The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-09-09

Governor Folk of Missouri and staff
are to visit the Portland fair some
time this month. The governor vii
stop over in Salt Lake TO visit with his
cousin, Walter B. Wingate, who re
sides at the corner of Second and I
streets.
Local Iiverymen say that the tourist
traffic has been so heavy this summer
that the multiplication Of the automo-
bile has apparently had no effect on the
livery business.
The beautiful James Sharp home OF
East Brigham street has just been sold
to Colonel Z. A Wall for a sum said
to be $4,000 The deal was made
through E. B. Wicks This is consid-
cred one of the most beautiful places
on Brigham street, although the house
is not modern. 1t is a large brick
structure Of the old style, and in its
day was one Of the show places of the
city. 1t has a south and east exposure
and is Immediately east of the new
First Presbyterian church.
Roy Daniels. the young man in
Provo who drew the first number in
the Uintah reservation lottery, has To-
Gated his claim near the junction of
the Duchesne and Strawberry rivers
on the line of the proposed Moffat rail
road. twenty-five miles west and five
miles south of Fort Duchesne. The
young man is not chasing after
mineral wealth but has selected what
he considers viii in time make Valu-
able farm.
1t is not improbable that congress
will grant prospective Uintah land
Of in, 1ia1o
to establish their residence in case
there appears to be a pressing need of
suca an extension because Of lack of
early irrigation facilities. There is no
doubt in the minds of the majority of
those who intend to settle in the re-
serve and who hold thigh numbers
that relief is needed, and to these as
surance has been given that the Utah
delegation viii strive to have congress
pass a measure providing for whatever
extension may be required.
Rex" the fine old St Bernard dog
that belonged to the family of the late
Sam Levy, and for many years a con-
spicuouS figure on the streets of Salt
Lake City, has departed this life, leav-
ing hundreds of sorrOwing friends.
Rex" was by many pronounced the
finest specimen of his breed ever in
salt Lake city. He was of immense
size and easily won the weight prize
offered by the Press club at the time
of the Uncle Toms Cabin parade in
1903. At that time Rex" weighed
245 pounds.
Whether the obstructionists like it
or not, Salt Lake is growing and will
grow still more, and as population
comes i'm the newcomers win find con-
ditions calculated to make them glad
to stay. One little indication marks
the progress of the city better than
anything else; the bank clearings of
Salt Lake for the week ending last Sat
urday showed an increase over the
same week of 1904 amounting to 725
per cent-a greater increase than is
shown by any other city in the United
States. The other weekly statements
for August showed a gain of 20 per
cent SIS, S4.3 and 1913 per cent over the
same dates last year-a most extra
ordinary showing, equalled by no other
community Of the same size and by few
of larger population. The gain is all
the more extraordinary because it is
all legitimate, little Of it due to specu-
latlve transfers of money and it in
cludes no unusual payments.