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Show I mis FRor.i I FOUR STATES. Utah. NEPHIr Thomas M. McCune. a wealthy sheepman of Nephl, who has been missing miss-ing since January 14th is supposed to nave been the object of foul play. McCune Mc-Cune went to Mexico on business in the rail, but has not been heard from since January nth. His brother has gone to make a search for him. PROVO: Vice-President Bower of the mate Board of Horticulture has Issued an address to the fruit-growers of Utah county, urging that they organise a horticultural hor-ticultural society similar to the Salt Lake t-ounty Horticultural society, for the purpose pur-pose Of discussing the bent methods, of Planting, -pruning, spraying, picking and marketing fruit, and other matters pertaining per-taining to the development of fruit culture. cul-ture. ' PROVO: The- inmates of the county Infirmary are greatly exerrised over the resignation of Mrs. Ann E. Hunter, the-matron, the-matron, and have petitioned the County Commissioners not to accept the resignation. resigna-tion. As to whether or not the wishes of the inmates will be consulted by the County Commissioners. Information is not obtainable. SPRIXGVILLE: A mass meeting of the citizens of Sprliigvllle was held at the city hall last niht. In pursuance of the call of Mayor Reynolds to consider and discuss the question of bonding the city for fco.ooo, to put in an electric light plant in Hobble Creek canyon. The sentiment of the meeting was for bonding the city, without a dissejitlng vote. The election takes place today and the vote will undoubtedly un-doubtedly be almost unanimously in favor of bonding. PROVO: County Clerk Bachman yesterday yes-terday iHBued marriage licenses to the following persons. J. S. Thomas, aged 47, of Spanish Fork, and Annie D. NU1-son, NU1-son, aged 27. of Smlthfleld, and to William B. Browne, aged 28, and Hannah Chris-tensen, Chris-tensen, aged , of Spanish Fork. BRIGHAM:' Bids were opened last night for the erection of the light and power-house for Brigham City's electric light plant. Tnree proposals were received, re-ceived, as follows: Romer & Andersen, 8H3S; Tucker & Porter, $1438.38; and S. A. Backett $5'j6. Romer & Anderson were awarded the contract. RICHFIELD: The body of James A. Forsyth was received in Richfield last evening and forwarded to his home In Teasdale, Wayne county.. Mr. Forsyth died in Allegheny, Pa., of typhoid fever, while in the missionary field. A companion, com-panion, Heber Russ. accompanied the remains re-mains home. Mr. Forsyth left last October. Octo-ber. on his mission. -He was 2ti years of age ' , LOGAN: The Introduction of the Done bill, which defines the courses of study to be t:iught at the Agricultural college and the University, has thoroughly aroused people of Logan, who see In it a carefully care-fully laid plan to wreck the college. Without With-out the engineering and mechanic-arts departments, the college would, it is said, become simply a high school. I Idaho. BOISE: The Senate yesterday passed the following measures:- Prohibiting remarriage re-marriage within six months after divorce; making it unlawful to issue bogus checks; allowing the Supreme Justice $U0 each for expenses for every term hold in Boise; the House resolution for a constitutional amendment enfranchising inmates of the soldiers' home was also passed. FORT HALL: A chinook wind .on the 10th settled and hardened the snow to. a considerable extent, making it difficult for range stock to get to the grass. Should the snow lay for any length of time it will be necessary to take up and feed all stock now out. Three inches additional ad-ditional snow fell the night of the 10th. BOISE: The House held a spirited session ses-sion yesterday. tlw feature of which was .the debate on the eight-hour' bill for miners, a copy of the Utah law. The opposition rallied around a statement from the Attorney-General to the effect that the constitutional amendment authorizing au-thorizing an eight-hour day had not been given legal publication before election. They drew the conclusion from that that the bill. If passed, would be. vol J. After a two hours debate the bill was killed by a vote of 23 to 18. FORT HALL: Indian Agent Caldwell made a business trip to Boise the first of the week. In company with several citizens citi-zens of l'ocateilo. who were looking nfter needed legislation for that section. Much unexpected opposition has developed relative rela-tive to the division of Bingham county, and from present indications the division will fail, at least for this session. Wyoming. CHEYENNE: In spite of the strenuous strenu-ous opposition of the old soldiers of the State, the Senate yesterday afternoon passed the House bill removing the Soldiers' Sol-diers' and Sailors' home from Cheyenne to Fort McKlnney, three miles from Buffalo, Buf-falo, Johnson county, and forty-three miles from the nearest railroad point. The bill carries an appropriation of $2500, to be used in repairing and furnishing the old Government barracks at Fort McKin-ney. McKin-ney. The home will not be transferred for several months, and when It goes the old soldiers say that a majority of them will not go with it. CHEYENNE: Articles of Incorporation have been filed in the office of the Secretary Secre-tary of State by the -Senate Asphalt and Oil company, which will mine asphalt In the Moorcroft and Belle Fourche fields. The company has a capitalization of $1,000,000, and is backed by Indiana men. The company has purchased 300 acres of asphalt fields near Moorcroft in Wyoming Wyo-ming and a large tract near Belle Fourche in South Dakota. LARAMIE John Conley of Laramie, a section hand who was killed by a Union Pacific train at Aurora station Monday afternoon, has $3000 on deposit in several banks. His relatives have not been located and the banks are holding the money for instructions from the Coroner Coro-ner or courts. Nevada. TONOPAH: C. M. Johnson of Carson has taken an. option on a group of live claims lying north of the Mixpah and believed be-lieved to be on the same valuable ledge. While but little development has been done, surface indications are very gratifying. grati-fying. Mr. Johnson will push the sinking of two shafts with all possible haste. |