Show STATE NEWS there la Is much talk of establishing an extensive pottery at lehi tit mt pleasant city has reduced Us its city tax this year two mills on the dollar the assessed valuation of the taxable property of carl carlon carbon on county is the price of lumber has lately advanced one dollar per thousand at salt lake city the national wool growers association will hold its ita 1907 comenti salt lake city next nett january saturday evening a negro C C lockhart Lock kart aas v as shot and instantly killed by J H crawford another liebro at ogden chief justice bartch of the supreme coutt court of the state slate of utah has tendered his resignation it is to take effect october ast 1st four subcontractors contractors sub wh have y or tiona of the streets of salt lake city to pave have been arrested for violating the eight hour hw the salt lake elks won non a solid silver statuette of an elk for having t the e largest attendance of af women at t the e elks convention at denver hyrum huntington was waa killed hilled at clear creek last week A m wagon agon loaded with timber ran over him causing his death in a few hours movel alovel peacock the old son of del peacock of huntington was burned to death the little one took a match from his fathers pocket and with it ignited his clothing joseph mcmahon an aeronaut fe fell 11 a long distance while performing at the salt palace at salt lake city last sunday evening receiving injuries from which he died the following morning thirty six townships of government land in utah ha have ve been withdrawn from public entry by the commissioner of the general land office at wash 1 ington D C cheso townships contain much coal land lana the socialist party in utah has if laced in nomination the following candidates viz for judge of the supreme court W S dalton for congressman 11 II B burt for national committeeman joseph kaipman governor cutler has decided not to call an extra session of the legislature therefore the agitation to have aspea A lal ial session of the legislature called to hasten the consolidation of the agricultural cul college and the state university has failed bya by a compromise agreement made last tuesday litigation of long standing between ogden city and the ogden water works company was ended the company received a valuable afif fifty ty year franchise there were judge ment in the courts standing against the city in favor of the company aggregating gre gating these were vere wiped out by the city paying the company senator george sutherland has withdrawn from the law firmon firm of sutherland van cott harkness riter his reason for doing so is the commencement of suits by the united states government against the pleasant valley coal company and the utah fuel company which companies are clients of the above mentioned law firm therefore to avoid representing litigants whose interests are adverse to those of the united states he be has hag laid aside his legal practice four cour suits have been commenced in iche frederal ire deral court at salt like city by th united states against the I 1 pleasant galley alley coal company and the I 1 utah fuel i company to annul the title ito I 1 to about 30 acres of coal land in carbon and ewry counties the land at the government price is worth asworth between i and these lands were obtained by the companies i i by the employment ot of persons v ho entered the land as cimfl COT lidi aej and transferred their titles to the land for 50 for or each acres as soon as patents ve e issued other employee of the we lant bant companies obtained titles to defere e n as agricultural land and through ethelana the lana nd aboard board the government the state la try y and fraud on the charges T cons vs of the companies of the offic part assisted in cecur their employees who land and on the ing the titles to the I 1 secretary rotary of part of the president anu governor land board former tn th state byron arron cleber M wells and secretary groo charles matyn owen is implicated the government asks a id annulment of the titles and payment for all coal extracted the case is the most sensational that has ever ansen in utah some of the most able lawyers 9 in the department of justice will represent the united states and a thorough probing will be given the matter |