Show UTAH STATE NEWS the total assessment of the state for 1900 will approximate an increase 0 7 over 1900 three hundred and fifty gallons of ink has been ordered for use in salt lake city s public schools next year major R chard W oung has re turned to his salt I 1 ake home having resigned his position as supreme judge in manila the receipts of the provo postoffice post office have already passed the mark and a free delivery service is now as su that place A bait lake phys clan has under his charge a very mysterious and puzzling skin disease which has many of the of leprosy the temperature reg estered as lowas low as 48 degrees in salt lake tuesday of last week the lowest point reached in june of last year vas 6 degrees the four year old son of frank whit mer of set fire to his father s hay shed wh ie playing with matches the shed and one load of hay being burned ed bolding the young man who sustained a broken back in a wyoming tunnel accident is lying in a salt lake city hospital with but little hope of recovery on account of the prolonged pio longed cold spring weather the 1 ay crop vill be lighter than usual in sanpete county and only two crops of alfalfa will be harvested for the first six of 1901 the tax on dogs in salt lake city amounted to in the dog tax revenues amounted to 1 while for last year they fell to 99 50 fish and came warden sharp has just finished an ex aminat on of fish and panguitch lakes and obtained a lot of trout eggs to be transplanted in other parts of the state william nielson a richfield pioneer was fatally injured by being struck in the jaw by a clip flying off a single tree the blow on the jaw causing a rupture at the base of the brain state treasurer bixon and his family came near meeting death in a runaway accident last week though the entire party were fortunate enough to escape with a few bruises and a severe fright thomas aged 12 oi salt lake placed a pound of powder in a can and it off the can flying up and striking him in theace in flicking severe but not segious injuries norman weston a young fellow in the salt lake chain gang made his escape thursday by leap ng from a wagon into a crowd of school children where the guards dared not shoot at him h the jury returned a verd ct of guilty of voluntary manslaughter with a rec commendation ommen dation for mercy in the case of albion K pans york charged with killing ed johnson at santaquin San on july 17 1899 lehi was visited by a severe wind storm on the fences haystacks and baade and fruit trees being blown down while james brook had the roof of his new brick house blown off and part of the walls blo in bert morgan thoms wanted in san juan county for grand larceny and for whose capture a reward of has been offered has been arrested in an zona mcclure is a half breed mexican and is sad to be a bad man the valley west and south of salt lake city has suffered the invasion of an army of grasshoppers taylorsville Taylors ville pleasant green and granger being the greatest sufferers there being danger that the potato crop will be ruined while playing in the rio grande western yards in salt lake jumping on and off moving trains george chandler aged 1 1 ad his leg caught between two couplers and was badly pinched it being a narro v escape from death an ordinance is to be introduced in the salt lake city council for the con et ruction of bicycle paths throughout the city it being the intention to place a special tax on the wheels to help pay the cost of building and maintaining ti e paths the assessment made by the state board of equalization of railroad street car telephone telegraph and car corn panics and the net proceeds of mines lor the year 1901 is 18 20 00 as corn pared with 15 for 1900 an in crease of A number of cattlemen of gunn son and mayfield have combine 1 and pur chased a large area of state lands for grazing purposes this move being corn as a means of protection aa cattle have no show whatever where the sheep have ranged the four year old son of john pin gree of ogden was playing with a box of matches when he ignited bis cloth ing his screams attracting the house hold but not before he was fatally burned his legs body and arms being literally roasted about forty men and boys were sent from lehi to grand junction last week to assist in ng the sugar beet crop at that place while some of the men will be retained after the tl inning la over to assist in the irrigation 3 acres being planted to beets logan came near being the scene of a terrible disaster thursday a build ing in which a large quantity of powder was stored catching fire luckily the alre was extinguished without igniting the powder had it exploded the los of life would have been appalling |