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Show UTAH STATE NEWS Michigan Investors hnvo purchased $00,000 worth of land in Mlllnrd county for agricultural purpose?. Tho herd of buffalo on Antelopo Island Is-land recently has been augmented by tho addition of twclvo calves A four-yoar course in mechanic arts will bo added to tho manual training department- of tho Salt Lake high school. Tho Western Pacific will Innugurato regular freight and passcngor service on Its lino between Salt Lake and Hows, Nev., October 1, Tho Y. M. C. A. of 8alt Lake City has provided tho menus for over 200 boys to enjoy an outing of from a week to ten days during tho summer.' A shocking ense of neglect cornea from Ogden, a four-year-old child dying dy-ing In squalor und misery while Its mother was locked up In jail for drunkenness. Tho price of coal hns again boon boosted by Salt Lake dealers, Wyoming Wyo-ming coal now, being sold nt $'7 a ton for lump, whllo the Utah product in priced at'$G.50. It. 1). lloyil, a section man, was run down by nn engine near Ogden whllo walking along tho tracl: and subtnlncd fatal Injuries, IiIb left nrm being cut off near tho shoulder. Whllo feeding a hay baler tho young ton of OustnV Folt, of Huntsvllle, broke ono of his legs. Young Felt wna pushing tho hay into tho machlno with his foot at the tlmo of tho accident. Arrangements aro being mado for a big sham buttla to bo held In Ogden on September 2G. it Is probable tho occasion may extend over two daya and bo followed by an old fashioned camp Are. David Dose, who killed himself at Laramie, Wyo., with a .22 caliber rlflo, was practically blind, being unable to tell tho dlffercnco between darkness and daylight, and wns despondent over this fact. It Is rumored that a grand Jury Is to bo called to Investigate the excessive exces-sive cost of living In Salt Lako City, It being churgeu that a combination exlHts between tho different merchants mer-chants to keep up prices. Mrs. Mubol Miller, of Nebraska City, N'eb., becamo frightened when tho fuso blow out on a Salt Luko street car. nd Jumped from the moving car, Striking on her head, f;ucturlng tho skull, death resulting a fow hours later. A crusade against poolroom keepers ind saloon men, who havo been guilty of allowing minors In their places and contributing to the delinquency delin-quency of children, has been Inaugurated Inaugur-ated by tho Juvenile court of Salt Lako City. Lclnnd Brown of Ogden, tho seven-teen-ycnr-old '"son of Ontnln William Brown, who was hilled by Abo Major.1, had tho mlsfortuno to havo n horse fall with him la: week. His right leg waa broken at the anklo and Just below tho knee. n. S. ltlddlo, n Salt Lako Joweler, had a narrow escapo from death nenr Geneva whllo returning from Provo on a Rio Grando train, n bullet, ilrod by some careless hunter, crnshliiG through tho car window and bnrely missing his head. In broad daylight burglars entered tho residence of Gus Decker, In Ogden, Og-den, and secured $15 In cash, In addition addi-tion to about $500 worth of Jewelry nnd cutlery. Tho crlmo wns committed commit-ted whllo the family were nbscnt, between be-tween 4 and C o'clock. Several Greeks woro taken to a Salt Lako hospital from Helper last week, all suffering from burns. Tho Greeks, who aro laborers, wero living in n, car near Helper and tho stovo In tho cm was upBot, causing a fire. Tho num woro burnod on faces and shoulders. An enterprising dealor rnlsod tlw butter famlno for a short time In Salt Lake ono day laBt week, and stolo n march on his competitors by shipping In a largo quantity of Idaho butter. II went llko hot cakes, for 30 cents against 35 cents for tho Utah butter. William Henry Little, the proprletoi of tho Central hotel, In Ogden, while sitting in a chair In tho ofllco of his hotel, was suddenly ovc-rcomo and expired ex-pired In nbout threo minutes. At the tlmo Mr. Llttlo was rtilcken he was Joking with a party of guests lit the hotel. Tho Instructions to tho fish nnd gamo warden to tear out tho screens at tho privato fish ponds In tho trlbu tnrlcs of tho Ogdon rlvor, In accord-nncB accord-nncB with tho opinion of tho nttornov gonoral, will not bo c:inicd Into effect until thoro has been a legal battle in tho courts. In tho Drown, Dixie nnd WnBatcli natlomil forests 10 nerea In each for est has been withdrawn from appro prlatlon and uso of nil hinds under nil public land laws, subject to prior valid adverso clnlniB, for uso as admlnlatra tlon bUob by tho forest, aervlco In said national forest. C. H. Cnllund, claim ndjuatcr of Uk ilnrrimau Hues, and who resided In Ogden, mysteriously disappeared a fow days ago and Ib being sought for by tho special ofllcors of thu Harrlmnn lines nnd If located ho will bo called upon to explnln a shortage In his no counts said to amount to $3,000. W. T. Jullff, formerly of Park City. Utah, was Instantly killed by an oloc-trie oloc-trie shock whllo worlrlng In n mine In Goldfleld. Jullff catno In contact with tho dpadly wires, which carried C.C00 volts, whllo cutting a nolo In a partition which separated tho trans formor room from tho engine room. S. T. Vickery, n bachelor of Sail Lako, has adopted nn eight-months old girl baby. Tho inothor of tho child loft tho llttlo ono ut VIckery'B horn somo time ngo nnd has abandonod It and Vickery has decided to tako thf responsibility of caring for tho child rntlior than rend It to thu oruhontigo. |