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Show 60 OF COMMANDER Mayor to Discuss Civic Problems On Local Radio lecion.urges RED TAPE CUT ricemen in.Nced of HosSuffer' While Gov- pitalization ernmental Red Tpe Delays Hospital Construction; Calls for Universal Draft Attend Meeting Act; 500 L Bodenhamer, national 0, com- - American Upon, spoke mir,w of the 800 legionnaires and their to over goxilUry Tuesday evening. to the Be stressed the importance of the universal ngtioa of the passage the passage of the Johnson aft act; house Bn, pi"1 by the in the debated being will affect 84,000 disabled I&rsns of the World war. and the antici-th- e iMwrtsnce of the government needs of the disabled who jtonld be in hospitals. sen-JJhi- ch that the universal draft act Be said b the greatest safeguard against war B mj measure that congress could The Johnson bill should be pass-Jjtamediat- ely Williams Wins Important Point In Libel Suit Mayor Ora Bundy will talk on Monday evenings over radio station KLO on problems confronting the city administration. The time of the mayor's addresses is fixed at 9 to 9:15. The mayor will give first-han- d information on city business, believing that the most rapid progress can be made by taking the citizens into his confidence. Judgment Sought to LICENSE LAWS Condemn Street Land WILL PRODUCE Proceedings have been filed in the Second district against Catherine M. llichey to condemn a atrip of land on Ogden avenue for street purposes. The city also has filed a bond and has been given permission to enter the land. The avrnue in question runs between Twenty-fift- h and Twenty-sixt- h streets, about midway Ik1 tween Washington and Adams avenues. It is an eighty-fostreet and work on it is now in progress. CITY REVENUE Six Ordinances Passed at Tuesday's Session of City Commis- sion; Peddlers, Restaurants, Judge Barker Rules Articles Published Subsequent to Alleged Libelous Articles May be Introduced to Prove Malice; Williams Testi- Delegates Chosen to Bundy Gets Contract fies He Refused to Do Eldredgcs Bidding Attend the National For Plain City Road Chamber Convention ot Efforts on the part of Arthur Woolley, counsel for the of a to exclude editorials subsequent to the publication mile of concrete road at Plain City, and to complete certain work begun complained of by the plaintiff, which was published Sunday, July last. year. Ora Bundys, bid on the 14, 1929, wherein it was charged that better men are wearing work was $1.45 a square yard,' while for lesser failed stripes S. when Barker crimes, bid George the of the Wheelwright ConstrucJudge tion company, the only other bidder, ruled that such subsequent articles might be introduced as eviwas $1.60. Work on the road will be- dence to prove malice on the part of the newspaper. The plaigin immediately it was announced. ntiffs attorneys were well pleased over the judge's ruling, in view The contract calls for $7000. of the strenuous efforts on the part of defense counsel to exclude Discharged Policeman the offered articles. Mr. Woolley maintained that articles subseFiles Mandamus Writ quent to July 14 should not be admitted as evidence, although they might contain matter that could be used as basis for a future Against City Officials libel suit. Mr. Pratt cited numerous legal authorities in arguing A petition for a writ of mandamus his point that subsequent articles driving home and reiterating against the city board of commission- charges of a crime were proper evidence to show malice, even ers and A. E. Wilfong, chief of police was filed in Judge Eugene E. though a public official was charged with that crime. Pratts division of the district court Presentation of the case began WedWoolley's strenuous objections to Wednesday by W. A. Jones seeking to when A. E. Pratt the testimony concerning Mr. Elnesday morning compel the commissioners and Chief Ora Bundy was awarded the tract for building Standard-Ex- con- four-tent- hs aminer, in the senate ' without to insure ammendments or 4sbste veterans. disabled the to relief qsick Be discussed the red tape that the nremment must now go through in der to complete legislation for the faiMing of government hospitals. Two to three years pass before hospital beds are provided after the passage of of Police Wilfong to reinstate him in ibiH ; office and pay accrued salary since The meeting was opened by January 29, in the sum of $415.75. Virgil Harrop, of Herman BaThe petition states that Jones was ker poet No. 9; a class of candidates dismissed from service as patrolman ' for membership was invited." Mayor by Actng Chief of Police Harry S. Ora Bundy extended greetings of the Anderson on January 29, 1930, for dtp to Commander Bodenhamer. Com- cause, and that the order of discharge mander C. D.. Pope, of the department was approved by the city board of f Utah, The American Legion, and commissioners a few days later. Mrs. Chas. V. K. Saxton, department Jones contends that he is entitled to incident, American Legion Auxiliary, a hearing before the civil service comeach extended greetings from their mission of Ogden before his dismissal department to the commander. Com- could become final, and he has not mander Bodenhamer was introduced been 'such hearing. It is given any by 8. L Olson, past national committeeman of Utah, fond personal friend also contended that the civil service commission rules provide that a stateof Mr. Bodenhamer. A huge bouquet ment the reasons for dismissal of rosea were presented to Mr. Bodcn-b- r must giving be filed with the commission from 6. I Becker, upon request. Attorneys for the petitioner are Ira A. Huggins and and Trading Stamp Businesses to Pay Annual Fees Into City Coffers Members of the Ogden chamber of commerce who will attend the eighteenth annual convention of the chamber of commerce of the United States in Washington, 1). C., which will be held April 28 to Msy 1 include K. It. of Alton, past president and dim-tothe Ogden chamber; 11. P. Iverson, chairman of the traffic committee and A. K. Becker, president. The party will be accompanied by O. C. Hines, of of the San Francisco, Globe Grain and Milling company, who was in Ogden during the past week, and Paul (!. Clagstone, manager of the western division, who has been visiting in this region for the past two weeks. Mr. and Mra. A. E. Becker departed Friday by motor for Washington, D. r vice-preside- nt C. llinchcliff to Give Recital This Evening Tho cily board of commissioners made an ordinance-makin- g record Tuesday when six ordinances passed which will lv effective upon their publication. Under provisions of an ordinance licensing and regulating wholesale peddlers, any person, firm or corporation, not having an established place of business in the cily, going from place to place to sell food to retail dealers or others products shall pay a license fee of $200 a year, for violation of which they Bhall bo subject to a fine of $209 or a six months jail sentence or both. The ordinance will not apply to ranch or farm producers of foodstuffs. It was said by Commissioner Rnckham that tho meajure is intended to protect home dealers against transient concerns which have been disposing of their products in Ogden without paying adequate license fees. An ordinance was passed defining and regulating restaurants in the city and providing for license fees ranging from $24 to $100 a year. The ordinance makes strict regulations respecting the manner in which the places shall be conducted. It provides that violation of the law shall be by fine of from $100 to $299, or by six months imprisonment, or were overruled by Judge Barmade the opening statement He said dredge ker and remain in the record. Lester llinchcliff will present a that the plaintiff, Fred E. Williams, On cross examination. of pupils Friday evening group not only seeks damages for the injury Woolley asked Mr. Williams Attorney if he did in a recitalpiano in Glen Brothers', hall. Indone to him and his family, but that not feel better through losing weight, cluded in the group are Wesley Wool-sehe seeks vindication at the hands of to which Williams replied that it was Anna de Mick, Dorothy McCoy, the jury. He said that Mr. Williams all right to lose weight by exercise Lucille Thayer, Glen Foulger, Arlene has been charged with the commis- but not through worry. Minnoch, Beth Browning, Dorothy Mr. Woolley then introduced the sion of a crime; that he had been held both. Brewer, Dale Browning, Luciie up to acorn; that the paper had made news articles that preceded the newsRichard Carlene Lindquist, Another ordinance makes it unlawan attempt to have him impeached and paper attacks. Counsel for the plain- llinchcliff and Dale ful to dispose of trading stamps withGardner, alejected from public office, and that tiff objected, but Judge Barker out first having obtained a license the newspaper had compared him with lowed their introduction for the limittherefor, the license fee to be $200 a Mr. ed convicts in the penitentiary. purpose of only showing the state Mrs. Collins A gasoline ordinance also was year. Pratt stated that the plaintiff will of the plaintiffs mind previous to the passed, requiring a license and fee of Death Of adshow that he was not in Ogden when newspaper attack, and the judge a for each pump at public $12 year the waters of Wheeler creek were monished the jury that it should not stations. The operation of weighing receivstandMra. Mary Alice Collins has turned into the city water mains; that consider the articles from the machines, strength-testin- g devices and the plaintiff will show that the typhoid point of truth or newspaper privilege. ed word from St. Petersburg, Florida, other machines the deposit requiring infection did not come from the city The articles introduced were all those of the death of a cousin, William of money for their is in operation, man ol water but from food consumed by appearing in the Standard-Examinbusiness Black, a prominent cluded in an ordinance providing for a in' respect to the typhoid situation Louisville, Ky. During hia life, Mr. license, those who contracted the disease. fee ia from $3 Mr. Pratt said: No one can realize prior to July 14, 1929, and also copies Black held many positions of trust, to $25. George H. Lowe. how much a man can suffer who has of letters and letters from the state and at the time of hia death was Leading Citizens retail peddlers license makes it been subjected to such indignities. We board of health relative to the water chairman of the Louisville. Bridge a A misdemeanor to sell from house to To shall introduce other articles to show situation in Ogden. commission, a director of the Louis- house coupon tickets, recipes, pea the of comment newspaper that the Mr. Woolley continually questioned ville Trust company, a soft drinks, ice cream, clothing, Clubs went beyond fair treatment. He Mr. Williams with a view to showing of the Louisville board of trade, and a nuts, medicine further stated that the newspaper that the plaintiffs state of mind was director of the Louisville Industrial out first and many aother things withacquiring license, the fees wanted to rely upon its not due to the published articles but Foundation, and president of B. F. to range from Observance of Boys A. R. Dawson, assistant cashier of $1 to $100 per annum. week, which sacred right to attack a reputable to a guilty conscience. . Counsel for Avery and Sons company. He was Jpus next Monday and closes May the Ogden Stake bank, presided at a citizen of The suggestion from Chief of Police the community. ; the defense made attempt after at- chairman of the IxiuisviUe branch of A. JwiD be marked with the participa- meeting of the members of the agriE. Wilfong that the commissioners tes of various prominent men and cultural 'committee of the Counsel for the defense asked to tempt to pin Mr. Williams down to the Federal Reserve bank, and waa a Ogden statement until their exact hours, dates, times, and conver- member of the famous Pendennis club. pass an ordinance calling for permits of the city. to purchase firearms and ammunition Citizenship day, chamber of commerce and the Weber withhold their sations. of the ceae ia begun. Mra. Collins waa a guest at the in the city, was referred to the May 2, will be observed, when cham- presentation in the held bureau farm county city teen leading citizens will make Mr. Williams then took the stand Mr. Woolley questioned Mr. Wil- home of her cousin for several days ber of commerce rooms in the Hotel in his own behalf. His first answers liams attorney. and in the schools. Mayor Ora at length respecting a letter Mjwsses during the Louisville convention of Bigelow Tuesday evening. All banks showed that he was 49 yean old and During Tuesdays commission seswhich was sent to him from the the American Legion last fall tody mil be the speaker before the of report ofand were tiie sion a resolution and ordinance prorepresented, city counwas born at Peterson, Morgan state health department. Williams goen high school assembly, and the this years program for the refunding of a $75,000 viding rea been he had he had that wowing will give addresses in other ficially approved groceryman maintained that stoutly ' of Masons issue Honor for sheep, calf and pig clubs, poultry ty; and Khools: city bonds was passed by business his entire life, ceived the letter, but that he had not unanimous vote. The provisions of the units and better dairy cows, as outlin- during he had always lived in Ogden. received the enclosure in that enthat documents will go into effect on pub,ude JameB A. ed by the farm bureau. He recited numerous positions he had velope, although the enclosure was North junior, David L. Stine; lication. was decided at the meeting to held and now holds, stating that he mentioned It He stated in letter. the Washington junior, Arthur combine with Salt Lake and Provo in deceased services Memorial for of had been a member of the board that reports from Beattys office came Leww iunior - John d for an exhibit for the Cali- education of Ogden City; is now a under separate cover. Mr. Woolley members of Masonic lodges of Ogden wrver; Pingree school. Judge preparing Mrs. R. E. fornia state fair at Sacramento in the in the National Bank of Com- then introduced Mr. Williams answer will be held at the Masonic temple to. Reeder, Jr.; plk school, S. E. fall, provided that the exhibit is made director D. A. R. Elected merce; that he had served three terms to the letter in question of July 6, night. The three lodges of the city, Farr school, George of agricultural products. The com- as director of the Ogden chamber of wherein the commissioner acknowl- namely, Weber lodge No. 6, Unity up David school,' J. mittee also gave their approval of the commerce; that he has held numerous edged receipt of both the letter and lodge No. 18, and George Washington Office SSl ?ch001' Samuel C. in triband No. will trust, honor would 'coof he associations. 4, stated join that and fraternal lodge paying positions report bool, LeRoy Young; SS: tchooi; Commissioner in the Elks, Woodmen of the World, operate with the state health board. ute to those Masons who have died For the first time since the organiJoln William submitted the since the inception of Masonry in Og- zation of the Daughters of the Ameri- Modern Woodmen; that he is at and As Woolley Attorney HJ?pina b001. Jndge present a director in the Pacific Coast articles he would read them and then den in 1875. can Revolution, 39 yean ago, Utah The program for the evening is as received national recognition when ask Mr. Williams if he had read thpt Grocerymens association, composed of grocers of the nine western states. article, to which the commissioner follows: Mra. Ralph Kvcrist Bristol of this He stated on further questioning, that would reply that he did not remember tal place Prelude; invocation, Monroe Ward-leig- city wss chosen as national May 1, with the following The First Savings bank, guardian he has friends all over the United or that he may have read the article opening address, James Simpgeneral of tho society. The elecbeing submitted. When Mr. Woolley son, W. M. Unity lodge No. 18; solo, tion took place last week In WashLetum in rPresenting the American and administrator of the estate of States. charge: Lyle Larkin, chair- - Warren L. Wattis, has filed a petition Mr. Pratt questioned Mr. Williams submitted the article of July 14, which Bells of the Sea, James Baggs; ington, D. C., during the continental War Second head Blame calling the roll, F. E. Nichols, Secrethe division wanner of 1 d James in the probate as to the effect the alleged libelous carried an of the society. Newey district court asking permission to articles had upon him. The plaintiff Placed for Water Polution, Williams tary Weber lodge No. 6; solo, Lay congress The fact that Utah with only three a final settlement with Elver-ett- said that the charges contained in the explained that the paper placed the My Head Beneath tho Rose, Ray votes is directing the makeLittlefield in the congress, had a triumphwidow of Mr. articles had almost driven him insane; blame, but nobody eUe did. The Cox; reading, Crossing the Bar, DaWattis, Commissioner R. A. Kort over Mn, Theodore candidate ant Aa me!" banks in the at Attorney vid L. Stine; solo, In My Fathers set out that he had not been able to sleep re- paper was after e show will Wattis. It is Mrs. W heM !CoS7nan of Jesse would Hoover, California, is regardentitled he article is Wattis the read long without that Woolley House are Many Mansions, James petition that time or since then The Washington avenue, to most as The Washhad ed Mr. at Williams valued extraordinary. of the estate, powders. frequently ask if to the use of Baggs; eulogy, To Our Departed The would Post ftdr hnhKitteeiiUr?ea that boys have this time at $121,467.83, but that she sorting he had beensleeping commissioner says: outstanding the ington and read constant under it, He said collections ready to show Brother!, Fred Carr; solo, End of a a has agreed to take stocks valued at strain since the publication of the reply, Yes, I read it, but its not Perfect Day, Ray Cox; memorial ad- public work of Mrs. Biratol is responWednesday, April 80. election. $25,000 for her share. articles and said that it had been a true, whereupon the judge ordered dress, Rev. Ray S. Dum; Auld Lang sible for her candidacy and Mrs. Bristol was one of eight naA hearing will be had on the peti- constant worry both day and night that the words but its not true Syne, by the audience; postlude, from the 'record. plice Chief tional tion at an early date. elected. She Tears streamed down his face when should be stricken of the article Mr. Evelyn Nelson, accompanist. will the never reading is the retiring state regent of Utah, During it "It cant quit, Masons the who are he died said, Following out what he Firearms and has served as regent of Golden emit when you go through a thing oi Williams would point and asserted during the year misstatements deemed Immediately said that Spike chapter. She has been active in No. Weher Ander6 that kind. He Jonas Lodge ar- that Wheeler creek water was not the the of the Give Will publication rSSL5J!ice A. E. Wilfong has Of son, Charles Thomas Koons, James many phases of civic and philanthropfollowing to the city commission ticles that it appeared that the whole cause of the typhoid. Robert Ross, Otto D. Rasmusen, ic work, having been president of the Mr. Woolley questioned the plaintiff James Pratt Mr. Tomorrow him. was world against Thomas Martha society for two terms. Cassin, Frank 5 3?a8,ed Providing at au had any premoni- in respect to the use of Wheeler creek James Coles, CharlesHyland, Mrs. Bristol will return to Ogden had him he if asked N. Giddings, on the creek, Hnth.f nf100 desiring to rent or As- tion that the attack would be made water by peoplo living the latter part of next week. ' the of concert Amos annual Whittemore third Everand The Edward or ammunition for fresnni. if.17!18 which Mr. Williams answering that the he required to obtain sociated male choruses of Utah will be on him by the newspaper, to I had waters of the creek had been used for ett KohL Ptm;.,; answered: I knew h Passed. Unity Lodge N 18 Michael Jolief of police. given tomorrow evening at 8 oclock at Mr. Williamsbut I didnt know when, many years and he had never heard vr,.tho it coming, in Ogden Cullen, James Herman Knauss, Ogden creek. seph Wheeler on .nanc would provide the tabemadew Music lovers the news- of a case of typhoid that in concert explanation to saying the each George forward the year Washington Prout, George Alor i violation, look ft ttsttrl was not friendly to him since Mr. Williams further testified that vin paper and Richard D. Robins. community the Ogden Barry Mr. Wilcox, by referred sponsored ifcorsey. city male he had refused to fire Fred Packard city had employed Geo. Washington Lodge No. 21 several for chorus. resident, Wheeler creek Jr. May behest of J. U. Eldredge, The combined choruses, comprising at the El- years past to turn out Wheeler creek George Washington Paulson and Sam with met had he He stated that 200 male voices, will be heard this Lawrence Clayton, chairman of the water when' storms occurred and not uel Kertz. the latters office about at dredge trained of Civic volume this tho to in system turn it to city to aviation the committee of the chamber of elected again been year and with week after he had had begun to run clear. Pracuntil voices there is no doubt that those at- office of it and has made the announcethat commerce,, commissioner, Dies mners city water used, ment that the completion of the elec- -, tending the concert will be thrilled by he went to Eldredges office in an ef- tically all the Wheeler comes from or said the commissioner, Old Soldiers Home trie installations to make Ogdens airthe varied program to be given. to find out whether Eldredge the not water was the such a large number fort and . that of has Seldom springs the port safe for night landings will be mayor Francis was to be chirmen of the season. had sug- used in the run-oin concert in the Ogden tabercelebrated Charles former Eldredge said He resident ng May 1, and that appropriJenkins, 85, beautification ta, has of the city. that Mr. Williams line up with - At this point Mr. Dobbs attempted of died Monday at the Soldi ate ceremonies will be held. It is exOgden, ?nonncd the following nacle. This concert is deserving gested Hat-ma- n to enter the articles In the newspaper of ell the people in Ogden. era home at Sawtelle, California. lie pected that some of the western' air Francis so that Commissioner Robert of thhw!a?-pai8rn- ! 5 support then on July 14 and subsequently as re- was an engineer for the Union Pa- transportation companies .will send and would W. resign Peery school, who m but the court ruled cific and the Southern Pacific we would have a sweet condition ex- direct evidence, not rail some of their finest planes to take would he the fiS ?nd hrubs, was Masonic Memorial permit such evi- roads, and was pensioned ten wur part in the celebration. that further on the city. He tated examination. Mr. dence in 8 amination by Mr. Pratt that Eldredge Thirteen green and 43 white lights ago. He has been at the soldiers chool Planted Service the introduction home to to had objected Woolley Packard had demanded that three years. The body wil around the edges of the field and IS for M bh-- T a?d was awarded the sec-whereupbn articles, of the subsequent because be brought to Ogden for burial ant red lights along a high tension go from the water department ichoS! U?;Jnd Ula Varney, power insulted Frank the jury was excluded from the court- will be Unity, end George Wash.Weber, had he (Packard) accompanied bv his daughter, line are included in the equipment. All rd Priz of $5, for course of the arguA. M will conroom the had he during that stated Williams ington lodges, F. and memorial service Francis. ments. Mr. Woolley set forth his ci-- ( Mrs. May Jenkins Bell, Winnemucca, i lights have been tested and are in Mi0QTWh8 an,d trees' This is duct annual Masonic since the newspaper lost weight Nevada. 8 (working order. at p, Continued on page 8.) Masonic temple h??1 contt conduct-tlo- n in the Ogden the city schools. m. tonight The public is invited. Corn-Bind- er y, pun-ishabl- O' Wall-wor- k, Hears Cousins er Participate in Banks Approve of BoysWeek Activity Farm Bureau vice-preside- nt so-call-ed . ; to Departed Brothers Ed-jw- Bristol to National 57' 7 cow-testi- ng Bank Files Petition In Wattis Estate , h; one-thi- vice-preside- nt rd Favors Ordinance Associated Choruses vice-preside- 1929-193- 0: Utah Concert 5ce to-th- rten . ji e i to Celebrate Airport Lighting Thursday, e League Announced Ogdenite at ff i Bel-15- Tonight at re-dire- ct St M |