The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-28
SALT LAKE
CITY AND NEIGHBoRHooD.


The Retail Druggists association of
this city chose these officers at the an
nual election last week: ]. L. Franken,
president; George Reed, vice president;
A. c. Smith, treasurer, and Charles Van
Dyke, secretary. Matters of routine
business were attended to and the
meeting adjourned.
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The big improvements contemplated
by the Union Pacific on the main line
between BufOrd and Borah and Morgan
and Echo that have been previously
outlined, are to commence at an early
date. News was received in Ogden this
morning to the effect that the firm of
Fitzpatrick Bros. & Collins of Beatrice,
Neb., had secured the contracts. This
firm has been wintering their dirt-mov-
ing equipment and horses in the vicin-
fly of the Junction City.
A plan for the settlement of the diff
culties over the courses of study in the
Utah university and the Agricultural
college cOntemplates the consolidation
of the two institutions 1t is said that
the university and its friends are
strongly in favor Of this union, while
the Logan school and its supporters are
as firmly opposed. This plan of con-
solidation has beeen discussed at other
sessions of the legislature, and has met
with much opposition, especially from
the country members.
The annual meeting of the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company was
held Tuesday morning at the general
Offices. The following directors were
elected: Alonzo Burt of Kansas City,
Charles w. Clark of Butte, F. P. Fish
OF Boston, George NJ. Downey, H. c.
Hill, James Ivers, Thomas Marshall,
w. S. Mccormick, George Y. Wallace.
The directors then chose the following
officers: President, George Y. Wallace;
vice president, Major Downey; treasur-
er, w. S. Mccormick; secretary, H. c.
Hill; assistant treasurer, John Flowers;
assistant secretary and general man
ager, D. S. Murray. The official re-
ports offered showed a very satisfactory
condition of affairs.
The Salt Lake County Medical so
ciety held a discussion Monday night
at its regular meeting on the ending of
human life by a painless method when
a patient is suffering from a painful
and incurable disease.
DR.. E. S. Wright held that the world
should sanction as a process of mercy
the permanent relief of such a patient
an anaesthetic.
The discussion arose after the pitiful
case of an aged woman with a car
tilaginous growth on her back was
brought TO the attention of the society.
The growth will cause strangulation.
and an operation would mean almost
certain death.
The anti-publicity measure of DR.. La
Motto was killed, as his motion to con-
slider the question of forming a press /
clipping bureau for the purpose Of keep |
ing tab on physicians who give interest |
ing cases to the newspapers, did not re- 1
ceive a second.
In order to keep abreast of the times, !
to enable their customers to share in |
the profits of the business and to fur |
there stimulate trade, the Walker Bros. |
Dry Goods company has decided to
amend its articles of Incorporation to |
permit of an increase of capital stock t
from $4,000 TO S23O,OO0, the present |
taking all the increase,
and in addition thereto to issue $1,000
more, either in preferred stock, bear
ing per cent interest, or in first mort
gage bonds, bearing the same rate,
making a total capitalization of $3.50 900.
The additional 100000 over and above
the $230,000 capitalization viii be dis
posed Of by the company to its Gus
toners. The preferred stocks or bonds
will be sold to the purchasers in blocks
according to their wishes.
At the stockholders meeting of the
Walker Bros. Dry Goods company, held
on Wednesday, Feb. 49, Joseph r.
Walker was elected president of the
c. A. Walker was made vice
president and secretary. NJ ]. Chees-
man was elected treasurer and S. V
Shelp manager. These, together with
NJ II Walker. Sharp Walker and
directors.
Comfort can be enjoyed only by
those whose money affairs cause no
worry. To be comfortably rich" is an
ideal condition, enjoyed by few, and
vet within the reach of all. A steady
income from money invested in safe
securities is a source of comfort and
pleasure. When that income is sufficient
to live on, the possessor is as rich as
any one can possibly be. There is no
need then to work or worry, and there
Is time for the higher aims and pleas
nres of life. Happily, too, such invest
ments are in the long run more profit
able than speculations. Our first mort
gage securities, netting per cent per
7nnum. are the safest and best paying
investments in the world. The investor