The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03

Large 4mportazions of creamery but
ter from the east and an increased
local supply caused the wholesale price
of that commodity to ease off cents
per pound Monday, which resulted
in a reduction of the retail price from
35 to 80 cents per pound.
The Utah Light & Power company,
at a meeting of its directors, has de-
clded to expelld $15O,000 for improve
lnent ansE development purposes on its
gas properties With this amount the
company can re,habilitate and modern
ize its plant, besides extending the
service One of. the improvements con-
template1 is a $4,000 gas holder. The
company will also establish auxiliary
reserves of steam and water.
A. Blackfoot man who is in town
Gays that the projected Blackfoot sugar
Factory will he an exact duplicate of
the new Bear river plant which the
Utah Sugar company is building. So
rem Hansen of Hyrum, the promoter
and at present the heaviest stockholder
in the company, is now in the east
purchasing machinery for the factory,
with the purpose of having the plant
I'm operation in time to manufacture
the beet crop of 1903. Already 5000
acres of beets have been contracted
for.
Mrs. Winifred S. Walker has petit
TONED Judge Hall to appoint her
guardian of her son, Albert Winifred
Walker, aged months, son of Albert
Z. walker, deceased, and grandson of
John R. Walker, one of the original
brothers of the dry goods firm of
Walker Bros. Albert Z. Walker died
shortly after his sons birth, of appen-
dicitis, leaving an estate valued at
about $3.50.
Desk. Sergeant Smith of the local po-
lice department is preparing the an
rual report of the department which
will be presented to Mayor Thompson
and the city council. According to the
report, There are thirty-one police Of
Hoers. including the chief, captain, Jail
er. matroils and desk sergeants. During
the year there have been $500 arrests.
but the number Of convictions will not
be included in the report. The eX-
penses for the year win be practically
the same as during the last few
years.
The plans for the proposed new
weather observatory at Modena were
received Tuesday by Local Director
Murdoch. The building as now planned
will be a two-story frame, with living
apartments for the director and fam
lily and apartments upstairs for the
weather instruments. The structure
will cost about $1,000. The plans and
specifications are now on exhibition at
the local weather office and bids on
the work will be accepted until Jan.
"a next instead of Jan. 10, as first
announced.
At meeting of the nominating COM
mittee Of the Commercial club the fol-
lowing names were chosen for presen-
tation to the club for election as di-
rectors: Colonel Z. F. Holmes Simon
Bamberger. J. J. Judson, S. H. Love
and w. p. O'Meara. Before making
the nominations the committee decided, !
after some discussion, to consider no
names of present incumbents for re-
election, the unanimous opinion being
In favor of rotation in office with a
view to distribution of administrative
work among the members as widely
as possible. The names given viii be |
reported to the directors as the unani- |
nous choice of the committee and !
posted as the regular ticket. 1t is quite |
possible an independent ticket will be |
placed in nomination, in which event |
the election viii probably be a spirited |
affair.
In selecting your floral decorations
for the church and home telephone to /
Huddart Floral company, PA East Sec |
ond South. They have the best selec-
ton of the choicest decorations and |
can suit any taste. The firm is reli- |
able and depends on its goods for
patronage. The Intermountain Cath |
Ollie asks its readers to call up phone |
81 when ordering flowers.