The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-03-15
CITY AND NEIGHBoRHooD.


Plans for the erection of a new
church and rectory for the First Pres
byterian society contemplate an expen-
diture of over 100000. The new church
will be one of the finest specimens of
architecture in the west
deal was closed Tuesday whereby
the ownership of the Tribune Job
Printing company passed from Perry
S. Heath and associates to j. H. Low
endale, Theodore Lovendale, L. c.
Snedaker and A. Z. Graham. The
plant is one of the largest and best
equipped in the state.
J. NJ Hamilton brought in some
ashes from his cave in the Dugway
mountains which he had assayed. He
was greatly surprised to find that they
returned four ounces of silver and S1.S0
in gold to the ton.
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I. NJ. Fisher has been appointed
land and water commissioner, to sue
coed s. B. Westerfield. who resigned
after having filled the position for two
years. The appointment was submit
ted to the city council and was con-
firmed by a unanimous vote. Mr.. Fish
er was the first county auditor of Salt
Lake county.
David Garfield. one of the states
pioneers. was taken away by a stroke
Of apOpleXy at his home in Mt. Pleas
ant on Tuesday. Mr. Candland was
born in London. Oct. Is. 1919. and came
to Salt Lake in 1858. He was for
number Of years proprietor of the
Globe hotel. and after that became
~ in hn inc
store. Several years ago he removed to
Sanpete county. He left family of
twenty-nine children, seven having
died.
The Telluride Power company has
erected all the poles for its power line
along highway 20 to Bingham. and will
begin stringing wires in a short time.
The farmers. who made somewhat
strenuous objections to the building of
the line last fall. are now reconciled.
and are looking forward to the use of
electricity on their farms for electric
lights and power.
Il. H. Stevens, manager of the Alta
Vista hotel at Colorado Springs, is at
the Kenyon, making a few days visit
to the City of the Saints. Mr.. Stevens
is a warm advocate Of the European
plan Of running hotels, and believes it
is only q question of time till all the
best hostelries in the United States viii
adopt this method Of locating their
guests.
The body of D. B. Beemer was saved !
from the dissecting room at Omaha
just in the nick of time by Paul Bee |
mer of Salt Lake. his son, who. hear /
ing of the death, Of his father, tele- 4
graphed to Omaha, claiming the re- !
mains. Beemer was once prosperous |
but met reverses and died in poverty.
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General Macarthur. commander of /
the Department of the Colorado, was |
in Salt Lake during the week on a
visit of inspection. The general eX-
pressed himself as much pleased with /
Fort Douglas, especially with its |
healthful location and its excellent wa
ter supply, and if his opinion may be
taken as a criterion Fort Douglas is
destined to become one of the most
important military posts Of America.
r. E. McConaughy of the Sacrament
to Mining company is very i'll at his
home on Seventh East street, and is
threatened with appendicitis.
William s. Mccormick, the Salt Lake
banker. has telegraphed to Senator
Kearns at Washington that he will ac-
cept the position of secretary of the
Interior in President Roosevelt's cab
met. should vacancy occur through I
the resignation of Secretary Hitchcock
Mccormick, who is now at Los An
geles, Cal, was asked before he left
Salt Lake March /. if he would take
the cabinet portfolio were it offered to
him, but would not then make posi-
tive reply.
At that time he telegraphed to
Washington that his answer would be
sent from California, where he was
then bound.
So. on reaching Los Angeles, Mr.. Nc
CoTnick received another request for
an expression of his sentiment toward
acceptance Of the high government
honor.
After further elaboration he has re-
piled that he would accept
All that has been DONE" said Mr..
Mccormick. lis that Senator Kearns
and Willard have asked me whether I
would accept the place, and I answered
that if the president offered it, 1 would
accept"
Grand Spring Millinery Opening.
-AACtiOelS' MATCH II j ueS0ay, 18Th. |
and Wednesday, 18th All latest de- ,
signs in spring millinery Handsome
presented to every visitor All
ladies cordially invited. Wonder. Mil
linery Company, 20 West First South.
Mccormick block
Already the spring millinery is on the
tongue Of Salt Lake femininity. al
though this Thursday afternoon looks
more like furs and jackets than Easter