The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-27
CITY BREVITIES

GOVERNOR WILLIAM SPRY and his
staff will inspect the Salt Lake High
school cadets at 8 o'clock this after
noon and Immediately after the gov
perintendent Of schools, will go to
Ogden ID attend the commencement
exercises of the Ogden High school.
ONE building permit was issued by the
city building inspector yesterday;
this beng for a row of store rooms
which will be erected by H. B. Scott.
The building viii be of brick con-
struction, and it will cost $4,000.
URGENT CALLS for experienced
school principals have been received
from several school boards this week
by A C Nelson, state superintendent,
who says the demand is in excess OF
the supply. Many of the schools Of
the state have already contracted
with teachers for the next year.
RICHARD DAVIS was selected yester-
day for the position of substitute
mail carrier for the postal service in
Salt Lake following the examination
by the civil service authorities.
TOTAL BANK CLEARINGS for the
week ending yesterday showed a de-
crease Of about per cent from the
total for the corresponding week of
a year ago The total was sI,l27,-
427.40, as compared with a total of
week of 1899. Clearings for yester-
day were S993,S6z.34, as compared
with 81 ,101, 910.34 for the correspond
ing day of last year.
STATE VETERINARIAN A. C. YOUNG
has returned from Kamas, where he
went to investigate conditions which
have brought about an epidemic Sc
riOuSly affecting livestock. He found
a bad state of affairs caused by the
leaving of carcasses unburied, which
spread infection among the stock
DR.. Young took the offenders to task
for their carelessness and gave di-
rectiOns as how to prevent further
spread of the epidemic.
A. F. BREWER, car service agent of
the oregon Short Line, has received
a telegram announcing the death of
his mother, Mrs. Pauline Brewer, at
Cincinnati. She died at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Brewer
viii be unable to go east to attend
the funeral
THE FURNISHINGS COMMITTEE of
the Commercial club met yesterday
and considered propositions submit
ted by the telephone companies con-
corning an exchange for the new club
building. Eastern houses also sub
mitted propositions for furniture. No
decision was reached
MRS NELLIE GRIFFIN was robbed
yesterday morning by a daring thief.
Mrs. Griffin was walking along
Eighth East street, near Second
South street, when a man ran up be-
hind her and snatched her purse.
She ran after the man until he threw
the purse away, but upon examining
the purse she found the contents,
about 81, to be gone.
THE FUNERAL of Mrs. Pauline o.
Hansen, who was killed IN the auto
mobile accident Tuesday night, will
be held in the Second ward chapel
this afternoon at o'clock. Inter
ment will be in the City cemetery.
JUNE IA has been designated as Flag
day all over the world where an
American citizen can be found.
The stars and stripes will be In evil
dence. The committee asks that
Salt Lake residents provide a flag
and exhibit 1t on that day.
MRS. W. S. DALTON. wife of Assist
ant City Attorney Dalton, fell down
an embankment at Fifth South and
Ninth East streets Sunday evening
and was painfully injured. Her knee
was injured and her back was badly
wrenched.
THE MEMBERS of the Oliver o. How
ard post No. and the Daughters of
Veterans will meet at the g. A. r..
hall, Postoffice place, at o'clock
today to attend the exercises at the
Jefferson school These exercises
will consist of a flag presentation
to the school by the post and a rem
dition of a program by the pupils OF
the school.
CHRIS PAPPAS, a Greek, who was ar
rested IN ogden yesterday. suspected
of the larceny of trunk from Jim
Stanos, a fellow countryman Of the
Greek colony, several days ago, was
returned to Salt Lake last night by