Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-11
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LOCAL BRIEFS.

The w. c. r. u. is meeting this after.
noon IN the parlors OF the First Pres
byterlan church.
Atty Martin S, Lindsay is at the L.,
D. $. hospital recovering from an oper-
alton for appendicitis.
The local order of Eagles celebrated
their eighth anniversary last evening,
IN their Main street hall
The Owls will give their second en-
teftainment In the winter series this
evening, IN the Auerbach building
Max Hamburger formerly of Ger
many, but now Of this city, has been
admitted to citizenship by Judge Arm
strong Of the district court.
The local weather bureau and the
He'll Telephone company have ar
ranged TO report the daily weather fore
casts at every station on the toll lines
of the state.
The county commissioners have con-
frmed the appointments made by Sher-
III Emery OF Robert Bridge and La
fayette Chichester as deputy sherl1S
The latter Is appointed for the Bingham
district.
Charles Ferris and John Mitchell,
two Greeks. who conduct a saloon,
were charged In police court yesterday
with allowing minors IN their saloon
and permitting dance on the bar room
floor. Mitchell was fined $50, while
Ferris was discharged
one hundred and ten boys, mem-
hers OF the Future Mems club OF the
First Baptist church, and several of
the Sunday school teachers, were shown
through the Independent Telephone
building last evening, by Col &. o..
Harris the manager and the mnnper
of conducting telephone plant eX-
planned.
Rev. Frank Fay Eddy OF the Uni
tartan church will preach tomorrow
morning on Abraham Lincoln-A Les
son In Hero Worship" on the Sunday
following Mr. Eddy win speak on
George Washington-A Study Of the
Ideal" and on the last Sunday IN the
month. on The Revival We Need IN
America"
The Norwegian brotherhood held It's
annual meeting last evening, when
these officers were elected, President,
Axel Olsen: vice president, S. Neilseni
secretary, John Erickson; assistant Sec
rotary, Joseph Stroberg; treasurer,
James Stevenson; financial secretary,
NJ. Faldmore; librarian, Theodore Gun
dersen; assistant librarian, N. g. Thor
kelsen sergeant-at-arms, John Iyer-
sen.
Local Christian Endeavorers Inter-
ested In prison and Jail work, will learn
with pleasure that Col j. Br Wood OF
Santa Re, chairman OF the national
committee OF Prison Christian Endeav-
or, has been made field secretary for
New Mexico. Col Wood has introduced
into the territorial legislature a bill
providing for indeterminate sentences
and parole.
state Supt. OF Schools Nelson is maxi
ing an effort to get together large dele
cation of county superintendents of
schools In this state TO attend the an
nual meeting OF the department of
superintendence OF the National Edu-
catlonal association TO be held In Mil
Waukee ON Feb. % and March l and
e. II is the intention Of Supt. Nelson
TO do some hard work at the meeting
I'm trying TO secure the next annual
meeting Of the department for Salt
Lake.
A meeting OF the Religion classes OF
the Pioneer stake was held at the
Cannon, last night all the wards were
represented and a good showing was
made. and also considerable interest
was manifested In the growth Of the
work since the organization Of the
new stake. After the business meeting
was held II partook of sociabe ma
ture singing, etc. Dainty refreshments
being served by the host and hostess,
and II was voted that It was good to
be there,
Rev. II. s. Walker OF Keokuk Ia,
the new pastor of tho East Side Bap-
fist church, has arrived and win preach
hs first sermon tomorrow morning, IN
his new pulpit MIR. Walker Is gradu-
ate of the University Of Iowa and Knox
college, and studied theology at the
general theological seminary at Chi
cago. Mrs. Walker is a physician and
OF considerable literary ability, Mr.
Walker has been specially active IN
y. NJ. G. a. work, and the KeolIuk pa
pers express much regret at his leaving
that city.
Deputy Sheriff Smith has arrested
w. u. Crockett for whom the officers
have been looking ever since oct q
last, who ia charged with obtaining
money by false preterses II tx charg-
ed tnht tTOtkett bought some lutllllult
ON the installment plan and, without
paying for the same, mortgaged IL &c
local loan company for 500 upon the
representation that he owned II. Crock.
EFT learned that he was about to bC
arrested so he and HIS family left tho
state. lie was unable TO make a lly'
ing in his new location so returned Il
this city. II is said that his wife ant
infant child are IN destitute crcum'
stances
Tho Chinese new year celebration
was closed last night The Chinks helt
forth with great strings Of hrecrackerf
and the incense Of burning punk lled
the air with pungent fumes, while tn,
entire Chinese quarter ON Plum alley
was keenly alive to the situation unit
late In the night From the Joss hous'
came sounds OF the reyelry tn early n
the morning, gougs changing and wierC
string Instruments signing hopelessh
while all the time an unendng chan
came from the celebrators at the altar
Toy Ling, who presides over the JOS
house says that a good year Is coming
and that they had fno time celebrat
ing its advent,