| Show TOWN TALK The maximum temperature yesterday was 00 and the average for the day 74 Yesterdays clearings were 5268532 as compared with 20S311 for the correspond ing day of last year The Pearson sword fund was yesterday Increased by a contribution of SI from James T Hammond making dIe total to date 53 Master Harry Bintz a youth of 13 ltv ing on Sixth East had the misfortune to break one of his arms while at play yes terday morning Hon R C Chambers drove In from Park City last evening where he had been giving assistance to those left destitute by the great lire Stephen J Pemberthy of Silver City and Miss Ella Humble of Spanish Fork were married at the county court house yesterday by Deputy Clerk Blair Dr R B Pratt a delegate to the biennial bi-ennial at Denver was unable to attend the convention owing to professional duties and is represented by Mrs Susa Xoung Eates Red Cross registration books will be opened this morning at the headquarters in the Progress building and all women in sympathy with the work are urged to enroll and pay the initiation fee of 10 cents There will bo a game of baseball at the old Fort square between the O S L warehouse men and the O S L shopmen at 630 today An interesting contest is premised as both teams are made up of fine players The ladies of the Red Cross society are requested to meet at 1030 this morning at headquarters prepared to serve refreshments 4 refresh-ments to the troops passing through at noon today By order of the chairman Mrs J W Farrell Assistance is needed at the Red Cross headquarters to finish making 300 bandages band-ages which it is desired will be read to send on next Saturday Ladies who wish to assist may call at headQuarters after 930 a m and work there or take the material home Miss Bessie Crane who sustained a serious se-rious accident while riding her bicycle several weeks ago and who has since that time been confined to her room at Mrs Colonel Walls has so far recovered as to be able to be removed to her home on Second East and will soon be entirely en-tirely well The board of education committee on teachers and school work opened proposals propos-als last evening from 22 bidders for furnishing fur-nishing 49 separate articles of school sup Moreton ply for next will tabulate school I years the bids use and at Clerk tomorrow to-morrow evenings board meeting the eoirmittee will recommend the execution of contracts with the lowest bidders The finance committee did not submit Its recommendation to the city council iact evening respecting the levy of the 7mill city tax for the reason as stated by Chairman Wallace that the commit tees report was not prepared In time The committee hopes that the board of I equalization increase the aggregate of values so tnat the levy may be further decreased a small fraction of a mill rnted States District Attorney Whitte more stated yesterday that he would iitaiae W L Maginnis as assistant until un-til the disposal of several cases in which efforts of appeal are being made and with which Mr Maginnis is familiar The dis trct attorneys office will be moved soon to the McCornick building Miss Trent who has served with proficiency as stenographer will be retained by Mr hittemore A serious accident was narrowly averted on Second South near Sixth East last evening Two ladies in a buggy were driving slowly west when they were overtaken by another buggy containing twc men who drove recklessly into them locking the wheels and nearly upsetting tnem Owing to the fact that the horse the ladies were driving is a family animal ani-mal and of the slowgoing kind they escaped es-caped anything worse than a bad scare The men who were recognized are both men of family and when sober would not be guilty of such conduct But another runaway arrived at this time and the men were spilled out by it being well punished and scratched up Perhaps hereafter they will postpone the drinks until after the ride I |
