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Show THE BEE HIVE STATE ! Wlllard residents are jubilant over the decision handed down by the com- missloner of the general laud office, which gives them first rights on 000 acres of land valued at SIsm.imxi, possession pos-session of which they had for lift y years, but which, a inling lo one official survey of the government, was under wilier. The Hrigliani Young university is constructing a large stadium in front of the Maeser building oil Temple bill, in which the grand pageant will be staged during home-coming week at I'rovo. It is estimated that liuoo persons per-sons can be seated in the new structure. struc-ture. Three masked and armed bandits held up an auto bile party of four near Salt Lake Cily, and robbed them of their aulomoblle, two diamond solitaire sol-itaire rings, a cameo and diamond ring, 10'J In currency, a ruby ring and a Swiss wrist watch. A number of contractors of Salt Lake have decided that further negotiation with organized labor, under its present pres-ent organization, would be useless, and that the building employers will proceed with their business without regard to any union. Estate of the lute Thomas Kearns last week paid into the slate treasury $0T,:t"."i.i:i, of which :?(j5,9l 10.50 was Inheritance In-heritance tax, Ibe remainder being interest. in-terest. Thi! total value of the estate es-tate was appraised at $2,078,070.5!). The report of the county assessor shows a large increase in the assessed valuation of Weber county property for 10-0 as compared with 101!). The returns are .? 19,9:14,700, while last year's valuation was !?4 1,229,480. When the Utah delegates to the lie-publican lie-publican national convention leave on June 5lli for Chicago, they will start a publicity campaign intended to bring this state prominently before the political leaders and others. As a result of an attempt of employers em-ployers to Install the "American plan," or open shop in Salt Luke, it is believed be-lieved all building will be suspended, hundreds of employes refusing to work with non-union men. The Woodmen of the World, representing repre-senting membership of COO0 in Utah camps, met in Ogdeu last week and named six delegates to the annual convention con-vention to be held iu Yosemite national na-tional park June 21. The annual report of the American Hallways Express company, filed with the public utilities commission of Utah, shows that the company operated during dur-ing 1910 at a net loss for the year of !?24,200,290.22. Approximately 1200 acres of land in the districts of Slaterville, Warren and West Weber, bordering on the Ogdeu and Weber rivers, are under water as a result of the flooded condition of the streams. The state board of examiners has decided that If the state fair directors are unanimous the board may create a deficit of $0200 for the proposed enlargement en-largement of the room for the poultry exhibit. Fruit dinners in Davis, Weber, Utah, lioxelder and Washington counties coun-ties individually have decided to pack only sufficient fruit to meet advance orders because of the high price of sugar. The valuation of live stock in lioxelder liox-elder county has decreased almost if.lOO.OOO, on account of the hard win- tor which took cattle and sheep out of the country. More than 100 sacks of sugar were stolen from freight cars in the railroad rail-road yards at Salt Lake, and six men are under arrest in connection with the theft. Pete Gepbart, aged 0."), narrowly escaped es-caped death at Salt Lake when a ditch in which be was laying pipe for the city street department caved iu on him. Salt Lake has an official census population of 11S.110, nccordins to the figures announced in Washington. This is an increase of 25,:i:S3 over 1010. Tentative program for the conference confer-ence of the National Tax association which will be held in Salt Lake September Sep-tember 0 to 10 has been prepared. That work will begin in the very ear future upon the Ogden arsenal was the information received in that city last wY-ek from Washington. Failing health caused Mrs. Emma Step, aged 2S, to attempt suicide by poison at Salt Lake, 'it is believed j she will recover. I Hevival of the Salt Lake to Grand J Canyon Highway association will be attempted by the Commercial clubs of southern I'tah. Salt Lake's mail carriers collected more than If.'oo for the Salvation Army's home service program fund in j one day. I The date for commencing the Hoy 1 Scout caravan to I'.ryce and Little I Zion canyons has been fixed at July I 10. j Some small losses to sheep on the j western desert as a result of early shearing are reported. |