Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-14
Today 5 Ogden News

Electrical company through It's repre-
sentative G. a, Woolsey. has secured
contract from the Union Portland c.
meni company for about 100000 worth
or machinery for the cement plant at
Portland, Utah, on the line Of the Tn
ION Pacific railroad In Morgan county
large quantity Of the latest improved
machinery for the manufacture of ce-
inent VIII be used IN the new plant.
The machinery viii be shipped Just as
soon as the company has its buildings
READY FOR occupancy. Mr.. Woosey has
visited the cumpany's property, and
speaks highly of the prospects for an
immense cement output when the plant
is completed
The spur To be run from the Union
Pacific main line TO the plant site viii
De commenced sometime this north
Engineer Spencer viii have the town
site plated in a few days j. r. O'Neil
VINO has the contract 10 remove the
rock from the quarry at Croydon for
the company commenced on the work
This morning with a large force Of
men,
FIRST WARD S. S. CONFERENCE.
The First ward Sunday school con-
ference was held In the ward meeting
house Yesterday morning. The services
were very interesting and instructive
The reports as given by Asst. Supt.
Charles n. Hussey, showed the school
to be well attended and much advance
ment being made IN the study of the
principles OF the Gospel THE use of
the story" was well explained BY Miss
Hazel Layne, who clearly explained
the interest that can be awakened in
the minds of the pupils by Illustrating
the Sunday school lesson with a whole
some story
The Use Of the Text Book" was the
subJect Of an interesting talk by JOS
eph {. Plat Of the theological depart =
ment. Very encouraging remarks on
Sunday school work were made by
samuel Dye Bell Salmon Ross of the
Stake Sunday school board and Bish
ops counselor ID. W. Stone.
At the evening meeting the speakers
We're Elders j. Tingen and Richard
kaldewyn, who hecenty returned from
the Holland mission also Elder VIM. u.
Wright who has been laboring In the
New Zealand mission field. They re-
ported The missions growing and many
accepting the message which the Elders
are procaiming.
RELIEF CARS ENROUTE.
From all parts OF the east cars OF
food and clothing have been sent
through Ogden to San Francisco to aid
in caring for the sufferers from thu
earthquake of last month. The loca
railroad officials have received and
checked out since the last part Of April
63S cars of supplies destined for Sar
Francisco, Of this number over 800 cars
were brought into Ogden over the
Union Pacific and the balance over the
Rio Grande Western and Oregon Short
Line. The generosity OF the people OF
the United States In lending aid e
their fellow man in the hour of need
can in a measure be understood by this
immense supply OF necessaries which
were contributed to San francisco
Each car would average perhaps g., 00t
pounds making a total Of over Al 900 mi
pounds of provisions, etc. which passed
through Ogden alone.
CANAL OVERFLOWS.
The Pioneer canal which runs from
the Weber river to the Warren district
which was leased by the residents OF
that part of the county from the Utah
Light & Railway company has over.
flowed its banks and done some dam
age to the beet and other crops TIL,
farmers had opened up the canal for ,
small stream OF water, but the rail-
| storm of Saturday and Sunday raised
the river considerably so that a mucl
larger flow OF water went into the ca
nal than had been expected. which
caused the damage. Local manager T.
w Wade of the power company. witt
Southern Pacific engineers visited tn
canal yesterday. fearing that II might
do damage to the Southern Pacific
tracks, but as an opening has beer
/, cut in the canal, letting the water into
Mil creek, no further danger of dam
age is feared, and in a few days the
water Will recede again.