The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-19
CITY BREVTTIES

| CITY BREVITIES
COUNTY TREASURER ]. A. GROES-
BECK has finished mailing about
10000 tax valuation notices, and now
the office has some 200 to 800 notices
which cannot be mailed because the
addresses of the properr- owners are
unknown Diligent use Of the city d.
rectory, however, is cutting this num-
Der down every day. The office is
prepared to furnish duplicates to any
who have not received the notices.
WITH THE expiration of the ten days
notice to those who are delinquent In
payment of poll taxes. only about
one-nalf have been paid. and the de-
linquent ones may expect q summons
has turned over a new leaf in the
matter Of poll tax collections, and
will get out after the money imme-
diately, instead OF waiting until the
THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR sOCI-
ETY. OF the Westminster Presby-
terrain church will give an experience
social at 775 Third avenue tomorrow
evening.
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER A. p. KEs-
LER yesterday received letter from
Mrs. Mary Harrington of Centerville,
Mo-, making inquiries as to the
whereabouts Of her brother. Henry
NJ Pratt, from whom she has re-
ceived no word in two years. The
last time he was heard from the miss
ing man was living in Salt Lake
THAT THERE ARE some people who
are grateful to the postal authorities
for the aic given them in locating
lost relatives is evidenced by the COM
mn loot snr ncr. A
2. kesler has received from A. H
Shepard of Wilmington, n. c., in
which the writer expresses his thanks
for the assistance given him in locat-
last month. Shepard was located
through an item published in The
neutrality-suspicious..
THE HOME of DR.. Walter Emms of
Brighton was entirely destroyed by
fire early Saturday evening The
mouse was burned to the ground, and
nothing was saved 1t is presumed
that the fire originated in a defec-
tive flue. The loss is approximately
$4,000, partly covered by Insurance.
THE COMMITTEES having in charge
the annual banquet and ball of the
L. d. S. University Alumni association
desire II announced that all members
should consider themselves invited to
this dual festivity, regardless of
whether they receive an invitation,
as in the mailing the names of some
of the members may be overlooked
The banquet and ball will be the
evening of Friday, May q, at the
Lion house.
GENERAL OBSERVANCE of Flag day,
June IA, is urged by the American
Flag association in a letter received
yesterday by Governor William Spry-
The association is conducting a cam
paign seeking to gain the Corpora
ton OF all governors and mayors,
school officials and newspapers in
the observance of the day which.
this year, will be on the one hundred
and thirty third anniversary of the
adoption Of the Stars and Stripes.
THE HOME of Mrs. R. o. Hanson, s5s
East Fifth South street, was quar-
antined yesterday by the city health
department after it was found that
Mrs. Hanson was suffering from
smallpox. Another member of the
family was taken from the home to
the isolation hospital two weeks ago.
TOTAL BANK CLEARINGS for We'd
nesday. May is. were 45,033.71, as
compared with a total of S1,036,46T.16
for the corresponding day OF last
year. The increase. therefore, =
s20s,5ee-55, or gain of more than
AT A MEETING of the board of d.
rectors of the Deseret Savings bank
"A.
WINS were chosen as directors to
fill the vacancies caused by the
deaths of Moses Thatcher and John
R. Winder- Following the meeting,
directors of the Deseret National
bank elected R. D. Millett a director
of that institution to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of John r. Win
der
AT THE RECENT MEETING of the
board OF directors of the Utah Hotel
company, officers of the company
were reelected for the ensuing year
as follows: Joseph z. Smith. presi-
dent; w s. Mccormick, vice presi-
dent; John c. Cutler, secretary; l. s.
Hills, treasurer, and the following
executive committees: George Rom
ney, d. c. Jackling, G. W. Nibley, Jo-
seph Geoghegan and John c. Cutler.
versity returned yesterday morning
from the first part of the trip of In
spection which has been conducted
in the Ophir mining district The
next three days will be spent in writ
ing up their report OF the trip, and
Saturday noon they will leave for
Butte, where they will begin the
second part of their trip, and will re-
turn June 5.
AS THE RESULT of injuries received
Tuesday in an accident at a mine in
cid, died at ST. Marks hospital yes
terday morning. Marshall was not
married.
AN EAsTROUND depot street car COL
lided with an automobile owned and
driven by B. c. Gates in South Tenn
pie street. just west of Main street,
shortly after noon yesterday. The