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Show LOCAL RfflpKin Spanish Fork Rcputtliimayor and City Officers Are Bitterly Divided. Dissatisfied With Methods Meth-ods 01 the City MpMican Administration. Spanish Fork Repulillaius are in n jiretty mix up nud from nil reports re-ports other, places iu the county aro effected. A fight is going on that has made fcotne of the city officials hunt their holes,' while the rest of them are speeding for the tall timber. tim-ber. Resignations will be in order and it is possible that there will bo some. The people have almost unanimously decided that they voted for the wrong kind of men for office of-fice and ore uow sitting back wondering; wonder-ing; how they c&n fix up the mess. THK DETECTIVES , The trouble came up iu n peculiar fnmnner. Mayor Martell, the IteJ publican mayor of the city, ai.d two ' of the city council had a limited amount of confidence in the work of City Marshal Fred Durt. It was i thought that the drug stores were selling liiiuor contrary to the city ordinance. Jluther than accept the I work dcino by Dart, the Republican . mayor and some of the city council jent to Salt Lake for a "spotter"., 'They obtained one by the name of I Brown, who is Htipposed to have J had something to do with the Mort-! Mort-! teiif,en-Hnv murder. When the sleuth arrived iu town it was heralded herald-ed about and before the detective had been there three hours the whole town was aware of hisfpres-ence. hisfpres-ence. It was his duty to catch' some, one gambling and conscjieut-: conscjieut-: 1 IlJpn4'Ju4 litU.qnlet ganie. 'When the Spanish Fork fellows l got'through witli him he was broke j and he had to take a tie pass out of town. The mayor's sleuth had failed 1 him. The Republican mayor's idea I had been' planted but there was 1 nothing to reap. TWO MOKE HI.KUT11K Tho Republican uiiivor and "his town" had been doing some detective work and while pursuing so.ue offenders the mayor hastily crawled over a board fence which took the south cud of his trousers. Cousider- inir that they were not proficient for SlicrlookOliniis ork, two more detectives Wcreseut for.Chts time Messrs. HurtoWVtih.d TayViMif the Western DeteMtye hssociation were thpsu hired, hese men went to tho Worjil j)rg Co. und, it is alleged, thoyivpn'rohftsed whiskey. They were said to bo ntorc Bhrcwd than the former jnau hired. TUK tUfcK;Y Till A IX. TWO jury trials wore held iu an effort to cou'vict'(iKlanagor Andrew Engberg, of thq World Drug Store, for the nlletjod selling of whiskey to be drank on the premises. Judge Saxey handled the case for the city. In each case) the jury returned a verdict of no guilty.- The evidence of the "spotters"? employed by the Mayor did not make a hit wjth the jury ns tho IVerdict showed. It is not thought that' another triul will bo held on this same charge. iLAHii in Crrv council The city couiicil meeting held Wednesday, August 5th, was a torrid tor-rid one. :; The Ilepiiblicau mayor and council and city attorney hud a squabble that?uearly ended in it free for all figlit The explosion started start-ed when (he Republican mayor re ferred to the jurors of the lupior cases 11s "not good citizens" and bitterly assalfed 'the city attorney fur not being ablu to convict the alleged al-leged offenders .on t!rf evident pre-"flcntWI. pre-"flcntWI. ife aocuKwl the attorney of lie'lnKiatJilViylth tjo defense and generally aBflailOdl the clmracter pf the aged attorney. Some of the other members of the council came in for their share of tho "otitising." As soon us the Republican mayor was through with his barn storming, the city attorney took, the lloor. In a calm but emphatic'- voice he told the nriyor that he had been a member mem-ber of the bur wince J870, had held positions of trust uudi.rcsponsibility, but this was the first time in his 'life that his character had been as-I as-I sailed, "lwlc here, Mayor, if I I wero a younger 111 111 wo w-iuM sj . Un this mutter oiitwido and not with words. Ydi'ir ' insinuations are so 1 course that they become obnoxious to any 0110. .with common sense," Tho meeting ended in u- rather bad spirit. Tho 'dignity 01 tho jurors had been touched." .War waVou. anonymous urrraw A, few days, later it letter signed "Juror1 was published und'severnl hundred copies distributed, which had considerable to :iy conceriliug the actions , of tlie Republican officials. of-ficials. Thoy were accused of squandering city money "to gratify personal spite." This, referred to thu hundred dollars, paid to the "spotters" on 1110 cigntn ot August' to catch thollrug stores, Tho second letter was a dig! agninut George Lewis, who has, some political aspirutious. It is stuted that' George Judd of Provo, wlio has tho sheriffship fever, lias ' made u bargain with George Lewis to throw tho vote of the i'rovo delegates dele-gates to the Spanish Fork man if j Lewis would give Jildd Spanish Fork. Tho letter stales that George ! Lewis would have a difficult time' getting the nomination for dog j catcher. I . . Ihe third communication came out'in the Spanish Fork Press and ( is signed by Moroni 1 licks, who claims" the authorship of tho other two,ejiistI('H. It is stutuh.howevor, tlwt',otliers huvo,,haitj foufothjngiUji doti.rwv nwir oTiumiii.K. The result of Ihu iigh- is this. The Republican party has lost out iu Spanish Fork. The people have been placed iu a position to sec the workings of the bunch. It is even hinted that the trouble unearthed rcuehiH Provo, und there may be some Republican mixtures forthcoming forth-coming that will open thu eyes of the people of the county. With 11 big break iu the Republican ranks there is bound to be a change this ulcction. |