Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-28

one division Of the Salt I.ako county
school examination was held nc the
Murray schoolhouse Thursday and
Friday, May 10 and 70, About l6O
pupils took tho examination, SUPER
lntondort Ashton conducting the
same,
Eleven OF the stuGonts Of the Mur-
ray school passed O successful exam
nation
The Murray schools conslst OF twelve
departments, ID IN tho main building
and two at the West Side school, con-
Quoted by a principal, two male and
10 female teachers.
Under Principal G. NJ. Mumford, tho
school has done efficient work, which
has been highly satisfactory to the
parents and all concerned.
The faculty Of the school viii be
strengthened next year by one male
teacher from Moroni, also a lady
teacher from Minnesota.
The crop outlook for the year in the
district surrounding our thrifty little
city Is good considering the back
wardness Of the season, The strawber-
ny crop In some localities was slightly
damaged by the late frosts.
The raspberries have not come ont
as well as they usually do, a great
many OF the stocks being dead part way
down.
The sugar beet crop is just well out
of the ground and liz looking good. The
lucern or alfalfa crop Is looking fine
in those localities where It IS not
reached by the smoke from the smelt-
ers. But In those districts where the
deadly fumes of smelter smoke settle
over the vegetation, the alfalfa looks
parChed and sickly We can't help
but sympathi2e with those farmers
who have spent the best part Of their
lives TO build comfortable home and
are now compelled 90 sell at great
loss or go TO work IN the shelters, for
their farms will not support them.
Poison Bros, who have purchased
the Granter livery stables, are doing
some repairing and remodeling Of the
same. From all indications they in
tend to run an up-to-date livery busi-
ness.
The new two-story Wavcrly block,
which is being built by Fred Walk,
was formerly estimated to cost about
81, 600, but 1t will now run 10 $4,000. The
north part will be occupied by the
owner as an up-to-date grocery store.
The south part by the First National
Bank Of Murray in a general banking
business.
A. Il. white, the harness aker, is
building a double terrace In the rear
Of the telephone building which will
be completed in about one month.
The score Of the ball game at the
Highland Boy last Saturday, May p,
was II to IN favor OF the Highland
Boy team. A game is to be played this
afternoon at 81 80 on the Highland Boy
grounds, Fort Douglas vs. Highland
Boy,
During the rainey days this week
Big and Little Cottonwood creeks have
been greatly swollen. The condults In
some places were hardly capable OF
carrying such large body Of water
The conduit between Fifteenth and
sixteenth South which runs under the
state road, was filled almost to its ca
pacity.
IL has been suggested that the street
railway company, stralghten and re-
pair It's track over the Big Cottonwood
stream between Fifteenth and Six
tenth South, as the lives OF passengers
are endangered.
The directors Of the Taylorsville 6
Murray Creamery Co., are advertising
| for bids on their property situated neal
| the Jordan river and Seventeenth
South
on Tuesday afternoon a train Of 10 OF
| 10 wagons and teams also as many
| families, passed through Murray on the
| road to Cassia county, Idaho where
| they intend to make their homes and