Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-24

some time during the present week.
Tho burglars who looted the Wellsvlllc
Coop. last autumn are before Judge
Hart today, and the disgusting Mel
sen felony case, In which rape Is the
practical charge. will be on tomor
row CTuosdayD
The city council took a step in the
direction of economy nj its last meet
Ing, by deciding to cut off one police
man. thereby leaving the city In charge
of the city marshal, one policeman and
nightwatchman. This action was talk
en- in response to Il petition asking
that 1t be done, signed by nearly every
business house In town. Two police
men are still employed, but at the next
meeting of the council an ordinance
will probably he adopted including the
provisions of the petition, and one
member of the present force Will then
be discontinued. Many leading citi-
zens are loud In their commentator
of the city councils action. as 1t means
the saving of enough to pay the inter-
est of nearly 10000 OF municipal bonds.
The Democratic officers have not yet
been able TO agree on policemen, so the
former incumbents stlll hold over.
Councilman Wilson has introduced an
ordinance providing that billiard and
pool halls shall not he allowed to ex-
list closer than 200 feet from a saloon
Marshal Farr and Supervisor lllinson
both have their war paint on. The
former Is making things lively for those
business men who have not paid Ii
cense, and the latter is hot on the trail
of residents who allow the water from
their MIGRANTS and bitches to flood the
streets.
President Orson Smith Is receiving
CONGRATULATIONS of his many friends
on his confirmation aE postmaster of
Logan by the United States Senate.
Ward conferences will be held in
Cache stake ms follows: Snithheld
Clarkson and Trenton. Jan. 80: Avon.
Mount Sterling and College. Feb. g.;
Grcenvllle. Mendon and Melville, Feb,
| 10: Providence, Fourth ward and
Seventh ward, Feb, 20; Sixth ward,
Hyde Park and Welsville, Feb. 81;
Third ward. First ward and Hyrum,
March II; Fifth ward. Second ward
and Covevllle. March 20; Richmond,
Benson and Paradise. March "a.
At the recent conferences, Apostle
Merrill had good word to say con
corning the "Deseret News" and other
| Church publications, whereat the
journal Of this city, waxed somewhat
| wroth. The News" Is a valued and
| tnterprisng paper, however, and will
| continue to grow in circulation and in
| fuence the Journal to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
The funeral services over the re-
| mains of the late Mrs. Christine
| Peterson were neIu III the seventh Wnrl
| meeting house yesterday at noon. The
deceased was native of Sweden, and
was born May &c, 1917. She leaves three
sons and one daughter all in Utah
One of whom is cur eAeemed towns.
man. Andreas Peterson.
The Cambrian society will give o
grand ball In the Eccles hall next Fri.
day evening. The committee having
the affair in charge consists of d. r
| Roberts. c. Fred Wright. Mrs. n. T
| Wahlen. VIM. Evans, T. d. Roberts
Mrs. J.. L. Squlres, Evan Jones, Mrs
S. a. Bassett, Mrs. NJ. C. Tiheld.
The speakers at the tabernacle yes
| terday afternoon were Elder w. c.
Reese of Hyrum, Counselor Molen ant
Elder w. j. Kerr. The two latter dwell
| upon the necessity FOR aid for the new
Brigham Young College building.
The fine sleighing of the past few
days has given ample evidence Of tn,
many fine flyers owned in Logan.
The Scandinavians Of Logan will Civ,
their regular annual soc'-l in tn
Eccles hall next Thursday evening
They will have n dance. picnic and pro
gram. and as the AFFAIR is In energeti
hands II is bound to succeed.
A large number of the residents o
Alto We're In Logan Saturday to ap
pear before the county commissioner
and give evidence in connection witt
proposed school district changes. On
faction led by County Superintendent
Oldham favored n change. and anothe
headed by Ed Haws wished the pres
ent boundaries retained. The matte
was discussed at length and taken un
der advsement. Il. 4. II.