Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-23
LATE LOCALS,

The Union Pacific Is giving prizes
every month 10 section foremen who
make the best showing,
The Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley road has 30 full blooded Sioux
Indians as section hands.
The Union Pacific is to double track
! It's main line between Point OF Rocks
and Rock Springs next summer
The street railway company has
changed the hour OF sending out cars
Sunday mornings and now they are
leaving the barn at the same hours as
on regular week days. This is done o
enable patrons desiring to leave town
sunday mornings to catch their trains.
A. w, Carlson is receiving contribu-
tions for the famine sufferers Ia north
ern Sweden, and says that a gratifying
amount Is being received.
A prominent local express agent says
that the American, the Wells Fargo
and Pacific companies are acting so in
harmony as to lend color to the belief
that there may be something In that
reported merger between the express
companies after all However, It is not
believed that plans for the proposed
combination have been entirely perfect
ed yet.
Vigorous complaints are being made
by residents az Third North and Second
West streets because of an open ditch
that has been dug across the sidewalk
by an abutter 20 drain the water from
his premises. II Is held that he should
either ilume the ditch, or find some
other way Of draining his place. At
night pedestrians stumble into that
ditch, and several have been hurt.
The board Of public works Is listening
this afternoon 10 explanations as to
why the paving company should not
forfeit over $1,000 for non-fulfillment of
contract In not paving South Temple
street between Main and State streets,
as they were under obligation to do.
The University Regents are holding
a meeting this afternoon to talk over
the procuring OF legislation to prevent
paralleling OF courses Of study by the
Agricultural college with those Of the
state university. The regents say this
parallellng Is the source OF embarrass-
ment 10 the university and should not
be allowed.
There Is a wen defined movement on
foot to erect q monument to the mem
DRY OF the late James r. Hay. foully
murdered on the night OF Dec 10, 1901,
and subscriptions are being asked for
this purpose The committee having
the matter IN hand consists Of Alfred
w. Harper Angus 4. Wright, Benja-
min Goddard, David r. Lyon and j.
Reuben Clark, .r, who announce that
all contributions may be sent or hand
ed in 20 Charles w. Rogers, treasurer
Of the fund, at Sayage's Art Bazaar
this city.
Judge Stewart today dismissed the
following cases at the cost OF the plain.
tif in each case J.. ~ Kennedy w. c. |
L. Rood; j. w. Telford VS.. NJ. III. Walk
er ct al.
w NJ. White has just recovered from
an attack OF pneumonia which has con-
fined him 10 the house for the last two
weeks.
District Attorneys w. d. Livingston
Of sanpete county and A. c. Hatch Of
Nasatch county, are at the White
House in attendance on the Legislature.
W.D. Shepherd OF sprlngyllle has lust
returned from Scotland where he went
TO bring his mother to this country, and
Is at the White House. He had ar
ranged with the steamship company TO |
make special provision for the old Ia |
dy's comfort on the voyage, ard was
preparing to leave when she took sick |
and died at the age Of 80. The excite |
ment attending her proposed removal |
TO America probably FASTENED her end. |
In the police court this afternoon |
qutriet OF Uncle Sans soldiers plead
20 guilty 20 drunkenness and were die
charged. Another acknowledged having !
disturbed the peace as well ana was /
lined - which was promptly paid. |
Verne Raymond entered plea Of |
guilty 20 the petit larceny Of So from
che Charles Henke. and got 30 DAYS m
the county jail the court remarking
net u was q very fortunate thing for
her that she was not held on the grave !
charge and ultimately sent 10 the gtate
Prison. AS this fepor, closed William
Whiting was being tried for threaten
ine TO XII his wife. Caroline Whiting.
The funeral OF Oscar Winter. the vet
tran Utah county citizen, whose sudden
death az Provo yesterday, was an
bounced In the Deseret News last night
win be held e. Pleasant Grove. his
home, tomorrow afternoon. beginning