The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-14
SALT LAKE
CITY AND NEIGHBoRHooD.

An earthquake every day, sometime
three or four. is the story which come
from George T. Henry, the voluntar!
observer for Sewer county. The Bull
lion and Cottonwood canyons hav'
been rendered almost impossible b!
the huge rocks that have fallen from
the cliffs, and the waters in the creeks
have increased in volume nearly so pc
cent.
DR.. Z. s. Wright entered upon hi:
new duties as associate with DR.. keogf
at the Keogh- McKenna hospital or
Second North, taking the place made
vacant by the lamentable death of DR.
p. j. McKenna. Another wing to the
hospital will be added, doubling its
present capacity.
The enty-second battery received
its cannon. and now both the Twelfth
and the Twenty second batteries OF
light artillery at Fort Douglas are
equipped with six guns each and car
riage and caison appurtenances. These
cannon are Of the regulation type,
Hotchkiss guns of 3.2-inch calibre. The
horses are also here. This looks as
though both batteries will remain per-
manently at Fort Douglas, which to-
tails force of 326 men.
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Several of the leaders of the Saliva
ton Army viii be visitors to this city
next week. Commander Booth Tucker,
Chief Secretary Edward Higgins, a
number of the Army's best soloists and
national staff band, will arrive here in
a special car from the east on Wednes-
day. Dec. Is, and in the evening of that
day will appear in the Salt Lake the
atre.
There is more snow down in San
pete than there has been in several
years" declared Ike Coleman, the vet
eran train boy, after coming in from
his run last night. las a result, the
populace is jubilant. Sheep have been
dying and things We're beginning to
look desperate in part of the country.
Now there is four or five inches of
snow on the desert. After the lack of
snow for several seasons and the
drouth of last summer, it is more than
welcome"
Company H. n. c. L, is to be
launched as one of the best dressed.
finest appearing and aristocratic mill
tary organization in the west. 1t is to
receive the special patronage of Sena-
tor kearns and will therefore take On
the name of the "kearns Rifles" This
company is organized Independently of
the officers of the company as an
amusement society. The officers are:
w. Wolf. president; H. H. Walker,
treasurer; George Goddard, secretary;
Scott Woodward. financial secretary,
and w. O.. Williams, r. T. Cloverdale,
Q. X. McGraw. w. Wolf and I. w.
Harris form the board Of control.
rte ha
bank.
The Silver King reported among its
shareholders Tuesday with the usual
dividend in the sum of 100000 and if
impressions are not altogether mislead-
ing. viii follow it up on Christmas eve
with an extra in some amount. if it
does not attain the proportions of
regular The distribution of yesterdays
dividend increases the total that has
been paid in 1901 to S1,175,00O, so that
should an extra not come, the disap-
pointment will not be a serious one.
In the meantime a local shareholder
of the Highland Boy are looking for
ward to the distribution by that COM
PAW from which they win receive S1.22
a share. or $966.00O this the balance of
the full sum of 1915. 0O0-the difference
going into British treasury as a tax on
the dividend. 1t is said that the net
earnings of the Highland Boy for the
wear Will show total of over $1.250000.
or better than 81 Il share, although or
this sum S125O0O was applied to the
purchase of the Yampa group.
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No whisky or intoxicating drinks of
any character will be sold at Saltair
next season. This was determined upon |
at Tuesdays monthly !
meeting in the church offices of the di- /
rectorv of the Salt Lake & Los An |
geles road The above new rule does /
not prevent people from bringing beer |
or other alcoholic Stimulants to the I
beach in their lunch baskets. but there /
will be nothing in the line of intoXicat-
ing drinks to be purchased on the 1
premises.
The board also decided to repaint the |
pavilion in the spring, and the serious |
question of water deep enough for
bathing was considered. 1t was decided |
10 have an engineer examine the prem
ises and make a report with view to
building a platform out from the west
Of the pavilion far enough to reach the
required depth of water in case the
level of the lake should not rise to the
necessary height by. another season.
The extensive improvements in the
Z. G. NJ. ]. are nearing completion and
the retail DEPARTMENT of the great in
is i'm better shape to do bust
ness than ever before. Nearly $4,000
has been expended in these desirable
changes. and especially noticeable is,
the metallic ceiling which does away
with plastering and is sure preventive
against fire. The design of this new
ceiling is highly ornamental.