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Show " UTAH NEWS. Farmers are already cutting their hay down in Dixie. Mt. I'leahant is to have a n".v foundry foun-dry and maeliine shop. A train of tweri ty-foil r ears of beef Hteerfl was sli i pped 4q the eastern market mar-ket from 1 arm 1 n gton last week. In many localities of ."salt hake eonnty the reeeht cold snap did considerable con-siderable damage to the fruit crop. Tansies are all the rage among Salt l.aUers at present, and the demand is eonsidi-rably gre.ter than the supply. The stale fair project is booming, and interest in the coming event materially increases as the days goiby. Tin; I; ieh lirld ei t y council is eonsider-ing eonsider-ing a proposition for municipal lighting, light-ing, using the water (if Sevier canyon for power. It Is now confidently expected that the ('lab volunteers will be home in time to take pai l in tin: Fourth of July celebration. A bon t thirty-ti ve of Sal t hake City's leading business bouses have decided to elose their places of business at 0 p. ni. in the future. The wool output of this state will be heavier this year than for many years past, but tin; prices paid for the clip will be lower than last season. Cliurles Mace has sued the owners of tht! Humbug mine for ST.0,000 for injuries in-juries received in the mine on December Decem-ber :.".', ls'.is, while in the employ of the defendants. Sunday base ball playing will be prohibited in Salt hake City this season, sea-son, but the boys will play ball just the same, having' leased grounds outside out-side the city limits. The Thistle Gun club's first shoot of the season shows an average of 70 per cent anil ran up to 90 per cent. The members of the club think they could get a higher average shooting at Filipinos. Fili-pinos. The 1'rovo woolen mills will consume con-sume T.IO.ooo pounds of wool this season, sea-son, of which 400,000 pounds has already al-ready been purchased. The outlook for the season at the mill is regarded as very satisfactory. Albert Jensen, lij years of age, met with an accident at the Provo woolen mills hist week that may result in the loss of his left leg. His leg was caught iu an ascending elevator and crushed as far as the kneo. From all over the state comes the gladsome news that new settlers are coining- in, new buildings are being eroeted and hundreds of acres of formerly for-merly barren land is being placed un-der'eultivation un-der'eultivation this season. Max Madison, the member of battery I!, Ftah voluuteers, who was killed in the battle at Calumpit, enlisted from Salt hake City with Wedgewood's recruits. Ha was born in Denmark, and was about twent--tive years of age Professor II. F. Moore of the United States fish commission, has decided, after making experiments, that it is impossible to produce oysters in or about the Great Salt hake. Its waters contain to great a percentage of salty matter. Withiu a very short time the Ftah & Pacific will be ready for operation through to its terminus at the Nevada State line. For the first time in the history of many of the southern towns their people will be within easj- reach of a railroad. The advent of warm weather has caused a collapse in the coal business, and some of the coal mines have commenced com-menced running on half time. The past season has been one of the most successful in the history of the coal business in the state. The state superintendent has completed com-pleted the apportionment of university free scholarships for the year. Salt hake county gets twelve scholarships: Ftah, six: Weber, four: Cache, three: Sanpete, three: aud the balance of the counties one each. State Auditor Richards is preparing to send to the executive committees and those in charge of state institutions blanks upou which to make requisitions for funds for maintenance and expenses. This, it is believed, will aid iu keeping their accounts correctly. Ftah is experiencing an era of prosperity. pros-perity. In almost every town in the state new buildings are being erected, and improvements being made on old ones. It is hard to secure enough workmen. Financially the state was never in a better condition. Officials working on the Dayton murder mur-der case think they have discovered a clue to the murderer in the shape of a dilapidated overcoat whieh was found in a field two miles from the scene of the crime. In one of the pockets was found a mask covered with blood. William B. Clark of KausasCity, Mo., has secured control of the extensive salt works at Syracuse, Davis county, that have for several years been owned and operated by the Adams & Kiesel Salt company. The consideration is in the neighborhood of 530,000. |