Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-18
LOCAL BRIEFS.


Lectures on Embalmi1g--Pro How
ard s. Eckles OF Philadelphia viii
give series Of lectures on emhalm-
ing oct 1S-2s next, In this city.
More Home Tnsiu-try--John Held
has Just patented new style foun-
tain Zen which does away with the
old style feeder. and which does not
leak
Can A. on Beat It'll W. Settle OF
4sb seventh East street has a white
Ninorca hen weighing six pounds
which lays double eggs. one inside
the other.
Commissioners Inyestigating--rhe
state sheen comm issionofs VIII look
into the lip and hip disease reported
occasionally among sheep. SO as 10
stamp il cut before any hoadway Is
gained.
Music at Hospital--On sunday
morning az 10 o'clock the Icnth
ward choir will conduct the musical
exercises al the Or. Groves l.. u. ;.
hospital solos win be sung by Mrs.
Sconberg and A. r. Brady.
--pos,poned Joy Ride-The children
of the Firat Presbyterian church are
indulging this afternoon IN the troll
Icy ride that the clerk 81 the wealth
az cheated them out OF last SATURDAY
when he turned ON bad spell OF
climate.
Funeral Carrhgc Upsct-Building
Instructions on * street, near South
Temple overturned carriage yester-
day at funeral. Mrs. Orem and Mrs.
Siado OF Third Ave. were in the car
Rage. the latter being cut and sew
ercly shaken up. so that she had TO
be helped home
Trio, Lower Nluude-Col-
onci Alfred Kent former Utah
Department Commander of the
a. A. r.. has gone TO Spokane
10 visit with his son Tor several weeks,
and where he thinks the lower alti-
tude will relieve an affection of the
throat from which he is suffering
struck BY Car---whiie crossing
south state street last night about
o'clock Thomas Clayton. aged -
wears was struck BY Murray car No.
402 and sustained several severe
bruises and badly cut upper lip.
He was taken to the Groves L. d. S.
hospital where his wounds were
dressed.
study Of salcsmanship--A club has
been organized in this city for the
study OF scientific salesmanship, with
these officers: Walter Wright. presi-
dent: {. H. Csrlquist, hrst vice-presi-
dent. o. II Brewster second vice
president; IA. ". Thomas. secretary
and treasurer. II was decided 10 hold
meetings every Thursday evening. The
next meeting 10 be held at s02 Bos-
ton building
Death Of DIR. Nerrihcw-Dr. Edward
c. Merrihew. the sugar House dem
tist, died last evening, OF cancer OF
the bowels. because OF which he had
been confined 10 his bed for several
months He was native of Iowa.
aged a.. coming TO Utah six years
ago. and locating first at 1.ehi whence
he came TO salt Lake DR. Merrhew
leaves a wife and four children. The
funeral will be held Sunday. at
p. m, from the Masonic temple.
bids Not Opcned-rwo contractors
offered bids iast night 10 the board
or public works on The construction
Of the intersections OF the North
Temple street adqueduct al West
Temple street First and Second West
streets. The bids were not OPEN
ed became quorum was not
present. Zerbe & Walker and Me-
I<au Reed submitted the tenders.
Both firms bid on tho same work
above two wcoas ago but price was
considered excessive and the tenders
were rejected.
CHASER Dischargcd--E. CHASER. the
special officer employed az the Saltair
depot. was before Judge Bowman yes
terday afternoon on the second
charge against him OF assult and bat
terry. ON his first offonse he was fine
90 $40, hut IN the case OF yesterday.
in which Tom Christ a Greek. was
The complaining witness, such con
licting stories were told lu the cNi-
lnta Il 81
defendant Judge Bowman, however.
took occasion 10 admonish the dpfcn-
dsnt that should he appear In court
again GA "a similar charge there would
be little lcnioncy shown
VIII stop Abuse Of Horscs-secre-
tarN Beatty of the state board Of
health and OF the state humane so-
ciety has appointed r.. G. Clark OF
Moab local humane officer, Ia hopes
of putting stop TO the abuse 81
horses on the mail and freight routes
running out or Moab The mail con-
tracts are made so cheap By the gov
eminent that in order to clear them
selves al an ,he contractors say they
are forced 20 work with broken down
horses and wrctched equipment gen-
orally. Mr. Clark has written 10 this
city stating "a is shameful the way
horses are treated down there.
BacI, From the Fray--lnlted states
Attorney n. E Booth returned last
night from Denver whore hc Submit
ted last Thursday ihC arguments and
briefs of the government in me app
real case commonly known as the ID.
j. sharp coal conspiracy case. iu
which decision was recently given
against ufc defendants iu This city
who are the Union pacinc railroad
COMPANY. and Coal company che Ore
rpH Short Line. I,HrrDff 2 uDtiuuham