Show LOCAL BRIEFS Mr and Mrs John B Anderson of Salt Lake city are visiting for a few days with Mr and Mrs George J Kelly of this city B H Golding colonization agent of the American Falls Canal and Power company is in the city He reports a large number of people en route from the east to settle on the lands under the companys big canal Moroni Skeen Sr has returned from Lehi whither he went to visit his mother Mrs Rhoda Skesn who was recently stricken down by a paralytic stroke Mr Sheen reports the lady as being in a serious condition Mrs Barber who came up from Salt Lake to have a delicate surgical operation opera-tion performed underwent the ordeal yesterday and is progressing finely Dr Coulter assisted by Dr Conroy and another Ogden surgeon removed an t ovarian tumor which had kept the lady Ian invalid for many monhs Her friends will be pleased to know that j her recovery seems now to be but a j matter of a few days That was a unique and original idea 1 and a good one when the ladies of the i public library decided to hold an entertainment 1 en-tertainment in the court house for the benefit of the free reading room The new court house rooms are of themselves them-selves well worth visiting and to enjoy such a privilege and at the same time be entertained by the ladies of the library association is bound to be i pleasant for those who attend No matter what the weather there will be ample opportunity for having a good time at the court house tonight JRentfrows Syndicate shows gave two performances yesterday The weather was against them The parade was long and so was the wait for it The menagerie while not large had some unique and rare features while the ring shows were good without being in any way remarkable All in all it was just an ordinary circus despite the marvelous tales told by the bill boards A B Hayes has resigned as secretary secre-tary of the committee on arrangements for the Fourth of July celebration The resignatteoi was due to criticisms published mainly in a letter to the Standard and asserting that Republicans Republi-cans and nonMormons were discriminating discrimi-nating in favor of themselves in electing elect-ing themselves on the important committees com-mittees It is to be hoped that jealous bickering will not spoil the celebration celebra-tion This should be a day when political po-litical and sectarian differences should be overlooked |