Show V fiNE Of IS ISI I f f. f LEVIED ON MAYOR T f Judge Charges City Executive J V With Trying to Evade V b Ki i Law t t I COMPROMISE IS REACHED 1 co vo After Ditches Arc rc Killed BI lUg His Cotton Cotlon- j I I f i ti m wout synod od Conduit Takes tho Le t V l J V VV V In Ings f for 01 Suit SolE Ll Lake I I I f tV f V V 5 S S V V V V Mayor Ezra Thon Thompson son was declared V guilty guilt of or contempt t ot of court Thursday 1 V b by Judge Charles AV W. V. V Morse find and fined V t. t soo 00 OO for lol falling failing to comply with the inV injunction in- in t V S V junction o V issued Tuesday which rc- rc V V strained Salt Lake City from hom turning f water through the thC In passIng pass pass- V Ing log upon the tho case Judge Morse lorse accused ac- ac V V Mayor 4 Thompson of ot attempting V to evade c the or orders ers of or the court TI Th p f V t of or Salt Lake the thc court stated looked to the mayor for Cor the enforcement enforce enforce- V V ment of the laws and amI not for any Io 10 p lation thereof V V V V City Attorney Ogden Os lilies secure secured r V a a. Eta stay of Judgment until next Tues Tues- V f day clay so that a meeting 0 of city officials t S V t V could bo 10 held and an appeal to the theT V T V Supreme SUIn-ame court be lie decided upon Mayor May May- y V rV 01 or Thompson was released upon his V V V own recognizance nce A stipulation was wasS S I i entered into b by the Progress company t V and the tho city whereby the tho residents V S f V may still use the thc Bi Big Cottonwood waS wa- wa S V ter tel Manager hJ eJ as Cahoon of the Pro- Pro V V gi-c's gi Ie q company compan and A. A F. F t Doremus V went to the con conduit ye yesterday an and V V 1 V V V after filling the Tanner ditch to its V full till capacity the remainder was V V V turned into the conduit The Tho con- con V t dull dult Is now running about halt half of its c v sV capacity t When the the contempt proceedings V V were commenced the attorney for fOI the theS S j. j V complainant read the affidavit alIa of f J. J j P. P Cahoon manager of oC the company compan S V who char charged td the elt city officials with g I i. V v disobeying the orders of the court ourt For or two days daS after aCter the Injunction was ft V Ji Issued it rca rea-J. the tho city continued to toy I y V I. I V take wat water r out of oC the tho Big C Cottonwood y i creek cleek V V o lilies to E i V- V V After Arter the complainants complainant's case was re rented CIt City Attorney Ogden Hiles lilies ati attempted at- at V i V j V tempted to show that the injunction V V VV V granted g was uncalled for rOI and that the thc r I ditches in the vicinity overflow overflow- I In Attorney Van Cott Colt V V refused to allow the tho case lo 10 o proceed t until the thc city had purge purge purge-J Itself of or I I. I contempt Mr Ir Hiles HUes oJ mo that the case go over o until today when wien a better bet bet- F V tel ter defense could be prepared Mr V i Van Yan Cott Colt objected and an agreement cement y S V was reached to go on with the tho contempt contempt contempt con con- tempt proceedings s but to modify the thc 1 V injunction b by until th the case J V V could be le heard Mr Mi Van Cott Colt offered t to send A A. F F. Doremus a a- a aa a of the city anti and J. J P. P Cahoon l f as a representative of or tha tho Progress s company to the Intake e. e After Ufo tife had been bean and the V V other othar power er ditches filled t T their ca- ca that the balance of or the water r V S 5 might ht bo be turned into the tho conduit jr V This arrangement was agreeable to toV V the the- city and the men immediately t left the court room and wont vont to lo the fj Intake of or the conduit where the tho water was wa distributed accordingly The Thc conW conduit con con- lull duit I is i running about half haIr tile the water W V J. V It was before r. r l' l V J I BC l on J V V Affidavits were presented b by the I city olty attorney In which it was as stated staled that Ma Mayor or Thompson could not be behold hold re responsible for Cor the Ute water not beV being heIn be he- V In ing turned out of or the conduit It was va s' s V declared that he did not have havo a copy of the Injunction and that lint no service ervice was wag made on him lIlies Hiles further contended contended con con- L tended that no attempt had been rr Ji made to disregard tho the orders of oC the LV LtV 1 court V Mayor Thompson took the thc stand ji and said that nt at no nn time Ume had an InV in- in 0 V been served upon uon him He V that hat at meeting meeting- admitted however a U T V V of or the city council held Tuesday Toes morning morn morn- V. V V In trig ing that the Injunction was talked of but hut that it was wn ag decided not to lo shut the thet t I m Water tel off Vit i V V City Engineer Louis C. C af affidavit af- af k lt fida wa va was similar to Thompsons Thompson's i V He staled d that he hc had no power to toV I. I V turn off oft the water except under tinder the V Instructions from the city council It ItE E was decided h by the court that Y Kelsey b. b V was not an executive officer and could coull V V not bo ho held heM responsible The rhe case S against him wa wan waif dismissed cd After finIn finIng finS fin- fin i S In Ing Mayor Thompson on the tho court I- I granted a stay of Judgment until V V fue Tuesday when the case will como up for final hearing V V |