The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-01
SALT LAKE
CITY AND NEIGHBoRHooD.

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which contributes to the Lehi sugar
FACTORY will produce 10000 tons of beets
n while the new Garland factory is eX-
pected to manufacture into sugar so
200 tons of beets raised in that locality.
Horace Heath, the hero of that des-
perate encounter with bandits several
months ago in which the brave police
man killed one ropber and was himself
severely wounded, was presented u tes-
timonial signed by Governor Wells,
Mayor Thompson, Acting Chief of Po-
lice Burbidge and other officials of the
bravery Of the former blue-coat.
Frank Scott and Mr.. O'Brien, who ar
rived in this city from St Johns, New,
Sunday. are telling of trying ordeal
that they and a third party had on the
burning desert of Nevada. While they
were riding about l65 miles from 81.
Johns they came upon a man by the
name of Wilkins, who had been out
there looking over some mining claims
He had been stricken with fever and
was in a very bad condition. He was
unable to ride alone and the two men
helped him. Over The hot sands they
rode without water or food. They fin
ally reached The town and the sick
man has since been brought here. He
is recovering from the fever.
a friend of the late Professor Andre
Ras about TO pay Tor a decent burial"
On a plot outside of the potters field,
when he discovered that by so doing
\ be would become legally liable for all
A Che expense the county had been put
Y % in caring for the deceased and in
burying him, or about $50. This was
Boo much and the friend withdrew.
andre left thirty-siX pairs of socks,
d wide and varied assortment of caps
4 hnd a great collection of worthless
bric-a-brac Collecting socks was a
mania with him. The general remark
ts What q pity that q man with such
saluable and promising talents should
have allowed himself TO come to such
On end!'
A practice skirmish was held on the
military reservation on Pioneer Day in
(which four companies from the Twelfth
infantry took part. The soldiers i'm
personated the Russian and japanese |
troops and an attempt was made to
rapture Port Arthur. The water house |
On the reservation was supposed to be |
The fortress and was garrisoned by one |
company of the infantry, impersonating |
Russians The other three companies, |
supposed 10 De JdpS.. QcpipN6u OuL
around the fort and for a while there |
were things DOING The Russians fin
ally got enough of th> strenuous life |
and departed for the tall and uncut"
leaving the Japs in possession of the
blockhouse. Major Wood commanded
The victorious troops.
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That George Gould's mighty fight
during the past year for the control of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company is of
more than ordinary import to the peo-
pie of this state and of the whole west
is made evident by a movement well
under way to force the consolidation of
great Utah properties with it. For in
stance. il is stated on strong authority,
that in the very near future the Utah
Fuel company, organized recently, and
embracing the Pleasant Nallev Coal
and other similar companies, recog-
nized as appertaining to the Rio
Grande, will be merged into and be-
come a part of the Colorado Fuel &
IRON company. Detailed information is
acking in this city, but the statement
$ made on what are in all probability
he facts in the case.
Comfort can be enjoyed only by those
whose money affairs cause no worry. ,
To be comfortably rich" is an ideal I
enjoyed by few, and yet ,
within the reach Of all A steady in
.ome from money invested in safe Sc
.urities is source of comfort and
pleasure. When that income is sufii- f
lent to live on, the pcssessor is as rich
S any one can possibly be. There is
10 need then to work or worry, and q
here is time for the higher aims and i
Ieasures of life. Happily, too, such in
estments are in the long run more
rofitable than speculations. Our first Y
Mortgage securities. netting 6 per cent
er annum. are the safest and best pay
lg investments in the world. The h
weston holds The security and we do S
he work. McGurrin & Co, investment
ankers. Salt Lake City, Utah.