Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-26
LATE LOCALS.

Nellie Duncan Of Heber City is at the
Knutsford.
Adjutant General Burton has re-
turned from four days visit at
Brighton's.
Proprietor Holmes Is ordering new
furnishings for large portion Of the
Knutsford.
Contractor Moran is laying concrete
for the asphalt pavement on First
South street east Of State.
Tourists at the Kenyon include two
residents Of Cairo, Egypt who register
as Mohamed and Imadeddyn
A Gamewell fire alarm box has been
installed on the stage Of the Salt Lake
Theater, giving instantaneous COM
munlcatlon with the fire department.
While a number of retail merchants
complain Of dull times, the local banks
report good deposits good demand for
loans, and profitable rates Of interest
j. c. Luppy of San Francisco is the
new solo ClarinetiRt of the Utah state
band and the boys are glad OF his ac-
cession to the band as he is a fine
performer
Some rubbish in a tin-roofed loft at
the rear Of the Novelty theater on Sec
ond South street caught fire this morn
ing and called out the department at
935. The building is unoccupied.
Within Ave minutes the flames We're ex-
tingulshed. Loss, $40.
While today has been oppressively
hot, the local weather Office predicts
cooler weather and local thunderstorms
later. The mercury at l y. m. today
registered SO degrees but as there was
a breeze blowing the chances for
higher temperature were not bright
President G. Y. Wallace and General
Manager d. $. Murray OF the Bell rele-
phone company have returned from
their extended northern trip Of inspec-
tlon of the companys Idaho and Mon
tana properties. Mr.. Murray states
that fine new exchange ana headquar-
tiers buildings win be erected by the
company at Billings and Missoula.
The funeral Of Peter Van Houten will
be held at 1890 tomorrow morning, from
the undertaking parlors of s. ID, Evans,
Rev. Dr. Paden of the First Presbyte-
rlan church will conduct the service at
the undertaker's, the deceased having
been a member Of his church, and at
the Mt. Olivet cemetery, the conclud~
ing exercises will be under the auspices
OF J. o. o. +, lodge No. 2, Of which the
deceased was member in honorable
standing,
County Fruit Tree Inspector Sorenson
has received letter from G.. b. Brac-
kett, pomologlst OF the bureau Of plant
industry, Washington, d. c., acknowl-
edging receipt Of samples of the Black
Tartarian, Belle de Choisey, Montmor-
ency and Refine Hortense cherries, all
grown In Mr. Sorensons orchard on the
east bench. These cherries are some-
what rare in this locality but Mr. Brac-
kett states they can be successfully
grown here II properly attended to.
politics make strange bed-fellows. "
Il seems equally true that the gene
brings about extremely amusing condl-
lions, II was just twenty years ago
today that Rulon $. Wells presented the
name of John G. Cutler as candidate
for county clerk on the Peoples party
ticket and ne was unanimously nom-
mated for the Office The possibility
now exists that Wells and Cutler may
be rival nominees for the governorship,
one a Democrat and the other Repub-
lican.
lHtIt VIII FlhlAAs bt 1lObh VI VIZ
baseball moon, when the horny listed
athletes OF the University club and the
barrel chested acrobats Of the Alta club
cross bats. T. r. Jones VIII pitch for
the Atlas, and IL practising up daily
TO get up a tremendous muscle when
the umpire calls play ball" ID, G..
Adams viii catch, and Joe Barnett Is
% cover second base, The game prom
ises to be one OF the great functions
Of the easOn, and the rooters and the
fans WIN make Rome howl,
Mr.. Maxwell Of the street department
desires It stated with reference to the
complaint made that cobble rock Is be-
ing put down on some OF the streets in
stead of gravel, that the department is
not responsible for the trouble. a con-
tractor who was doing some excavat-
ing, told Mr. Maxwell that he was
handling some good graved which he
would be pleased TO put on the roads.
But when the street official fund rocks
! Instead Of gravel being placed in the
street, he Immediately ordered them
removed, and the difficulty viii soon be
rcmedied and no more gravel VIII
bo used for roads without first being
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