Show UTAH STATE NEWS there are three lawyers in the lower house ot of the legislature A new map of utah has just been published by the land department in american fork and dicinit vicinity y over people have had smallpox since last april A case of smallpox developed in the utah county infirmary last week and that institution has been quarantined it is an assured fact that an electric plant will be installed at the mines of the sterling coal coke company at morrison Morr lson in the near future t the new school building at charleston was formally opened on tho the ath with impressive ceremonies one hun dred and fifty pupils were enrolled at the joint caucus of the democratic senators and representatives joseph L rawlins was unanimously nominated as the party s candidate tor for senator A rabbit hunt for a wager of 50 between picked crowds of fifteen men each from ephraim and manti mantl result ed in a victory tor for ephraim by a score of to the state board of equalization haa has filed bled its annual report with governor wels wells the total assessment for the year 1902 is 8 this ie is an increase over 1901 of 5 al 61 A the 5 yeal old aon on of H P hansen of ephraim struck a horse on the leg lt 1 with a stick the horse retaliated 4 ticking kicking the little fellow in the face in f flicking serious injuries he ile may lose 1050 his eyesight six young men of salt lake are con fined to their homes with smallpox having contracted the disease at a dance when they danced with a young lady who had the disease and did not know what ailed her myron tanner who came to utah in the mormon battalion in 1847 is dead at his home in salt lake mr tanner was mayor of provo for a number of terms and had held tart ous positions of trust james larson a member of the fac alty of the L D S university died at e the detention hospital near salt lake city last week from smallpox mr larson caught the disease from hi his wife and died after eight days two boys while skating on the pond in liberty park sat lake lahe sun day last broke through the ice tee and for halt half an hour stood with their noses just out of the water vater until rescued by tt the emo motorman torman of a passing street car joseph felts the 18 year old boy of st george who recently stole two horses and made his escape from the county jail being captured after an exciting chase has teen been sentenced to three years in the reform school A meeting was held in Spring springville ville last week to consi lei the proposition of calling a special election to vote on the question of bonding the city to put in an electric light plant in hobble creek canyon the sentiment of the meeting was almost unanimously in favor of the proposal the salt lake medical society wants a law passed that will give the bodies of the unclaimed dead to the physicians for dissection they claim that other states have such a law and that it is a good one that the bodies of such people can be used for the benefit of science and ft ln ill be of use in the curing of those living A summary of the weather report tor for 1902 shows that there have been only three yeav in the history of the utah weather bureau that were drier the driest year on record was 1863 when the total precipitation for the year was a little over six inches the total precipitation for last year was 1141 inches while a number of children were playing in the public school grounds at mt pleasant the 7 year old son of christian hansen was knocked down by a horse which stepped upon him inflicting injuries which may prove fatai fatal each of the four wards of american fork are busy now getting rock on le tle ground for their new meeting houses they each ba hai e brick bought and will commence to lay the foundations and brick as soon as spring opens up at a of the leading citizens of draper held in the draper ward bouse house saturday it was decided to or a c cl ib for the purpose of bet bering any and all conditions in the town that may call tor for possible ita provement pro the long looked for hunt between mt pleasant and moroni came oft off saturday the team from mt pleasant vanquished their opponents they were easy victors with bun nies over and above those killed by moroni hunters lowell steele a colored janitor of salt lake died saturday night under circumstances that lead his friends to believe that he was poisoned he waa was found alone in a room in a dying con LE ol d tion and passed away without re I 1 gaining consciousness 4 |