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Show ? - - i ' ' r . i '' . it. , ' i . t 9 Z 1 , 1 J , I v f -i . ' y v . i , . i . 1 i r A. ' x , , r. . . ' t i ; . J . .i ac i : c ; v ', li, u . j t- l' .. .; oerif. i . r ana Aa. slant tecretary liti ...if, , It . ' . ' 1CJT: '.LO t , a'!, a waitress In trie lai.io hotel at l'ocateiio, drank an ounce of thlorotorm lust ruht. fene had ben clanirj a Jre3 end au'otsad siie had eniptitd the drue; out of tin tumblr, but had emptlod a g.as contatn'.na; watr. Later, bv inlntake, she drank the chloroform. chloro-form. A physician was summoned In time to save h-r life. PAYETTE: Word Is received from Waahlrirton that the Postmaster-Gen ral has ordered the removal of ttie poatoftice at Fayette,-Ida., from the present site to premises owned by Burt enable. BOIES; A Joint rceetlnc of the directors direc-tors of the Intermountaln Fair association associa-tion and the subscribers of the fund to guarantee the expenses of a spring race meeting, will be held next Saturday nlht at the offlce of the secretary to formulate formu-late plans for the meeting. The men behind be-hind the enterpriae wlil exert every effort to make the meeting a success, and from reports which have already been received re-ceived I hey will not be disappointed. RAWLINS: Bnow fell rapidly yesterday yester-day afternoon, and although It ' melted fast the ground is now perfectly white and the weather Is quite cold. Sbearinr has .been suspended until "there Is a change of weather. v RAWLINS: The I. O. O. F. of Rawlins celebrated the eighty-fourth anniversary of that order here Monday night by a big-dance big-dance and banquet. The dance was given giv-en In the opera-house and was largely attended. at-tended. Music was furnished by the EUts band. I I I i i V t j JTevadA. RENO: JT. A Maxwell of Reno has returned re-turned from a ten days' trip to Ban Francisco, Fran-cisco, where he interested several wealthy men In the development of his Tonopaa holdings. Work will , begin within the next thirty days. NEWS fro;.i I FOUR STATES. - Utah. PROVO: A deed has been filed with the Utah County Recorder from Rebecca M. Cary of Salt Lake City to Robert Hammond of Chicago. 111., conveying for a consideration of $10,000' twenty acres of land on Provo bench. In section 12, township south, range 2 east, together with an undivided three-forty-fourths interest in-terest in the Alta ditch. The same grantee gran-tee has purchased from Edith B. Csry several pieces of land in the same vicinity, vicin-ity, aggregating about 709 acres, together with water rights in the Blue Cliff canal and the Alta dHch, for a consideration of $50,000. ' TRICE: Carbon county seems to be in a fair way to get one of the nve experimental experi-mental farming stations provided for by the last Legislature. Three of the committee com-mittee on location of these dry terms Senator George C. Whltmore of Nephi and Prof. J. A. Wldtsoe and Lewis A. Merrill of the Agricultural college at Loganhave Lo-ganhave concluded a test of the soil and It is believed they will recommend a station to the north of Price about two miles. 8COFIELD: On Tuesday Robert, the sixteen-yeer-old stepson of Richard Kef-fer Kef-fer of Boofletd, met with a very severe acetdent, that of a dislocation of his left thigh. The accident occurred by a wag-onload wag-onload of wool tipping over on him while going through a bad wash one mile south of Price. Dr. Flsk's skill was employed, who placed the Injured thigh In proper position. The boy Is reported on the improve. im-prove. . : MODENA: Sheep-shearing Is now' m full swing at Modena, about forty shearers, shear-ers, under charge of C. E. Jones, piling up the wool at the rate of 2400 fleeces per day. It is estimated that about 60.000 sheep wDl be sheared here this season. The sheep are looking fairly well con. sidering the hard season. The wool is cleaper than usual, but weighs less. But few wool buyers are on the ground, and only' two carloads hare been shipped so far. MT. 'PLEASANT: Engineer Kelsey of Salt Lake City was In Mt Pleasant yes- terday looking over the ground to get data from which to draw plans and specifications spec-ifications for the construction of the waterworks wa-terworks system for this city. He found that the snow on the mountains was still so low that surveying could not be done there, So active work on this portion of the engineering work has been postponed for two weeks. Two plans will then be prepared, with estimates one going to a spring about seven miles distant for water, wa-ter, and another taking It from Pleasant creek near town and filtering It before It enters the system. These two plans 1U then 'be submitted to -a mass meet rng of the people and they will be al lowed to choose which one shall be usea. ; PRICE: The management Of the Mammoth Mam-moth Reservoir and Irrigation company Is rapidly getting its business In. shape for a vigorous campaign the coming summer. sum-mer. . I., C. Marfartan. the St. Georg surveyor, has been employed by the company com-pany to prosecute that part, of the work and is busy now selecting the most feasible feas-ible route and grade for a canal from Prie river to the lands the company proposes to reclaim southeast of Price, on Miller flat. . . . ! CASTLE DALE: Mr. Irving E. Dra. per,. of fcunnyside and Miss Grace Larsea of Castle Dale were married this week. The ceremony occurred at the home of Orange Seely, the bride's grandfather. They left for 8unnys1de yesterday, where they will make their future home. PROVO: O. E. Winters of Provo has filed a petition In the Fourth District court for letters of I administration in t |