Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-08
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Icntcn CaIcndnr-Today is Shrov
Tuesday, in the church calendar, to
morrow Is Ash Wednesday, and Sun
day is the first Sunday In Lent.
Clubs Annual Banquet-The an
nunl banquet OF the University clul
will be held at p. m. Monday eve
ming. Feb. 81, at tho club house
Over 100 members are expected to bt
present,
Grand Army Isncnmpmcnt-Tht
California and Nevada C. a. II. vii
hold its annual departmental encamp-
ment Feb. 10, at Oakland, where q
number of Utah G. a. r. veterans
VIII attend.
Tonight's Volunteer Scrvicc-The
Rev. F. b. Short of the First Metho-
dist church will speak this evening, at
Volunteers hall on Commercial street
Misses Emma Heckner and Edith
Hanson VIII sing.
Mrs. RecdalI Alarmingly ul-Mrs.
Mary G. Reedall IS reported to be
dangerously Ill at her home, 129 Nc
Clelland street. near the Holy Cross
hospital. Mrs Recdar has been ailing
for some time, and has suffered sew
cral rclapses.
Students TO Play "Unclc Tom"-Thc
Oral Expression class of the Jordan
high school will give Uncle Toms
Cabin in the Draper opera house
Friday evening, and In Goff7s hall at
Bingham Junction the following eve
ming The play was we'll received at
Sandy.
Information Wantcd-Anyone know
Ing the whereabouts of Mrs. Tolman.
who emigrated to Utah from Bradford
England, about nine years ago, Will
confer a favor on some of her English
friends by communicating with Elder
c. w Gibbs. 375 Moss Lane East,
Whitworth Park. Manchester Eng
land
To observe Lincoln Day-The Sons
and Daughters of Veterans will give
an entertainment next Friday night,
in Odd Fellows hail. In honor OF the
birthday of Abraham Lincoln, with
Judge Zane as the speaker. The judge
was personally acquainted with the
great president Invitations to attend
have been extended to other local
patriotic organizations.
Funeral of James Ahlstrom-James
T. Ahlstrom, native of Denmark
died at the Groves l. D. S hospital
Monday, after a brief illness. The
funeral was held from the Joseph
west Temple street. at o'clock Tues
day. and the body buried in the city
cemetery. The deceased lived many
years In Forest Dale.
Volunteer Weather Stations-weath-
or Director Thiessen is in receipt Of
communications from Bluff. Good
rich. Pahresh. Cainevillc, Notun.
Boulder. Bonanza, Ouray, Bridgeport
Manila, Alexander, Harper, Trout
Creek, West Portage and Grouse
Creek asking for the establishment
at those places of volunteer observa-
tion stations The matter Is being re-
fcrred TO Washington
Congregational Ministers Meet
Mondays session of the association of
Congregational ministers. in this city,
WAS attended by Rev. c. Smith, Provo;
Rev. 6. H. Goodwin, Provo. New. N
S Elderkin. Ogden. Rev. P. A Siup-
kin. Salt Lake: Rev. F. C. Whitman,
Goshen, Salt Lake. They were ad-
dressed by Rev. DR.. Herring of New
York, secretary of the home mis-
sionary board.
Plan Cooperative Store-The citi-
zens' committees looking to the re-
duction OF the present high cost of
living in Salt Lake met at Unity hall
Monday night and discussed the pro-
posed organization oC big mercantile
store to be operated in the interests
of the public at large r 6. Lund was
chairman of the meeting. A paper was
read by F 3. Scott stating the pur-
poses Of the cooperative store. Com
Dlttees will be appointed TO solicit
subscriptions TO the proposed cor
poration. the shares being $40. and
when sufficient has been guaranteed
the articles will be filed and the
store opened as soon thereafter as
possible.
Masons Observe Annivcrsary-Some
200 MaSons with their ladies attend
ed Monday evenings celebration of
the 44th anniversary of the founding
of Mt Moriah lodge Of Masons in this
city. A social half hour was follow
ed by banquet The committee on
arrangements consisted OF the Rev
r a. Simpkin, Charles Crane. Chris
topher Dichl. Charles ]. Higson. GIL
bert B. Pfoutz. A. S. Chapman and I
NJ. Marriott. The reception COMMITTEES
was composed of the following gentle
men: Louis Conn. Richard Louis
Conely. Henry Simon. Charles Fred
Jennings. William Nenefee Rash
Jerome Hirschman Frederick Courts
Richmond. Charles Frederick Kut-
newsky, John Edward McCarty. Rus-
sel Lord Tracy, Leon Sweet. Frank
Browning, Carl Augustus SchneII.
Alexander William Christensen. Ed
%ard Rosenbaum. Charles Galloway
Singleton. Grant Swan. Max Franz
Presler. James Andrew Kersh Amaze
Frank Lombard. Daniel Dunno.