Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-23

~ broken, is now repaired and Will
be placed on the old canal at Sixth East
and South Temple for this same pur-
pose. The engine has recently filed the
800 gallon carts I'm two minutes which
is nearly equal TO the best records made
by the engine, The water has been tax
en- from the nume at North Temple
and Main streets.
The Union club, which was lncorpor-
ated yesterday. IL organized FOR tho
purpose OF promoting benevolence'
friendship, and good fellowship; TO pre-
serve and improve the health OF It's
members by the teaching Of proper
rules and methods of exercise ana Nv
ing and 10 furnish the members win
social enjoyment and for the main
tanning Of club rooms The lncorporI'
tors are IT, Roy, J. A. Cutler ana Nj. D.
Kennedy These officers constitute the
board OF directors
Roderick Thompson OF ogden grad
nate of the Salt Lake Collegiate Insu-
tute and Westminster college ana
Princeton university, has accepted an
offer to teach at Ashvllle y. c., al
salary Of 81 900 and expenses per an
mum. Mr. Thompson is now en- route 70
the scene Of his educational labors. Ills
sister. Miss Bodll Thompson, has been
made principal OF the Presbyterian
school at Brigham city, and was chos-
en- one Of the vice presidents OF tho
state Union Of Christian Endeavor by
the late state convention.
Mayor George Luft Of Mercur IS in
the city today on a business trip. lie
was a classmate ~ state Chemist
Harms In the Philadelphia College OF
Pharmacy, and Is a Phi. g., and IL
therefore able to keep sharp track OF
hygenic conditions at home, Mayor
Iuft remarked this morning that Mer-
eur WAS one OF the healthiest mining
camps In the west, and entirely free
from disease The health authorities
there are alive TO the necessity OF
keeping the town clean and they do
It. with regular clean-ups every day;
and such a condition Of affairs as OBJ
tains In Bingham and TO a certain eX-
tent in Park city, would not be toler-
ated a moment IN Mercur
As stated I'm the News recently, the
new law requiring the owners or eXecu-
tive officers Of cemeteries ana burial
grounds TO file plats of such grounds, is
not being compiled With as yet, al
though the county attorney has In
provisions of the law. Within the next
few days unless the plats are presented
fut fling, prosecutions win be COM
menced After the publication OF the
intentions Of the county attorney sew
eral persons owning burial lots called
nt the office Of the county attorney with
deeds to their property for fling The
law does, not apply to individual own
ers Of burial plots but to the owners OF
the cemeteries or the executive officers
There Is a split reported In the East
! side Baptist church. arising from the
rejected proposal for organic union
| from the First Baptist church The
| First church people offered 20 change
the name OF the proposed reunited
churchbcdy. to select an entirely new
pastor. to change the proposed site Of
the new church, and to extend the work
| OF local missions II the East Side peo-
pie desired II WAS considered that the
union proposition was "a go" but when
| the vote was taken II resulted So for the
union ard 81 against IT, This Of course
! tibset the whole proposition, and such
! feeling Is reported among the min
| GRITTY that, n belief IL current m Baptist
| circles that when the new church Is