The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-01
LOCAL BRIEFS.

BANK CLEARlNGS.-NeS tcrday's bank
clearin2s were Si5s. 526 For the same day
"a year ago they were SsJ2,5ly. For the
month they were SL.u36J5. For the same
period a year ago they were l4 li0.ylL
WANTED IN COLORADO Thomas
Champney, an alleged forger who IS
wanted in LOVeland. Colo. was arrested
here last night by Sheriff Frank Emery
A Colorado officer viii come Tor Champ
ney today
ORGAN RECITAL TODAY.-Professo
Mcclellan viii give an organ recital this
morning at 1890 IN honor Of Mrs. Charles
vs.. Rhodes. All the club members M
the city are specially invited and the
general public will be welcomed.
TWO CASES OF sMALLPOX.-The
. following cases OF smallpox were yester-
day reported 20 the board of health. W.
A. Hager, aged .. 81 South Second
East street, who was sent out 10 the lso-
latiOn hospital, and David Hitesman
aged g. ga West Ninth North street.
STEEL SHELVING The books const-
uuug the supreme court library are belnS
placed iu steel shelvings which were or
dered some weeks ago. BY substituting
the steel for the wooden ones % Is es-
timated that on the same floor space
sufficient room is gained 70 accommodate
more than 5000 volumes.
WON'T BE PAID TODAY.-The dis
inclination of the county commissioners
pass upon the payrolls OF the county
employees means that they viii not re-
CeiVc their salaries today. IL Is said the
board Will not meet until Thursday IN
that event salaries viii be withheld UNI
tii Friday.
To DRIVE TUNNEL-Tha Utah Con-
structi0n company has been awarded The
contract for driving a tunnel LOO feet
through the blue cliffs rear the mouth OF
Provo canyon, through which water will
#.H "a L ID
of the Telluride Power Transmission COM
pauy to be built this summer. The cost
of making the tpnnel Will be about $40
sMONDE is RECORDER-City Re
corder Joseph o. Nystrom went out 20
operated upon for Internal troubles
resultant from hardships experienced
during the Spauish-American war Dur
ing his thirty days leave Of absence
granted him by the council A. l.. ST.
mondL his deputy, viii act as city re-
cOrder.
ANOTHER ELK LODGE.-Local Elks
have been invited 10 be present and par
tCipate i'm the institution of Provo lodge,
No. $40 b. p o. f.. and the dedication
Of their new hall, on Thursday evening
April 9. The invitation 10 the members
of lodge No So is signed by NJ. d. Bur-
ford, q. q. Cleary and F. l.. Alexander.
who sign themselves STRAY Elks.' Local
E4lhs nave tldIlcICu a Sgttldl tram Aol
the trip down and back.
ENCOUNTERED A SPRING.-A small
spring that burst forth In the basement
Of the new Judges Miners hospital caused
the contractors considerable trouble for
"a few days. The spring. caused suppos-
eddy by the melting of the winters SHOWS
and the saturation Of the ground, began
90 bubble forth I'm the basement about the
center Of the building. Considerable wa
ter flowed into the basement and there
was some danger of the ground being
weakened and Caving but the contractors
succeeded in tapping the spring outside Of
the building and digging a ditch that
carries the water away.
ILL IN MONTANA-Samuel Merrill of
the Morrison Merrill Lumber company Of
this city is in MissOula, Mont. suffering
from a serious attack Of appendicitis. Mr..
Merrill went 20 MissOula a few days ago
and was seized with the attack after
arriving there. He consulted physicians
iu that city and they advised him 20
have an operation Immediately. He wired
TO DIR. u. b. Beatty Of this city yester-
day asking him 20 come and perform the
operation, but from the description of
his symptoms DR. Beatty wired back adj
wishing him 10 have the operation per
formed Immediately and not wait for his
arrival. The doctor stated that the opera
tlOn had probably been performed yester-
day. Mrs. Merrill left last night for Mis-
sOula 10 be with her husband.