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Show SALT LAKE CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD. Local restaurant men say that this has . been the most profitable season they ever experienced, and they have made a good deal of money. 4 Local florists report an absence of roses and carnations from the market, mar-ket, as the old bushes have been thrown out of the hot houses, they say, and the new ones w ill not be ready to bear until next month. 4 Local provision- dealers call attention to the fact that Colorado has no pure food law. and the result is that that state has become the dumping ground of the thousand and one kinds of doped edibles that formerly found lodging place in the Salt Lak markets. 4 Rallies from Vernal say tht after the 1 .772 reservation farms are chosen there will be still many srrall ranches ahmg the foothills worth l )-ating and upon which water c: be easily brought. It is claimed -Lat a wrong impression exists as to the alleged scarcity of -water, and that there will be enough for everybody. Some claim that there will not be over 2.500 persons who drew lucky numbers who will actually ac-tually tile on the lands. The lands are said to be quite up to the average. -4 According to a statement compiled by Secretary of State Tingey. the total sum of $330,464.54 was paid by insurance insur-ance companies on claims in this state during the past year. Of that amount SIGH, 319. 50 was paid out by tire, marine, steam boiler and plate glass insurance companies doing business in the state and $;siit5. S45. 04 was paid by life, acci-, acci-, dent, casualty, fidelity and surety com panies-. The w ill of the !aie Charles Yadner was tiled last week in the probate division divi-sion of the district court. According ti the will the deceased leaves his prop-. prop-. erty equally divided between his widow, his son and his daughter. The estate ir, valued at $(30,500, of which $20,000 it consists" of real estate situated in Salt Lake City. O'her property is at North Adams, Mass.: Missoula, Mont.; Butte, Mont. The deceased had personal per-sonal property amounting to $12,500. 4 The addition of fencing and swordsmanship swords-manship is contemplated as a feature o" the future cavalry practice of Troop A X. (I. U. Acting Adjutant General Geoghcgan has had ordered a full equipment of foilr- and mats for use in the sport, and has offered himself to ! give the lessons. He is an expert ! swordsman and holds a medal and certificate cer-tificate of merit from the queen's regi- 1 ment in the British army. 4 t One of the highest honors connected 1 wiih the grand lodge of the Elks has fallen to the Utah delegate who represented repre-sented the local lodges at the recent grand lodge meeting at Buffalo.- The recipient of this honor is County Attor- t ney Parley P. Christensen. Saturday he received a communication from 1 Grand Exalted Ruler R. W. Brown of j Louisville. Ky., notifying him of his j appointment as grand esquire, the 1 higher office in the gift of the grand exalted ruler. j -4- j The New Southern hotel, 144 West First South street, was sold today ; by L. D. Freed to C. R. Burkett and j Phil S. Fox of Eutte. The eonsidera- ! tion was $25,000 and the purchasers will I take possession of the building Sept. 1. Both Mr. Burkett and Mr. Fox are experienced hotel men, the former having hav-ing owned aud managed the famous Pipestone Hot Springs hotel near Butte, and the latter having been manager of the Buite hotel for some time. The artesian well at Eighth South and j Fifth East street has been overworked j since the city waters became unpotable ; from the cloudbursts up the canyons, j So constant has been the streams of ! pots and pans, kettles- and kegs, jugs and paiis. that people finally fell into j the habit of getting into line like they j de of a Sunday morning at the post- ! office. People who live so far from the well that it is impossible to "tote" water to their homes have come in buggies and wagons, and boys and men on wheels have made a regular path to the "ver-flowing little well. The rush began yesterday at 5 a. in. and. accord- j ing to residents", thousands availed i themselves of the now during the day. ! The wator is cold as ice and clear as crystal, the taste is palatable and assuaging as-suaging to thirst. Notwithstanding : the heavy draft made on its supply, a large stream constantly flowed off and lost itself in the porous sands. I 4 j Rasmus C. Knudsen, builder of the ' Big Cottonwood mills, died Monday at ! the age of 82 years. Deceased was well 1 known in Utah, where he had resided ' for forty-one years, crossing the plains in 18t)4. Being a millwright by trade he spent many years building wind as water mills throughout Utah, and was universally respected for his many noble no-ble traits of character. Forty-four years in the service of Uncle Sam, thirty-nine in one postof-fice. postof-fice. This is the record of L. A. Billings, Bil-lings, u mai! clerk in the Salt Lake postofhee, and who is familiarly known i by the sobriquet of "Uncle Josh Billings." Bil-lings." Not only is Mr. Billings the oldest clerk in point of service in the Salt Lake postomce, but he has the proud distinction of being one of the oldest in the service of Uncle Sam. Nine men have presided over the post-office post-office since Mr. Billings became a member mem-ber of the force. These were Messrs. Stein, Street, Moore, Ly--'i, Barratt, Brow, Benton. Nash and the incumbent of the postoffiee. Hon. .. L. Thomas. And the postoffice has had five different homes, is about to move nuo the sixth yet Mr. Billings remains one of the most active men in his department. 4 A six-inch tarantula has been cap- Itured a mile north of Warm Springs by S. A. Johnson and Sherman Hol-man Hol-man while excavating there. The insect in-sect is now in the possession of All Hallows college. |