Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-17

some one offer a small cash prize for
the most artistically decorated
elevator during the holiday sea-
SON They think that this would
! encourage the boys TO keep their ele-
yators in a more tasteful condition.
The funeral services over the remains
Of little clyde b. Sharp, who was killed
By r. @. w. train. will be held at the
Cannon ward meeting house tomorrow.
Sunday. at II a. m. The funeral cortege
VIII leave the Sharp residence, near the
corner Of Twelfth South street and the
Redwood road, at 1915 a. m.
Box Elder News p. N. Pierce, the
owner Of the Hillside farm, northeast
Of the city, Is getting large dock OF
turkeys in the pink OF condition for
Thanksgiving day. He is receiving or
ders for them daily. but he has enough.
he thinks. to supply all demands. From
his milk, butter and poultry. Mr.. Pierce
Is building up a good business.
A. 3. Sawyer & Co., has turned
the two-thlrds OF the Parley's canyon
stream into Its Ice fields BY a re-
cent decree Of the court Sawyer f.
allowed that proportion OF the stream
every year from November 18th to
March LIST Unless the water supply
is augmented by rains the city win
suffer.
The battery boys are preparing to
give their second annual ball. at
Christensen's hail New Years eve. IL
win be quite pretentous affair The
hall viii be decorated profusely. an en-
larged orchestra will discourse the
music. and Governor Wells and stan
and the Ohicers OF the Twenty-third
Infantry viii be the special guests Of
the evening.
Eight new cases Of smallpox" have
been reported to the local authorities,
as follows; Tessie Smith, aged 10,
Belle Smith. aged 8, 433 west Fourth
South street; Edward +. Num- aged 80,
Lincoln house Ellie Sholes aged Z. 946
south West Temple street; Mrs Lizzle
Taylor, aged q, colored, 1916 south First
West street. and her three children.
Myrtle, aged 6 Wesley, aged s, and
Thelma. aged l6 months
A runaway occurred in East Temple
street yesterday afternoon, and many
women very narrowly escaped being
knocked down, Gus Summers. a book
agent. got out OF his cart TO go into a
saloon and when he came out. he saw
his horse running north as fast as II
could 60, On reaching Second South
the animal dashed into a hack standing
near the curb. No damage was done
except TO the runaway horse II having
received a cut on the leg
The result OF the pharmaceutical ex-
amndtions that have been held the past
few days was the granting Of first
class certificates 10 Ford Howard Of
Ogden. Harrey Bennett OF Beaver. and
=. Kolpin Of Salt Lake, and a second
class or assistants certificate TO Theo-
dore Cleghorn Of Salt Lake. The ex-
aminatlons hereafter viii be held In
the months Of January April. July
and October There will be no examin-
ations until next April.
The report from the Great Salt Lake
indicates that that body OF water and
salt has remained stationary, as
10 height for the past two
weeks In this month. II Is
reported that the lake has raised
only inches In six weeks. Prof. Jones
thinks however that the Waterman
took the measurement when the wind
was forcing the water two inches high
er than normal and that there has been
no actual rise In the lake level for the
past six weeks. He thinks there will
be no rise until next March,
The funeral OF Miss Inez Soderberg
who died Of typhoid fever a few days
ago was held from the home Of Mrs.
Julia Brixen. 900 Fourth street, yester-
day afternoon Bishop George Rom
ney conducted the services. Toe
speakers were Bishop Romney. Elders
r. +. Neslen Theodore Tobia-
son, Charles T. Forsberg, Hen
ny Pierson, James Sharp and J.
+. Simmons and President An
gus NJ. Cannon. Miss Soderberg came
here from Sweden about three years
ago. and brother was the only rela-
tive she had In this country. hrs.
Brixen took her into her home when
she became III and there did all she
could for her.