Show OCULAR JOCULAR J OVER GRAVE CHARGES Weber County Commissioners Do Not Seem to Understand Their Position There was was az considerable Interest centered in i n the meeting of the board of county ic commissioners c yesterday but the several matters m that were expected to be brought before b the body including the resignation of o f Chairman Joseph Stanford did not materialize m Two sessions were held he d but little li business was transacted and an ad adjournment adjournment j was W S taken until 10 this morning z Throughout the proceedings yesterday jocular j ocular references were made by the corn com commissioners missioners m to tho tha th charges made against them hem t and to other matters of a similar nature n that would ordinarily be taken in ina Ina a serious mood Mr Stanford led the commissioners c ac In this connection with Billy Wilson a close second while O 0 OB oB B Madson contented himself with taking a shot at the Democrats when one of that party arty p refused the appointment as election judge j The Tile regular monthly bills were brought before b the board for allowance and it was w curing c this work that much sarcasm was displayed d When the payroll for the com corn commissioners missioners mf m themselves was brought before them hem t Mr Stanford passed the document to t o Mr Wilson with the remark I guess tf that hat t is not padded When several claims from f rom Chief Sheets of Salt Lake in which was charged for trips made to Ogden in i n connection with criminal cases here herer Mr M Ir r Stanford examined the bills and then thenaid said s aid Goodness gracious for a trip to t o Ogden You commissioners are not in int it i t Failed to See the Joke For work in one of Commissioner Mad sens ens s district a bill of was presented Mr M Mm r Wilson followed this up with the re remark remark mark m ark Buying votes In your ward comes high h The remark was addressed to Mr Madsen who failed to see the joke and asked a Mr Wilson to examine the charges and a nd he would not criticise While consid considering considering ering ring e the application of the Utah Idaho Railway ailway R RO company for a franchise through Ogden O canyon Mr Wilson volunteered the information i that the prospects were that there here t would be an entirely new board hoard to sit s it on the matter within sixty days Mr Stanford S objected saying that he had not resigned r as yet 1 am a Democrat was the expression e borrowed bo b Towed from David B Hill mIl used by b Henry Weitzel of Huntsville in declining the t he appointment of election judge He said s aid that he lie was surprised that he a Democrat D should be pointed appointed a Although the t he law provides for two Republican and andone andone one o ne Democrat judges of election the peo people people p op ie of the county have nave been getting so little ittle l consideration from the county count r un under under der d en Republican rule that the appointment of o f a Democratic judge seems unreason unreasonable able D a ble to them The Utah itah Idaho I Railroad company compan through t h Engineer Joseph A West Vest made formal ormal f application to the commissioners for f or a franchise to build and operate a railroad r through Ogden canyon which road oad r has been under construction for some sometime sometime time ime t The company agrees that where ever e er the railroad shall come in contact with the existing traveled road the thc line Une shall hall s be built along the county highway under u the direction of the commissioners They also agree that wherever the rail railway railway way wa location shall encroach upon or in interfere int t with the wagon road shall be wid widened I ened ned e or reconstructed to the satisfaction L j and a nd approval of the board by the railroad company compan c The term of the franchise asked t tor for f cf or is fifty years Under Advisement j Mr Wilcox opposed the granting of the franchise f on account of no survey being made Mr Stanford thought that the mat matter matter maten ter t en of the width of the county road which I Iwas was now before the courts for a decision had much to do with the case Mr West Vest explained that it was the In Intention int t to build on the north side of the theOp Op Ogden Orden den river to a point above the Her Hermitage Hermitage Hermitage and from there to the end of the i canyon canon c depended largely upon whether or ox not the tho proposed dam at the head of the i canyon was built The matter was finally r ir taken aken t under advisement by the board and L Lis it is not likely that any further action L will be taken until after the election I The petition of George E B Maule I L Clark and others for the opening of Canal I alley was granted after a committee had waited upon the tire board yesterday The pe pc petition t was presented to the thc commission commissioners ers some time ago John V Bluth and anc i Eleanor L Hend were appointed special clerks derks for the treasurers office during the thc busy tax collecting season by Treasurer Chambers and the appoint appointments appointments appointments ments were confirmed by the board The Thc i salary salar fixed was not to exceed 3 per day I Some Changes Made MadeTh I The Tho Th following changes in election judges were made by the board on recommendation recommendation tion of the county clerk In each case the additional appointee declined to serve i in in i n that capacity Huntsville A A AlIen Allen vice Henry r Weitzel Eden H J i Stallings vice D L Colvin Ogden First district Bertha Stone vice VIC Mrs C E Griffin Third district Miss Kate ONeill ONellI vice vIc i John V Nelson Ninth district Charles vice vicc H C Peterson Tenth district W W Crane vice Wil William William Wilham liam ham Hart Seventeenth district Peter vice C H Hinchcliffe |