Show AROUND THE HOTELS The Changes in the Walker Personal Chat and Gossip Since Major Erb relinquished control of the Walker house the Messrs Bechtol have been trying to rcjuvinate the old building with vigorous vigor-ous handling and that each part of the house may have the personal attention of a man qualified qual-ified to make the most of it the place has been departmented Mr Bechtol will have charge or the bar while Mr sand will attend to the furnishen rooms Yesterday a deal vas closed by which J J McCioskcy of the Grand will have control of the restaurant which will be run on both the American and European plans The American plan will prevail in the old dining din-ing room while the room now cccupied as a writing room will be turned over to the short order service the front dining room to be converted con-verted back into the writing room Since the change of management in the Walker Dr J H Winslow has been feeling the sap rising and now adjusts tho blotter as chief clerk S S Manager McCloskeys acton in taking the Walker dining room and restaurant will not affect the Grand except that he will close up its dining room S A familiar figure in the Salt Lake hotel lobbies is J M Jlutheford who is dapper as a Frenchman and just as full of irrigating propositions propo-sitions as n mental arithmetic He is always actable as a dancing master and when at liberty to speak ready to Impart such intelligence as may cross his path He was one of the active men in Oquirrh canal but is now resting on his oars waiting for W H Rem ington to materialize who is In the east negotiating negoti-ating for the sale of a block of the Oquirrh bonus Another big irrigating proposition I said Mr Rutheford is to take the water out of the Snake river I little way above Eagle Rock I This wU reclaim from three to live million acres In Idaho and Involve an expenditure of from 815000000 to 510000000 lIe is a great believer in the future of Idaho as there an abundance of water for irrigating the large val Ipys |