Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-12
LATE LOCALS.

Feast of Lights--Therc will be a
and entertainment for the ildren of
the Jewish temple Sammatl school,
In commemoration OF the Feast OF
Lights.
Bank Cearings--Today's local bank
clearings amounted TO Sl,Tl5,07O.3l as
against 1895, 69G.42 for the same day
last year. The marked excess Is due,
II was stated az one Of the banks to-
day, to the carrying over of heavy
balances.
Mass Meeting Tonight-Therc will
be- a mass meeting OF all the Young
Mems and Young Ladies' officers and
members of the Liberty, Pioneer Salt
Lake, Ensign and Granite stakes at
the Barratt hall tonight. Business OF
Importance Will be considered. A
full attendance is requested.
Tax Saless--Owing to the fact that
County Treasurer Carbis retires from
office on Jan. l.. 1907. it is necessary
that the tax sales for this year be
cleaned up before the end Of his
term. Accordingly Mr.. Carbis an
nounces that all real property on
which the tax Is not paid by the close
Of office on Saturday, Dec. 8, will be
sold as delinquent
Examination Postponed---The exam
nations OF applicants for the appoint
ment to West Point to be made by
Senator Smoot. have been postponed
for one week. The examinations were
10 have been held in the office of
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Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this
week but they will be held on the
same days next week.
Bcfouicl Water--Willam Salmon
and H. Nickel, arrested yesterday for
hefoulng the waters of Parley's' can
yon. appeared In court this morning
Judge Diehl found both guilty as
charged and fined them SO for each
offence. Salmon Is charged with driy-
ing one herd of cattle and one Of
sheep through the canyon while Nick
ell drove cattle through on their way
TO the Salt Lake market
Before Judge Dichl--Samuel Stain
ard was arraigned before Judge Dehl
this morning on the charge OF for
gerry. He has two counts against him
He Is alleges 70 have passed spurious
checks upon Tim Higgins for the sum
of S54.46, to whom he posed as n
railroad employe, Atty. Newton for
the defendant, stated that they would
be ready to plead on Monday next.
His bail was set at $3.50 In default
Of which he will be held in the county
jail,
No Grace acknowledgements
Thomas calls attention to the fact
that the usual 10 days OF grace al
lowed box renters for payment Of rent
ais In Arrears, will not be allowed this
time, according to orders by the post
master general at Washington; and II
rents arc not paid as soon as due tho
boxes affected will be closed Accord
Ing to orders from Washington the
rentals have been doubled. as the de-
partment Is trying TO find ways and
means to cut down the annual de-
nclency.
Realty Transfers-The following
realty transfers We're recorded yester-
day afternoon; Ellen c. Taylor to G..
r. Boutwell,, 3x10 rods at South Tenn
pie and Second West streets, s4,650;
William Reed 70 Edwin II. Jenkins.
? lsxl0 rods, at Ninth South and state
streets, $500, Arthur Meads to l.. II.
Sprague, parts OF three lots in Lang
ton Park, s2,95O.
Conference Today-There Is con-
ference being held at the Knutsford
hotel, of superlntendents Of the Rocky
Mountain district OF the Con-
gregational sunday School Publish
ing society of Boston Among the
representatives are Rev. Frank X.
saunders formerly dean OF the Yale
theological seminary; Rev. DR.. Allen
5. Bush OF Denyer Rev. Dr. Green OF
Washington, and Rev. Mr.. Dick The
conference VIII continue through the
week and viii cover the far western
field.