The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-07
SALT LAKE
CITY AND NEIGHBoRHooD.

Peter Mortensen has asked the state
board Of pardons to commute his deatf
sentence to that of life imprisonment
Mortensen has implicit faith in the be-
lief that somehow he viii be enabled
10 take his case to the United States
supreme court. He places his earthly
hope in that one direction. Long since
be has abandoned hope in the district
and state courts and now looks to the
judges who sit in Washington. That
resource. of course. depends absolutely
upon his ability to raise about $,SOC
within the next couple of weeks. He
rests in a belief in his ability to secure
the necessary funds.
Dr. Mabel Hughes superintendent Of
the Keogh-Wiight hospital. has re-
signed and is going east to take a post
graduate course Her successor has
not vet been named but ii is under
stood that she viii be succeeded by a
lady from the east The nurses ten
dered DR.. Hughes a reception Saturday
night
The State Bank of Bingham viii be
ready TO throw open its doors some
time next week Some delay has been
caused by a lack of worlmen in fitting
up the establishment.
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The real estate men Of the city report
a rather inactive market. They say
that there is considerable inquiry. but
that as a general rule owners are hold
ing their properties too high to permit
OF any considerable trading. They be-
lieve that the business conditioks of
the city would be improved if more
properties were placed on the market
at normal rates.
John Held is engraving suitable
legend on the 500 loving cup offered
annually by the Z. c. NJ. I. to the ath
letic association within its corporate
limits that wins the annual August
series. The last cup was won by the
factory team, under George 5. Meal
lister
Food Inspector J. J. Meyers has con-
demned 5000 pounds of impure food
during the month Of October. This
work involved the inspection of 81
meat and fish stores. eighteen dairies.
157 restaurants. tifty-eight fish mar
kets 225 grocery stores. 152 commits
sion houses and thirty-one bakeries.
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Unusual interest is being taken in
the forthcoming production of the local
society opera, cinderella, or Dress
Rehearsal which will be placed on
Nov. 21 About fifty young Salt Lake
women are to constitute the company,
which is under the direction of Mrs.
Martha ROyle King.
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George Wood has resigned his posi-
ton with F. Auerbach & Bro. after a
four years service, to accept the local
agency of an eastern firm. His asso-
ciates presented him Saturday evening
with a fine gold Woodmen of the World
watch charm emblem.
Mike Canton of Butte, formerly a
Salt Lake police sergeant. is in town
from the north. He says the situation
up north is anything but encouraging.
He has closed up his grocery, and says
merchants pretty generally viii have TO
do the same. Everything seems to be
in the air. and no one knows what is
coming next
The brothers of Cornelius Harring-
ton who was drowned at the Warm
Springs the other day, have arrived
from the east and viii tai The re-
mains back with them to wayne Teb.,
for burial.
President Empey of the J.. A. & NJ. |
society expresses himself as q l'tily in /
favor Of the suggestion for a perma- |
nent intermOuntain fair in this city. |
Utah is the oldest of the intermountan /
states. and most centrally loca ID. and !
fine. large permanent buildings in this |
city for annual intermountain fair pur /
poses would be the means Of bringing /
in exhibitors from all of the country |
between the great plains on the east !
and the Sierra Madres on the west: and /
it would bring together here as never !
before farmers, ranchmen, stockmen. !
miners and business men from all over /
this region from the British border to !
the Mexican line. The competitive and /
comparative exhibits and interchange |
Of views and ideas would prove Of i'm
mense advantage for all concerned.
The city election on Tuesday result
ed: Richard ?. Norris Dem.), mayor:
John s. Critchlow Dem), recorder:
Fisher :. Harris tDemD. trea surer: c.
c. DeY GemD. city attorney; c. 3.
Felt demo. city auditor. The coun-
Gil viii stand: Republicans, 9; Demo-
Gratis, 6.
Local merchants, especially those
groceries. hardware and
drugs. are sorting their stocks and pre-
pairing for the winter and spring trade,
as it is now "tWiXt hay and grass"
with them, and there is opportunity
for the work As a general thing mer-
chants report business in 4 very fair
condition.
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