The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-06

ORGANIZATION PERFECTED
Funeral Directors Meet at Provo and
Select Officers to Serve Du-
ring Ensuing Year.

Provo, July 5-The funeral directors of
Utah have held convention here begin
ming Wednesday evening and continuing
yesterday and today. The convention was
called for the purpose of effecting a state
organization, which has Eeen done under
the name OF the Utah Funeral Directors
association. with the following officers:
vice president, o. H. Berg. Provo; second
vice president, c. w. Lindquist, Logan;
secretary, e. L. Jones. Provo; assistant
secretary; Wyman Berg, Provo; treas
Executive committee = G. j. Lindquist,
Ogden; ]. F. Richardson, Park City; -
Grace, Nephi. -
Committee on membership. c. Gra-
ham, Provo; Walter Wheeler, Springville;
A. F. Richie, Ogden.
The following committee on constitution
and bylaws, to report at next regular
meeting of the association in Salt Lake
City, October 8, was appointed: E. Lar
kins. Ogden; ]. S. Horne, Riehfield S. L.
Anderson, American Fork; II. Pickett, ST.
George Bert Hansen. Mount Pleasant.
Interesting meetings were held in the
parlors of Graham & Jones' and lectures
on embalming and kindred subjects were
delivered by Professor A. +. Sullivan of
Denver The convention opened with an
address of welcome by Mayor Frisby, and
the visitors have combined business with
pleasure by visiting the lake resort, taking
in the races, etc.
Mrs. Alice K Kirby Cook. wife of Rob-
ert Cook of Provo bench, died yesterday
from childbirth The deceased was born
in Salt Lake City. Jan. is. 1852, and for
merly lived in Wellsburg. The family has
lived in Provo bench for about fifteen
months. The deceased leaves a husband
and nine children. Funeral services will
be held tomorrow in the Timpanogos
warehouse beginning at / o'clock
Mrs. Mary Healy of Alpine died at her
home Tuesday at the age of Y years. Flu
neral services were held in Alpine today.
The 1S-months-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. n. j. Peterson of Vineyard drank
some I've yesterday at the home of Mrs.
George Thatcher, Mrs. Peterson's mother,
where the family was visiting. The little
in the mouth, but it is not believed any OF
the I've was swallowed.
There will be a large number of Provo
and Utah county people with the Odd
Fellows excursion to Lagoon on the 18th.
Miss Pearl Jones met with a painful ac-
cident yesterday morning while stepping
out OF buggy. She placed her foot on
the ground in such a manner as to severe
ly sprain the ankle, which it was at first
feared was broken.
In the case of the state versus Einyrs
Ajax. Edward J. Arthur and Alonzo ].
Stookey the bond signed by Messrs Ar
thur and Stookey as sureties for the APP
pearaDce for trial of Ajax, charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses
has been declared forfeited.
Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following couples Charles d. Hanks
and Laura Ames, both of Eureka Samuel
Hooper of Negaunee, Mich, and Clara
Miller of Eureka; Nj. r. E. Sullivan of
Eureka and Hattie Coombs of Payson.
The Rocky Mountain Belle Telephone
company has now changed all four-party
lines to twO-party lines at the same cost
is paid by the four party-line subscribers
before, viz, S36 year-a reduction of S.
After Aug. ] subscribers in this county
will have switching charges reduced to s
cents from all points north and south to
Provo. These charges have heretofore been
Is to % cents. and the reduction will make
the charge for talking to Provo merely
nominal
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