Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-17
LATE LOCALS.

,Today's local bank clearings amount
ed to sl.l6i,670, as against 1914 oil ga for
the same day last year
The annual report OF the state board
OF health Is being made up for present.
alton to the governor on the 9th inst.
The city treasurer Is todays paving
OFF the department payrolls for the first
half or November The total amount
OF the payrolls Is Sl3.i9969.
Local jobbers In Christmas notions
report that they, are nearly swamped,
and that this falls trade Is the heavi-
est In local business history.
The Twenty-seventh ward hall Will
be the scene Of a pioneer dancing party
tonight. A prize will be awarded the
best sustained pioneer character.
a prominent Los Angeles man named
Woollacott has shipped IS carloads OF
Utah county applies this fall to south
ern California, over the San Pedro road
C. r. Savage calls attention to the
fact That the first old folks gathering
to be held in San Bemardino under
the auspices OF Mormon" Elders, &C.
Cured rgo weeks ago,
Luz iplh Sbdhi Etpplc are putting III
a sewer, so that steps are being ac-
tually taken looking toward an anchor
alton OF the unsanitary conditions that
have obtained in that canyon for so
long.
An advanced detachment Of the Nine
teenth light battery arrived yesterday
afternoon, in charge OF the battery bag
gage, which was hauled up to the fort
early in tho evening. and the remainder
OF the command IL due this afternoon.
The band has orders not to leave the
post. az the colonel wishes the band to
welcome the new batterymeu at the
limits OF the reservation, and escort
them into the post,
Harry n. Neatch of Vernal filed APP
piication today, With the state en-
gineer for two second feet OF water
IRON the Duchesne river IN WasatCh
county, for irrlga ton. The length OF
the divertng canal Is four miles long
Stats Engineer Tanner was unable
TO get TO FL Paso after all, as he was
detained IN the Duchesne country by
complications attending the filings foe
water which have been shot Into his
ONCE in such a shower during the last
two months. He found that the filings
IN many places overapped the Indian
lands, and paralleled the government
bitches, ana IL required some hard work
and the exercise Of some authority u
readjust things, Mr.. Tanner returned
today
AS the owners OF the Main street
frontage north Of McCornick's corner
will not rebuild or make Improvements
for year or so, Mr.. Mccormick is
merely restoring the burned Christensen
& Arson premises for the present. In.
tending later. when the other owners OF
the property extending to the Anus.
sen building. are ready, TO unite with
them IN a uniform frontage and new
building between the bank AMI
Amussen buildings. The piano men will
return to their old stand as soon as
the repairs have been made.
Prof Swendsen OF the reclamation
bureau said today that he had received
no advices from Washington In the
way OF explanation OF the delay In the
Strawberry valley irrigation scheme,
and therefore could not speak Officially.
But, TO his best belief the delay was
occasloned by the decision OF the sec
rotary that other irrigation projects
had the prior call on the fund IN 10
the first OF July next, Prof Swendsen
says the association OF water users ON
the Utah valley watershed has done ev-
erything possible, everything that could
be expected OF them, In carrying ONT
their part OF the contract. and that thew
are In no wise to blame Tor the delay.