The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-22
OQdcn Briefs,

Marriage licenses were granted yester-
day to Jefferson c. Redman, aged 49, and
Miss lamar NJ. Taylor aged AZ both of
Salt Lake. and to Frank NJ FaIlentine
of Reno and Miss May L. Ross of Salt
Lake.
Luke Crawshaw, the Ogden artist. has
Just completed a clay model of Ogden
city. The model shows a contour of Og-
den, commencing just west of the Union
depot as far as the mountains on the
east, and also the section 10 the north
east of the city.
Yesterday was the second day for regis
tration in Weber county. The rainstorm
that prevailed during a greater portion
of the day kept back a number of persons
from from adding their names to the voting
lists. so that the record for the day was
comparatively light
Funeral services will be held over the
remains of George NJ. Whalen. who died
suddenly Of heart failure last Sunday
afternoon, at the residence of his mother.
3l3 TWenty-Seventh street. this afternoon
at o'clock. All arrangements are under
the direction of the Transfers union In
terment in the Ogden City cemetery.
1t is said that Sam Browning has been
decided upon as the man to be selected
by the city council for councilman from
the Fifth ward to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of w. RollO Emmett.
Mr.. Browning is d Democrat but is said
TO be favored by the Republicans as well.
The only other man working for the place
is George Lochhead, ST., who was de-
feated al the recent city election.
The Ogden Civic Improvement league
held an informal meeting at the Weber
club yesterday afternoon and discussed
plans for giving an excursion to Lagoon
in the immediate future the proceeds of
which were to be applied to the Nichols
Concert band. On account of the latness
of the season this proposition was aban-
Goned and il is quite likely that a CON
cert will be given in Ogden instead
Mrs. ]. w. Mcdonald, widow of the man
who was killed near Elko, New, Sunday
morning by being run down by the over
land limited, arrived in Ogden yesterday
from her home in American Fark Mrs
Mcdonald arranged for the bringing OF
the body to Ogden on Southern Pacific
No. 6 this morning fr burial The date OF
held will be under the auspices of the
Odd Fellows organization.
Henry baylor and Simeon Benner. two
young men from Bryan, o., who ar,
riding horseback from their home town
across the continent to San Francisco
on a wager. arrived in Ogden yesterda,
morning and after a stop OF one and one.
half hours resumed their journey west
ward. They have 10 days in which "a
MAKE the entire trip and expect to reach
their destination in thirty days time
They have so far changed horses ter
times and are well ahead of their seized
Cle. Barring accident, they should wiz
the wager
Fred f.. Dalton, assistant postmaster
under Thomas II. Davis, the present in
cumbent of the Ogoen postoffice. begar
the circulation of a petition yesterday
I looking toward his appointment to tn,
same position under William Glasmann
the new appointee. While the petition /.
being freely signed. it is not thought
That Mr. Dalton has a ghost of show
10 be named for the place under Gas
mann. Dalton has been in the position
only a short time. being appointed by Mr.
Davis when Rufus Garner resigned a few
mouths ago.
The question that is agitating those in
/ terestcd in the building of the new tow
! Of Portland, rear the Union Portland &c
rn"nt company's plant. is the best loca
lion for the place. Originally the com
/ rany selected about thirty acres, which
! they had plated for townsite. Late
a development company selected large
acreage of about 40 acres and it i
| claimed now to be up TO the workmel
to decide the question of which townsit
shall be selected One claims the ad
vantage of being on the railroad, Will