| Show POPE AND SMITH VS ASHTON AND LAMBERT Judge A A. A B. B Morgan Sustains Demurrer of Ashton's Lawyers in Contest Instituted Instituted Jasti- Jasti By M. M B. B Pope Claiming New County Attorney is Resident Non Given Time to Amend The ruse contests of ot POl Pope e vs n. Ashton and Smith vs Lambert came camo up before before before be be- fore Judge Morgan last Monday The two contested are newly elected Democratic county attorney and assessor assessor assessor as as- sessor respectively Pope and Smith were represented by L. L A. A Hollen Hollenbeck Hollenbeck beck John T T. Pope and Attorney Colmary Colmar Ashton and Lambert were represented by Charles De DeMoisy loisy and andT T T. W. W ODonnell O'Donnell of Vernal and Ray Raj ROoE E. E Dillman of Roosevelt The contests were instituted on the thein theiu in iu grounds that Ashton and Lambert Lambert Lambert Lam Lam- bert are residents non-residents of Duchesne county for the reason their homes are on The east of ot tho the merid merid- ian The attorneys for or the defense filed a demurrer which contended in effect that the complaint does not grounds for Cor a contest The Tho grounds for a The attorneys attorneys noys for the contestants were given giyen thirty days in which to file an amended amend amend- ed complaint The case will again come up at the March term In the tho meantime Nile Hughel surveyor of Uintah county end and D. D L. L Carmody surveyor-elect surveyor of Duchesne Du Du- Duchesne chesne county will doubtless get together to gether and find the meridian The law gives them that power If they tail fall to agree as to the line Une the the law law says the state engineer may come in and help There Is hard hard- ley I ly u a n question as to where tho the tw two surveyors will locate the said mend merld An n. n It will be right west of th the high school building which is In the western part o of Roosevelt Carmody's term of ot office offic docs does not begin until tho the first o of January It is believed he an and Hughel will start tho the work soon after af after af- af t- t ter that time The Tho disputed strip is about tw two miles wide extending from th the north to the south of the two coun coun- ties The Tho assessed valuation of ot this strip is approximately Foat For Fo Forat Forat at least two years Uintah county h has demanded that property owners pa pay their taxes at Vernal Duchesne county would have to refund it I It Itis Itis is not believed we would have t to refund any further back than that tha inasmuch as Uintah county made n no demand prior to that Up to that tha time the officials apparently acqui ese in the supposed sed location of th the line The high school building will b bIn be bein bein In Uintah county The future of th the school would doubtless be in th the hands of t our neighbors to the east They would also perhaps to have t to assume the bonded edness The Free Press hopes to see th the Continued on Page Four THE TilE ELECTION CONTEST Continued from Page One meI meridian dlan designated as th the county line That's where It belongs belong and n no else The Tho constitution of oC the tho state says so The legislature act says so When Duchesne county was created in 1913 the act said the this meridian should be the east line When Governor Spry issued this proclamation he said the meridian was the east line No attorney at at- torney v general nor state engineer may say the line shall be where 1 It was w was s always supposed to have ha been n |
