The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-01
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Members of the free public library
board have received the assurance that
construction on the John @. Packard
library building will be initiated early
in the spring. They were also advised
that the structure viii be in every way
fitted for its great purpose and will be
an architectural ornament of which the
city will be proud.
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Senator w. A. Clark has purchased
the famous Las Vegas ranch, an oasis
in the Nevada desert, from Mrs. Stew
art widow of the former owner, for a
consideration of $4,000.
This ranch, which is in the middle of
the desert, comprises 1900 acres of
arabic land and is supplied with 500
inches Of irrigation water. The ranch
will be especially valuable to Senator
Clark as a resting place for travellers
on the new railroad which he will
build. The ranch is midway between
Salt Lake and Los Angeles.
Roundhouses, car shops, repair shops
and other institutions necessary for the
maintenance of a railroad will be estab-
lished there, and it is believed that a
town Of considerable size may grow
there as the result of the establishment
of these shops.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Kimball, wife of the
late Heber c. Kimball, who was one of
Brigham Young's counselors at the
time the Mormons settled these valleys,
died at her home, 40 South Fourth East
street, Tuesday night of old age and
general debility. The death of Mrs.
Kimball marks the passing of one of
the oldest pioneers who have seen more
than half a century of growth and de-
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filled with incidents and happenings
such as but few have had and yet live
to recall was hers.
The new Keith-O'Brien Dry Goods
company will be one of the largest con-
Germs of the kind in the west That it
intends to do a tremendous business is
shown by the fact that it has entered
into a contract to pay a rental of $4,000
a year, or $1,666.66 per month, for the
basement and first floor Of the three
story building now being erected on
the old Walker House site. with its
frontage of 1873 feet. Enormous as this
may seem, the fact remains that still
larger sum, or $4,000 a year-S2,000 a
month-was offered by another firm in
the same line of business for this same
stand. This illustrates more than any
thing else that has recently come to
light, the value of East Temple street
property of this class and the volume
of business that it is expected will be
transacted Mr.. Graham, who has been
with Walker Bros. for many years, is
manager of the new company, and,
with several assistants, will spend con-
siderable time in buying goods with
which to stock the big store.
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The family of Apostle Brigham
Young and his near associates in the
church are very much concerned over
the outcome of his present illness, be
Ieving, as they do, that it is barely
possible for him TO recover.
: Apostle Young is in line for the presi-
dence Of the church. He, with many
others, thought that at the death of
President Lorenzo Snow, he would
succeed to the presidency, but the Of
fcials decided that Joseph F. Smith
was the senior apostle, and therefore
was entitled to the office.
Wheat flour, bran and shorots took
another jump upward Wednesday and
prices are now higher in Utah than at
any time since the sesational career of
Joe Letter on the Chicago stock board,
four years ago at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war. 1t means that
the staff Of life will be fortunes to
many of the farmers of the state. But
1t viii also mean matter of serious
consequence to the thousands of heads
of families who are labOrers in the
cities who do not till the soil, and who
must fill their bins at advanced figures
for the winters consumption.
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