Show CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD l I Yesterdays clearings amounted to J1S1 Ti27 as compared vllh 5413S02 for the same day last year a S a The State Library board met yesterday and authorized Dustico of the Supreme Court Miner and Secretary of State Hammond Ham-mond to purclvoso 52000 worth of law textbooks text-books and law reports for the Stato library li-brary a S ik The telephone company expects to extend ex-tend the Stockton line 123 miles Into the Dugway and Clifton district as far as I the Nevada line The people in the western west-ern part of the Stato are very anxious for telephone facilities and are ready to cooperate co-operate with the company in building the 4 line Although It la two weclcs before tho Thlneso Kow Year tho heathens an preparing pre-paring to celebrate In common with the Caucasians they say the year about to eloo has been vclly ploapous and they propose to show their appreciation of that fact In a manner that will startlo every resident within half a mile of Plum alley ami tho streets and avenues contiguous thereto C 0 Retail dealers say they aro experiencing at present lie results of the calm that Is JIHT 4lll > > UJ JJUliU IIS AV1IIJW LIIJ OIU1JIL of business durlnT the holiday season Wholesalers report a very good trade Cashiers of savings institutions say that while January and February have In Iho past shown comparatively light deposits the record for the now year yo far Is beyond be-yond that of any ono for a decade 0 > > The membership of tim Phillips Congregational Con-gregational church hold Its regular annual business meeting at the Phillips church last night Tho annual reports of the committees on Sundayschools nnd Christian S Chris-tian Endeavor were made together with 1ho routine business of the year The rhurrh Juts for some time past been without with-out a minister and a special meeting will probably bo hIll in the near future for ihc purpose of extending a call 0 V Mrs Ella Scars Pitt vIfo ofV II Pitt Jr died yesterday suddenly of Brlghts disease She was a daughter of Isaac Soars tho wellknown grain merchant and had been married less than a year Funeral services will bo held In the Eleventh ward rrwetlnghouso today at 2 oclock While not a resident of that ward at the time of her death It was In that part of tho city the deceased who was a lovable woman in every way was born and raised 0 tr Miller Knudsen who came In from the mouth of BIg Cottonwood yesterday said the Ice In the creek was very light compared com-pared to that of tfk year ago at this time While considerable dlfllcully has been experienced ex-perienced from slush Ice Irr the use of the Btrcam for power purposes there has not been a day this season when the power to operate the flour mills was shut offS off-S while a year ago nt this time thy stream I was almost solid There Is but llttlo snow in tho eastern mountains compared with tho quantity a year ago S 0 Mayor Thompson yesterday approved of The free vaccination ordinance iui passed by the City Council on Tuesday evening and also approved of the resolution In vlllng the mumLx of the Kallonal LiveStock Live-Stock association to hold their next annual an-nual convention In this city Tho bonds I of the now city officials were also approved ap-proved by the Mayor All the recent ap jioInleoH with the exception of City Engineer Engi-neer Kclsoy Superintendent of Waterworks Water-works Hmes and Senior of Weighty and Measures and Oil Inspector Ncbckcr havo flle < l their bonds K ft City Recorder Ray Naylor yesterday received re-ceived letters from Manila In which It la l HtaUd that Frank B Shelly who enlisted in the army and was sent lo Manila is very much improved in health Mr Shol ys sickness extended over a period of nearly six months his alltnenlB Including mnlarlul fever and dysentery lie la now 1 1 clerk In the paymasters department under MaJ C E Stanton John B Rog i > nt formerly of the Grand theater In this SI city Is also mentioned in the letters as I fully acclimated and attending to hIs I dutieS In the pay department under Gen Scholield S 0 Ernest Brockbank who has been In the employ ° f Browning Bros for the last tI l Irleen years lIftS soverod his connection connec-tion with that firm with the expectation n accepting a responsible position with slO5S Scott of San Francisco rVcbanlc departs for California to i K Ho lisa many friends In thin rsz iov much to nee him i < U > life of ininv I h ths Sty He I f r rls ani n S varlnb t 5 S hi fflM a ay andS and-S rlty comes aha S r nab be < n received In this cit rrrA1 Mai R v r Young dated Manila December Ttb While ho la looking up suItable quarters for his family they will romlii on the steamer City of Peking for hoUseS aro scarce and rents ure sour fn upward The Major often meets log sSon and Downey and McHHra wVJslii Shelly and Rogers and men tffi the death by a railroad accident of nMwimiM W Thornburff a former niem Thomas SoV light arllllory Ho was bnr of 1110 Utah T JabOrilig mun unmarried aged 2 and hu 5 nearest rlutlvo IH T J Thornburg of Kroikheld Mo |