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Show i SALT LAKE , CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD. I ' The local flower market is being: well I patronized, Letter than last year, the j , . dealers say, but there is no change in 1 - prices reported. There is a specially ' heavy demand this season for eania- 1 . . tions. and in general there is a fine line I ! "i flowering- plants on sale, which find J 1 ready buyers. The C'-ponia Lorraine ! is proving a popular lower. ' Pond trout from Idaho and tame ' J -dm-ks were en the market, and another 1 t-hipi.'ients is expected in again lor Christinas trade. J The Latter-day Saints' ho?pital has f been completed and a carload of oper- i filing appliances arrived Tuesday from the east as the res-ult of the intelligent ! activity of jr. Richards in making purchases. i j i The leal express companies report r that with them the Christmas rus"h has , "begun earlier than usual, as peoi.de ap- 1 i . pea red to become Impressed with the . I 3 t idea lhat it would be a good scheme to I , fret their .packages in earlier and thus . J i Ftand a better tOvnv to get them I j through to their destinations on sched- I , tile time. This forethought has been a J source of relief to the express conipa- nics. As it is. the Christmas business has become very heavy, and will exceed i that of a year ago. il l . Manager J. C. Leary mf the Salt Lake 1 : ftoek yai ils is -arranging to increase the 1 ' capacity of the yards, and will have ad- ! ditioiial sidings laid to expedite busi- I ness. ' ; The secretary of the state board of health has received ."00 eye charts for ; life in systematic tests on the eyes of school children, in the same way as in optical establishments. These charts have been instrumental in other places ' in delecting chronic diseases of the eye in children, as well a? the cause of chronic headaches, and troubles with the muscles of the eye. The secretary says that a child with poor eyes can- ' not do the same work or get the same decided results fn in study as others who have perfectly healthy eyes; some children are forced to leave school because be-cause of physical ailments which a properly conducted eye test would show were due entirely to eye trouble. -- According to estimates secured . by the Herald. Salt Lake will have ."pent at the close of the year 1904 approximately approxi-mately $l.)00.ono for whisky, beer, wines and similar beverages. Taking the population pop-ulation of the city at 70.000, this means an average of $21.42 for every man, woman wo-man and child residing inside the municipal mu-nicipal limits. There are ninety-four saloons sa-loons in the city. Men familiar with the business say the average receipts are JnO a. day. or a total of $4,100 each day. Eliminating Sundays, on which no liquor is supposed to be sold, there are 314 "woiking days" in this leap year. This would make the total sold during the 'year. $1,475,700. which is easily brought to ever $1,500,000 by quiet selling sell-ing on Sundays and by the sale of liquors for family use. |