Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-01
THE
SEMI
WEEKLY
NEWS
THE GREAT
COUNTRY PAPER
OF THE WEST
10 Issued Mondays and Thurs
days and contains oil the cream
Of the Daily and SATURDAYS Newa
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Tho Phillips Congregational church
people are holding today rummage
sale at the church.
A telephone line Is TO be built by To-
cal capital between Las Vegas and
Bullfrog, so miles
The Thirteenth ward Sunday school
will hold a conference In the ward cha
pei tomorrow. A general invitation IS
extended.
The FIRST number Of the Utah Com
mercal Advertiser IS out, with w ID.
s. Harrington as manager, and Murray
a. King, editor It is devoted TO the
commercial interests OF the state.
The Mems club OF the Central Chris
tian church will discuss capital pun>
ishment next Monday night, and War
rem Foster is to make an address on
the same subject.
Hon. f. $. Richards viii address the
Joint meeting OF the Improvement asso-
Citations In the Eighteenth ward chapel
tomorrow night at $780, his subject be-
ing, "a Visit TO Pompeli." The public
is invited.
Mrs. ID. S. Price win sing n solo 10.
morrow morning I'm the First Presby-
terrain church, Come Unto Me-" by
Conen Mrs. Price Will sing with the
choir for the present, as Mrs A. G..
Andrews has resigned.
The woodmen met last night. to
further the plan for sending the four
degree teams I'm the state to Los Ange-
les ON the 18th inst. The order win give
ball on the evening Of the 9Th inst.
at Saltalr TO help raise funds for the
pilgrimage.
Prof. Levi T.. Young Will lecture nj
the Twentieth ward assembly hail to-
morrow evening at $3.50, on Social Life
IN Italy" The ward choir viii render
among other numbers, the Italian ma
tional hymn, and the anthem, "Rouse,
O we mortas"
Prof. William NJ. Stewart Of the uni
versity OF Utah will lecture In the Nlne-
teenth wnrd Westinghouse tomorrow
night, his subject being, lis II Worth
Whlle" The meeting Ia under the
auspices of the Mutual Improvement
associations and begins at $3.50. The
public Ia Invited.
The Liberty Minstrels comprising
some OF the best talent in the city, win
give an entertainment IN Liberty hall,
Wednesday and Thursday April " and
10. Among those who will participate
are Messrs AshwOrth Robinson, Bra,
by. Sddoway, Poll Wlles, Bywater.
Mldgley and Derr, and splendid pro.
gram is guaranteed. The show is for
the benefit OF the Liberty stake choirs,
The Quin Sale club OF El Paso, Tex,
which made such hit here at the time
of the Elks reunion, is arranging to
make even a bigger showing at the
coming Buffalo, N. Y, reunion. The
club viii take with II band OF 63
pieces which from its name "Ahuma-
da" would suggest that the members
are descendants OF Montezuma. Special
uniforms are being made for tho trip,
and as many Elks as possible from the
two adjoining territories, western Texas
and "del otro lado' (trom over the Rio
Grande) will make up the delegation
The consulting government engineers
now In the city, comforting with Prof.
Swendsen do not think the Bear river
project viii receive serious attention
for some time as the expense Will be
greater than the values Of the lands 10
be Irrigated, and then II involves an in.
terstate proposition. and In addition
the Utah lake reservoir scheme viii
probably be set aside for the present
on account OF the engineering difficult
ties. Engineer Davis remarked yester-
day, that Nevada win return this year
the price OF at least 10000 acres Of re-
claimed lands.
Judge Armstrong yesterday afternoon
committed Ada Swenson TO the reform
school on the charge OF incorrlglbility.
The girl was arrested several days ago
for stealing some waists from Mrs. w.
j Robinson for whom she was working.
The evidence against her also showed
that she had been running around the
streets at night assocatlng with bad
company, This Is the second time sh :
has been arrested, and on her former
hearing Judge Diehl permitted her 10
30 on her good behavior She was not
long out OF the tolls OF the law, how
ever, and win now have TO 90 TO tho
reform school Her parents reside IN
Grantsyile.
The Army Register for 1905 shows 2
total Of 1863 officers In the army, 1855
I'm active service and 500 on the retired
list, OF those retired 2i7 are general
officers there are 20 colonies. go lieu.
tenant colonies. 237 majors, $50 captains.
B3 frat lleutenants and 10 second lieu.
tenants, on the active list there are
% general officers, iO4 colonies 125 lieu
tenant colonies, 1903 majors, i.l7s cap
talns, 1lS first lieutenants. 9iS second
lieutenants and 80 aides. There are sos
retired enlisted men. OF the officers
with the rank OF major or above there Is
one more on the retired list than the
total OF 622 on the active list The OK
cess on the active list IS wholly I'm COM
pany oflicers OF whom there are 8,26l on
the active list and only 2i3 retired.
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