Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-31
HEWLETT
BROS. CO.,
Sole Agents,
LATE LOCALS.

lAIt lUUAlS,
The front Of the Salt Lake theater IS
being repainted.
The Twenty-sec0nd ward viii give an
excursion TO Saltair tomorrow.
The Missouri editors return east this
evening delighted with their expert
| ence here.
Mrs. Libble r. Pratt entertains on
Saturday evening in honor Of Miss Ag-
| nes Rose Lane.
Elegant fixtures have been received
at the Knutsford for the new bar being
| built on the State street front.
a suburban fruitgrOwer brought In a
dozen crates OF peaches this morning
| which he was anxious TO realize on, and
| the entire lot went off In a few moments
at IS cents per crate.
The Twenty sixth ecclesiastical ward
Of this city and the Fifth ward OF
Provo filed articles Of incorporation in
the secretary Of states office yester-
gay afternoon.
The Utah Light & Power company is
making active preparations for the re-
moyal or its entire city plant to the
site OF the old gas works a move that
has been in contemplation for some
time.
Considerable quantities Of broken
clam and oyster shells are shipped into
this city for the use Of chickens that
are shut up and cannot walk abroad
to lclaich gravel for themselves. The
shells sell for a nickel pound
The new state prison committee Of
4. L. -
ut the South Eleventh East street ies-
idence Of Miss Pearl Drehmer for or
ganlzation and 10 lay out a plan Of
work.
Steel contracts for the new federal
building are pending In Minneapolis,
while the manufacturers are endeayor-
Ing to secure from the government the
adoption OF conditions favorable to
pushing the contracts through to COM
pleton without delay
The street railway company "a
stretching three miles OF new and very
heavy feed wire through the business
sections of the city. to replace the old
feed wire which Is becoming too small
to meet the requirements OF the in
oreaslng traffic,
city Auditor Reiser is paying the
salaries of the city officials, council
men, fremen and policemen today. The
amount OF the payroll for city officials
Is S,2sil6, councilmen, S525. fremen
R,s26l3 and policemen 81, SCI So, making
q total Of S9,5g7l4
The Big Four company Of this city !
Is completing $500 battleship float 20 |
feet long for the Seattle Elks, 20 ap- |
pear with In the great convention pa |
rade. The company Is also building |
several l5X30 #. transparencles for the |
Denver Elks TO carry.
A prominent hotel man remarked this |
morning anent dining room girls get /
ting married, that since the Midland |
hotel has been running in Kansas City. |
is lady cashiers OF the hotel have found |
life partners there, most Of the latter
being guests Of the hotel.
James A. Fowlks was tried before |
Justice Mcmillan al Murray this morn.
ing on the charge Of fornication and |
bound ever 20 the district court The |
crime was committed on April If, 1902. |
The prosecution was conducted by Dep
utp County Atty. Ritter.
The main cableman man hole IN front
Of the Telephone building on State
street, Is being enlarged 10 doubls
It's size to accommodate the Increasing
business Of the company. The officers
ct the company say II Is mistake 10 |
refer TO Ii as receiving vault.
Leo Campbell, who has been laid up
for the last few days with blood poison
IN his foot, is now able TO be around
again. The poisoning was caused by
cClored hosiery and the condition Of
the foot was so serious at one time
that an amputation looked necessary, !
but that danger has passed.
Work has begun on the band stand
for the Elks' band contest IN Liberty
park, The contest committee regret |
very much the hStic carnival proposed
by Mcssrs, Hynds and Mulvey, which
has driven them from the Salt Palace
arena, but will do all they can to ac-
oommodate the public at the park
The police patrol wagon presented a
pleasing appearance this morning as
II was driven proudly through the
streets by Driver Cannon. The vehicle |
has been improved by the addition OF
a set OF new wheels with thick rubber
tires. The wagon can now be driven
without notifying thieves OF It's ap-
proach, and then II will be easy riding
for the poor unfortunate Weary Wiz |
lies.
Judge G. W. Morse returned this
morning from Kansas, where he has
been visiting for the past three weeks.
lie reports politics as warming 10 con-
siderably In that state owing 10 the
election OF members Of the legislature
who win In turn elect a United States
senator. The weather. he says. has
been unusually cool there and rain very |
plentiful, making agricultural prospects
very bright
State Engineer Doremus had quite a
talk with Chief photographer Newell
while the latter was here, and Mr.. |
Newell expressed himself as DESTROYS |
OF seeing the proposed canal built from |
above Grand Junction across the coun- |
try west 10 Green River station on the |
y. & r. C. But the uncertain fpa-
ture Of the scheme will be the amount |
n fuming necessary across the arrovos
and guches which are pretty thick. and
The danger OF injury from cloudbursts
which are supernumerous in that sec
ton parts Of the year. Mr Doremus
does not believe the matter win receive
serious attention from the government
for some time.
IhcIe was lively runaway this | ,
noon on Second South street Mrs
Robinson, wife Of the livery man. was
runaway with by her horse from in
'front.' OF the Dooly block, by the an
imals becoming frightened But Mrs
Robinson held the frantic horse firm /
iy and guided him safely through a
maze Of vehicles, and finally stopped
him on Main street without any dam
qua lafng dana