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Show i s : J 4-4-4 : SALT LAKE J 4- 4- 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4- 4- 4- - CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD. . " The great reunion of the Elks over- ' shadowed all other local events, and j few were chronicled. Montana won the first prize, for the best display, and s Park City first prize for the most unique display. Ail the burros in the , ' camp were in the procession. A fire at Silver City. Utah. Friday, Aug. S, destroyed eight buildings in the heart of the town, involving a loss ; of about $25,000. The insurance is less than half. The fire is supposed to have i been caused by the explosion of a gaso line stove. The town is without fire protection, and but for a fortunate change in the wind would probably ?Bave been totally destroyed. , Dun's Review for the week says of business conditions in Salt Lake: "Jobbing "Job-bing trade is fairly good for the season ; and the situation is generally satisfac tory, though a shortage in the water supply in some localities is an unfavorable unfa-vorable feature. Buyers are conservative conserva-tive and orders rule small, but frequent, fre-quent, and July business compares very wel with la-st year. A satisfac-I satisfac-I i tory trade is had in groceries, drugs, j i hardware and all staples, and dealers in dry goods, clothing, shoes and no- j tions are busy with fall orders. Retail t trade improves and the large influx for I ' ' the Elks' reunion next Aveek should 1 lines, when the accommodation of the 1 city will be taxed to the utmost. Col- I lections light, with money plenty and f A sudden and severe attack of indi- I pestion, superinduced doubtless by a I charge of climate, proved to be too h much for Koko. the habv enrilla and 1 ' the little animal expired at 4:30 o'clock f Sunday afternoon. Koko was the prcrp- frty of J. K. Wilson, who has been ex- hibiting him in this city. ! There is a large number of one-dollar bills floating around in this city, brought hither by the eastern tourists, I as much more convenient than silver I coin. So the hotels and restaurants I are fairly flooded with one-dollar bills,' I ' to the astonishment of the proprietors. 1 Senator W. A. Clark is now in Cali- 1 fornia. In an interview Saturday in j the Chronicle, he said: j s "Work is favorably progressing on ! the Salt Lake & San Pedro railroad, I 1 find, from present indications, the rail- j I way will be in operation in two years, f "I am not associated with any one in j r the new road. There have been reports ' I that Gould was with me in the enter- j - prise, but the statements are not true1. I have not definitely decided whether I will extend the road to San Franciscn . or not. ) ! "Eastern papers are very anxious to I know if I have bought the Independent, daily newspaper at Helena. Mont. I J j i have not bought the paper, but I have 1 n option on it. I own the Miner of Hutte, the Tribune of Great Falls and I s ' the Herald of Salt Lake. I cannot say i that these papers pay, but I like to j I own the papers and 1 like to associate I I ; with newspaper men, as I am some- I : what of a Bohemian myself." i John E. Kearns, brother of Senator Kearns. arrived in Salt Lake from the I Big Horn Basin. Wyo., where he is I now located in the lumber, contract- ing and coal mining, business. Mr. Kearns left Salt Lake a year ago last I February and went to Cuba, where he ) spent four months prospecting. He ? . went from there to Mexico and spent " two months in that country. From I there he went to the Big. Horn Basin, I i where he is permanently located in the I town of Cody, that has already a popu- lation of between 400 and 500 people. 1 He has great faith in the Big Horn I - Basin; there is an abundance of water, I he says, but it has not yet been utilized I for irrigating purposes. When this is done the country will develop very f ', rapidly. G. W. Beck, the Democratic I nominee for governor of Wyoming, "i lives in Cody. He is a Kentuckian and ? ' claims to be the nearest living male , relative of George Washington. Mr. " Kearns will be in the city for a week or ten days. |
