The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-06-14
CITY AND NEIGHBoRHooD.

cry AND NEIGRBoRHooD.
The Utah Press association excursion
Isis left last Monday over the Short
Line for Portland, the first stop of their
forr The train bearing the party
pulled out at 1880 p. m. Quite number
of their friends were at the depot to
wish them pleasant journey.
DR.. Samuel H. Allen, ONE of the dele
gates appointed by Governor wells 10
the American congress of tuberculosis,
recently held in New York, has trans
mitted to the governor the copy of an
address delivered by him before the
congress. DR.. Aliens address was in
relation to the prevention of tubercu-
losis. and is a logical and interesting
treatise of the subject. DR.. Allen be-
lieves that promiscuous eXpectoratioH
does more TO spread the disease than
anything else.
Residents of the city who have their
mail addressed to the general delivery
window and who fail to leave their ad-
dress at the postoffice, greatly inter-
fere with the work of the postal au
thorities.
The general delivery is for the ac-
commodation Of visitors and transients,
and in a well directed notice posted at
the general delivery window, Postmas-
ter Thomas calls attention to this fact,
requesting residents to leave their ad-
dresses at the office, in which event
all mail viii be delivered at their
homes.
If the postmaster's request is COM
piled with, it will facilitate the service
greatly. letters reaching their destina-
ton much more quickly than at pres
ent.
One Of the big days of the year at
Lagoon will be on June 9th, when
the CoIedonians of Salt Lake and Og-
den will unite in a field day of sports
and a general old time reunion. For
a time the Scotchmen of Ogden were
determined to go this year to Ogden
canyon for their outing, but after con-
siderable correspondence with the COM
mittee here, they decided to unite with
the Salt Lakers at Lagoon. The affair
viii be under the auspices of the La
dies auxiliary of the Caledonian society
of this city, with Mrs. Mary McCardell
as the chief. She has already appointed
a number of subcommittee, and the
arrangements are now being pushed.
o.
A letter received last Monday from
Captain F. F. Stoll, who will be re-
membered as one of the originators of
the proposition to hold the big reunion
of ElIs in Salt Lake next August, and
the director general of the Elks' carni-
val last September, announces that his
plans for pulling off a grand midwinter
exposition under the auspices of the
Merchants association of New York
City at Madison Square Garden next
spring, are developing most encourag-
ingly. Captain Stoll will return to
Springfield. O.. after the close of the
Elks' summer carnival in Des Moines
the the last week in June. and see the
successful opening of the Springfield
carnival
OF the latter affair he is director gen
eral. The captain will open an office
soon in New York, and If he can spare
the time, he will come to Salt Lake in
August with the New York Elks. He
sends greetings to all his old friends
and wishes and predicts the success OF
the big event here two months hence
o
A poject for new electric line III
this city is now being perfected ond il
all goes well the city council and coun-
ty commissioners will simultaneously
be asked for the necessary franchises
The greatest secrecy is being main
tanned. but a New York man by the
name of J.. c. Henderson, said to rep
resent a; trust company Of that city
has been here for fortnight and lef'
for his home Co Thursday night aftel
going fully into the situation. He wa:
well pleased with the outlook and from
what can be learned of his plans hi:
project would mean much to this city
and county.
Naturally an entrance to the business
center is what is most desired but thi:
is indefinite yet as all the streets arr
occupied by the tracks of the loca
company. The visitor, however, drov'
down Second West street and ais
down Second and Third East streets
to look over those streets with a view
to locating a line.
In addition to building such a lin
the company expects to build one dow
Eleventh East from Brigham to Suga
House and down Twelfth South to
connection with its other line, thenc
the line viii be run to Murray and tn
smelters. The idea is also to eventu
ally connect the two lines by an cas-
and west line along one of the street.
between Brigham and Fourth South
but as the city road occupies every on
of these streets it cannot be seen how
the new company can accomplish it
object unless a second franchise j
given on one of the streets.
1t is stated. however, that the Elev
enth East street line VIII be the frs
one started, provided of course tina
the franchises are secured
Who is behind the project is mys
terry but that there is something il
the wind which viii benefit the cit,
seems assured.
70 over a month past Mrs Barlow
Ferguson, wife of the well known at
torney, has tasted. During that perio
absolutely nc nourishment of stimu
lants have been taken by her. She ha
swallowed nothing but copiou
draughts of water and notwithstand
ing that fact is still able to be abou
and attend TO light household duties
Her abstinence from food is designe
as a cure for conyulsions, from whic
she has been a sufferer for six year
past During that time the hes
specialists in the country have bee
consulted with results of no great bene
fit. The fasting was tried as last re
sort, and the patient says she is be
ginning TO feel much better and hope
to be permanently cured.
Strangely enough Mrs. Ferguson say
she feels no hunger or craving of an
sort for food or stimulants. She say
she will continue to fast until hungI-
and until her tongue assumes a norma
color, which viii be a strong evidenc
that the malady has deserted hel
That may be according to the prece