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Show , t SALT LAKE! -r r -r -r T- T- T- T" T" T" "V T CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD. Dr. J. E. Talmage has gone to Millard Mil-lard county in behalf of the state land ! board to conduct a series of investiga- J tions as to the practicability of increas- , ing the water supply by means of ar- , tesian wells. He will begin his investigations investi-gations in the vicinity of Holden, and ' will look into the conditions on the des- 1 ert west of these and in other places. 1 When he returns the board will hold a ' special meeting to consider the ques-; ' tion. ( ' Rev. John T. Axton, recently appoint- ed chaplain in the United States army, J has been ordered to Fort Russell. Wyo- j jning. to assume his duties. He will ! discharge the duties of chaplain for the ' Kighteenth infantry, which is stationed i there, and w ith whch regiment he will ' bp permanently connected. Mr. Axton i left last week for the new post, taking I his family with him. Mr. Axton was i some time ago assigned to the Eight- i ; eenth infantry, but was left at the post i f here for the time being. The second story of the Summit 1 i block, which only extends back about I thirty feet, on the west side of Main I street, between Second and Third South I streets, may soon be torn down and a i new floor constructed in its plate, : extending from the front of the build ing to the rear, which opens onto the i alley running north and south through j that business block. The ground floor , 1 : of the building is now occupied by the , ; Lace House and the L. & A. Cohn dry j goods firms. . The second story, which runs about a third of the way back, is . occupied by offices, with an entrance on Main street. The volume of business j of the two companies has so increased , j , that they require more floor space. i . Commissioner Heiner estimates that , about 3,000,000 pounds of coffee are used , each year in Utah, which is equal to - j twelve pounds per capita. That is an i . increase per capita of four pounds ; during the past few years. Two-thirds I I ! of the annual consumption is of a very j low grade, selling at an average of 12 i ; cents per. pound. Of the 2.000,000 t pounds of low-grade coffee used the : ; ! commissioner thinks at least 25 per ' cent of it is adulterated. Through that 1 adulteration he figures the people are 1 annually cheated out of $60,000 worth ; : " ' of good coffee. , i M. J. O'Meara left Tuesday for Tono- t ! Pan ard the Lone mountain district, , I ! ". Nevada. Mr. O'Meara expects to be I away until Christmas time looking aft- I er the interests of the King Tonopah I and the Alpine companies' mines in the I districts named. |
