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Show "THE UTAH BUDGET A Halt Lake newspaper Hiiuounees that the Baltalr road will probably be elect rilled next year. A new bank, io be known as the National Cl'y Hank of Salt Lake, with a capital of fLT.O. ')), m Id be established estab-lished In the cupltal chy. A Salt Luke niiinod, while bunting fn Mill Creek canyon, shot and killed three wildcats. The largest one measured meas-ured forty-live Inches from Up to tip. Thomas Itiley, partner of Harry Thorne In the murder of George Fas-sell, Fas-sell, the Salt l.ake groceryman, In .March. 1910, Is to be shot on October 24. While the peach crop In Utah county coun-ty is heavy this year, peaches are smaller because of cold weather, according ac-cording to the county horticultural io- pector, Joseph W. Ilalley, superintendent of the Ogden Rapid Transit company, and one of the most xular residents of Ogden, died Saturday following an illness of several weeks, Manager John L. Price of the Ilrlg-ham Ilrlg-ham City Canning company met with a painful accident last week. A can of tomatoej exploded and tbe ' contents were shot into bis face. Willam J. Ilryan will address a , JH'tiiocraiic mass meeting in the Salt Lake theatre the night of September I t In behalf of the presidential candidacy candi-dacy of Cioveruor Woodrow Wilson, j lr. J. W. Kwin, a well known Salt . Iike dentist, took a tiose of strych- nine with suicidal intent, Saturday night, and died seventeen hours later, i Continued 111 health lead to the deed, j The Wlllard canning factory was J opened last week for the season's ruu. , One thousand bushels of tomatoes were canned tho first day. In a few days the factory will be run at full I capacity, 1.SO0 bushels dally. ! At a meeting of the state board of ! pardons September 21, the etitlon of '. Harry Thorpe for leniency will be i considered. Thome Is sentenced to ! be executed September t!G lor tbe j murder of Georgo W. Fa axe 11. The enormous fruit crop of I'rovo ' and vicinity is now being marketed i at the rate of teu to llfteen carloads a day. ' Most of that shipped out In carloads went to eastern markets, and consisted of prunes, peaches and pears. A daylight robbery, committed la the heart of the business district of Ogden was accomplished by a lone thug Sunday afternoon when Dr. C. F. Osgood, a physician, was tied hand and foot and robbed of $ii In bis of-Bee. of-Bee. John Young Smith. 72 years old, watchman of the office of President Joseph F. Smith, died suddenly September Sep-tember 7. The cause of death waa heart failure. Until within a few days of hU death he enjoyed robust health. The eighth annual convention of the Itetall Merchant of Utah opens la Salt Lake City September 12, and merchants In the city and out of town are preparing to make It one of the most memorable In tbe history of the organization. Ground has been broken for the 1 ! excavating of the basement of the t new high school building at Spring- j ' vllle. The building, when completed, ! will cost JtiO.OtKt, and according to j contract must be completed and ready i tor ute by July 1, 1913. j In the year 1911 counties Immediate- j ly surrounding Salt Lake produced in 1 grain, bay and potatoes alorie, crops to the value of 'J.2:!5.196. The farm produces of the entire state. Including butter and eggs, reach as high as $C0,-Ooo.OOO $C0,-Ooo.OOO in a single year. , As a result of an attempt at suicide, by takins poison In a glass of beer In a saloon In Salt Lake. Frank Slier- I lock, 33 years of age, a private soldier i of company C, Twentieth Infantry, 1 Fort Douglas, lies at the point of death in the post hospital. i Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture has decided to estab- 1 llsh an experiment, station on the Mautl national forest near Fphralm, for the study of grazing and water j protection problems. It Is expected , to iiave tbe station In working order before winter. : A candidate for president of the United States mounted a soap box In Halt Iake, Saturday night, and harangued haran-gued the crowd on the Usues of the campaign. He was Arthur Klmer H.mer, a lloston tailor, who Is the nominee for presldeut of the Social-: Social-: lt Labor party. j Idaho capitalists are endeavoring to Interest eastern capital In the Green Kiver project, which Involves he con-) con-) struction of a dam across tbe river and the building of canals to rec'alrn tt'.O.OOO of land near Green River, tbe i whole project costing In lh neigh-, neigh-, torhood of $4,000 ono. j The fruitgrowers have commenced i to pick their peaches and for the first time In Its history Springvttl will be 9'upplng peaches by tbe carload lot ,t U estimated that from fifty to sixty tarloads of peaches will be shipped fc-orn thia fruit growing section. ! j Through the co-operation of the ' Weber club and Individuals who are aufficlently Interested to delve Into ! old government records, an effort Is ' being made to Initiate the general pub. lie Info referring to tbe high peak east of Ogden aa "Ogden peak" Instead In-stead of Obesrvatory peak. At tbe close of the first day of the 1112 1J school year, registration la I the twenty-Mae public schools of Salt Lake bad reached 11.617. as agslast 1S.SS1 for last year. It la estimated that the number will reaca 1T.000 ty the end of the week. |