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Show rp .1. I 31EQ): XJ vol. xxVCTjqri?r .t' ' v - i 1 1 Bad Checks ERMAN VILLNER JTI taken beforp Justice Jones this morning and waived preliminary hearing. He was bound over to the district court on a felony charge and was placed under $1000 bail, which he failed to secure. EL. school, to be located in Ne- Herman Villncr was arrested of an election held Sunday morning by Sheriff Judd phi, i3 the result on the charge of Icrrgery, having yesterday in the East Juab county faked a check and passed it on high school district on the' question Sutherland Bros. The check was of maintaining high schools in the on the Provo Commercial & Sav district and the number and location ings, bank for the amount of $10. After cashing the check at the of same. Only four votes were cast store Villner. made his way to the for high schools, to be located at points depot and purchased a ticket for other than Nephi. The polling places Elko, Nev. Sutherland became in the district other than Nephi vot 'fciicfYiVinnc after racViincr the rheck the proposition but this ed andivent to, the , .depot- - to locate townagainst the project a" large affirm gave V llfllt'l . 11C WAM tllC ative vote. from - Villner - and vrhik r fhe"vbte ori"the ques"tion"w'aXas 16T-- '2vav Nebo morning at the home of Ben Bul- Levan lock oh the county road, between Nephi Provo and Springvillc, .Mr. Bul- - Juab sher- , ' .;:r: No. 3 5 22 451 34 80 6 3 lock having telephoned the iff's" office concerning flic odd ac,491- - 169 Totals man. It is now tions The success of this proposition at - kntrwrr that another- $10 check the polls will mean a reduction of was passed at the. Provo Book & from 2 to 3 mills in the school tax Stationery company, also one for this town. The expense of the check in Salt Lake for which he -- o--- ----- - the - has, confessed to these three checks.-- s It also is claimed that Villner is" wanted in Salt Lake by federal officials .for the misuse of . i m ine inaiis. ... high school, hitherto borne by Nephi be carried by the entire w!Jl now school district, and many pupils from out of town will enroll in the school. -- . -- . i a soldier who was formerly Villner, DISAGREEMENT AS at run Salt uuufr.ds. iui&eu juuici.il iu Lake City, and was sentenced to the penitentiary, having completed his sentence last March." He procured ' work at a local wholesale liquor bouse, but in June he. disappeared. V. E. Heddings, a solicitor, was' a roommate' of Vlllner's. He received : threatening letters. One of the let ters demanded that money ae'left near the Boston building across trom the . . i i r ii ji . : . . - ? i- - "irand'jufy- r- r : fFrom VlnUquin. Villner ame to Provo last week from Vlntaquin, near Soldier Summit ' He presented , a petition for a. pdst-- o'ttce at'thel Place . and. also .ialked about, better roads and general im-- . provements. This led James Clove to invite, Villner. to the meetlngjof the ' ' ing . held in the - Commercial' club rooms. He took part, and was" appointed on two or three committees. During tntf evening, while a guest-o- f club7' he showed signs of being the ' . . ...... . . i . :- -. ', i . poftlons. This was especially notice- -' able when he began to ask; different members for money, each time telling Tiard luck -- story: 4f-- Several times during ihe .days that ia vfr r E I SOLD TO SALT ' 1EJ1EH" it is generally understood that a number of the Republican party leaders of Salt Lak City are interested in the deal which , was consummated in Ogden late Saturday u afternoon when Mayor William Although The special committtee ..composed of V. J. Halloran, O. C. Beebe and weeksr'---Tha- (1 the-la- agalTYStSaLafeo ,vwmty;.f6r.the re- Herald-Republica- ie .'! - ILL IEET in-t- delin-qiie- A6I ST SUSTR Jtrab-cotin- ty - -- Postmaetep--Generfti-Httclr-co- 12 -- . t : .... expects-t- o have one of thelargest Thirteen. It is a good day to shop. BRIEF S CORPORATIONS. . corporations of the state have not yet paid their state license taxes, according to Secretary Mr. Tingey of State C. S. Tingey. says "thaTuurds31TieTaTepalT1ap byr next Friday, an additional fee of $10 will be required as a penalty. This will be enforced in all caaea, saya Mr. DELINQUENT About 1000 ' Tingey. WHOLESALE. APPENDICITIS. IiOiniinhej:s-.oi-44- e family of 'Mrs. liilith I'awell, of Tucker, Have undergone oiiorailoniTTor appendicftu dur- Alma J. inj; the past three weeKs. Powell was operated upon at Provo, Samuel Powell at Salt Lake, and Mrs. Edward Sacketi and Mr. "iTannah Williams at Spanish Fork." Mrs''. Major Loveless; also of Tucker, wilr undergo an operation for the same af- . fliction.- KILL WILD ANIMALS. Twenty-fiv- e coyotes, lynx, foxes and wild cat hides were brought to Provo yesterday by A. F. Clark, of Hobble Creek. Mr. Clark reports the animals are causing much trouble in the Hobble Creek district, a number of young stock and poultry having the prey of the animals, 'A trapping and '.poisoning campaign Is being arranged by Forest Supervisor V. I. Pack to save the cattle and pouL try of the stockmen wno live near the bo-co- " canyons.; WATSONSbOUND . OVER. in Justice L. Jones' court yesterW. H. Watson received his preday. liminary hearing on charges of assault upon Olive Calloway, 18 yeara old. Watson was bound over to the Fourth district court under $500 bonds; "which was furnished the tilirnament. He also says that the EGGLESTON IS DEAD. university will be represented in evA telegraph message was received ery one of the boxing and- - wrestling ln PJrovo vesterday, notifying JJrs. T classes. Nellie Eggleston of the death of hef husband, William H. Eggleston, at San Francisco, Mr. Eggleston went to California fqrhls health about a year ORDERS BAN ago. He arid his wife came to Utah from California about id years ago. The deceased was 48 years old'. The, LANDS Lody will be brought here, where 7 terment will be made. Mr. Egglesteams .in the state. entered. In " - ; "' in--- ton was a member ot A. O. U. W. Judge Booth has made an order in lodge,. the Woodmen of the World t!ie district court here confirming an lodge and the I. O. O. F. funeral into by Charles services will be held under the ausagreement-- ' entered C. Friel. receiver for the Utah Dunk pices of Hie two last named orders. in which the Melville , Ing company, is given the MORE MONEY FOR STATE. Real Estate company Two checks, aggregating over . sale of 630 acres of land in the ''' wTeTeceTvedT Hie" oTftceor AbrahTiiT district TriI'niaTucmrhTyT General Albert R. Barnes yesthe with water from together sufAbraham terday. One of these is from the Irrigation company of- - 4 4i-- S Clarke of N'ow York ficient '16' irrlErrre thrH.tti4.This was In$.r.ili.'93." was and for sale of the The agreement calls for 600 tax 30 on of Union shares heritance land and water at $55 per acre, per 90 common and Pacific of Is to be shares sale cent of the paid. price Pacific balstock. the The other and of the sale, preferred al the time ance in four annual payments of 1 5 check was from the estate-oAgnes . por-c-ent each, with Interest at jG Per- C. Branagan, of New York. It amount- The ed to $3ia.80, and'is tax on 95" shares cent on deferred payments. Utah Banking company holds the of Union Pacific' common stock. title to the land and water as securPOLICEMEN APPOINTED; ity for money loaned. . . Wilford F. Giles, who has been ap LELAND FARRER HONORED. pointed chief, of police under the new form of gdternment, today selected Mrs. and Mr. of son LeIandFarrer, three men to be policemen. Theser and who of this Farrer city, Joseph iTluTfTlling a mission in the Eastern are Jonas Collins, M. I. Bushman and States, has been chosen to. succeed Jesse Manwarlng.' ,R. M. Haddock as president of the Mr. Farrer HIGGS IS INJURED. conference. Maryland Brlgham IUggs, while working on formerly worked In the New York ofnew boiler at the Maeser. Memor- the fice. ial building yesterday morning, fell ffom the top of the boiler and re- BOYS SEE NEW YORK. Newton Jackson of Provo and celved severe internal injuries. lie Clyde Crookston of American "Fork, was taken to the Provo General hosr spent a few days sightseeing In New pftal and was repined to be doing York while, on their way to St. Johns, as well as can be expected this morn Canada, where the young men will take one of the Allen line steamers GROWERS' CONVENTION.: for Liverpool. They are to do mis WOOL G. F. Beckstead and E. T. Harding in England. sionary work have been appointed from Provo as IN SALE LAKE. delegates to the National Wool Grow- SHERIFF " ers' association, which convenes la In Lake is Salt Sheriff George Judd December 14. One hundred In Omaha City today, making Investigations " wiil.be sent from ftah. fleieglte case. the Villner , . - $3,--00- ey STUDENTS HOSTS e- ck made public today. He indicated that the placing of the postal service upon a basis meant an Improvement and exten' sion of facilities, and, "at no distant Wt- - Halloran proposes to buy a dste. 1 cent Jetter. postage. At the beginning of adsite on the Ft. Douglas reservation at ministration in 1909, Mr. Hitchcock the head of South Temple street. points out, the department showed a Salt Lake." ofc. Beebe thinks that deficit of fl7,TT9,770, the largest on the capitol hill site would b made record. In two years this deficit has suitable by purchasing' some addition been changed lntoTa surplus of $219'' al land to the south and east. W: W. 118, despite important extensions Armstrong is in favor of purchasing throughout the service. Second I These extensions "includ- e- 3,744 new South streets and Second and Third postoffices, carrier delivery in 186 East streeU for th eapltd alio. additional cities, 3,516 new rural mall After thS suggestions of the com- routes and 8,000 additional postal emmitteemen' were discussed the board ployes. j'' of, governors took Jhek matter under consideration. They will formulate a TO WATCH CHILDREN.' Dr. T. B. Beatty, secretary of the report, and present it to the capitol commission.. state board of health, is sending out . charts to the teachers, of Utah, infollowed. Vinner endeavored to cash structing them on how to examine the checks, but was unsuccessful until the pupils attending their schools for eye, ear, nose and throat diseases. The were cashed. v- - ' are charts so the Sheriff Sharp, of Salt Lake county, will send a man .to this city, for him, teachers can conduct the examination in case he-lacquitted, and he will without assistance, and in case anyerloui( thing is found to be wrong In these alsobe forced, to answer., federal in the' courts, having respects with the children, the teachcharge been Indicted by the grand jury for er U instructed to notify the parents of using the mails in an effort to 4e-- that - the child needs . (he attenlon " V" V a physician.-- fraud. he . SHE Armstrong, appointed by the board of governors of the Commercial POMofJUce,..iafcpattnjeD.tshowaasurT club to report. on a suitable site for plus. instead of a deficit. the state capitol building, brought in - This i3 the burden of the annual n -- covery of taxes will be filed by the Utah Light & Railw;ay company. What will be the outcome , of these cases is a matter of conjecture. Salt Lake county merely collected the takes as an agein;dreaTalhag'e: did- - flot keep any of the district,-an- d money. The money has now been exJudgement has been rendered on pended by the drainage district and the pleadings, in the District court in it is not known whether or not the favor of the plaintiff in the case of taxpayers can recover from the coun- John F. Harris vs. George T. Judd, ty. as sheriff of Utah comity, in the sum County Attorney !. E. Willey was of $111.65, with interest from August entered in the case as" attorney for 5th, and for costs of court. the county yesterday' afternoon. In August of this year Sheriff Judd served a writ of attachment against the plaintiff, Harris, in a case from which had gone to Judgment against Harris, and which afterwards proved- to be defective because of the fact that the service of sumII mons in the Juab county case was COMING S made on the defendant in the state if Nevada, out of the jurisdiction of Utah courts so far as civil acthe .For the first time since 1883 the are concerned. tions annual financial' statement of the report of m- inter-Mountai- n drainage purposes. He alleges that the county collected' the tax in con junction with the collection of the regular taxes, and that payment was made under protest after he saw that by not paying it title to his property would 'be in question and other complications might arise. Langford is said to be but one of many' w ho paid taxes on their property in the northwestern drainage diswhich was recenttrict under invalid decired ly by the supreme court in the case of Benjamin Argyle against Mont Johnson, county treasurer of Utah county. The law was declared unconstitu: tional because it authorized the taking property without due PWces oXJawand. because it authorized taxation which was for private interest instead of public good. It is understood that another action . sold to J. U. Eldredge, xaminer, the perOgden , Morning terday morning in regular monthly sonnel of 'the purchasing company has session and declared a Christmas dinot yet. been mad public.ltls vidend of 3 cfnts per share, this diviknown that Governor William Spry dend to- be an extra distribution, for and others have been in close con- n nn Vin ic n r ei iuf inn uucu auuuuuLvu Lilt? Intinf luicuiiuu Glasmaiin for pay the regular dividend next Inonth f ference with .LeRoy-Arof 7 cents per share, which is the) several '' comof the rate. the This editor year formerly strong,, quarterly hi 29. later of the and $:1im),ouo, or has pa Republican .already pany of Salt Lake City, cents per share, and this payment will make the total reach. ?:!2(),00o for is directly connected with the new the year and $l,00ii,oo(t since the veMiire, is quite freely admitted and At striking of tm barii cbmparatively4tt rArniilrtmg shortr-ttuago. The treasury is re will assume the position of managing -' ported to be in excellent condition, editor of the"- new paper"..- "'.Although with the probabilities of maintaining no definite information was obtain the established rate for a long time able on this phase of the deal on to come. Sunday afternoon, it is rumored that a number tf Ogden business men are Colorado Pays. .... Colorado also declared cents per also members of the purchasing com . share, the regular quarterly dividend. pany. The dates upon which the books will close has not. been set, but will be TIE decided this afternoon for both the PROVO Blossom. This Colorado and Iron dividend makes a lotal of $!Si),0(n) paid by Coorado this year and AT ATHLETIC $2,510,000 to date. Juarterly divibeen dends have paid on the'2r.th of month. the Meetings were also held, by several Practically every town in Utah is amateur box Ulack Jack other Knight companies. toJc represented to be tournament was assessed. 1 cent per share and ing and resiling Swansea Consolidated was assessed held in San Lake bOanuary 18. 19, 1 cent per .share. The dates on and 2o; according to reports made wh.ich. these stocks become by the tournament committee of the will , be announced later, but Utah Amateur Athletic association, which met at the University club in will be about the middle of January SaltLake City yesterday. Tliey de dar thatvthe tounvanent will be urn of the largest and best ever held in ACTION the West. Coach Eugene Roberts or the" Brig- ham Young university, attended the F NED meeting. Mr. Roberts states that he ' VVV. Jihe . Vi t ing wire and dropped the package. ne ran away irom ue piace, ezpeci-- f ing an explosionr Heddings. reported the incidents to noatal authorities and Villner was"4ha w Indicted,, but disappeared almost multaneously with the action of the EMS - a. newspaper wrappea Heddings a of 'bolt wire, leaving the around end jot the wire projecting from, the package, and deposited it at the place views. designated in vainer s letter. : . CAPITAL SITE separate -- rep&fUr Saturday at the board meeting. The. committeemen have been unable to agree upon a conference report, each having diffvtat the package, discerned the protrud :' Thirteen Days to Christmas f - GENT POSTAGEIS M I II WAXY GOMPAHiES QGDEN. NEWSPAPER) Directors of the Iron Blossom Con soildated Mining company met yes- property in the northwestern drainage district in Salt Lake City, allegos that he paid $625 tax on his .property under protest. for A high . IILC '. Lango.rdw.hft-pwn- ASSURED .r:.r:r. ill" I J -- MOIIEV . , Yes. - l .. - 1ESTABL1SHED 1118851 61 William Langford against Salt Lake County in the Third district court yesterday ,. after- - NEPHI T)DW talking with the agent at the" de lows: "pot about getting his money re turned Villner made his get- ( 7r KNIGHT E. FUR SCHOOL II 1 iiULaLUL An action to recover taxes al- leged to have been paid under protest under the .drainage law, which has recently bejeiribetd uncopstttutlonal by the supre'ma court of Utah, ,Vas begun by was -- II Glas-man- 4- - OVER HIGH . II County Case May Be Iron Blossom and Colorado Means Great Pay Three Cents Each " In Dividends Change noon. If tfV" V .,- Don't be afraid of Utah , BOUND -- TO REGQVEfl ; 1 1 Sutherland Brothers are Victims of Vainer' IS 1 1 TAXES Though the people in the cities and towns --are muttering, impre- cations against the . snow and slush and , the weather factory as they trudge along the streets the man forking the dry and irrigated Jar mS notr with pleasure the gathering, of the drifts in the mountain crevices and are glad for the snowfall at this particular time of year, for it means a more abundant supply of water when the snows"melt. The steady "fall of snow that continued throughout Saturday and Sunday was, fortunately for those compelled to expose them- selves, unaccompanied by severe cold or wind. ; ::. IIMIIh III in mil : : h a j - IS4HSTIII1IED SUIT FARMERS REJOICE. AT HEAVY FALL OF SNOW. TO USE ' - TRQYOnJTAKrTUE5DAYrTgCEMBER-12rttl- MUCH WANTED PERSON IN . JAIL ON BAD CHECK CHARGE SI ' , RENTS FOR THE Union-- The seventh . grade pupils of the Alaeser. shool entertained. .their par ents Monday evening. The object of the entertainment was closer acquaintance between teacner, parents and pupils. The seventh grade room .was "decorated with the school', and national colors and the children's work was artistically strung upon the walls for display. The program con sisted of speeches by C. F. Decker, Supt. Lv E. Eggertsen. Charles H. Taylor and Principal C. P. Olseft. The hall wa3 . decorated with red and green and a long table was tastily spread.;. Covers were la,Id for 100 and lunch was served - TRIAL CONTINUED UNTIL JANUARY 8. The trial of W. E. Whitlock. which was set for December 14, has been continued until January 8th. Whit lock is charged with highway, robbery in connection .with Frank-- A. Clark, and is accused of robbing Heber Pearson of $2,000. The robbery occurred near Merciir, .September 19. Clark has been tried and sentenced to seven years in the state prison. f 7-- r -- T , . . -- V- " ' |