county board of equalization Belonging to banks that was included in their assessment as-sessment of capital stock 1265 68 Taxes collected for your account as county treasurer 122760 Double assessments and uncol lectible I items 262 S2 Fees on tax sales to Salt Lake county as trustee 15C1 92 Total credit 1895 state and school funds 12693 02 Accounts of F J Leonard Compensation as county collector 1S93 S 7923 0 Fees on tax sales as above 3501 6 Uncollectible etc 4S9 i Total credit 1893 1191641 Fees on tax sales territorial school fund portion 525242 Uncollectible same 731 G Total credit 1S93 territorial school fundL S 59S7 03 Grand total 1893 account 1790344 1894 accounts Compensation W J Lynch assessor as-sessor 4250 0 Compensation F J Leonard collector col-lector 362500 Fees tax sales 1371 01 Uncollectable portion 769 1 Total credit 1S94 territorial and territorial school 10013 21 Total 27918 G All of which was certified to by the county clerk as having been forwarded Mr Roberts introduced a resolution providing pro-viding for the employment of some person per-son or persons to copy and proof read records E and F of the recoils of deeds and trls ers in the recoroers office which passed Christophervii voting in then atlvc Liquor license was granted to James Richards of BIngham Superintendent Lambert of the poor farm reported the number of inmates at the first of the month as 6 received 1 toti frst Dismissed during month 8 died 2 Total December 31 6 Saturday The commissioners adjourned until I |