Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-29
LATE LOCALS.

The state board OF education VIII
meet In state Supt. Nelson's office next
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
The rooms in the Emporium block
formerly occupied by the y NJ. c. A..
are being cut UP and made over into
Office apartments,
&c. NJ. l. wiz close Thursday next
at l .. M. IL other places of business
viii do the same. In order that the em-
ployes may attend the races at the
state Fair.
Architect $. C.. Dallas has returned
from Cedar City, where he found the
construction OF the new state university
buildings progressing fayorably The
roofs OF the buildings win be on by the
middle Of November
a novel advertising scheme has been
carried on for the past two days by a
show outfit scattering pennies 20 crowds
OF boys. The performance Is proyoca-
tive Of numerous impromptu lights, and
more or less excitement in consequence.
Miss Katherine Grant. sister OF Mr..
Robert ID. Grant, has accompanied her
brother from the east 10 his Salt Lake
home, and will Keep house for him. miss
Grant is an accomplished woman, and
win be a valuable addition TO local So
ciety,
The Utah state Forestry association
will meet I'm State Superintendent of
Schools Nelson's Office at the city and
county building on next Monday after
noon az 4;30 o'clock. All who are in
terestod in the work of the ASSOCIATION
are invited to attend
Part OF the funds 10 cover the ex-
penses of the recent state encanpment
have arrived from Washington, and
will be paid out Immediately by Colonel
N. w. Clayton, the dlsbursing officer.
The remainder Of the expenses VIII be
settled as soon as the moneys arrive.
Deputy County Clerk David A. Smith
is I'm an unusual jubilant frame OF
mind today, due 10 the arrival at his
home last evening OF twins boy and
n girl. The valuable additions arrived
mt $3.50 o'clock. and they and their
mother are doing well The father Is
barely convalescent and that Is all,
Eastern parties are after the prop
erty owned by Spencer Clawson, on
the corner OF State and First streets
with a view, il Is understood to erect
there a six or eight story apartment
house The property has a frontage
on State of 100 feet, and OF ll5 feet on
First street. No agreement has yet
been reached. fr.
state Superintendent OF Schools Nell
son returned today from weeks "trip
| through Wayne county. lie reports
| that everything IN that section OF the
| state Is very favorable for a success
| fu school year, although the schools
| have not yet opened Toa he says
| has the finest school building OF any
| town In the state It's size.
| Circulars from the Utah Grand Lodge
of Elks have been sent TO the different
lodges about the state providing for the
| appointment OF local committees to ar
range for the representation of the
| state at the Cincinnati convention next
| August. II IL proposed to send 100 Elks,
| II possible TO the southern Ohio metrop-
| oils. The details VIII be perfected at
| the annual state convention 20 be held
at Provo in July.
But little damage was done last night
| by telephone wires dropping onto the
| trolley wires at East Temple and Sec
ond South streets. as the connections
| carried the current into a cable box
| which had just been abandoned, as the
| wires were put under the street, The
| contact made considerable OF a show,
| alarmed n few nervous people, aud did
| burn out q few safety fuses In the
office building, but that was ALL
A Salt Lake woman bought Ave
pounds OF sugar at an East Temple
| street store yesterday, and carried the
| package home. She was about TO empty
| the package into a jar when the paper
| wrapper broke and let all the sugar
onto the stove She Immediately return
ed 10 the store TO ask that she be
given five pounds of sugar In place of
| the other lot because the paper had
broken. The request was gently but
firmly denied,
Seven cases of typhoid fever were re
| ported to the board OF health today,
making "A total OF ne cases reporte |
this month un 10 date. Those today are
Mary and Douglas ROmney, aged
| and 0 years, residing at 1875 ID street;
Arthur Meyer, aged IA, 562 south Eas.
Temple street; the three-year- old
daughter Of Jarvis Taylor, 1924 Emer-
son avenue; A, II. Ball, aged % 500
Fifth street, Nellie Libby, aged 20, 55i
south Second West; lone Broberg, aged
9, 7l6 west Second South,
Fish Commissioner sharp has been
sending out young fish fry for some
time 20 various parts OF the state; but
has discontinued this for the present
In order TO give more time To- perfectng
the state fish display at the coming
fair. He proposes having an exhibit
twice as large as the one Of last year,
and have new and specially interesting
features. Among these will be a tank
Of salamanders or water lizards. tank
of hullfrogs OF all sizes, degrees and
conditions, and one OF native craw-
fish,
Market row grocers complain about
the nerve exhibited by some women
who stop along the rows of fruit
boxes and help themselves as though
they owned the whole place Boxes Of
large and selected peaches are ruth
lessly plundered though the taking
Of che or two OF these peaches Will
| spoil the sale OF Il whole box One
grocer had yet an unusually fine box
yesterday as Il was waiting delivery to
a purchaser, but while his back was
momentarily turned two women each
! picked out the largest specimens In the
box and walked away with them That
| ruined the box as a whole, and tho
| grocer had 10 break another box t0
make this loss good Ordinary Lam
guage IL inadequate 10 express the pro-
fundIty OF his sentiments lie pro-
poses keeping a shotgun handy hero
| after loaded with rock salt and pepper,
and the first person caught helpin z
themselves Will get good dose OF the
same.