Show t CANNOT LOCATE CLAIM U S Mineral Surveyor Not Entitled t to Privilege According to a decision handed down yesterday in the Supreme court ri r a mineral surveyor In the employ of i the Government has no right to locate a mineral claim The decision affected the case of G Lavagnlno against E II Uhlig and Alex McKernan to gain possession of mining property at Ding ham Lavagnlno In his complaint claimed that the defendants were work lug and Intruding upon a claim be longing to him In their answer the defendants showed that Lavagnlnoa claim had been located by J Fewson Smith u deputy United States mineral surveyor and made the claim that the location was In consequence Invalid T This was sustained by the trial court which in turn was affirmed yesterday t by the Supreme court t c < Power Company Wins Another Judge McCarty handed down an opinion In the Supreme court yester day affirming the trial court In glv t ing the Salt Lake Water and Elec trical Power company the right to > connect its plant with a flume running run-ning into the Jordan river near Utah r lake a plan that was opposed by Salt Lake City The flume is to be used in draining water from the plant to the river after It has been put to use The victory Is the second for the power company within the past week The former opinion of the Supreme court gave the company the right to util 1 ize the water of the Jordan river provided pro-vided it was returned afterward to Its proper channel I Court Notes R S Guillana and Vince Lungl commenced com-menced action in the District court yes terday against the Bingham Copper Mining company to gain possession of a mining claim in the West Moun tain mining district Gertrude S Old was granted a di l vorce in the District court yesterday from William W Old on the grounds j of desertion She was also awarded tho custody of thdr minor children to gether with 75 per month as perma nent alimony In the case of J W Stringfcllow ad rrilnlbtrator of the estate of John P Johnson against Emma Hansen daughter of the deceased an opinion was handed down In the Supreme court yesterday affirming the trial court in granting the defendant a right to a i portion of tile estate of the deceased James Mulloy applied to the District court for the admission to probate of the will of the late Hugh Sheridan I t who died In the city several weeks ago By the terms of the will Mulloy I 1 secures the entire ewtato which consists I con-sists of personal effects and 12000 in cash which Is on deposit In the Commercial I Com-mercial National bank Sheridan was I MulloyB uncle f Testimony in the suit of Lixxle Smith I i I Colliuson for divorce from Matt Col HURon was heard In the District court yesterday and at the conclusion Referee Ref-eree J U Kldredge recommended that tho plaintiff be awarded a decree on i the grounds of desertion The recommendation recom-mendation was also made that she bo allowed to assume her maiden name I The couple were married In the city two years ng < t 1I 1 I r H |