Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-31
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To properly usher iii the smiling
and sparingly clad boy who since time
immemorial has typifled the new year,
despite the cold weather which is called
seasonable at this time, much prepare
ton has been made Watch parties,
danes and other social affairs formal
and informal have been arranged. The
clubs of tho city will hold open house
tomorrow and at many of them tonight
gay parties will assemble to speed the
parting with the old and to welcome
III the new according to the custom
of the forefathers Those who would
SO neglect this duty and seek repose
Will be reminded of their dereliction at
midnight by the merry din OF horns,
whistles and the firing of guns. Those
lerrymakers who watch the passing
of the time believe 1t their duty to 50
rend The air with appropriate noise and
custom has acquiesced
AT THE HOTELS.
Hotels harboring travellers far from
their homes have prepared for the eve
ning's entertainment programs which
Will serve to acquaint them with the
passing of the event. Watch parties
with music as an accompaniment and
gaiety prevailing will be held In all Of
the leading hostelries. In addition to
the nights peLstinle, the menu of each
of the hotels has been varied to pro
vide stomachical diversion.
According to established custom BUSH
ness houses generally will be closed
and the holiday observed by the banks
and at the postoffice the usual holiday
hours will prevail. One delivery will
he made in the business district, car
.riers, leaving the postoffice at $50.
1890 to / o'clock, and all other win
dows from II O'clock to o'clock. The
departure OF outgoing mall Will not pc
interrupted by the holiday
Holiday rates have been announced
by all railroads and many tickets
are being sold to outside points. Trave!
from town to spend the day in other
ably heavier than it was last year.
MARKETS SUPPLIED.
The markets are well supplied to-
day with attractive offerings. Fowl Is
to be found in plenty at prices slightly
lower than prevailed for Christmas.
Shopkeepers report a light trade az
compared with that for Christmas and
for the New Year one year ago.
est there be those in the community
whose watches or clecks nre not re-
liable. the Western Union Telegraph,
company has announced that the OK
act second when the year 1908 becomes
defunct will be registered on its clocks
by direct wire from the United Sta tes
observatory. All business will he stop
ped and time signals transmitted at
IL O'Clock midnight and at l, and
+ a. m. All electric clocks In the city;
Of which there are $50. will BIO started
on their way through the new year
with the correct time
The New Years child, like tho ordl-
nary mortal offspring, cannot we'll be
in more than one place at the same
time, so that in his trip over the globe
in which he tr'aperses little more
than a5,Go0 miles his schedule of ar
rival has been arranged to accommo.
date him When the time ball in Wash
ington falls and tolls America tina.
the New Year has reached the capital
salt Lake will have hour and 80 min
utes to wait according to the stand
ard time computation. London Is ove'
Ave hours on its way into 1909 and n
| Nfelbourne the people will have a. day
and a few hours the best of the dWeLei
within the gates of Zion.