Show UTAH STATE NEWS thoro there are arc fifteen more oil rigs at work in tile tho virgin river oil holds fields than when the year 1907 closed mt alt pleasant Is considering tho the question ot establishing a cannery which will can both fruits and vegetables mrs airs kersta a pioneer of ephraim and who cattle caino to utah in 1866 Is dead old ago age being tile tho cause of death As tiia tho result of an order of tho the board of education all the i pupils of the salt lake schools tiro ar 0 to have their eyes tested A swine plague lias haa been reported nt at elsinore sevier county and tile the board of health has hab taken the matter under lunder investigation the commissioner of indian affairs has decided to send a special agent to southern utah to investigate the alleged troubles between the indians and cattlemen I 1 two hundred men employed as machinists ts blacksmiths helpers and assistants assi stanta in the rio illo grande shops in salt lake have been laid off until march 2 in line with tile tho recent retrench ments ladeby ando by the the of assistant superintendent for the utah division out of ogden has been ordered abolished wool growers ir of f county have formed an association tile tho pui purpose of which Is to advance tho the interests of tho the wool producing and steep al beep growing industry miss florence miller a young woman inah about 19 years yeara of age died suddenly at last week beng being stricken in tile the night and death resulting before in orning park city is a to have a charity ball on tile the evening of 27 in order to rit raise so money for t tho he benefit of those who aro are in temporary tempo iary need because of tho the mining conditions condi tinb il II E a salt lake ansur anco man has sued the street railway company combar y for SO flOO damages charging that ha he be was waa permanently injured ns as un lofye e being alivo tv from a car john T lynch an old resident ot ol the iho city and one ot of the best beat known masons in utah died at ai his home in salt bait lake city last wco we az alft lit death being due to a fall on the ice fee when his hip was waa broken it Is that employment will vill bo be furnished to about five hundred Ilund men on the strawberry valley project as soon as weather will permit work will be prosecuted on the tract during the summer and fall the student team from the colorado state university supporting the negative in the I 1 intercollegiate debate at salt lako lake city was awarded the decision over the iho representatives r k university of utah a family of olo ole larsen of eph t li a was poisoned from eating canned beans serious results might haye have followed had not medical aid been close at hand mrs larsen has been confined to her bed over ever since three hundred and fifty men and teams are now working on the big canal of the irrigated lands company near price the canal Is to be nine feet at the bottom civo feet deep and nineteen feet at the top As the result of school children petitioning titio ning governor cutler to issue a proclamation declaring lincoln Lincol ns 9 birthday a holiday the chief executive announces that he Is in favor a of that day being made a holiday in utah sanpete county rs threatened with a plague of held field mice or moles that promises it if not checked to be more disastrous to the farmers than the grasshopper pest in all parts of the county the fields are overrun with these mice feeling that the prova prevalence lede of contagious diseases in ogden Is more than the health officers off leers can cope with the state board of health has hi decided to lo take up the matter and endeavor to ascertain just what Is the cause of so much contagion horticultural inspector of weber county la Is authora authority ty for the statement instatement that winter vinter spraying of j r fruit trees with a solution which he will fur furnish riNh to any one desiring it is the only method to destroy the pestiferous san jose scale organizations have been formed till over weber county by the tha fruit growers for tue the purpose of lighting fighting and effectually the san G an jose scale which has wrought much havoc with fruit trees in that county for the past several seasons attorney general breeden has rendered an opinion I 1 in n answer r to a query from the county attorney of sevier county that a roan man oyer 14 years 0 of age may hunt fitina and kill coyotes co votes yav lany wild cats and rabbits without a license and not be liable to punishment |