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Show UTAH ' SmE NEWS A number of cows at Helton. .Bo Elder countv, have died from hydro phobia the past week, due to the bnei of rabid coyotes. R. J. Sims, aged 40 years, whose home is said to ' be in Aberdeen Wash., died at the county hospital at Salt Lake of alcoholism. Ben Goodrich, a miner, suffered the loss of both eyes when a number of giant powder caps exploded In his pocket near a mine in Alta. Gaining entrance by breaking through the skylight, robbers entered a jewelry store at Salt Lake and got away with $1,000 worth of jewelry. Miss Millie Williams, aged 22, one of the most noted singers of the state, died at Salt Lake, June 18, from pneumonia, contracted at Los Angeles. An-geles. Five hundred dollars has been voted by the Alta club of Salt Lake to go toward the promotion of the citizens' military training camp, to be held at Fort Douglas August 1 to September 16. George Keene and John O'Brien were arrested at Salt Lake, charged with having stolen brass and copper fixtures from the Oregon Short Line estimated to be worth in the vicinity of $1,500. John Treweek, 74 years of age, one of the pioneer mining engineers of L'tah and the intermountain region, died at Salt Lake, June IS, of Bright's disease and heart afflictions after a long illness. Miss Laura Robinson, 20 years of age, who was severely injured when she was thrown from an auto near the Jordan high school on the road between Sandy and Murray, has a chance for recovery-Joseph recovery-Joseph Wilkins. 23 years of age, attempted at-tempted to commit suicide at Sa'.J Lake by drinking poison, but is now out of danger. He had but recently secured employment and his wagtri had been garni.sheed. San Juan county never has appeared ap-peared to be mure pr-j.-perous. it U reported. While the cattle and agricultural agri-cultural industry is going ahead with leaps and bounds, mining activities of importance are gair.ir-g steadily. More than forty local business and professional men have guaranteed that Ogden shall have Chau'-iuiua attractions at-tractions for not less than one week next year by signing a contract with the Lilison White Chautauqua company. A site for the Mormon battalion monument on the new capitol grounds was selected, subject to the approval of the next legislature, on June 16 by the Mormon liattaiiun committee and a sub-committee of the capitol commission. com-mission. The house has passed Senator Smoot's bill, previously passed by the tenate. authorizing the grant of lands to the town of Myton for cemetery, public pub-lic park, water supply and school purposes. pur-poses. The house amended the bill to require payment of J1.25 an acre for the lands. The state convention of health officers offi-cers closed at Salt Lake on June 16 with an address by Dr. T. B. Beatty. secretary of the sta'e board of health. In which he administered a stiff rebuke re-buke to those communities which did not send their health officers to the meet lugs. More than J.'.OnO.iVO will be asked of the board of directors of tho lVn-ver lVn-ver & Rio Grande by H. V. Mudge. president of the road, for improvements improve-ments and the building of additional feeders outside of the proposed Vin-tah Vin-tah basin lino when the directors hold their meeting in July. Utah's state militia is composed of six troops of cavalry, a battery of light Held artillery, a sanitary corps and a band, aggregating a total of slightly more than iy'0 officers and men. This represents peace strength and increased to war strength iho complenieiit will be about 0 Hi men. The damage suit brought by Florence Flor-ence Harris against Krnest Spiers, to recover J.VtHHi as compensation for breach of promise to marry, came to a termination at Salt Lake when, under un-der a stipulation between the attorneys attor-neys for the contestants, the jury was discharged as if iu the case of a mistrial. Another lease upon life was given o Frank De l'retto. under sentence of death for the killing of Kngene Allen in tho Highland Boy mine robbery rob-bery at lilngham three years ago by the state board of pardons on June 17. The board will later consider De Fretto's application for commutation commuta-tion of sentence to life Imprison, ment. Tho huge Ibard. or reptile, uncovered uncov-ered last week near Vernal, by Dr. Karl lVnigla.s of the Carnegle'mu'seum of ritlsbnrg. Is reported to be one of tho largest In tho United States It to ....1.1 . 1 .... " ee i oi tin oest pre served. Its measurements ;u. 'H le." feel, length; neck. t;:, foot and estimated weight, when alise at sevet al scores of tons. A special train will ,..,ITV , .,,. '' delega.es to , he national Mks' convention from tho lodge of Utah. Idaho ami Nov ;,, '"'V.e in ft.,!, iU ,ep,esete'l 1'ians are now bei,u: i.,M ,-,. ,,,,,. Ihe 11 am. which will u-avo ;:.,!t 1, . Tl''" n""'r Cta.i'. alia .!,., Smv Mi, (he man w lio attenpted to a-S,'u11 a-S,'u11 lu" I'iHe git'.s ;,t Salt I ,K,' may have been connected witi, """'let' of Alice Fnipev. i v, a, ., , "'.e. mar Amino,,. Ida!,,-, A i.t M i ,; the epln!. of oflleeis. |