The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-04-30
SALT LAKE
CITY AND NEIGHBoRHoOD.

According to the Deseret News Of
Thursday, private dispatch was re-
ceived in the city that day announcing
that the executive board of the United
Mine Workers met at Indianapolis Oh
Wednesday and decided to call off the
coal strike in district 10. District Il
embraces Utah, Colorado, New Mex
ico and southern Wyoming. No men,
tion Of the matter was made IN the
dispatches of the Associated Press on
Thursday.
d. + Walker formerly Of Salt Lake,
has plans perfected for building one OF
the handsomest homes in the state at
San Mateo, Cal.
Members of the national guard of
Utah have begun TO practice for the
national military and naval shooting
tournament. which is to take place III
some eastern city, probably Sea Girt,
n. j., at a date to be determined later.
Mrs. Thomas Romney. the wife of
Bishop Romney, died as the result of
an operation at the Sisters hospital
at Missoula, Mont, last Tuesday. Mrs
Romney was a resident of Salt Lake
City for several years and soon after
she married moved to Corvallis, Mont,
where her family is still living
J. L. Eldredge, jr., secretary Of the
Republican county committee, was ell
evated to the position of county chair
man TO succeed the late Dennis c.
Eichnor.
John E Dooly of this city in letter
10 Senator Kearns at Washington sug
gests a plan to raise Salt Lakes level.
The plan involves the construction of
dykes between Fremont and Antelope
islards. This would divide the lake
into two parts about one-fifth on the
east side and the remainder on the
west. The suggestions have been re-
ferred to the geological survey for its
action.
Democratic primaries for the state
and judicial conventions will be held
in Salt Lake county on the evening of
Wednesday, May IL. At these pri-
maries delegates to both conventions
viii be chosen. The district judicial
convention meets on May Is in Judge
Stewards court room in Salt Lake City,
and the state convention will meet on
June S. Immediately after the ad-
journment of the judicial convention
on May is the Democratic city judicial
convention will assemble to nominate
two candidates for city judges in Salt
Lake City.
Cold. stormy weather prevailed dur
ing the week, with unseasonably low
temperatures. Two to twelve inches of
snow fell over the state. which was fol-
lowed by heavy frost. Fruit was dam
aged by the cold, especially over the
southern section. Field crops, how
ever were considerably improved, al
though farming operations were sus-
pended. Spring grain and vegetables |
were coming up, and some early gar
der truck was in use in the southern |
@ "a lies. Ranges were benefited. but /
stock suffered in some localities by the |
heavy snowfall. The supply of irriga- |
ton water was considerably in
creased.
The Elks have done the handsome /
thing for the Commercial Travellers. in |
extending the courtesies of the com
modious lodge room and the parIors
of the club house to the United Com
mercial Travellers for their annual cen
vention, which will meet here May
1916
Managing Director James Leary of
the United Stock Growers corporation.
notifies the home office of the opening
up of an agency at Kansas City where
the idea Of the corporation has taken
a strong hold, and stock shippers are
over the proposition. The
a gent at Denver is Ed c. Parsons. Mr..
Leary has gone to Chicago.