Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-02
LATE LOCALS.

a branch establishment of the Omaha
Tent & Awning company is to be OPEN
ed IN this city,
u, A. Callahan says that either Yale
or Harvard can beat Chicago or Mich.
igun at football.
There 10 no material change in prices
on turkeys to date. but some retailers
are predicting big fall within the
next week.
one OF the business structures to be
completed this month, VIII be the $780,
0OO Warehouse Of the Vogeler Seed Il
Produce company on Third West street.
The popularity OF the city public II.
brary is increasing, as witness the fact
That there are from % to 80 cards issued
to new members daily. and the total
membership, is row over $4,000.
The copy Of the extensive and ex-
pensive publication of Bradstreet's,gi Civ.
Ing the views of the great buildings OF
New YORK, and presented to the Com
mercial club has been stolen.
The buildings and grounds commit
tee OF the board of education will hold
a meeting ON Monday afternoon at 4
o'clock and the board will hold it's
regular monthly meeting on Tuesday
evening.
Local vehicle dealers report a
healthy demand" for seds and sleighs,
as the recene falls Of snow are leading
people 10 believe there VIII be plenty
OF opportunity to use runners the COM
Ing winter
Banker w. S. Mccormick has gone TO
New York to attend meetings of the
American Smelling K Refining COM
pany, and several mining companies
IN which he Is interested. lie returns
by the 22nd inst,
General Manager Campbell of the
Utah Light & Power company and
Chief Engineer Honuold, are In Ogden
this afternoon, comforting with the
farmers relative to the proposed union
dam In Ogden canyon.
one real estate and investment COM
p0ny Ia preparing TO lay out s200 900
I'm residences I'm this city early In the
coming year, There seems TO be very
hopeful spirit pervadlng the COM
munity In regard TO the amount Of
building to be INDUCED IN during 1906
There Is falling Off In coal land
entries az the local land office, and Il
IL believed that the capacity OF the
government IN looking into that class
OF entries during the last six months
has acted as sort of wet blanket on
coal land pfospectors.
The Utah commission for the Port.
land fair viii decide Monday, lust what
disposition 10 make Of the returned
exhibits from the great fair and 1t IL
understood that such as the ID. A. e.
NJ. society people may want for perma-
uent exhibition, they can have.
rhe Elks viii hold tomorrow evening
their annual sorrow lodge, IN memory
o. the departed members Of the order
I'm this city 4 fine program has been
prepared, and the music, being from
the salt Lake Theater orchestra. is sure
20 be- Of the best The services VIII
lie hello IN the Theater
While today is cloudy and threaten
lg, the predictions continue to say.
Fair tonight, and warmer tomorrow"
as there Is a high barometric area now
covering the entire country west OF
the 95th meridian The precipitation
for the "a hours ending at a. m. to-
day In this city was ~ OF an inch
The Offices OF the surveyor. general in
the new Federal building are among
the most convenient commodous ana
best equipped Offices In the west The
light h from above and at the side OF
the building the provision for electric
lighting il complete, and the division
OF the Office rooms and the vault
equipment are model In their way.
The Interior Of the orpheum theater
is about the busiest place In town, With
the naar completion OF the plastering,
tho carpenters are pushing hard after
with the pla clng OF the wood work and
laying ct the floors. The proscenium
Is being con, pleted today. Work Is he
ing pushed on the building in front
elso.
The Home Fire Insurance company is
adjusting a $1,000 fire at Black Rock,
where the home OF W. /. Raht was
totally destroyed the other day, with
IT'S contents The family were eating
dinner when they heard a cracking In
the font OF the house The sudden
opening ci % door, In investigating, let
the flames into the dining room, and
everybody had to flee for their lives.
Burglars attempted to break into
the residence OF liner PETIT, purchasing
agent ol the Bingham Consolidated |
company on south Main street last
night Mrs, PETIT was awakened by a
rlttling OF one Of the windows after |
which she saw what was probably the |
reflection Of Hight from a dark lantern.
The unwelcome visitors had lied by |
the time Mr.. PETIT reached the outside |
Of the house, All he found was foot |
prints In the snow. The burglars at |
tempted TO pry open two windows.