Show UTAH STATE NEWS the salt lake mining exchange haa begun an afternoon call salt lake county outside salt lake city had 11 cases of smallpox in march heavy frosts ID the vicinity oi toquerville are said to have damaged fruit prospects greatly the salt lake city ea broad company has been granted a franchise to con a line to mill creek va aaldert park the salt lake fc los angeles rail way has paid into the state treasury the balance of the incorporate on fee ol 01 3 more than brook trout will be planted in utah streams this month by fish commissioner sharp and agents guard ans of E P terry are suing david D erwin trustee for shares of the aing mine valued at 82 the name of the consolidated grande western and denver rio grande is to be the denver grande western the d stance to los angeles from salt lake via the oregon bhart lines proposed route s 80 5 miles and to san diego miles denver papers assert that the persons who negotiated tl e sale of the rio grande western to the gould interests are to receive a commission of V work has commenced on the am prove ments of the salt palace saucer track at salt lake and the track will be ready in a short time for some big bicycle meets the state superintendent has made an allotment of public school funds to various counties fhe total apkor tion ment for the school year is 3 83 per capita the sales on the bait lake stock exchange for the week ending april 13 amounted to over SOO this is onn of the largest week s in the history of the exchange about fifty people left lehi last week for canada they were joined by more colonists at idal falls A large num ber of stock were taken the company occupied a train of twenty cars A company of the state militia was organized at provo last week with the following officers J II 11 denhalter captain john W buchi first lieuten anti Parley smoot second lieutenant the report of the insane asylum board shows patients under treat ment males and females four were admitted during the past month and three discharged while three died the state board of horticulture has been reorganized by the election of thomas judd of st george president and mr bower of utah county vice president while mr wright is u tary by appo of the governor the utah soc ety of the army of the philippines elected officers last week t as follows captain J F cutchlow chlow president 3 3 meyers first vice preel dent lieutenant greorge W gibbs second vice president thomas slater third vice president L eddy corresponding secretary A L wil liams recording secretary E G thomas financial secretary L E kahn treasurer D J davis sergeant at arms II 11 E slater color bearer and W fames chaplain A new smoke consumer invented by resident of silt lake has been given a successful trial the coal is pulver iced and forced into the furnace where it is instantly consumed leaving smoke A saving of fuel is also claimed maren olsen a 10 year old salt lake boy last week bought a revolver from a playmate 0 equal age and shortly afterward shot himself through the hand while playing with it he did not know it was loaded and received a severe wound salt lake city has purchased the tenth ward square from the D M soc ety for the fair will be held there this fall however as funds and time are not available for the preparation of the new grounds at agricultural park the daughters of the utah pioneers is the title of a new club organization in salt lake city the object of the ety Is to perpetuate patriotism as well as the memory of the pioneers and branch societies will be formed throughout the state the intermountain inter mountain baseball league opened its season saturday games be ing played at salt lake and ogden much interest Is being taken in base ball matters this year A number of professionals have been imported and good games are expected carl madsen a former member of the utah artillery Artil lely was attacked by two thugs in isalt lake friday night and ordered to give over his valuables madsen flashed a gun and marched the men to the police station where they were locked up numerous sheep herds are arriving in sanpete county from the desert only to find the hills and mountains as barren as they left them last tall from the best information there are great numbers of sheep dying from what sheep men term b ghead will am izatt a well known citizen of logan dropped dead from heart failure saturday afternoon wh ie work ing in a trench being dug for laying water mains heart failure is given as the cause of death ba is the bed of k large family |