Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24

age OF tea the other day. and when II
was broken open for use there was
found IN II a large dirty thumb nail
about an inch long. The whole thumb
and perhaps a dead ohinaman may be
found In the next package.
President Wilson OF the board OF edu-
cation and Superintendent Cooper met
with Health Commissioner King yester-
day afternoon aud approved Of the
recommendation OF Dr. King, that a
competent physician be appointed TO In
spect the public school children with a
view to preventing the further spread
Of contagious diseases In the schools
The Salvation Army people. who are
getting up a Thanksgiving dinner for
the needy OF the city, desire those who
are intending to contribute perishable
provisions, such as fish meat, and
poultry that they will not send them
in until Tuesday, November 9th. The
army headquarters are on Franklin
avenue.
Logan Journal: We are to have a
straight party lineup IN the coming
school election. That has been de-
Clded by the Democratic city commit
tee. Primaries will be held I'm each OF
the five wards and candidates put in
the field. The date OF holding these
primaries has not yet been determined
upon
Inasmuch as the Inland Crystal Salt
company has failed to renew Its lease
on the plant OF the Nebo Salt Manufac-
turing company, and has also permitted
IT'S option 20 buy the plant TO run out
without expressing any intention OF re-
neWing either the lease or the option,
the latter company will resume It's busi-
ness on the same basis as before II
negotiated with the Inland company
Bicycle Policeman Ed. Davies says he
Is going hot after the bike ordinance
vlolators In the future. He has his eye
on several scorchers and will land some
Of them In a day or two. Wheelmen
seem TO think that they have a perfect
right 20 ride on the restricted sidewalks
during rainy weather but some OF them
are likely TO be jerked up with a sud-
denness that will jar their nervous sys-
tens.
John Sharp, State fish and game COM
missioner Is going 10 recommend In his
next biennial report. the passing Of a
law forbldding the sale IN the State OF
fish taken from the State streams, also
venlson and all kinds Of game birds
Killed In the State. This Is the only
measure, says Mr.. Sharp, that will pro-
tect the fish and game I'm the State
from wholesale destruction,
A civil service examination for fe-
male industrial teacher In the Indian
service win be held In this city on
Dec. H. The examination is to M
a vacancy IN the indian schools at the
Rosebud Indian agency IN South Dako-
ia Information shout the examination
can be obtained by communicating with
NJ o. Williams, at the Salt Lake post
office.
The polling place for the school cleo
ton In the First municipal ward has
heel changed from the Eighth ward
meeting house 10 the Ricketts, block, $40
State street The residents of the First
are not pleased at having only one
polling place, and II Is likely another
viii 1e established near the intersec-
tlon OF Ninth East and Tenth South
streets That will still leave the two
polling places two and half miles
apart.
Mr.. Junius +. Wells, who Is acting as
representative OF the News" In Los
Angeles, I'm the interests OF the special
Salt Lake-Los Angeles issue Of this pa
per, writes that the resolution OF en-
dorsement passed by the chamber OF
commerce OF that city on the 22nd was
a valuable aid TO him. He states that
II will require from eight TO twelve
pages to satisfy the requests for space
in the issue made by the chamber OF
commerce, the merchants and jobbers
OF Los Angeles.
win the trouble between the coffee
and sugar trusts In the East have any
effect en- the price Of these articles In
Utah?' was asked Mr.. Jos. Geoghegan
this morning. His answer was that
there had been a drop Of one cent a
pound already In coffee, but no drop In
the price Of sugar As very little coffee |
was carried by merchants here, how
ever, the drop did not cut much figure, |
The decline in sugar had not had much |
effect here yet and he did not think II |
would. The drop in the East had been |
fifteen cents per hundred pounds, but |
the stif freight rate on sugar between
here and there acted as a sort Of pro-
lection TO Western sugar.