Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-28

tlon for captain tomorrow evening,
with Capt. T.. A. WedgwOod and Lieut..
Ray Naylor Of the Utah batteries as the
candidates.
A 100 horsepower engine and boiler
plant 10 correspond are being installed
AT the state university powerhousp EN-
cavat0n for the new metallurgiCal
building is in active progress
The concrete footing Of the Home
Telephone building are IN and the walls
are going up. The remoleled plans for
the Y NJ. G. a building adjoining are
nearly ready The changes in the eX-
terror viii not be marked
There is something Of controversy
in the local battery as 90 whether Lieut.
Kneass or Lieut., Jennings Is now the
senior first lieutenant The priority OF
commission Is In favor Of the latter,
and other officers say that Is what de-
cides,
The labor union people are begin
ming to make preparation for a turn out
the coming Labor day, which shall
eclipse anything Of the Kind ever at
tempted In this city After the parade,
the unions will spend the remainder ~
me day at Lagoon.
The steady warm weather is sending
people to Brlghton's and parties from
there say there are SO many people In
the hotel that they are sleeping on the
Acor The air IL said 10 be something
gorgeous
Col Willard Yovng who has been
visiting Salt Lake relatives and friends
for the past few weeks, returned TO
New York this morning. He expects to
return In September 10 accompany his
daughters Hottie and Claire back TO
Gotham for the wlatr
Local grain men say that the dry
benchers Will be content with half
crop OF grain this season, owing to the
cold, dry fall on account VI which the
grain sprouted and then turned under.
The irrigated wheat crop, however,
promises we'll
There is move to transfer Liberty
Park Methodist church over from Sew
enth East to Ninth East street, where
Il win not be'So near Phillips Congre-
gationa church The two churches
are now too near together for the com
fort and growth Of the smaller one,
Local bankers are taking Of the rath.
or unique announcement made recently
by one OF the biz New York banks 10
the effect that the band did not cater
10 Individual deposits and would not
carry any account Of less than $4,000.
aud did not care TO carry accounts Of
under 100000
Charles Wilkes has returned from an
interesting automobile ride liz rode
through Parleys canyon TO Park City.
thence TO Hhr CITY. no Provo, Spring
Vile, American Fork ana Leh and
thence to Salt Lake, II Is claimed, With
GU tusing wrench on his machine.
The trim to Park Cty occupied only
three hours
Some $50 Eflks left this afternoon for
ogden, armed and equipped with purple
and white umbrellas In expectation OF
dishlng No their ogden brethren In the
greatest bah game on earth, The fes-
tive foot will be well shaken al this
evenings ball The Salt I.akers took
the Twelfth infantry band with them.
ne ipui tllANkfl .ultIl NUp NiiNiil~
pany the Fort Douglas officers to the
Fort Russell competitive shoot and 'Sill
take part are: Private Bjorke Of A
company serSt, Chadwick Of y COM
pany First Sefgt Lane OF G. company,
and Corporal Hlgginbotham OF d COM
papy,
The annual conference Of the Utah
Methodist mission will be held In the
First Methodist church Of this city, be-
ginnig Wednesday, Aug, ~, ana lasting
through sunday The place Of hold
Ing the conference was changed by
general request from Park CITY 20 this
city, on account Of the accessibility and
superiority OF accommodations The
action Of Bishon Cranston In the mat
ter OF the mission upeiintendency Is
looked forward 10 with anxious appre-
henslon and apprehensiye anxiety
The flag awarded to the Utah Chris
tiaa Endcnyoi Union for p guin Of
over 10 ptr cent since November. was
brought back from Denver by James
Mohttt. and viii be given 10 Mise
Hobbs the secretary Of the state union
thlf week II was preselted from the
o. r. society 90 okayHma. Japan. and Is
idGde OF hnc beautiful grasses. With
tassel attachments and bearing a pic
ture Of The Japanose empire with marks
indicating where Christian Endeayor
lGcicucs are located. and there are sew
oval cute Japanese orname1 taiions
scattered over the banner. 1t is a very
unique affair aud for the present will
be- phcd on the walls Of the First Con-
gregational sunday school room.
Manager +. e schefski has returned
from fishing excursion up Provo can
yer He declares with a perfectly
straight face that he caught "a trout
that was as Ions as his arm and
ytisted SIX p0unds-a trout that had
bte nh0ofad q score OF times previously
by G-hcrmcn but which had broker
away from as many ho3ys When Mr.
SchefsVI Ionded his game with his sill
voc wire line the trout just threw mo
ho,h nns and said Il was an on he'd
quit w. SclefsH lived ON thar trout
for thrpa days