The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-22
EVENTS
IN P0CATELL0
Short Line Employees Are to Gel
More Wages.
PRESIDENTS COMING VISIT
SOME OF THE CANDIDATES FOR
OFFICE.
lsneclal 10 Tho HeraldD


Pocatello Ida, March 2L-Superin-
tendent Calvin of the Oregon short
Line has been in the city and leaves
with the pleasant knowledge that the
men under his management are con-
tented and happy. The men asked the
company 20 give them a raise or
wages amounting 70 20 per cent, ana
the result of Mr.. Calyin's visit Is
compromise by which the passenger
conductors and brakemen win receive
an increase Of wages of y per cent
and the freight men Is per cent. The
railroad is always willing 10 meet the
demands of their men as far as pos
slble and the men, appreciating the
fact, are ready 10 go half way TO meet
them.
Judge d. w. Standrod received "a
telegram from William Loeb, jr.. sec
rotary of the president. stating that the
presidential party would remain IN
POcatelIO for fifty minutes on the 2Sth
of May. AS "A consequence of this mes
sage a meeting was called and was
! responded to by the following gentle
men. Mayor o. Is. Steely. Colonel g..
A. Hanniford II. b. KinpOrt, Judge
/ ID. W Standrod. D. W. Church, J. f..
3 Kane Y. &. ROeder, w. +. Clare
; George North, y. G.. Manson, +. J.
l A. j. Pierce and George II. Olmstead
/ j. f. Kane was made chairman. After
discussing the news, Judge Standrod
/ was instructed to telegraph the secre-
/ tary that the citizens of PocatellO
| would be pleased to entertain the pres
/ ident and party, and that according TO
/ the request that a drive take the place
/ of a reception, that the president would
. be shown the city. IL was further sug-
gested that the day be made holi-
day; that the Indians Of the reserva-
ton be invited TO come to Pocatello
| mounted TO receive the president. that
the school children participate in
| body and that everything be given up
to the pleasing event of honoring the
chief magistrate of the nation.
Fair Association.
A meeting of some Of the prominent
citizens of the place was held the other
evening with a view to forming a fair
and race association. George North
was chosen chairman and c. B. John
son secretary. A committee consisting
OF three members-Messrs Thomas r
Terrell. Ed Mooney and Richard
Douglass-was appointed to confer
with the city council and ask that
body if the association could lease q
part Of the 200 acres that the city
purchased for a park at the time the
reservation was sold. to be used as 3
fair and racing ground. and for whai
price and how long the association
could procure a lease Of the same
Upon this answer will rest the birth
e. or death of the fair. If the city vii
give a lease sufficiently long at Z
/; reasonable figure. then there viii bt
no trouble in getting all the none!
, needed to make the association "a sue
; cess. There is no reason why this cit.
b should not have something Of this kim
, and il is the wish Of the great ma
b jority Of the citizens that the council
2 should be liberal IN the. matter.
e The Advance of this city makes al
e excellent suggestion. that as long a
Mrs. Burch has withdrawn from IN
Socialist ticket from patriotism {
the Democratic party, that part
should unanimously nominate her 70
I the office of city treasurer and be
Heves that her election would be al
, / most unanimous.
For Police Judge.
70 John Ellis, ex-chief of police, eS
f. sheriff and policeman Of the Orego
- Short Line. has announced himself a
Z a candidate for the Office Of polio