The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-10-26

: SALT LAKE
CITY AND NEIGHBoRHooD.

At a meeting Of the board of direc
tors of Il. G. NJ, /. last week, JOSEPH
F. Smith was chosen to succeed 10.
reno Snow as president of the institu-
uon. George Romney was elected vice
president and Colonel T. G. Weber
was made director.
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Great Salt lake has shrunk to the low
est reading recorded last winter which
was on Feb. IL. one foot below the zero
mark on the Garfield gauge. A year
ago yesterday the reading was six
inches below the zero mark. and the
level two weeks ago, when the last
previous reading was taken. was ten
inches below the mark. Section Di-
rector Murdoch of the weather bureau
does not think the lake was ever any
lower than at present
A number of prominent physicians of
salt Lake are working on a plan to es-
tablish in Utah medical school. The
idea is to have the school made a de-
partment of the State university. if
possible, and TO secure an appropria-
ton TO assist in maintaining it. 1t is
expected that the matter will have the
full Endorsement of all the local medi-
cal men, and that a strong effort will
be made 10 secure favorable action by
the next legislature.
Gilbert D. Amos is dying of kidney
disease a the county poor house At
one time he was worth a quarter of a
million dollars, and that was only ten
years ago, when Salt Lake was ex-
periencing its biggest boom.
Patrick McManus, an old miner and
we'll known character about Eureka.
died at the Holy Cross hospital in this
city Tuesday.
McManus has been working about the
mines of Eureka for years and was a
familiar character about the town and
well known by many of the miners.
who viii be panied to learn of his
death. The deceased was about Sc yaars
old, and so far as known has no rela-
tlveS in this part of the country
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Reports from Calientes say that this
present terminus of the Oregon Short
Lines extension is lively place Thron
Thronson mining man who came up
from there yesterday, brought the news
that man had been killed in Calientes
three or four days ago.
l dont know the mans name' said
Mr.. Thronson. but l think he was a
sub-contractor for the Short Line He
was in one of the saloons that abound
in the place, and a dispute arose. He
was beaten and kicked to death. and
when it was all over nobody knew any
thing about it.
'Calientes is a city Of tents. It is
doing great deal of business, as it is
now the distributing point for Phoebe,
DE Lamar and quite stretch of coun-
try Every man seems to be his own
law and his own protection
Mr.. ThronsOn says that both the San
Pedro and the Short Line are grading
between Calientes and Phoebe. the
Short Line fixing up ale old grade, and
the San Pedro working on a new sur
vey.
The S. P. Teasdel company stock of /
clothing, store fixtures, good will and
business at lS2 South Main street has |
just been sold to William T. Rowe of |!
this city and E. w. Kelley of Fillmore. 1
and the business will be continued at the ,
same place by these young men. The |
exact price paid for the business would !
not be stated, but it is known that the }
stock of goods transferred inVoiced $4,000 (
The Teasdel family has conducted a
cloihlng business at this place for over
thirty years and the store was "A land /
mark TO many of the old-timers. The firm
mas always done good business.
The purchasers are well known and
popular, besides being young and full of
energy. Mr.. Rowe has been for seven
teen years connected with the Siegel
.
ley Is in business at Fillmore, but will
close out there and remove his family to
salt Lake and make this his home in
about month. He is a member of the
legislature and has many friends in this /
city
1t is the understanding that the young
men Will thoroughly overhaul the store /
room, put in modern front and make
II one 81 the attractive business places
OF the street.
Heinrich Waentig, Ph.D.. professor of
political economy in the university of
Greifswald, Germany. and an official rep
reSCntatiVe OF the German government
sent to the United States to investigate
and report upon economic subjects. is
guest OF the knutSford. The distinguished
visitor will remain in Salt Lake city sew
eral days, acquiring Information concern
ing local development along the line of ,
Yesterday he devoted some
hours TO unofficial observation of the
Mormon institutions. Today he exnpcts
TO visit Bishop Whitney with a request
for information concerning the Commun.
istic and commercial experiences of the !
church.
4 have "a work ahead of me that will {
last evening. AT present / am trying
TO familiarize myself with America in a z
general way as a foundation for my fu-
ture efforts
AT home we are particularly interested
in the wonderful development OF the iron !
and steel industries in tho hands of the
your methods Of handling unionism and
the labor problems that arise from time .
to time. No country in the world offers l
such A field for the scientist in economy
With all your different classes of people
your widely separated communities and i
diversified interests there is a certain r
American spirit.
!. Il am interested in gaining assistance
: ON the Morinons, as they have in an
asganized way INDUCED in economics on G
lliarge scale in several fields of endeavor
me home familiarized myself with the
Pollution in a general way as contrib
"A ng one Of the most interesting features (
-. the makeup of the cosmopolitan Amer
an population.
I America is wonderful country. ] am +
sn pleased with my reception that hate
IN say one harsh thing. but ! must The
only possible development that has been
neglected is art / fear il always will be- I
as the American people do not feel their
deficiency in that direction From de-
signing homes 10 the selection Of per- II
sOnal attire the idea seems to be to pro-
vide something for the average man
Then everyone adheres to that style and
here is no individual struggle for the T
artistic. Until that comes there can be "
no great movement of an artistic ma
.ure."
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