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Show THE LATtST FR0'1 OCDEN. 1 The Oiixn City (iuar!. i:i. ct OiHcer-Th. Fire l.i.lfi ., out Aif iiii. li''.al (.'.iiru.pi n ieji'e of Thi T.m-. Uui.kn, May 1 lu response lo a call I Jiulilislioil for scvcimI days, a meetiuir was helii in tlie chamber of coinmeive la.it eveninj? for tho purpo.se of oran-izing oran-izing a miliiarv company. A temporary tempo-rary orj,'iiiiz:itioii v;h nllecteil. 'the club, which is calleil tha ivui en City Guards, is organized "fur mutual irn-pi'Ovciuent irn-pi'Ovciuent nml heconiiujj prolicieiit in mil iary tm lics." i'ho otllcers elected weru: W. K. Thoniton, president; h. lryon, vice president: .loci Slioinaker. aecietaiy; ('. J. 1'eltec. treasurer. Cnnim.tiees on orjitui.-it'.on and con-ilitution con-ilitution and bylaws were iippninted. Another meetiiiu will be held next week to perfect the oriiuization. R. I). Taylor, an old 1 Krntuekian, passed throii'li the city yesterday. lit) was on the road to Ca'iifnrnu and had ttpent two days in viewing the sights of "lll 1-nke l ily and the alley south. Mr. Taylor was well pleaded with the tiiniale but says he'll "be handed if I could live here what" you hev uo woods nor rains I like to see the hi tie (trass pastures kivered over with hip shade tries and want ter set by the lire an' hear the summer rain piilter on the roof. No sir ee, no irrigation for uib." Another lire alarm called out thfl lire boys yesterday evening. A barn had hcioj ignited by some sparks from an ash piie. As the alarm was gouudud iminediataiy, the lire was extinguish"! iua few moments without doing any damage. -4- -t- -t The produce exchange reported a genera! scarcity of staple articles yesterday, yes-terday, l ariuers are too busy putiing in crops to bring their produce to market. mar-ket. Healers complain that they can't get enough produce to till their orders, consequently everything remains lirni. Hour takes a general advance at all the mills today. -- - A meeting of tho business men at tho court house is called for this evening. At this meeting they propose perfecting a permanent organization for the advancement ad-vancement of the public interests of Oirden. The question of street paving will bo freely discussed tonight and other needed improvements wili be thoroughly argued in the future. --- Hev. Mavid Utter of the Unitarian church in Salt Lake City at the earnest solicitation of several ieading citi.eus of I his city, has decided to deliver a series of lectures on the subject of "Liberal Christianity." His lirst discourse dis-course will bo delivered in the (Irand opera house on next Sunday. -4- Several new prospectors went out yesterday to search for the hidden S treasures. Die mining interests of Ogden are being carefully guarded by experienced men who think that something some-thing rich will soon be found in the eastern hills. -- -t-Two young men made themselves so disagreeable to people waiting at the depot yesterday that the police inarched them to the free hotel. They were up before his honor today to plead to a charge of drunkenness. -- -5- j At a meeting of thejreal estate exchange ex-change yestarday it was decided that eden should be well written up in the World's Fair Advocate. The secretary of the chamber of commerce will furnish fur-nish dala for profusely placing the Junction City before the reader of the Advocate. --(-The schools were closed today and the pupils went out May waikinir. 'lowers in abundance were carried by the happy urchins, who realized that the first of May came but once a year. |