Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-05

muscat grape, Is oblong III shape ana
weighs 1914 pounds. In appearance !
somewhat resembles the pomegranate
II is a deep orange color. marked with
patches and stripes OF dark green.
NEW APARTMENT HOUSE.
Plans have been prepared by ArtAi-
tect Long for an eight-story reinforced
concrete apartment house, TO contain
SEQ rooms. which It IS said n syndicate
OF Los Angeles capitalists Is figuring
on erecting on one OF the corners az
Tenth and Hope streets. The estimated
cost of the structure Is 100000
MINER HICKS rs HERE.
l.. y. Hicks. the miner who was res
cued after his entombment OF nearly
l6 days, Is here exhibiting himself He
is accompanied by Harry Linville, who
was the man at the pipe which kept
life In f,icks while his rescuers worked
to reach him. Hicks shows no evil.
dences of his recent ordeal.
SNOW STORM AT BAKERSFIELD.
For the first tine In 10 years snow
utorm visited Bakersfield Cal, last
| Monday. fierce wind and rain storm
| ragged and large flakes of snow fell.
Throughout the country rain was gem
eral. The mountain districts reported
| heavy snow
| SUPERVISING AkulleCN d. N. ldyibI
| will provide 10000 more feet of floor
space than called for by the original
| plans for the new federal building
J here. A change from Arizona red to
| Indiana or wyoming gray or bun sand
stone Is probable.
AN EXAMPLE OF PAVING.
! A heavy truck of the Pioneer Truck
! Co., loaded with cotton, sank through
! ba tlfa chqatfnu al nGnhalt
! Main and Fourth streets last Monday
| morning, and was mired to the hubs.
| A long line of street cars was blocked.
a movement has been inaugurated
| here by health officers and physicians
TO defeat the plans of all interests that
| have brought carloads of impure foods
into California.
AGAINST RACE TRACK DRINK.
A movement to have all legislation
permitting gambling and liquor selling
at Ascot parb annulled, was instituted
at the meeting of the prohibition union
| at Mammoth hall last Sunday after
noon. A petition to the city council,
asking that all legislation favorable
to Ascot be annulled, was drawn up
and largely signed. some of the best
temperance speakers nave been en-
gagged to address the union at meetings
during the season.
CnieJ OF HOllce hsIH mas uibcitt
phtfoliuen to enforce the sweeping or
dinance, which states that sidewalks
in front of all stores In the downtown
district must be swept between the
hours of 6 and In the morning. This
ordinance has been violated until its
good effect has been entirely lost.
RAIN HAMPERED BARBECUE.
Rain put damper on the big bar
becue and celebration last Monday
at Long Beach, suburb of this city
held by the independent Order OF For
rosters of Southern California, but
nevertheless nearly 5000 visitors
braved the storm. Twenty beeves had
been cooked to feed the expected
crowd so there was plenty to eat for
all, and the program of sports was
carried out in part.
Mrs. Frances NJ. Doris, wife OF a. F.
Doris. wealthy banker of Harris
burg, H., Is resisting, in the superior
court here, petition for the appoint
ment of guardian for her.
The petition asks that Mrs. Kate NJ
Pickett of Riverside, mother of Mrs.
Doris. be named as guardian, and
the contention is made shat Mrs. Dor
ris is mentally incompetent.
FIREMEN'S FUND APPROVED.
The plan of the members of the fire
Relief association for the benefit OF
the members has been officially en-
dorsed by the fire board. There Is
about s2,50O In the relief fund now
administered by the fire board and the
board agreed to turn this over 20 the
hremen If the city attorney Will give
his approval to the plan.
Negotiations for the sale of the in
terests of the California Development
company in the Imperial valley are
off. The California Development COM
pany officials have come home. and
their president and engineer are going
ahead with the repairing of the Yuma
dam. The money Is being furnished
by the Southern Pacific, and is hand
led in trust for that corporation by the
California Development company.
Prospects for an early settlement be-
tween the ranchers and the California
Development company are not bright.
RAINS MAY DAMAGE ORANGES.
Orange growers fear that the rain
will seriously damage the growing
crop In addition TO stopping shipments
for week or more. Rain at this stage
of the development of the fruit causes
too rapid growth. and both oranges
and lemons become too large. pithy
and pulled. The frequent rains In the
last six weeks already have had
bad effect and 1t IS asserted that the
eastern market will soon be flooded
with diversified oranges
Eastern auction houses last season
marked down diversified fruit fully 25
per cent. and II is feared that, on ac-
count Of the larger production this
year. the price will be further scaled.
probably 35 or so per cent
II win be another week before ex-
tensive shipments are resumed
GASOLINE AND KEROSENE
FAMINE.
The famine IN high grade kerosene
and high grade gasoline has existed
in Los Angeles for more than two
weeks. Wholesale dealers in these
commodities state that they are un-
able to account for the failure of the
Standard OH company to deliver 10
the local market any high grade
household oils. II Is believed by some
that the Standard oil company Is get
ting ready to further Increase prices
of high grade kerosene and gasoline.
and the failure To supply Wholesale
patrons in Los Angeles is but n step In
that direction.
OSTEOPATHY LAW KNOCKED
OUT.
Judge James has ended the war
that waged bitterly between tho two
osteopathic institutions here. BY de-
claring unconstitutional the act Great
Ing the state board OF OsteOpathlc OK