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Show 'UTAH NEWS. Holdon is to have a creamery with a oopacily of hand ling at least 400 gallons f milk per day. The schools of Salem have been cloned on account of the smallpox pre-Talent pre-Talent in that neigh borhood. It is likely that Utah will have an-ether an-ether licet sugar factory, as a scheme is on foot to tM-cct one in Kincry county. The Hooper Tin (.'an and (.'aiming ompany, capital S:,0,ooo, is a new en. terpri.se that is to be pt.nblished near Roy. It, ii now claimed that the extension f the railroad from Ifelk nap to Marys- ale will be entnplett-d by April 1 of ext year. The creamery industry is gradually gaining ground in this state, and a amber of new plants will be in operation opera-tion in the near future. Jake Rlumenthal, a peddler, has been sentenced to 125 days in the Salt Lake oounty jail for inilceentconiluet toward ladies while peddling his wares. "look-owners are praying for a good snowstorm in the desert in the southern jart of the state, so their flocks can be moved further out where feed is more abundant. The front of the new church building Weing erected in Salt Lake City will b i Utah marble, highly polished, and will be the handsomest office building ha the city. Alfred Jensen, of Forest Dale, is suffering suf-fering from a severe case of blood poisoning, pois-oning, caused by picking a wart on his hand with a pin. It may become noc-jessary noc-jessary to amputate his hand. E. i'eck, of Lehi, attempted to cross lie railroad track in front of a passenger passen-ger train, and as a result one of his homes was killed, and he is in a precarious pre-carious condition, being injured internally. in-ternally. A colonization scheme is on foot that rrtes with it the erection of a town and the coming of 500 New England families to settle on a site adjoining Marysvalo. A Boston syndicate is behind be-hind the scheme. It has developed that the prisoners in he olty jail in Salt Lake have been ing the blankets for the purpose of aiaking socks, underwear and petti-toats, petti-toats, and in the future quilts will be used for beddiug. Poultrymen say the law against shooting- ducks for shipment out of the state has discouraged hunters, so that comparatively com-paratively little is done now in the duck slaughtering line compared to what it used to be. The telephone people claim that by the close of 1000, Utah people will be able to speak with friends on the Canadian Can-adian border and the Pacific coast, and that a number of new lines will have been established in Utah. Ex-Chief of Police Pratt of Salt Lake has turned over to the state treasurer the SS0 which figured in the McCune bribery case, Representative Law alleging al-leging that the money was given him hy McCune in part payment for the purchase of his vote. The directors of the Z. C. M. I. at Salt Lake have decided to remodel and enlarge their building, owing to the increased business, and will expend $1.10,000 in making the necessary improvements im-provements of thoroughly modernizing that mammoth institution. A Salt Lake motorman declares he had the most thrilling experience of his life last week when a pedestrian abruptly stopped in the middle of the car track to put on his rubber. In the future the pedestrian will keep a strict look-out for street cars. There are now twenty-six buffalo on Antelope island, and as the cows are calving every year, the herd promises in a few years to increase to some proportions. pro-portions. The three-legged buffalo that "Buffalo Bill" Glasmann fixed up a wooden leg for, is still living. No new- cases of smallpox have as yet developed at Spanish Fork. The mayor has issued a proclamation closing all schools, dances, places of worship and public gatherings until Deoember 18. All public school children who so desire de-sire will be vaccinnated. lire totally destroyed one set of the barracks occupied by troop K, Ninth cavalry, at Ft. Duchesne last week. By hard work of the soldiers the contents con-tents of the barracks and adjoining barracks were saved. The fire started from a defective flue in one of rooms. This makes the third fire in the last six months. Edward Roberts of Boston came near losing his life in an elevator in Salt Lake last week. His overcoat caught on the cage and be was whirled up and the back of his head just touched the edge of the floor above when the elevator eleva-tor man succeeded in stopping. Hanahmen of Wasatch and Uintah counties are considerably exercised over the prospect of the grazing portion of the Uintah reservation being leased to Swift & Co. Hitherto the local cattlemen cattle-men have leased the pasturage from the government. |