The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-03-08
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: SALT LAKE
CITY AND NEIGHBoRHooD.

CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
While David Keith does not give ou
anything officially as to the dimensions
of the new building to go up on the
site of the old Walker house, it is un-
derstood among his friends as settled
that he will erect a three-story bust
ness structure there instead of the nine
or ten-story block that he had first in
mind.
The effort of the five canal COM
panies to secure governmental aid IN
perfecting their plans of increasing the
storage capacity of Utah lake met with
an unexpected setback when the com
mittee appointed to devise a plan Of
action suddenly resigned. The cause
of their resignation was the inability
OF the canal companies to agree on any
proposition submitted by the commit
tee.
Senator Kearns' bill providing for re-
building of Fort Douglas has been re-
ferred to Secretary Root by senate
committee for recommendation. Sen
ator Kearns is confident this will be
favorable.
Will Ray. a young man of wide ac-
quaintance in this city, has been hon
ored by the faculty of the university
by being chosen valedictorian of the
college class of 1902 The many friends
of Mr.. Ray win be gratified to learn
of this distinction He has been a
student of the university for several
years and is one of the most popular
students of that institution.
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Congressman Sutherland has been
assured by the treasury department
that the site of the new federal build
ing viii not be changed, and that ad-
vertisements for bids will be published
not later than March 10, with actual
work to begin not later than June /.
George Henry Taggart, the artist.
who during the past two years has
painted portraits of many of Salt
Lakes leading citizens, has just COM
pleted a life-size painting of Mayor
Thompson which is said to be one of
the best of the many good things Mr..
Taggart has done here.
The most important work accom-
plished by the irrigation convention
was the organization of a permanent
irrigation association of the state A
memorial was passed asking congress
TO cede to the state all the remaining
arid lands within Utah for the purpose
of extending and perfecting irrigation
systems. Resolutions were adopted an
proving the Newlands irrigation bill as
amended by Congressman Sutherland
of Utah. asking congress to cede to
Utah that portion of Arizona lying be-
tween the Colorado river and the Utah
border.
From Director L. H. Murdoch's data
extending over the past twenty-seven
years. it is found that the warmest
March was in 1879 with an average of
80 degrees, the coolest March was in
1891 with an average of 3 degrees.
the mean temperature for the twenty
seven years was Al degrees.
The work of putting in the interior
decoration and wood furnishings of the
Kearns mansion has been finished. and
the workmen returned to their homes
in St Louis. The furniture and car
pet fittings viii be furnished mostly
by the same St Louis firm that has
done Fhe decorating during the sum
mer.
Rev. Frederick F. Johnson. the new
ly chosen rector Of St PauI's EPISCOPAL
church. arrived from California to take
the place Of Rev. Milledge Walker.
whose poor health necessitated his re-
moval 10 southern California. Mr..
Johnson is a native of Connecticut and
a relative of Bishop futile.
A call for a convention of the cattle
men of the state win be issued by John
n. White, president of the Utah Live
stock association, to he held in this CITY
April 4. The purpose of the call is to
organize strong association of cat
tlemen. similar to the organizations
now existing in Montana. Colorado
Wyoming and Texas.
falt Lake is promised a two weeks
visit from William Allen White. who |
Is growing TO be one of the most non. |
ular Of American writer's. Owing 10 |
his extensive literary labors his health |
has broken and he has been ordered |
10 the coast for long vacation bv his |
physician He is now at Colora do |
springs with his wife. II the weather
remains fair he VIII drop in Salt Lake |
and he and his wife will be guests Co.. !
Two weeks at the home of Mr.. and Mr.,
Glen Miller. The two men were in. col
leSe together in Kansas and are SIN
lose friends Since the appearance OF
- ioM ldHlVuS article. What's the
Matter With Kansas" in the camnaian
OF 1896 Mr.. White has become exceed
ingly popular in literary wav.
.
William Donovan from Park CITY 20
Gently paid a visit to the Intermo,,D-
tam Catholic. Mr.. Donovan is one of
Park City's brainy young men and
representative type of the Irish-Ameri-
can in the west
With the opening up of spring indi-
cations are that there will be a big av-
odus Of families from Sanpete county
to Alberta. Canada. and La Grande
Ore. Railroad men who have returned
from that section Of Utah report that
within the next six weeks it is estipa-
ted that there viii be at least fifty fam
lies depart for the great northwest
This VIII mean considerable business
for the railroads as the major norton
Of the families are figuring on taking
their farm implements. furniture and
stock along with them. This tonnage
Is to be shipped at Sterling Manti and
Ephriam over the Sanpete Valley &
Oregon Short Line. The reason attr.ib-
uted Tor the movement which has been
going on for the past two or three years