The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-28
HOTEL GOSSIP.

! J. r. Mckee, general manager of the
power department of the General Electric
company. New York, and s0n-in-laW of
J ex-President Harrison, Is a SAT- Lake
/ visitor CHARTERED at the Knutsford- Mr.
( Mckee enjoys the further distinction of
being the father of Baby Mckee" who
during President HarriSOn'S admfuiStra-
ton. being the executives first grand
child, won more notice than HObSOn ever
4 dared to win, but these days the baby IS
/ a grOWn-up yOungster and threatens Mr..
/ Mckee says, to climb into grandpapa' )
/ shoes. Mr. Mckee has saved a Few
bushels of clippings which some day
Baby Mckee will be allowed to read
J Travelling with Mr.. Mckee is Chief En-
! gineer. +. O. Blackwell of the General
/ Electric company. The two officials have
/ recently returned from Mexico, where
/ they introduced electric power in some
/ of the rich mining regions.
/ note the growing tendency to substitute
I electricity for steam. In the east there
I Is scarcely new project that will take
! anything but electric power and out west
I I hnd your mining concerns are beginning
! Il consider its advantages and secure
/ prices at least on electric motors The
J country east of here is in a generally
} prosperous condition and all enterprises
! in the way of mining and manufacturing
are facing q splendid outlook"
! Messrs- Mckee and Blackwell will be
/ the guests of L L Num-, general mana
/ ger of the Telluride Power Transmission
/ company. today at Provo, an inspection
I of the Provo canyon plant being the pro
/ gramme- The General Electric company
/ as other Telluride company stations
Walter James, proprietor of Black
+ ROCK, Willard county. ana the store there,
/ is at the Cullen. What news he brings
! from the southern settlement is not the
/ most encouraging.
The drouth in the country means,
| even in the Immediate locality of Black
/ Rock, a loss of $500 or $4,000 to the far
meTs,' said he, the cat crop having
failed miserably. Some of them got back
part OF their losses on lUCeTne seed, which
} grows without water and II was fortu-
! nate that they experimental with the
: seed this year. 1EioT TO this time, they
/ have not tried to grow lucerne, but the
! result has been manifeStfy satisfactory
! THE late storm is great for the sheep
down that way, the country being in fine
/ condition for range stock. but ii Will re-
# quire time for the farmers to recover
/ what the lack OF rain has cost them
H G. Ballard of Thompsons Springs is
at the Walker House for a few days.
There Is a great deal of activity
/ around ThOmpsOnS right now said he,
4 among Sheepnen. Lots of sheep are
c0min- in from the Green river country
4 TO range and there Is plenty OF feed for
/ them.
! Referring TO the murder Of Sheriff Jack
: Tyler, Mr. Ballard said 1t was a source
I OF satisfaction TO the people of his dis
! tTiCt 10 learn that Sheriff Preece- of Tin
/ tab had been reelected, as Preece has
{ proven himself to be a most capab BILE
! officer second only TO Tyler in courage,
+ the stuff required TO handle the bandits of
I that region
! But there is not much difficulty now
! with outlaws continued Mr.. Ballard.
/ The robbers are all transieuts and visit
! us only after being driven out of WyOm-
! ing, Arizona or Montana. The. people do
/ not live in terror as they once did
/ Joe Hatch, the we'll known cattleman
+ who dabbles also in horses came in from
/ Heber last evening and pitched camp at
7 the Cullen.
"A few Of our Heber men were fortunate
! enough To secure the lease of the GRAZ
I ing land of the Jiutah reservation said
J he, and they have good winter and sum-
s mer range Tor their stock. What live
( stock remain are being sent over into
/ StTa Wberry valley, a number of teams
/ having been sent out to break in the
4 ROAD over the mountain SO the sheep can
Z pass IT was a dry season and the
/ horses and cattle dldn II get as fat aS
I they should have been. The people down
! IN tbs valley are now feeding.
! Mr. Hatch says the Rio GTande West
{ eru has made Heber and he believes the
J branch through Provo canyon is q pay
( ing proposition, the road having hauled
I about POO cars of livestock out of there
J this season, bound for Colorado and Mis-
4 souri, river points.
! Gus Hohstadt, known from one coast
to the other as the Society drummer
/ Is At the Kenyon and took in the charity
ball last evening He was probably the
most famous guest on the floor and Ger
Jainly the most interested character from
most any standpoint He carries in the
drSi place a big trunk fun of clothes
Il partial inventory of which would show.
/ Two dress overcOats, one Raggland, two
dress suits, one Tuxedo, two silk tiles,
one opera hat, score of dress shirts,
dozens of collars and cuffs. a few hum
/ dred Ascot and bow ties, footwear of all
descriptions. several fancy vests and all
the dpDUTteuauCes to complete morning.
/ afternoon and evening dress outfits
At the ball last night. Mr. Hofsiadt
wore conventional dress suit and white
vest with solid gold buttons. His suit
! was probably the handSomest ever eXhib-
/ lted IN SAT- Lake. W nile ne Is a great
/ society man. Mr.. H0nstadt never allows
! social obligations TO interfere with bUfsi-
/ ness for the Chicago house he represents
/ The KENYON. B. Fleming. Park CITY.
/ Charles OtJenheimer, San francisco; ".
/ r. Thomas. Bos ton, Mass; Edward Leh-
/ ogden; re Brooks, Ogden, J. H Amerg
/ Philadelphia; J. r. Norris, Chicago; John
/ y. Hunter, New York; R l. Newman,
/ Omaha. j. W. Toussanit. c. H. Hood
/ Chicago; John Hopkins and wife, Brook
/ Iyu, n Y; J. r Hopkins, Brooklyn, y.
y, George Edgringten. COalVile: L. /.
/ Telluride, Colo; G. H. Smith, Boston;
+. y Num- and wife. Telluride, Colo; j.
/ ton, Pa; W. 5, Hail. Mercur; Eliot Mel
/ SON FlSinOr: w. a. Granger, Kansas
J CITY: Z. \. Bower, Huntington, Pa; G.
/ r. Lord, St. Pau; w @. Goodman, Bos-
/ ton.
/ White House-E W John. Clear Lake:
] W. King ". - HeAAA- 0tNAeIr D. II
/ Nislingarm. =. r. Laka: Rock Springs;
NJ Cfillett ToOefe. ". WEIGH. Washing
/ ton: l.. g. Cunnyer. ogden; II. r. Bliven
and wife. Bingham; +. A. Lee, Spring
vile: Mrs. Eranon Bingham, A. Bion-
uuist- Alfred BlOnquist, CoaiVille; A. Lew
/ Provo: ". II. Caldwell, J. W. Park. j.
( Murtha. W s Marks r. 9 Stewart
/ J. Gillespie. TOOele; w. @. Mclaughlin,
/ G.. w. Ha-ley, Park City; r. +. Mat
/ locks Chicago: J. 3. HazeIgrove, Bing-
ham. A. H. Christensen, Manti; J. Weyer
| Silver city r. +. 4. Well Miss II, Long
/ Park Cif4-; T. s. Conovan, William Con-
ovan, T city.
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