counsel for the smelters commenced portation, according to the best
his abuse on your correspondent knowledge and belief of the importer
for having made the report to or consignee."
Senator Stewart in which the
smelters are charged directly with
smuggling. I interrupted said Mc-
Cammon by asking him if he had
seen the qualities of ores imported
by his clients. He declined to answer
the question. I, therefore, told him
that I had seen the imported ores on
all the four railroads diverging from
Mexico into the United States and
that I pronounced them lead ores
and not silver ores. I had hardly
uttered these words when Mr. Ben-
nett of counsel for the Ore Produc-
ers' Association came to me and re-
quested me to say no more about it,
until he would call me as his wit-
ness. Upon the strength of his re-
presentations I sat down and pa-
tiently awaited my turn, which
never came. A few affidavits were
submitted, samples of ores shown,
and all at once Mr. Bennett made
the startling announcement that
they rested their side of the case and
had no further evidence to offer.

I called the next day at Willard's Hotel and sent my card to Mr. James, the President of the Ore Producers' Association, asking for an interview and the reason why I was not allowed to testify as to the smuggling of the lead ores as stated in my report to Senator Stewart. Mr. James returned word that he declined to see me.

Not so satisfied with such treatment and anxious to help the miners, I urged that special agents be sent by the Treasury Department to investigate the matter. Secretary Windom ordered special agents W. H. Williams and W. P. Hughes to proceed to the frontiers of Mexico, Texas and Arizona, and to report results.

and lead at from seven-eighths of a cent to two cents per pound. This was obviously done to make a higher (2) The entry shall further con- value of silver and less of lead, for tain a declaration that the importa- the instructions from 1880 to the tion embraces no mixture of ores or present day are that if the ore exconcentrates from different mines." ceeds in value in silver that of lead (This order of paragraph 2 is in it shall be classified as silver ore and vindication of the charge made by come in free of duty. If, per examme on page 3 of my report thus: ple, a ton of ore contained twenty "The fact that silver ores of a dis-ounces of silver it was up to this tinct character not mined with the time valued at twenty dollars and lead ores were mixed with the lead the forty-five per cent of lead in a ores for importation I regard as con- ton equal to 900 pounds of lead at clusive evidence of fraudulent de- two cents per pound, eighteen dollars, sign." The special government hence greater value of silver by two agents found it so, yet the attorneys dollars it was declared silver ore, of the Ore Producers' Association passed free, and 900 pounds of lead purposely avoided the issue.") smuggled in. Now the twenty (3) "The entry shall also disclose ounces at 95 per cent of the New the name and locality of the mine York price of ninety-two cents per from which the ore has been ounce brings the price down to 87 taken.” cents per ounce and the value is (This too is in vindication of my thus reduced to $17.48 and the lead statement on page 5, thus: "It was at 4 cents per pound in New York so evident to me that the silver ores less 1 cent, hence 3 cents per nd the lead ores came from different pound makes the 900 pounds of lead mines and were mixed for the evi- to be valued at $27, and as the value dent purpose of defrauding the gov-predominates in lead and not in silernment that I went to Mexico to ver the whole is subjected to $30 per determine this matter by seeing ton duty. This puts the smuggling from what mines these ores came.") business effectually down, and the (4)-"Upon the arrival at the fron- victory of this step in the right tier of cars or other vehicles laden direction belongs to the untiring with ores containing an appreciable energy and persistent efforts of Senquantity of lead they shall be locked ator Stewarts, who presented my reor otherwise secured till entry be port to the Secretary of the Treasury. made and permit granted to un-The instructions of the Secretary of load." the Treasury close thus:

con

(5)—“Upon unlading and at the time of unlading the officer of the Customs assigned to that duty shall supervise the work and shall obtain proper and adequate samples from those taken for commercial purposes by the importer or signee; that is to say, they shall be taken in the manner approved and practiced by miners in the handling These gentlemen returned about and reduction of ores, by thoroughly twelve days ago, and having sub-mixing and quartering every tenth mitted their reports, the Secretary shovel or more, repeating the operaof the Treasury issued on the 17th tion until the usual commercial of July the following circular to the sample be obtained." (According collectors: to my request is my report submitted to Senator Stewart.)

"The Department has had under consideration the joint reports submitted by special agents W. H. Williams and W. P. Hughes upon the question of the importation of mineral ores from Mexico with special reference to the accuracy and propriety of existing methods of entry, sampling and examination of such ores, for the purpose of determining their legal classification by an accurate ascertainment of the characters and properties of the minerals contained in the various importations.

"It appears from the reports that a practice has grown of permitting in the same entry, as the product of one mine, the mingled products of several mines possessing different characteristics, and that sampling is conducted in a very irregular manner by what is familiarly known as the grab process.

"Pending further consideration the following instructions will be observed:

CLASSIFYING THE ORES.

"It is suggested that in the execution of these instructions care should be taken, equally, not to unnecessarily detain ores wherein silver so clearly predominates as to fix their character, commercially, as silver ores; nor to admit without assessment of duty those ores wherein the value of their components of lead appears to exceed that of the silver contained in such ores.

"It is further advised that in determining the relative value of silver and lead contained in the same ore, the value of the silver component, in the absence of more accurate data in the invoice, or otherwise, be rated at ninety-five per cent of the latest known value of silver bullion in the New York market, and the value of the lead component at the latest known price of bar lead in the same market, less one cent per pound."

"Pending further consideration, and the determination of the question of the proper classification of those Mexican ores that contain both silver and lead, the above mentioned iustructions will be observed."

WM. WINDOM, Secretary. Thus it will be seen that the Secretary of the Treasury has not given any particular weight to the testimony offered by the Ore Producers' Association, but only to the changes made by your correspondent as to the under-valuation of the ores and the smuggling of the lead ores under the guise of silver ores.

I cannot close this lengthy letter without expressions of my regret that Mr. Van Horne, the secretary of the Ore Producers' Association of Utah, so far forgot himself as to slander and libel the good name of the people of Utah. In his opening address before the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Van Horne stated: "In coming before you, Mr. Secretary, from the Territory of Utah, I represent one that is rather in disrepute in some respects, but one whose main industry and the main support of whose law abiding citizens is lead mining." (See page 24 of the brief submitted by the Ore Producers' Association to the Secretary of the Treasury.)

Mr. Van Horne claims to be an attorney-at-law in Salt Lake City; depends for his bread upon the people of Utah; yet, when absent from the Territory, he takes special pleasure in maligning them. Shame! Shame! Not satisfied with uttering these slanderous falsehoods, he has

(1)-The sworn entry shall em- This is in consequence of statebrace, in addition to what is now ments made by me in my report required, a statement of the esti- that the collectors valued silver at taken special pains to have them mated quantities and values of sil- $1 per ounce, while it was only 92 printed in the brief of the Ore ver and lead contained in the im- cents per ounce in New York | Producers' Association, and to hand

them to the Secretary of the Treasury.

leader, the editor of the Tribune Referring to the section in a July 28th says:

Utah, 1888, vol. 1, page 336, sec. 266. teaches, advises, counsels, encourIt is suggested that prompt arrests ages or aids any person to go into It seems to me that all the money be made for any violation of this bigamy, polygamy, or such patrispent by these gentlemen who came statute. archal or plural marriage." here to present their case is rather In the interest of fairness the thrown away, for the Secretary Commission further suggests that in takes special care to state his in-all towns and cities that no person structions to the collectors of cus- except the registrar or his deputy, toms that "pending further consid- judges of election, the sheriff "To give such a people (the eration, and the determination" of or his deputies, the United Mormons) the right to use the only the question submitted as to what States marshal or his deputies, defense on which a free people can constitutes lead and silver ores as and such challengers, not argued by both parties for or against more than two, as may be selected it, he has only reached a conclusion by each party, shall be permitted to as to the charge made by your cor- remain within one hundred feet of respondent as to the smuggling of the polls, and, as far as practicable, lead ores under guise of silver ores have it so arranged that but one free of duty. voter shall approach the polls at one and the same time, and that when one has voted he shall immediately pass beyond the limits fixed for approach to the polls.

The victory really belongs to Senator Stewart, of Nevada, and not to the arguments of the attorneys of the Ore Producers' Asso; ciation; for two months have passed since their arguments were heard, and no decision given. Yet as soon as the government's special agents returned from Mexico, and ported substantially everything to be so, as stated in my reports, an order of instruction was issued at once to all the collectors of customs to watch the smugglers.

IVAN C. MICHELS, WASHINGTON, July 25, 1889.

FOR ELECTION DAY.

The commission most earnestly invoke all good citizens and all parties to lend their influence in aid of a fair and honest election; that they re-frown and stamp upon all frauds or attempted frauds tending to unfairness at the polls or in the returns of election, ever keeping in mind the great truth that the power of the American people depends on the purity of the ballot box.

On July 31 the Utah Commission
formulated the following:
OFFICE OF THE UTAH COMMISSION,
Salt Lake City, Utah,
July 31st, 1889.

To the Officers of Election and
Voters of Utah Territory:

The Commission takes great pleasure in bearing witness to the fairness in all elections heretofore held under its authority and management and with great confidence looks to the same result in the approaching election.

The manhood of Utah cannot afford to prostitute itself by frauds in elections.

TO YOUNG UTAH.

The Utah Commission, being charged with registration and elections in the Territory, after due consideration have thought it advisable to make this public appeal to the The following from Section 3 in registration officers, judges of elec- the Idaho State constitution just tion and voters at the election to be promulgated by the convention, still held on the 5th day of August next. in session, should be carefully read The Commission is desirous of by every friend of Utah and of our having, and, as far as it has author- common country. Indirectly this ity of law, is determined to have a anti- "Mormon," anti-republican, fair and impartial election; that ev-anti-American, and anti-constituerything like fraud shall be put down; that every lawfully registered voter in the Territory shall have the privilege of depositing his ballot freely as he wishes and without intimidation, and that none who are not legally registered shall be permitted to vote, no matter what may be the circumstances.

tional section originated with the
leaders of the "Liberal" party.

Young and old Utah will readily
see what burdens would be imposed
upon them if the "Liberal" party
should get into Utah's political sad-
dle for a season. The only rights
the enemy would leave us would be
the right to pay taxes and to do
their bidding.

The Commission suggests that judges of election in passing upou The approving reference made to challenges at the polls shall do so the section by one of its chief abetimpartially and fairly, rejecting ters should also be carefully read by none who are legally qualified, ad-all concerned. mitting none who are not, keeping "Sec. 3. No person is permitted to in mind that the presumptions of vote, serve as juror or hold any civil law are in favor of the elector until office who * * is a bigamist, the contrary appears. polygamist, or who is living in what is known as patriarchal, plural or celestial marriage, or who

*

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Attention is respectfully called to the following section of the election law: "Any person who shall disturb in any manner teaches, aids, counor be guilty of any riotous conduct sels, abets or encourages any person at any election in this Territory, or to enter into bigamy, polygamy, or who shall disturb or interfere with patriarchal, celestial or plural marthe canvassing of the vote, or inter- riage, or to live in violation of said fere with the making of the returns, law, or to commit any such crime, or who shall interfere with any voter or is a member of or contributes to in the free exercise of the elective the support, aid or encouragement franchise, shall be deemed guilty of a of any order, organization, associa

depend-the ballot; to give such a
people the right to participate in
the election of political affairs, and
the making and unmaking of laws,
is something that no civilized people
on the earth except our own would
for one moment consider.
gratulate the Idaho convention on
the perfect justice they have
wrought."
YOUNG UTAH.

We con

A PROTEST FROM WILLARD.

Last week the municipal cfficers of Ogden signed a contract with J. R. Bothwell & Company to supply the Junction City with water from the big Bear River canal. Now comes the following open letter to the company, presenting a barrier in the way of carrying out the contract in the manner that was proposed:

WILLARD, Box Elder County, July 26th, 1889. Gentlemen:-It is a fact known to hundreds and can be demonstrated to all interested, that there is a narrow strip of bench land, through which your proposed canal is now surveyed, extending from J. P. Woods' farm, on the north, to Robt. Holmes' farm on the south of Willard, nearly three and one half miles long. It lies close to the base of the mountains. It is nothing but a gravel bed, hence it would have to be cemented the whole distance.

Much of this strip is now planted into orchard and berries. It would be very expensive to obtain a right of way through it, and furthermore, there is scarcely a year during the last twenty-four years past but that there has been, in the month of July, heavy thunder storms, accompanied with strong southwest winds, driving the low clouds to the eastward, and depositing vast quantities of water upon the mountain sides. This rushes with great fury down the declivities, bringing with it hundreds of thousands of tons of rock and dirt that would fill said canal in less than twenty minutes of time, from 100 to 1000 feet wide and 10 feet more or less deep. Further, there is no one spot more than another that is secure from this freak of nature, along the route of said distance.

Last year the great force struck opposite Peter A. Nebeker's estate, and extended one mile north of J. P. Wood's farm. There was enough debris brought with the rushing flood, at either place, to have filled the proposed canal.

I have seen, during my present residence of over twenty-four years, many such floods, that would have filled such canal in fifteen minutes, and thirteen years ago on the 24th of July, at dead of night, a terrific

misdemeanor," Compiled laws of tion, corporation or society which thunderstorm broke upon us that

over

THE DESERET WEEKLY.

tore loose the flood gates of the up-
per deep. Torrents of water des-
cended, from Robert Holmes to J.
P. Wood's farms, bringing millions
of tons of rock, gravel and mud,
covering many acres of farms and
bench land and orchards. But
it came and was
40 minutes.
in
we do not want a Johnstown disas-
Now, gentlemen,
ter in Willard, and all talk about
bridges with Wing's bulkheads or
other devices is but sheer nonsense
against such mountain slides or mud
floods at uncertain places along these
three and a half miles of hillsides.
I, J. N. Barker, protest against a
known treacherous element of de-
struction being built above my
residence, to endanger me
minc.

and

As sure as the past catastrophies have left their impress, so would it follow in the future.

J. N. BARKER.

We the undersigned citizens, of Willard, living directly under the proposed canal, have heard the protest of J. N. Barker, and we fully endorse, and will sustain him in any action to prevent the canal being built above our homes.

Ten miles below the canyon opens mountains come almost together,
out into what is called Long Valley, and by building a dam twenty rods
with an average width of half a long and 100 feet wide a reservoir
mile and seven miles in length. In could be made that would cover a
this valley are situated the towns of half mile square, at an average
Glendale, Orderville and Mount depth of thirty feet.
Carmel, Glendale occupying the
north and Mount Carmel the south
is centrally located.
end of the valley, while Orderville

Carmel, in what is known as the
Between Orderville and Mount
cove, there are fifty acres of good
land that could be cultivated by an
extension of the Orderville ditch
and an increase of water.

mel a stream called
About one mile below Mount Car-

THE MUDDY

about sixty acres are now cultivated flows in from the west, on which and 200 more could be by an increase course of this branch of the Virgin of water. From Mount Carmel the for seven miles is a succession of narrows and small coves, said coves containing in the aggregate about three hundred acres of good land. There is a small side canyon at nearly every cove that could be dammed up and filled from the main

M. Anderson has a reservoir in successful operation. It is a little cove Eight miles below this point S. He has constructed a ditch five with an on one side of the narrow valley, miles long to fill it, which he did area of about five acres. last spring in one week to the depth of eight feet. He is cultivating fif not use half the water. He intends teen acres this season and will to irrigate fifty acres from this reservoir next season.

Kanab, the county seat of Kane head of Kanab Creek is the town of Twenty-five miles down from the County. but along the foothills on both sides servoir sites in the canyon above it, There are are numerous good small sites which no good re could be filled in the winter and so increase the amount of land cultivated many times.

JOHNSON RUN.

miles the valley has an average width of half a mile all good land Along this stream for twenty and many side canyons that would make good reservoirs at a small exThe only land cultivated on

ranch and about 150 acres at the town of Johnson, twelve miles east of Kanab, and this is all watered is the Schutampah from springs; the stream being dry during the summer season, except when it rains, when it is a rushing torrent which is also the case in the spring for two or three months.

With 1000 more or less cubic feet of water per second moving in a confined channel, should its egress be suddenly stopped, its banks for one or more miles would quickly overflow, and the blessing intended would be turned into an engine of destruction to life and property from which there could be no escape. Word stream in the winter season, with would have to be taken or sent to sufficient water to irrigate the cove. the head gates forty-five miles This is also the case with the Muddy away. And even then the whole branch. water would flow twenty-four hours will be made in time by private en-pense. Many of these reservoirs at least. head of this stream, some ten miles terprise, but in the mountains at the this stream above Glendale, are located several sites on a large scale that could be used to hold the water up in the spring and let it down in the dry season. Being natural reservoirs they are used now by parties who farm fifteen or twenty acres near each of them. One of these sites, owned by R. G. Jolley, could be made to cover fifty acres six feet deep at an expense of $500. Another, owned by R. G. Jolley & Co. could be made to cover 100 acres fifteen feet deep, at an expense of & Co., could be made to cover 100 $500. Another, owned by E. Potter acres, eight feet deep, at an expense by Levanger, could be made to of $500. And yet another, owned cover forty acres, ten feet deep, at an expense of $500.

GEORGE FACER,
W. A. DALTON,
JOHN P. WOOD,
BENJAMIN TAYLOR,
ROBERT HOLMES,
ELIHU PETTIGEILL.

WATER IN KANE COUNTY.

The following has been received by Governor Thomas, for the information of the Senate committee on

irrigation, which is to visit this city

next month:

KANAB, Kane Co., Utah,
July 22, 1889.
To His Excellency Arthur L. Thomas,
Governor of Utah Territory:
Dear Sir:-Having been appoint-

ed by the County Court of Kane
County to answer your communi-
cation of June 12, I beg leave to
submit the following:

Three-fourths of the surface of

our county is mountains covered

with timber. The other quarter is arid land, all of which would produce good crops by being irrigated. The amount now cultivated in comparison to what could be by an increase of water is very small. I will give an account of each of the principal streams separately, commencing with the

EAST FORK OF THE RIO VIRGIN.

On the headwaters of East Fork of this stream there are about three bundred acres under cultivation, about one quarter of which is irrigated from numerous small ditches.

These sites are located in the removed from all danger of floods, mountains among pine timber and which might break or fill them with mud or debris. All the present

owners ask is to be allowed to use

is always an abundance of snow
the same amount of water from the
reservoirs that they now use. There
plenty of use for the water in Long
water to fill these reservoirs and

valley.

KANAB CREEK.

the county is situated about three But the grandest reservoir site in miles below the town of Johnson. Here is a long valley running east and west and the Johnson Run crosses right through the centre of it and breaks through the mountains it breaks through is not more than on the south side. The gap where one-quarter of a mile wide, and by feet high the water would be backed building a dam across this gap fifty along this valley for five miles in About two miles below this gap are length and one mile in width. of the best of land. situated about sixteen hundred acres

OUR COUNTY

is situated over the southern rim of

the great basin and falls rapidly tains is not less than fifteen feet. In toward the Colorado River. summer rains the amount of water the spring of the year and during fall of snow in our moun

that runs into the Colorado River
creek are some very fine farms, cannot be estimated. The major
On the head waters of Kanab at other times is something that
by hundreds of streams that are dry
comprising about 300 acres of land part of the water could be held
under cultivation and twice that back by the construction of reser-
amount of pasture land under fence. voirs. The amount of land, wa-
There are 1,000 acres of good land ter, and reservoir sites, is prac
that could be cultivated by an in- tically unlimited.
crease of water, and one good re- lacking is capital and labor to utilize
Woolley and Segmiller, which climate and one of the best and
servoir site on the property
All that is
could be made to cover ten acres, ten most extensive stock ranges in the
of them. We have a semi-tropical
feet deep, at an expense of $1,000.
poor and without the meaus to
sparsely settled and the people are
Territory. But the country

at the lower end of the valley, the
Immediately below these farms,

is

develop the greater resources of the country.

If the government would take hold of some of these large reservoirs and thereby furnish employment to the people, they would then be able to construct many smaller ones by private enterprise, and so the money expended would be doubly used in the one direction. Respectfully submitted,

H. E. BOWMAN,
County Surveyor.

THE WATER QUESTION.

Lake City pursue a similar course
with advantage to everybody?
Fight your battles of the ballot in
your own way, but in doing so make
no unjust war on your city govern-
ment because of the scarcity of
water; encourage and stand by it in
all its efforts to promote your health
and comfort. The body composing
that government is made up of
People's Party men and "Liberal"
party men. You can't condemn one
without condemning all.

NON-MORMON CITIZEN.

attended me when I was sick; my husband was not there; Mr. Bergquist was not there; Mrs. Bergquist called on me once.

MRS. BERGQUIST

testified--Mrs.

Alma Andersen's

baby was born August 16th, 1888, at Mrs. Toronto's, in the Eighteenth Ward; Mrs. Andersen had stayed at my house a portion of the time before then; she went out to work at times; the child's name is Hugo Andersen; I suppose his mother is married, at least she says so; I never met her husband; she occuTHE BERQUIST CASE. pies one room up stairs; my husband Before 6 o'clock a. m., July 29, a bed room; Mrs. Andersen helps and I occupy one room up stairs for Deputies Vandercook and Cannon me do washing; when she goes out paid a visit to the home of Peter A. working she pays me for her board; I Bergquist, in the Eighth Ward, and do not know who was the father of her For a number of years this writer aroused him from slumber. They child; it is not my husband's child; was heard in various ways on the then presented a warrant for his ar- our Church does not baptize chilsubject, and was so persistent that rest, and took him in custody. dren one year old; I kept no record he became somewhat conspicuous, complaint against him is signed by of the child's birth; I have no chilwhile advocating the right of all Deputy Cannon, and alleges unlaw-dren; my husband lives with me our people to a share of water flow-ful cohabitation with Mrs. P. A. exclusively; I did not ask Mrs Aning into the city. Bergquist and Alma Bergquist as dersen much about her marriage, because I did not think it any of my business.

The question of a supply of water for the inhabitants of Salt Lake City, is one of paramount importance to all of us, and it cannot be ignored.

There have no doubt been occasions when the municipal authorities made mistakes in the administration of our public affairs-who is exempt from errors? — and there have been times when a calm and dispassionate criticism of their acts was proper and profitable, but if you will allow me the privilege to say so through the columns of your paper, I desire to suggest, that, in my opinion, the present is not an auspicious time to growl, threaten and quarrel over this vexed ques

tion.

his wives.

The

When arraigned the defendant
entered a plea of not guilty. Mr.
Moyle said he had had but a few
minutes to converse with the de-
fendant, and at his request the case
10 o'clock

was continued till
next day.

fendant's appearance, and $500 for
Bail was fixed at $1500 for the de-
the alleged plural wife.

The examination into the charge
Peter A. Bergquist was held before
of unlawful cohabitation against
Commissioner Greenman July 31 the
defendant having pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Varian prosecuted, and Mr.
Moyle defended.

DEPUTY BOMAN CANNON

This is the third season of unusual drouth in this mountain region, and whatever may have been the action -erroneous or otherwise whether of omission or commission, in the past, the present scarcity of water testified-I arrested the defendant in this city is no fault of our present 6 a. m. yesterday, at his home on municipal fathers. So far as I can Second East Street; Mr. Bergquist judge, I think they have, in the was upstairs, and Mrs. Bergquist main, done the best they could un- downstairs; Alma Bergquist was der all the circumstances, to pro- also upstairs, for I heard her talking. mote the welfare, comfort and happiness of their constituents, and for this they are entitled to our commendation.

GEORGE W. GLANVILLE

testified-I know the ladies who have testified; they live in Mr. Bergquist's house; have seen the defendant about the house; I live in a separate part of the house.

MRS. GLANVILLE

testified-I have never visited Mrs. Bergquist; she and the other lady know the other lady's name, and live at the defendant's; I don't know very little of either of them.

MRS. ANDERSEN

was again called-When the officers came yesterday I was asleep up stairs; the knock awoke me; Mrs. Bergquist went down stairs; she told me the marshals were there; The defendant and I were not in the same room; Mrs. Bergquist was in my room and told me about the marshals; I then went down stairs.

Mr. Varian said he had no more evidence, and left the room with Deputy Cannon.

Mr. Moyle, to the CommissionerI suppose the defendant will be discharged.

Commissioner Greenman - Has Varian gone out?

This was all the commissioner had

to say for some time, and it was evident that he either did not know what to do or did not want to release He sent for Mr. the defendant.

Varian, and upon that gentleman's return held a brief consultation with him, at the close of which Mr. Bergquist was discharged.

MRS. ALMA ANDERSEN, named in the complaint Elma Bergquist, testified-I live at Mrs. I have observed a disposition on Bergquist's 523 S., Second East the part of some of our citizens to Street; am a married woman; Geo. drag this unfortunate state of affairs Andersen is my husband's name; I into the county and city elections, do not know where he is now; was as a disturbing element. This is married to him in this city January wrong in principle and cannot pro-3, 1887; it was in a house in the duce any practical results, so far as evening; I had known Mr. AnderI can see, in the amelior- sen a few months; he did any kind ation of our condition. The of labor; I last saw him about six present season has been unusu- months ago; my baby is a year old ally dry in Montana, Washington, next month; it was born in the Oregon and Idaho, as well as other Eighteenth Ward; Mr. Bergquist's parts of the west, and the people in is in the Eighth Ward; I don't know those places have suffered, and are where my husband is now; when I still suffering loss, inconvenience last heard of him he was in Heber and discomfort in consequence, and City; I now have a room upstairs in yet I have not heard that either of Bergquist's house; I used to have a the political parties therein charge room downstairs; I help Mrs. Berg- At West Jordan, on July 31, their opponents as being responsi-quist to do washing and ironing; my William B. Bennett was arrested by ble for the difficulty. They may husband has given me money Deputy Marshal Franks on a charge argue, dispute and quarrel about enough to furnish my clothing; I of being illegally registered. He their questions, but through it all have never been divorced; my hus- was taken before Commissioner they seem to have the good sense to band has the marriage certificate; I Norrell, and the case set for next bear the infliction as best they can, do not know of his having another day at 10 a.m. He gave $500 bail regarding it as a misfortune to all wife; I am not married for his appearance. alike, and for which neither party to Mr. Bergquist; I have never been is responsible.

Now, cannot the people of Salt

THE BENNETT CASE.

a witness before; I am telling the The examination into the charge truth; Mrs. Vine and Mrs. Toronto of illegal registration against Wm.

On July 26, Brother Richard ond wife of the defendant, and we Jessop, of Millville, Cache County, separated in June, 1888; had a was released from the penitentiary, where he has served sixty days for living with two wives. He paid the costs of the prosecution, which were against him.