Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-19
LATE LOCALS.

The work Of excavation began this
morning ON Commercial avenue for the
erection Of the new Orpheum theateT
Justice Of the Peace George u. Lee Of
Bingham is In the city today to turn
in the receipts Of his office to the
county
The state board Of examiners Is
holding a special meeting today to
pass upon claims and bills against
the state.
Gen. Park and Col Kesler OF the
governors staff, will go to Pennington
tonight on business In connection with
the guards.
Funeral services over the remains
Of the late Leona Milanda Steward viii
be held at the Emerson ward meeting
house at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Capt. i, D. Ely Of the U. S, army IS
in the city for the purpose Of inspect
ing the National Guard of Utah He
made an official call upon Gov Cutler
and Gen, Bowman today
George Y. Wallace and MIR. Picker
nell of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company have gone up into
Montana to inspect the working OF the
Bell system in the northern states.
Peter Condie, formerly street SUPER
intendent, leaves today on n two
years mission to Great Britain He
was given a parting reception and en-
tertainment last night, in the sixth
ward.
The Los Angeles real estate men who
came here on G. S. Holmes sugges-
ton, and invested have returned to
southern California wen pleased, and
intending to return later along with a
number Of their associates,
There Is complaint along First South
street OF tho cOrelessness of garbage
cart drivers who dump the contents OF
street boxes SO loosely that papers
from them are thrown out into the
street where they blow all over.
There are many travelling men in
town. representing many eastern man
ufacturIng and jobbing firms, and none
Of them seem to entertain any appre-
hension about Salt Lake taking back
seat ms the Tribune would have people
! believe,
The weather continues threatening,
and rain clouds are lowering over the
city like stormy petrels. Rain and a
lowering temperature are expected to-
| night 1t Iained quite heavily at Fort
| Douglas last evening, but only a few
drops fell down in town,
The General Electric company's Of
| flee In this city has secured a contract
with the municipality Of Payson for a
| 1000 incandescent lamp generator.
which will Is to be part Of the new
| local system, The generator viii be
installed in two months,
Preparations for the State Unlver-
| sity summer school indicate that It
! viii be the best ever held I'm this state.
| Prof. william NJ Stewart has the pro-
gram in charge and is able to offer
unusual attractions I'm the way Of in
| struction and instructors.
Local dealers have got out large
and healthy looking show case lots OF
straw hats, In 40 or 80 styles, includ-
ing many "Panamas' not Pajamas
Prices are running from 81 70 $40, A
| speciality win be in children's and
misses hats.
The contract for the new Y. NJ. C. A.
building at Helper has been awarded
by Architect Neuhausen to Henry A.
ROemish for Slj,7j0; Midgley OF this
city has the plumbing and heating at
$780, and construction Will begin at
once. Bids will be opened Saturday, in
Mr. Neuhausens office for the plaster
ing plumbing and heating Of the Ro-
| man Catholic cathedral.
At the Capitol Hin grounds yester-
day afternoon preliminary baseball
game was played between two depart
ments of the l., d. S, university, the
! High school department winning from
| the commercials by a score OF II TO 6.
/ The game was lively one, and
| showed up some promising material
/ for the league team. which the l., y. S.
| university will enter I'm the near fu-
| ture,
There was large and gratifyin
! attendance last evening at the First
| Congregational church on the occasion
! of the piano recital given by Miss
! Marie Warburton Of Murray, aged 10,
! and Miss Kate Nelson. The young
/ misses made an excellent showing
| particularly, in the Haydn + major
| sonata by Miss WaTburton, and by Miss
! Nelson IN the Paderewskl minuet. The
| friends Of the little players and their
/ instructor, Mrs, Snodgrass, were much
| gratlhed,
LIeut.-Col, II. NJ, H. Lund Of the
First infantry mustered IN yesterday
afternoon, the new regmental band
Of the state guard. The band at pres
| ent includes Is members under the
leadership Of Chief Musician Anthony
| ia Torres solo clarinet player Of
| some note, The number Of musicians
| win he increased to the regulation
| number, 2S, and the men assigned to
| their permanent positions later Col,
/ Lund Is much gratihed with the out
| look in the way of martial music.