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Show W. C. T. U. IN ANNUAL CONVENTION AT 0GDEN Special to Tho Trlbane. OGDKN, Nov. 25. Tho annual convention conven-tion of tho AVoman'8 Christian Tompor-anco Tompor-anco union convened ut Uia Pr6sbyterhtn church today. The first day's hossIoh consisted con-sisted mainly of preliminary organization work nnd in listening to addresses and tho appointment of committees. Mrw. J. S. Cordon, president of tho association, as-sociation, delivered tno address of welcome. wel-come. Tho convention also listened to an address by Rev. Peter A. Slmpkln of Salt Lake City. Tho attendance is good, delegates being proacnt from moso of tho principal cities of the, State. Tho convention conven-tion will hold two sessions tomorrow, at which the regular business will bo disposed dis-posed of and ofllcers elected. Tho Goddard divorce case was up for trial beforo Judgo Rolupp today on motion mo-tion of Mrs. Goddard to modify tho decree de-cree and glvo her tho custody of tho child without limitations. The decree granted upon the original hearing of tho caso compelled her to keep the child within tho State. This portion of the decreo she asks to have nullified. The Board of Education held a short session tonight. Tho Treasurer reported having received JS000 on 10M taxes and also that tho noto of JGCO duo tho First National bank had been paid. With tho approach of wlntor, the holdups hold-ups and footpads havo begun their harvest, har-vest, and reports aro coming In of dally robberies on incoming Southern Paclllo trains. About a year ago hardly a day parsed but that somo ono was held up and robbod on a Southern Paclllc train between Ogden and Corlnne. Tho pollco llnally succeeded in locating the robbers and arrested about a dozen members of tho gang. The robberies then ceased until within tho past few days, when reports havo beon received of oeveral cases tw-twoon tw-twoon Ogdon and Tteno. Foolnada oro also plying their traffic In tho city, throo hold-ups having ocourred in tho early hours this morning. Gov, John Sparks of Nevada was In town a few hours today. Tho Amalgamated Sugar company Is preparing to enlargo Its plant to twice Its present capacity. The Incrcaso has been made noccssnry by tho reason of lnoreasvd output of beets nnd tho fact that tho present pres-ent plant is unablo to accommodato tho business. Tho Board of County Commlsaloners held a meeting today and canvassed the returns of Hooper precinct in the recent election. Tho board accepted the amended returns from Hooper district. a Two hold-ups occurred last night. Mr. and Mrs AV. "Williams wero held up on Lincoln nvenuo by two men who held guns on them while Mr. Williams was robbed of $30 in cash. Later Will Cook was held up between Twenty-third and Twenty-second Htrcets and robbed of all ho had a pocket knife. The police havo a pretty good description of the hold-ups nnd aro working diligently to ascertain their Identity. |