The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-23

The City In Brief.


There was nothing doing yesterday in Judge
Cross court.
Two DRINKS and several petty offenders were
administered to by Alderman Preshaw yester-
day.
The "Aprll showers that bring forth May
flowers" descended yesterday, accompanied
with heavenly pyrotechnics and deafening deto
nations
The arguments of counsel in the equity case
OF Garbett ct al. VS.. The Utah Loan and Trust
company, had not been concluded at a late hour
last evening.
Yesterday morning the popular Rio Grande
Western conductor, with his wife and son and
MISS Belle Dee. daughter of John NJ. Dee, took
their departure for the east. The young lady
VIII spend the summer visiting friends, and
VIII be surprised lwhen she returns home TO see
how greatly Ogden has improved during her
absence.
The officers of the volunteer force of the fire
department have been elected. They are some
OF the oldest and best firemen in the city, with
Orson Riser as foreman Harry Ford, assistant;
D. K. Paine, second assistant; VIII T. Green
well, secretary, and G. Empey, treasurer. The
volunteers will prove valuable auxiliary to the
paid lire department..
Those who complain that the people of Salt
Lake city haven't yet learned that the Rocky
Mountain carnival is 10 be held in Ogden this
year, should bear in mind that the newspapers
OF the capital city are the proper medium
Through which to make the fact known. The
Mardi Gras committee cannot expect to get all
their advertising done gratuitously. The car
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Ogden.
number of citizens of Hooper, West Weber
and Plain City, petitioned the county court to
open a road from Plain City across the w cher
river by bridge to West Weber and Their eby
connect the settlements in the western part OF
the county with each other, and also shorten
The distance in travel from the north direct to
Salt Lake city. Other good reasons were given
why the petition should be granted. The petit
ton was referred to Seiectmen Child and
Pincock.
The political necessity which resulted in
placing President Harrison'S sons father-in-law
upon the Utah board of registration, accounts
for the wretched postal service which Ogden is
now getting. Senator Paddock, of Nebraska,
might, if he would, tale unfold, which would
show just how General Kimball was euchred
out of fat job, which he could do as well as
anyone, and given place whose duties he is
physically unable TO perform.
The proposition of a little coterie of cheap
real estate boomers to transform the people
pavilion in Lester park into lodging house is
meeting with very little favor. IT, as local
writer says, the parties who ask for this conces-
sion in their own selfish interest would ''eX-
hlbit the spirit of Chicago or Denver the next
thirty days would see temporary building to
accommodate any number" That's true, OF
course. There plenty of vacant ground to be
had for the asking on which to erect a cheap,
temporary structure that would fill the bill.
without trenchfng upon the rights of the public
10 the use at all times of their own exclusive
property.
EThe. Commercial made much better appear
ance yesterday morning than for some time pre-
vlously. 1t was clearly printed and readable;
that is, II could be read, something that had not
happened since it locked out its force of com
petent union printers. The explanation of the
change lies in the fact that the management OF
the paper probably learned that discretion was
the better part of valor. and that he could not
successfully buck against the pricks. The boys
publish notice TO the public, stating that 1.-The
trouble between the Daily Commercial and the
Ogden Typographical union has been amicably
settled, the union men returning to work. All's
well that ends well.
Marshal Metcalf and Officer William Brown
keep their eyes and ears open about all the time
and II pays them to do so, besides pleasing the
public, whose guardians they are. This habit OF
keeping a close watch will result in pecuniary
benefit to the gentlemen. besides continuing the
public's confidence in them. Monday afternoon
they arrested a crook for whom reward oil
$1,000 has been offered, and secured valuable
lot Of stolen property. The crook is now in jail
awaiting the arrival ofEofficers from Butte city
at which place he cracked a safe and got away
with the booty which the officers found in MS
possession.
There is universal complaint about the Og
den postoffice. The local press treats upon the
subject OF the wretched facilities afforded the
public, and attributes the reason to lack of suf
ficient allowance by the government for the EN-
ployment OF la g. enough clerical force to per
form the work IN Il prompt and proper manner
This is true only to a limited extent. The de
partmentS allowances are based upon law o.
Congress, and in the case of this postofice the
greater than the law allows. Possibly il is moi
sufficient, under the circumstances, but it is
large enough TO insure very much better
postal service than the people are receiving
The department has habits inspectors here anC
through them it probably knows Just what the
matter is. The political reasons (and they are
purely politicaD which brought this calamit,
upon Ogden, will be made public some day. ant
then people will know just where to place The
blame 1t will not be upon the postmaster-gen
eral, either
The manifesto sent out by the Federatet
Trades Labor Council of Salt Lake city, warn
ing their fellow-workmen to keep away iron
there land take no heed of newspaper and rea
estate boomers advertisements of the building
boom now going on in said city, does not appl,
in the case of Ogden. There are no idle mel
walking our streets in search of employment,
as is said 10 be the case in the capital city, IN
less they are OF the class who only make a pre-
tense of wanting TO work and are fearful tina
they viii be offered an opportunity to earn a.
honest living. There are loafers here, too man,
of them, but the majority of them are worker
and producers. The police arc Vigilant and ar,
holding the loafers and disreputable classes il
check, and doing their duty in protecting tn
honest and industrious worlIingmen from tn
wiles of the sharpers. Many public and privat
enterprises are being prosecuted. and at pres
ent there is a dearth of hands il many branche
OF skilled labor.
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