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Show I 3 : SALT LAKE 5 1 4-4- 4-4-4-4 I CITY AND NEIGHEOHHOOD. j The board of governors of the Com- I r,rcial ciub has framed a bill which I will be presented to the legislature fn- action. The bill authorizes the ap-jcintment ap-jcintment of three commissioners to fid in securing federal assistance in the construction of water reservoirs in the state. At a meeting of " the stockholders of tl-p National Bank of the Republic Frank Knox, W. F. Adams. J. C. I ynch, S. 1.5. Milner, John Phipps of rittsburg, G. S. Holmos, Stephen Hays, .T;:mes A. Murray of Butte and Thomas K arns were elected directors. The hoard fcfM a meeting later in the day f , d fleif'd Frank Knox president and V.'. F. Adams cashier. No one was elected to fill the vice presidency made v;:.. ant by the death of George A. Lowe. "he state board of health has insti-tf.fd insti-tf.fd a quarantine against the town of . 3 V rron, ard instructed the mayor of fiat placer to see that no person leaves tht re until the smallpox epidemic has f resided. The schools of Ferron have 1 i n closed and no mail will be allowed ti be sent out for some time. The c'.-eafJe was not recognized until fully one-third of the population had con- It-acted it. and the authorities are of I tl'e opinion that the spread of the con- . t; ffion cannot be stopped until all who si? susceptible to the disease have hzd it. A petition, signed by about one-half rf the property owners on East South Temple street, asking- that the street be ! paved from State to Eighth East street, ; v. ill probably be presented to the city rouncil at its next meeting. The mat-; mat-; trr has been brought to the attention 1 r' City Engineer Kelsey, who estimates in a general way that the paving will : rest close to J150.W0. Owing to the 1 peculiar grade of the street as far as E ftreet. cne or two reslraining walls will ' l ave to be built in She center of the ftreet to that point. The petition asks for asphalt pavement: similar to that o.i other streets of tine city. "A'orkmen began Monday to raze the o M building known as the city jail. The M'l.ooo structure will be erected in its P-ice. A period of from three to four months, it is thought, will be necessary to complete the work. In the mean-time mean-time the city's prisoners will be cared for at the county jail and in the base-mint base-mint of the city hall. Sixteen of the r risoners were pardoner! by Mayor T hompson in order to relieve the city ' , of as many prisoners as possible. Oth-p's Oth-p's whose terms had expired were also released. The cellar of the hall is bell be-ll g placed in condition which will per-! per-! mit the officers to use it as a place of confinement while the new jail is being erected. The Woman's Democratic club has ; completed arrangements for the reception recep-tion to be given in honor of the members mem-bers of the legislature. The event will take place next Wednesday night at the I home of Hon. and Mrs. Moses Thatch-I Thatch-I er, the hours to be from S to 11 o'clock, i Assisting the officers of the club in re-I re-I . reiving will be Senator and Mrs. Raw-J Raw-J , M.ns, Hon. and Mrs. AV. H. King, Hon. I p.nd Mrs. Richard W. Young and Mrs. I Simon Bamberger. |