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Show B UTAH STATE NEWS. M Tho twouty-IUth nnnual encampment H of tho Utnh O. A. It. was hold In Salt Hj I.nlto City Inst wcok. H Tho toninstors In tho employ ot tho JH city of Salt Lako havo boon granted B an lncrcatio In wages from $3.C0 to E SI for a day's work. At tho school election In American 1'ork last wook, tho pconlo voted to M bond tho district for J 10.000 to buy a site nnd build a school house. B At tho O. A. 11. oncampmont held In H Salt Lake City last wcolt, Park City was decided upon as tho placo for holding tho oncampmont next year. An ordlnanco Is beforo tho Salt Lako city council which compels tho keep- Ing of a register ot guests In all hotels, boarding houses and rooming houses. Tho Stuto Uookocpors' association proposed to make an oxhlblt of honey at tho St. Louis exposition which will consist of lictwcon throo and flvo M At Mantl lat wcok Drlgham Lyon, u man who has a wlfo and two small children, wns sentenced to ten years M In tho state penitentiary for assaulting V a flftcon-ycnr-old girl. H It Is said tho Utah building at tho j Louisiana Purchase exposition will j roprosont nn expenditure ot J7.C00, ot which amount S1.D00 will bo used In J furnishings nnd decorations. j Tho young mon ot tho Salt Lako Y. J M. C. A. havo undortnken to rnlso $G,- H 000 of tho fund to build n now homo K Tor tho club, nnd will begin a porsonal j rnnvns of tho city for tho funds. J Tho rocent snowstorms In tho moun- M tains In tho vicinity of Rlrhflold hns J occasioned n heavy loss of sheep, It V being estimated that somo shcopinon J will suffer n loss of 40 per cent. J Tho farmers of Ephralm nre very J exultant over the good outlook for J ' wator tho coming season, while It Is J bclioVcd tho recent storm will help J to solvo tho grasshopper problem. J Samuel II. Gllson, the dlscoveror of the gllsonlto llelds, hns carved a cano T of nattvo wood, using a pocket knlfo, j and will present lha same to President Iloosovclt during his visit to Salt Lako City. r A two-story building collapsed In VflL .-SalLLnKa CUyjmo day.laBt.wc.ck. jK " ; ,Bma"ningirn1loTlior lAiUrttntrn'nTreaiis H Ins n loss of ovor $4,000. A number J of people had narrow escapes from In- V In Salt Lake City there woro thrco cases ot smallpox roportod during tho past wook, and nine woro discharged as cured, leaving eighteen cases quar- M anttned In tho city nnd the quarantine hospital. A minor by tho name ot Murphy, m whllo working In tho Annlo Laurie M mine, nenr Hichflcld, struck a missed shot, his faco being badly cut up, whllo H It la probablo that ho will loso tho sight of ono oyo. H Tho library of tho Stato Industrial school Is to bo onrlched to tho extent of COO volumos sultnblo for boys and H girls. This Is tho result ot tho np- M proprlatlou ot ?G00 mndo for this pur- poso by tho last legislature. M Sonntor W. A. Clark was lntorvlow- H ed In San Francisco last wcok, and j stated that work on his road Is bo- j Ing rushed as fast as pcsslblo, and tho J present calculations nre to havo It H completod Inside ot two years. J A woman who 1b bollovod to bo In J sane last wcok Informed n number ot H rcsldonts of Salt Lake that when J Prosldont Roosovolt comos to Salt J Lako ho will bo killed, nnd also Uiat the labornnclo will bo destroy od by I S A Salt Lako boy last week ran J against an electric wlro carrying a J currout of 10,000 voltago nnd got away BflH without sorious Injury. Ills oscapo Kb from death is unaccountable, as tho KHj current was sufficient to kill a reel- JE5 mont of men. Ej Tho bid ot tho stato land board for SMjflK tho Kichfleld city bonds. Issued to "S rnlso monoy to Inaugurate Its system Pgf cf waterworks, has beon acceptod. For WfM tho $14,000 worth of city bonds the Wj land bourd will pay S15.090.C0 and ac- SMm crued Interest. vSEwrt "Walter, tho thlrtoaii-yearold son of tfyftKi) Mr. nnd Mrs. Draco Jensen of Rich- Hj field. Hob in a procarious condition at HH the home of his parents, as the result SHj ct being kicked by a horso. Tho boy 9BV lay out in a Hold Boveral hours before Ap being dlscoveiod. VH Fred J. Jenseu, a piomiuciit woo) J man of Mt. Pleasant, reports having J purchased over 300.000 pounds ot wool J In that valley tills bcusoii. He has J paid for tho samo over $40,000. Tho H hlghost price paid by him was 14Vi J cents per pound. J A force of Greek laborers has com- J monced the work of laying a temper- J ary track around the Layton cut for a H dlstnnco of about two miles. The H track will be lajd with heavy rails B and will bo well built, as It will bare to be used all summer. |