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Show t- -i i. i, Mr. Charles D. Rooklidge of this city j j r lease on the has secured a Alta Tramway of the ltio Grande Western" from Sandy to Alta via Wasatch. It is the intention of the lessor to reand build the line as a narrow-gaug- e to accomplish this means an expenditure of from $75,000.00 to $100,000.00. Work is to commence this spring, and it is likely that tho lino will be in shape to handle Alta ores as well as the passenger business of Wasatch and Brighton by next summer. While but little lias been said of this project yet it Is one of tho most important railroad matters now under consideration for It means the practical rehabilation of Alta, one of the earliest and most historic mining camps in the state. It also means that Alta will at last be enabled to take its proper place among ten-yea- ; ders In the east in telling the public she would have always enjoyed of the Overland Route. dk J had there been proper transportation 'acilities. The plan of Mr. Rooklidge Some of the best car work In the s to rebuild the tramway so that ores country is done right here in Salt can be quickly and economically Lake by the force at the Rio Grande lauled to the smelters at a much lower shops. Jk & cost than at present and as the mines this are .here being rapidly developed, There were all kinds of cars in the ;rafflc alone will prove remunerative. them eclipsed Mr. Then there is a fine bench land above train, but not one of the finest business which is Sandy which would give considerable Bancroft's, section. car in this be RAILROAD TALK. r Tinre Table states mineral producers, a AN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES dk dk semcr-- C. A. WALKER. AKltlVK. From Provo, American Fork, Lehl, Juab, Milford, Frisco, Calientes and intermediate Q.TC si'J'J points From Provo, Lehl, Fairfield, Mercur and Sanpete Valley C.'IC Ky. points From Silver City, Mammoth, Kurcka, Stockton, Tooele and sJl'J'J Garfield Hooch p 111 p IH p General Banking Business Transacted. Safety Deposit Boxes For RenL A dk Drink Paraffin OIL Paraffin oil would hardly be deemed A desirable beverage by an epicure, but it is used as a stimulant in some parts of Russia. The habit once contracted is adhered to, even when other liquors are within reach of their purses. An oil intoxication producer Intense drowsiness and the tippler f this odd drink goes to sleep as soon as he has become saturated with the Good Definition of Luck." Here is Max ORells definition of "luck: Luck means rising at six oclock in the morning, living on a dollar a day if you earn two, minding your own business and not meddling with other peoples. Luck means appointments you have never failed to keep, the trains you have never failed to catch. Luck means trusting in God and your own resources. How Owls Rid Farms of Pests. Last summer a nest of young owls Calvin, Resident Engineer Ashton and was taken by some English gamekeep Mechanical Superintendent Dunn were era and inclosed in a box, but was left food where the old owls could present and all went over the matter to them. From June 25 to bring25 the July were morsels following provided by the old owls for their offspring: Thir rats, mice, 118 moles, one sparrow, one patridge, one lark. ty-sev-en 111 AMi TRAINS DAILY. Pullman lluffet Sleeping Oar Service Dally betwcon Salt Luke, Milford, Modena and Cullen tes. Direct stage connections for all mining districts in southern Utah and Nevada. r fifty-nin- e COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL PAID IN, 9200.000. GENERAL BANKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES lan, A. F. Holden. of the REPUBLIC BANK NATIONAL 8. DEPOSITORY. U. PRESIDENT FRANK KNOX, JA8. A. MURRAY, OF BUTTE, w. F. ADAMS, Cashier VlCE-PEE- - CAPITAL PAID IN B. $300,000 Banking in all Its branches transacted. xcbange drawn on the principal cities of Europe. Interest paid on time deposits. . W. J. J. DALY, 8. MoCORNICK. PRESIDENT 8. H. LYNCH. MANAGER A 810. VICS-PRSS- T. i Trust Diali Savings So. 8ALT LAKE CITY. CAPITAL PAID UP SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS Interest paid on deposits. $150,000 ..$44,000 Loans on ap- - Acts as executor, admla-itrato- r. guardian, assignee, receiver, ate. Title Guarantee Department: Insures Titles and makes Abstracts. roved security. E Bird Migration. . After years of study devoted to the topic. Prof. Alfred Newton, of Cam- DiAimiiAiAiAiiiiinimuiHMmlutAAAmAAAiF bridge, stated that without doubt bird migration is the greatest mystery in Utah Light & Power Go. the entire animal kingdom "a mystery, he added, that can be no more INSTALLATION. explained by the modern man of sci ELBOTRIOAL.1 ence than by the simple-mindesav Water-94-00 H. P. Salt Lake Salt Lake Steam 1500 H. P. age of antiquity. Water 6000 H. P. Ogden Water-80- 00 Leased Plant HP. Main Street Tel. 350 or address agents on For particulars call Salt Lake Route, or J. L. Moore, Commercial City Ticket Office, 1889 dk liquid. Salt l4k City. For Provo, Lehl, Fairfield and Mercur, connecting at Ncphl for Mantl and Intermediate a 111 points on Sunpeto Valley Ky.. dk dk For Garileld llcach, Tooele, Stockton, Mammoth, JOurckaA quiet little meeting was held in RYVI and Silver City (via Lcumlng- OSVAJ HI d cut-off) ton the office of Vice President Bancroft For Provo, American Fork, of the Oregon Short Line last week Lehl, Juab, Milford, Frisco, Calientes and Intermediate 0,U3 P m when Assistant General Manager E. E. points 70 ' Establish all Lake City, Utah The passenger traffic on the local roads is something phenomenal. and with transportation, the quarries of Wasatch ought to again come to the front. In rebuilding the line, new rails, ties and equipment will have to be used, so it is no small undertaking, and considering the good it will be to this city, Mr. Rooklidge should receive full support in his enterprise and it is sincerely to be hoped that he will meet with success. From Oregon Short Lino Depot, Rankers. es traffic D KIM JIT. .... WALKER BROTHERS The local yard of the Short Line was congested with trainloads of steel rails this week. They were going to Cali-entto be laid on the San Pedro to Los Angeles. AND SALT LAKE R. R. CO. BANKERS. posi-;io- n Chicago and Northwestern. r txamjM 'TRUTH. 10 i irwntsi vg?iKrgMirarvgMa 301. Agent. E. W. GILLETT, Gen. Passenger Agent d Got Even. An editor who was courting a worn an of uncertain age, but positive bank Rio Grande System. account, was cut out by a gentleman from a neighboring town, who married her and took her home. Whereof improvements for the coming year. upon the editor sought a mean reTho Short Line is an entirely different venge by heading an account of her property from what it was in 1897, but wedding, "Another Old Resident the work of betterment is not going Gone." to stop. Next year the programme will Include much work on the roadThe Painting of Iron. way and extensions, to say nothing The thin coat of black oxide left on of new engines and cars. Iron after rolling is the most perma dk dk nent form of iron and a slight The retirement of Winslow S. Pierce amount of rust doesoxide, not prevent paint as general counsel of the Union Pacific, from adhering to iron. Therefore the coupled with the fact that every road theory that iron must be cleaned to save the Gould system was repre- white surface by sandblast or other sented at the Lucin cut-of- f opening, wise before painting seems untenable be indicative of the present conmight ditions. To Retire Professors. dk dk Yale professors will htreufter be reAlfred Dario w, the advertising agent tired from service, except in specia of the Union Pacific, is working won- at sixty-eigcases, years of age. B. F. NEVINS, Mru oArm max lumh. but BLAOK, OLMAB OH wurrmm mummr atom qimtsm D. AMTHHAOITB ALL SUSS. J. SHARP, Agent TILKPHOM 429 79 MAIN STREH ht 3 GAS. Salt Lake 400 M Cn. 60 M Co. Ogden 7 8. MAIN Ft. Dally. Ft. Dally. STREET. GALT LAK OITT. WINDSOR EUROPEAN HOTEL OENTRALLY LOOATBD. HATES 50o. 75o n.nd SLOO. Everything New and Flret-Clae- e. J. Q. BOOTY, MANAGER. THEODOS1VS BOTKIN, ATTORNEY AND Kelth-O'Drlc- n Building. COUNSELOR-AT-- L AW Salt Lake City |