The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-17
CITY BREVTTIES

| CITY BREVITIES
EIGHT CANDIDATES were examined
for government positions by W. >. Nay
Ior and OrTaWeu Williams or the clvll
service commission in room Il OF the
federal building yesterday. rive aPplleu
for the position of assistant geoIOSlSI
and three as hydraulic engineers. Inc
examinations will be continued today.
Salaries for the positions range from
$1,000 to $3.50 per year.
SALE OF TICKETS at the present time
indicates success for the benefit dance
to be given next Monday at Odeon hall
for Mrs. A E. Davis, wife of the street
car motorman who died recently OF
grief over an accident in which woman
was killed. The dance is TO De gwen
under the auspices Of the MerryIaak-
ers club and promises TO be one OF the
attractive events of the season.
A NUMBER Of interesting wrestling and
boxing contests have been pulled OH Dy
the new club recently organized by the
commercial travellers making their heau-
quarters at the Kenyon hotel: About
thirty of the travellers obtained room
recently and fitted it up as a real atm
letic den, and the members are having
q good deal Of fun there.
A CHARGE of burglary in the second
degree was entered against Ed Rogers
Yesterday in the criminal division or
the city court. He was arrested Tues-
day afternoon for the larceny OF d
large quantity Of clothing from the
store room Of the LennOx hotel, Rogers
entered a plea Of not guilty, and his case
was set for February Is. In default OF
$500 BAIL he was committed to the coun-
ty Jail.
WHEN Detectives Earl Ripley and Har-
~ Curran investigated what was re-
ported to be layout of burglar tools at
the stables of the Jensen Creamery COM
pany at Fourth South and Fourth West
streets yesterday. they found them to
be the implements of a chair repairer,
which in certain respects are not unlike
burglar tools.
THE LOCAL BANK CLEARINGs yes
terday were 1915, 064.S2, as compared with
1909 1876 for the corresponding day of
last year, a gain of $50 $50. 90. The clear
ings Tuesday were 1887, S57.S3, as COM
pared with 1853. 6S3.56 for the correspond
ing day Of last year, gain Of s434,173.7S.
JULIA A. c. MORTON has sold to George
ROmney & Sons company q valuable
piece OF property south Of Forest Dale
for 5000. The property is located in
block AZ Of Ten-acre plat a.
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which has been observed for a number
of years by the Home Missionary unions
all over the United States, and which
falls each year on the last Thursday of
February, Will be observed here by the
women of the missionary unions by
meeting at the Emmanuel Baptist church
a week from today at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs.
II. j. Fitzgerald, president Of the
Woman's union, will have charge of
the program.
THE FACULTY of the Salt Lake High
school is taking a great deal of inter
est in target practice, encouraged, prob
ably, by the cadets, anon asWhOse ranks
are a number of sharpshO6ters Mem
bers of the faculty have been caught
in the act of practicing with the rifle
and revolver, and they expect to con-
tinue the custom through the winter.
G. w. MARTIN, general agent Of the
Rock Island, who is now in Salt Lake,
is authority for the statement that his
road will spend $4,000 in advertising the
west this year. Last year the Rock
Island spent $4,000 Among the states
that will profit by the exploitation is
Utah.
E. c. SCHMIDT and brother-in-law, c.
A. Gray, both Of the Birreli-ShiDD Real
ty company, have returned from Chi
CagO and StTeatOr, Ill. Mrs. Schmidt
died in Salt Lake on January II, and
the husband and brother took the body
to the old home in StrSatOr for inter
ment.
THE FIRST ANNUAL REUNION in the
history of the Granite High school will
be held on WashingtOn's birthday, Feb
ruary p. On Tuesday night every one
who has ever attended the school, with
those who are at present enrolled, is
invited to be at the Granite stake house
where program and banquet will be
the features Dancing Will also be in
dulged in. The board of education in
tends to make the Granite High school
reunion an annual affair
THE BOND oil B. F. Redman for $500
as a member of the city board OF park
recorder yesterday, with Charles P.
Margetts and August H. rogeler as
sureties.
THE FUNERAL of Virginia Dunyon.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Newton Dun
yon, was held yesterday afternoon at
2:90 o'clock from the family residence,
% H street. Burial was in the City
cemetery.
BEGINNING WITH JULY, a raise of Sc
In the annual rental of residence phones
will be charged by the Utah Indepen-
dent Telephone company. The rate is
now $24 a year, but the increase will
make II sou per dnnum, InlS raise, eX-
plains the company in a circular letter
TO its subscribers, Is the effect Of the
growing business of the company. The
franchise has a maximum charge Of
$50, while the Bell company charges $50
a year for the same service.
GRAND LARCENY IS charged against
T. d. Jones in a complaint issued from
the county attorneys office yesterday.
]. H. Mangum claims that Jones stole
a watch, SIS in money and some other
articles from him Monday, the value
of the goods amounting to $64.
THE DATE for the holding of examina-
lions for clerk in the forestry offices
here will be March 16 and II, instead of
February 16 and II, as previously an
nOunced.
A SERIES of classes for the officers of
the Utah National Guard in Salt Lake
and Ogden will be inaugurated and held
each Thursday night, following an or
der from Major w. G. Williams. The
classes will be in the line of study Sc