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Show COUNTY ATTORNEY I IS AFTEBSCALPS I Commissioners' Donation to the Smoot "Mouth" Is Cause of Heated Conference. IF MONEY IS WITHHELD H SUIT WILL BE BROUGHT H Hiram E. Booth and E. H. Cal- H lister Also Attend Meeting; Attempt at Secrecy. There was a stormy conference between County Attorney Job P. Lyon on the one sldo aud the county commissioners and United States Attorney Hiram 1. JM Booth, president, and E. H. Callster. vlco president of the Smoot "Mouth," on tho other, In the commissioners' office, Wednesday afternoon, concerning " tho IH payment without warrant by the commls- H sloners of $5725 to the "Mouth" for the IH printing of the county's delinquent tax IH list for 190S. tH Tho precise purpose of the conference, is uncertain, but Mr. Lyon is understood "jjjjH to consider the awarding of the contract for tho printing of the delinquent tax list to the "Mouth" without first soliciting bids Illegal. In fact. It is said that tho county attorney, who hns tho reputation of being fearless, has politely classed the "jjjH action of tho commissioners as little bet- "jjjjH tcr than a steal and has threatened in "jjjjH sue them to recover the excess amount handed the "Mouth " approximately ."tnoo, if they do not disgorge. The com- mlssloners, it Is told, wanted legal ad- jjjH vice beforo giving the county attorney a final answer, and called Mr. Booth in Wcrlnesdav afternoon to get this advice. Mr. Calllstcr Just "come along" with Mr. Booth, it is said. , L Mr. Booth, It is understood, holds that the printing of the delinquent tax list "jjjH docs not come under the class of advertls-Ing advertls-Ing Tor which the statutes say bids must "jjjH be solicited. IH Not Much Leakage. IH Just what Mr. Lyon told Mr. Booth and. the commissioners Ik not known, as the-conference the-conference was In the nature of a "star chamber session," but the commission- """"" ers are quoted as declaring towards tho end of the session that they would not """""" "put It back into the county treasury," , ""H meaning the S4500 Christmas present they !""""" handed the "Mouth." Tho declarations came so close together that they were ""H practically In unison, . IH Which will probably bring the county jM attorney to tho unpleasant duty of suing ""H them, ho Is reported to have said, al- though hedecllncd to bo Interviewed "jjjjH about the matter. "I don't know what you're talking about," Mr. Booth replied in response to an effort to Interview him about the con-ference. con-ference. "If you mean the meeting in flJH the commissioners' office, it was about good roads. Wo think wc need more good roads out In Salt Lake county." "Four thousand five hundred dollars!" ""H ejaculated .Mr. Calllstcr. "I thought it was $10,000 wo got," replied he. in re-spouse re-spouse to a query as to whether tho f "Mouth" would refund the commissioners the ? 1500 Christmas present handed it by "jjjH that body. , , It, Is understood that the. commissioner.-! aro to give Mr. Lyon a- final answer today ns to whether they will put tho $1500 ex- cess paid for the printing back in the jjjH trcasurv or be sued to recover it. Under """""" the law Mr. Lyon's duty Is plain If tho money is not returned to the. treasury ""H and there are those who declare that tho "jjjjH county attorney will not fall to act to re- cover It to the county. fH |