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Show : i 1 SALT LAKE ) CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD 1 More rr;en are being- taken on at the i V.'nt Grande shops in Suit Lake, and .""w ji full force is employed, working ! iiji hours a day. This is the tirst I linie finco sixty men were-laid off vn j account 'f the Carbon county coal 1 niiiK-rf.' k1 tike that the nhop? have been I xvoi king full force ai:d full time. f J Arthur B. Lewis, the adinff copper ' man of thi? state, announces in th- J r.-xi thre v eks the coiisolidiit ion of , . I'no leading ouppt-r prop rt ies of Ltnh 1 unci Nevada, comroiliug- S.'.nKi :nTes, I uinJ'T the titl" of the Monarch Mines fc SmeitinK cuinpany, capitalized at $30.-j $30.-j iOo.OOO, under the laws of the Mate of Maine, lie detlir.es to fclve liie nun?9 of the eastern backers of the scheme. ! , A d--fer live flue in the pra house ; m. Mercur causc-d a JflO.iMM) blaze at that place early Saturday morning. Only the most heroic efforts on the part f tlje firemen and citizens prevented the Jlames fiuin wijiini; -ut the entire business busi-ness district as it did about two years ni-'o. when Mercur was almost totally destroyed by a eonflapraticn. The buildincs destroyed are the opera house. Union restaurant. Omaha butcher butch-er shop, ojiora house bar. Pickle's sta-. sta-. lionery more." Farley's barbershop and fix residences. - The members of Hie Tabernacle choir have decided to visit the St. Louis exposition ex-position in a body, Roing on a special train. They will j,dve concerts en route, and while in the middle west will visit Carthase, Nauvoo and other points of interest to Mormons in that portion of the country. The presvr.t plans are to visit the exposition' some time in June. Therr1 are too many saloons and liquor joints in the city now, far too many. The licenses of a lot of them should be withdrawn. The city would benefit thereby. The agreement reached by the mayor and the chief of police to increase the fine for conduct- Iinp a pa milling- house from $1UU to is all right, and so if the increase in tines for those who keep disorderly houses. Gambling and prostitution are nils which cannot be entirely suppressed, sup-pressed, but they should be reduced to a minimum and kept under ;urveil- i I lance. Salt Lake is not going to be run as a "wide open town," exclaims ; Truth. ! In order to prevent the possible de struction of tne hotel by fire and to protect the gruests. A. Fred Wey, proprietor pro-prietor of the Wilson, has issued orders that hereafter none of the -hotel employes em-ployes is to smoke cigarettes during j working hours. ' L. E. lioger?" and Harry Windsor !have returned from Mercur, where they have been adjusting the losses of the lecent lire. They say the burned area j was different from that portion of the I town destroyed two years ago, and I that when new buildings are put up on I the scene of the last fire the town will I be practically rebuilt. j Tuesday, Feb. 2, was what is gen- I erally known as "groundhog" or "bear" I nay, and if the traditional theory can I he relied upon and many there are I who would be willing to snake their I .'ill upon it then winter is by no means I over, but on the contrary will continue J for at least another six weeks. That I ' the little fellow saw his shadow there .1 can hardly be any doubt, as all day long the sun s-hone beautifully, making I the day an ideal one for a return to his cosy dor. |