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Show IjCityand BRADSTREET'S has tho following to sav regarding local trade conditions: 'Wholesalers and retailers report decided Improvement. AVool market Bhows satisfactory satis-factory condition. Building operations awn In active. Money firm and collections THE SPECIAL water commltteo appointed ap-pointed by tho City Council to InvoatiKUte tho question of an lncrcaned wator supply sup-ply for this city will meet at 7:30 tonight in tho ofilce of Attorney F. S. Richards in tho McCornick block. CITIZENS who havo delinquent water toxeu had better mako a call upon the City Treusurcr and ncttlo up beforo thoy ore without wator. It Is the rulo of tho office to shut off tho water lo thoso premises prem-ises where the owners have failed to pay their asHessments. and the rule is being exorcised with good results. It Is not long after tho water has been turned oft before the delinquent ono comes up with the monoy. Yesterday the water was turned or from tho hydrants to thirteen houses and tho day beforo to nlnotcen. SANITARY INSPECTOR KORTH says that tho condition of tho homes and yards on East South Temple Htrcct Is better this year th.'in at any tlmo In tho past. Tho places, ho said, were nearly all In good sanitary' condition. Thero aro, however, still twenty-one houses on tho street that aro not connected with tho sower. Tho owners of tbeso places will bo given twenty twen-ty days' notice In which to comply with tho ordinances and If connections arc not mado within that time proceedings will be instituted acalnst them. e 3 i I BIDS for school supplies for tho present pres-ent year will bo opened by tho Board of Education at noon Monday, and contracts will be awarded to tho lowest bidders. No bids will be received later than the hour above stated. THREE NEAV STORE rooms aro to bo added to South AVcst Temple street by tho erection by Moses Hnllett, a Denver capitalist, of a one-story brick building just north of the Metropolitan hotel block, which Is also tho property of Mr. Hnllett. The old adobe dwelling, which has stood for many years on tho rflte for tho new building Is being torn down to make room for the more modern structure, struc-ture, which will bo SOxCO foot in size. Tho work Is In chargo of E. E. AVIcka, Mr. Hallett's local acent. a n THREE NEW modern four-room dwellings, built of pressed brick, havo just been completed in Poplar Grove by E. B. AVicks. as agent of tho Salt Lake City Land company, owner of Poplar Grove addition. The compnny will build moro houses In tho addition as tho market mar-ket warrants It. e V THE LADIES of Phillips Congregational Congrega-tional church will hold a sale of children's aprons and cake at Henderson's grocery on Main street all day today. u a a HON. E, H. RYAN. County Attorney of Iron county, Is In Salt Lako for a few days, attending to matters of legal Importance, Im-portance, and also on business connected with tho establishment of waterworks at Cedar CItj. Mr. Ryan Is ono of tho prominent attorneys of southern Utah, and when asked as to his aspirations to become the next Governor of tho State, he very modestly declared that ho had none. He, however, acknowledged that ho would bo proud to become the Ropub-llcnn Ropub-llcnn nomlnco for District Attorney in his judicial district, and that many members of the bar had been kind enough lo Indorse In-dorse him for that position. CO STATE Engineer A. F. Doremus goes to Parley's Park today to explain to a meeting meet-ing of farmers the operation of tho Stato law governing the use of tho waters of tho Wober river and Its tributaries. p E. AV. ROSS, supervising engineer for tho district of Utah and Idaho In tho Government's Gov-ernment's reclamation service, was In tho city yesterday from Boise, conferring with Prof. Swendson of tho local offico in rogard to the work to be dono In this Stato during tho year. MOSES THATCHER has been served by Marshal Ben Heywood with a subpoena subpoe-na to appear as a witness In the Smoot case. Service was secured at Logan. O II u EX-FIRE CHIEF JAMES DEA1NE has bogun suit against the city for ?20S.5O alleged to be duo for services as light Inspector. a a tr MAYOR R. P. MORRIS has votoed the ordinance passed by the Council giving the humane officer power to appoint the dog tax collector. Tho reason given la that tho City Treasurer has the right to name all his own deputies. o u a THERE AVAS a small fire In the basement base-ment of tho Constutlon block at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. The department was called out, but the blazo had been extinguished ex-tinguished when It arrived at tho scene. Tho first was started from a candle used by an electrician and was of no conse-Quence. TO ORGANIZE a union among tho street car men is the purpose of C. O. Pratt, natlonul organizer of tho Amalgamated Amal-gamated Association of Street and Electric Elec-tric Rallwuy Employees of America, who Is now In tho city. He says thero Is a strong scntlmont here In favor of a union und that 140 applications havo been received. re-ceived. A mooting will soon be called to perfect tho organization. a . TEN CENTS more for flour, five cents moro for ontB, ten cents moro for wheat and $1 moro for timothy hay! This Is tho result of tho meeting of tho Salt Lake produce exchange Thursday night, Tho bad condition of the roads Is the oxcuso given for the raise i n v GOOD REPORTS as to the condition of tho snow aro received by the weather bureau bu-reau from all portions of the Stato except tho extreme south, where tho precipitation precipita-tion has been very scanty Indeed. In tho northorn half the snow Is solidly packed and should last woll through tho summer. No Irrigation will bo required for several weeks except, perhaps, in the far south. A DEATH AVATdr. consisting of Georgo Pugsley, Charles H. Davis and Harry Shurtllfc was placed over Frank Rose, tho wlfo murderer, at tho penitentiary peniten-tiary by Warden Arthur Pratt yesterday. Rose Is to bo executed in just two weeks. |