The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-30
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NATIONAL. GUARD ELECTION
Company y Of tine National Guard Of
tan held an election at Bountitul iasl
first serseaut. ira StokeT, who was a
private in the ranks, was elected by q
large majority.
HIGH PRIESTS EXCCRSION.-The
hiEn priests Of the salt Lake stake and
their families viii Join with the old folks
or Tuesday next in their outing at Sait-
bishops of the various wards TO work Up
a special interest i'm the outing.
BIG GAIN ~ FEEs.-The fee earn
81 June were Sz.52o-D9. 'ti lheIeas st o.
last year. The increase is due TO larger
collections Tor licenses ana deposits LoI
advence probate costs pa estate Of wealthy
decedents.
RESERVOIR CLEANED CUT.-F'6r
only the third time s-nce the city.s big
reservoir a. the head o. First SOutl
street was completed, ten mouths ago, it
was cleaned out yesterday and relllied.
The reservoir IS row being. supplied ia q
without complaint as TO It's quality from
staguatiOn, as was formerly the case
COUNTY HEALTH REPORT.-The re-
port Of contagious and infectious diseases
1Ur TIE month of June. according TO data
I'm the hands of County Physician Mayo.
shows lhat in the county outside OF the
~ftv two cases of diphtheria and one case
each Of Scarlet fever and smallpox were
reported for quarantine However, All OF
those cases have been released from
quarantine
CITY HEALTH REPOBT.-With the
seven cases of smallpox reported TO the
lealth department during the week there
sre now sixteen cases OF the disease stun
Under quarantine. one case OF scarlet te-
yer was reported making eight cases of
the disease on the list. one case OF ty-
pnoid fever and three cases OF measles
developed. The births reported Tor the
week numbered tWeuty-three and the
deaths sixteen, exclusive Of three bodies
brought from outside the city Tor inter
lnent
BIDS FOR STATE PRINTING-.At a
meeting CT che state board OF examiners
after the approval Of a number Of current
expense claims bios were opened Tor
marks and brands OF livestock khe pro
posals we're at the rate per page for print
ing ami per copy for Binding, and were as
1oloWE- Kelly q CO.. $lf0 and 50 cents
1Dsssret News Co, $2-T5 and 45 cents; star
Printing Co, 81 per copy: skelton 9
Co. $3.3S per copy, including binding. The
awards viii be made Monday
STATE SALARIES PAID.-State Audit
or Tingey yesterday paid the state and
judicial officers their salaries Tor the
quarter ending today and the clerks Of the
state officers for the month OF June The
total OF tho warrants issued Is S209o4. "A.
OF the state officers, onl- State Treas
slrer Dixon receipted for wal rant. and
ave did so without prot Whether any
or the officials who he Deen looking 1CI
q raise in salary VIII nnounce their ir-
Lention of having the question passed Up
or by the courts VIII probably be deter
mined before many days
board or PUBLIC WORKS.--A spe-
Cisl meeting of the board of public works
was held yesterday to approve the city
engineers specifications for the twenty
1Our-ipCh wa Ter main that Is 20 be laid
from the brick tank in City creek can
yon TO the lead of Main and West Tenn
pie streets Copies Of the approved speci-
ftcatiOns were ordered sent to intending
bidders iu San Francisco and eastern
cities. The new water main will cost
nearly $50 600 and wipe out the balance IN
the water bond fund of $4,000 that was
voted year agos by. the taxpayers for
Improving the ctty's water distributing
system, and acquiring additional water
rights.