The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-19
Miscellaneous Mites.

Yesterday was a dull day in Ogden.
Nothing was doing in the courts.
Every man who wants to work, can find
plenty of opportunity now. No man need
be idle
The real estate market is unusually
quiet but building operations were never
before so lively in!this city.
Joseph Smith, Jr., president of the Re
organized Church Of Jesus Christ of Lat
rer-day Saints, will hold a meeting in Les
ter park pavilion next Saturday evening.
Mr.. Smith visited Ogden some three or
four years ago.
Buffalo JONES' who owns hundred or
more thoroughbred butfaloes, is making a
second visit TO this city. 1t is his purpose
30 start buffalo ranch in this vicinity
Ogden valley is said to be well adapted to
The raising of the bison, which formerly
roamed wild all over this country.
1t is thought, but not known, that there
las been an increase of four hundred or
more in the voting population Of Ogden
since the February election, many Of whom
lacked a few days, weeks or months Of
having been in the territory long enough to
acquire u residence and vote at that cleo
ton.
The new union depot will have it's own
Independent system of water works. A
tank with a capacity of $4,000 gallons will
DE erected on the railroad cOmpany's land
near the banks OF the Weber river. The
water will be pumped into this tank and
conveyed to the new depot buildings in a
s!x-inch pipe.
The officers-elect Of Union Lodge, No. g.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, were
installed Wednesday evening by District
Deputy Grand Master j. H. Rhine, as fol
lows: E. a. Littletield, j. P. G.; J. o.
WOtherspOon, n. G.; W. l.. Young, V. G.. :;
}. p. May, H. and p. s; H. c. Wardleigh,
= TCasurer.
The opening OF the new Union passenger
depot viii be an event in the history of the
junction city. One Of the novel features
Connected with the celebration of that
event will be an illumination Of the high
peaks Of the Wasatch range directly east
and northeast of the city: Huge piles Of
burning wood will do it.
i $50 excursion rate from Missouri river
points to Ogden has been secured by the
uter-moultain Land and Town company.
It is expected, and with good reason, that
several hundred people viii take advantage
Of this exceptionally low rate to visit Utah
and have a good time. The proposed eX-
Cursion will take place late in August.
George w. Seeger owns valuable min
ing prospect in Ogden canOn. The vein,
which is about four feet wide on the surface,
mas been stripped for i distance of one
hundred feet. The ore averages eighty
ounces silver. Mr.. Seeger has refused an
offer of $1,000 for his prospect, and claims
that he has not less than S25, 600 worth of
ore in sight.
Bids on the rock and earth excavation
and tunneling on the line of the proposed
Bear river canal, will be opened on the
10Th. The engineer in charge states that
the amount of work to be contracted for in
the first section is, approximately, 100000
cubic yards of solid rock, 10, 600 cubic yards
Of loose rock, ,52S, $50 cubic yards of earth
and 200 linear feet of tunneling.
The Boutwell, water contract has not yet
been signed. The city authorities are tax
ing plenty of time to consider the PROPOSE
ton, and it is right that they should. In
this case they have acted upon the motto,
Make haste slowly" There need be no
hurry about the matter. The city is in a
position to dictate its own terms, which,
of course, should be just and fair to all
parties.
The only man in Ogden whose fence is
on a correct line is the one who does not
own any city lots. The surveyor who
monkeyed with the survey in the start run
MS lines regardless of civil engineering
rules and laid the foundation for any
amount of trouble. The city engineer is
having hard time to find the corners and
determine the correct boundaries of the
blocks. It is surmised that the original
surveyor used a tapeworm for chain.