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Show UTAH NEWS. ThanUsiv'in day was elaborately Oflclirafrd at. An-I i-Jaml )y battery 17 tab Vf j ii n Liters. Two hundred and fi fly thousand pound of ('tab Miar was inarlo-tud in Montana la--t neck, tin fjrea U;r partof wbirb went to Unite. rebuild Young's troop of eninerr.v will lift tin- first, of tb; I'nit'-d Statt-j-troop to ivarh Havana, thus placing ( tab in t.bt! lead as usual. Mrrebftnts t b roiitf boil t the state bavt inadtj reat pr t-parat ions for the holiday holi-day hrason I ban for several years past. All are sanguine that a yood tradt a wai ts tbetn, The superintendent of sehools ol Salt, UaUe City reports that during the past month 11, ;," pupils were enrolled in the public schools. ;i.Vl of the, number num-ber bcin firls and fi.'u:.' boys. Owiiifj to the recent increase in traffic, traf-fic, both passenger and freight, the Oregon Short Line has placed orders for a bu-fe amount of new rolling stock, and will otherwise improve its road. David Keid, an I s-y ear-old young man of Oasis, while out hunting, sel his ffun down on the (frmind and placed bis right baud over the muzzle, and as a result he is now minus two of hi li ngers. The opinion is expressed by those in a position to know t hat there is little reason to expect the Utah soldier hoys, now in the Philippines, to return home before they have served their full term of enlistment. The- eight Salt Lake City policemen who were discharged last May have been reinstated, and the men appointed at that time to take their places, discharged, dis-charged, the supreme court having decided de-cided in favor of the contesting policemen. police-men. The occupation of the Philippines by Uncle Sam has opened up a new market for Utah Hour. The Southern Pacific-has Pacific-has established a rate of SU per ton tc Manila, and is now figuring' on a shipment ship-ment of 2,000,000 pounds from Utah mills. A little less than -13,200 tons represents repre-sents this season's beet crop that has been delivered at the Lehi sugar factory. fac-tory. This has been produced from less thau 3,200 acres of land. The best average per acre has been 1 G 1 tons, and less than 10 acres of all that was planted failetl to come up. Secretary of State Hammond is after insurance company agents who have been attempting to evade payment of the premium tax imposed by law. The strict check kept on all insurance companies com-panies doing business in Utah makes it impossible for any concern to escape the secretary's clutches. Sheepmen throughout the state are buying up all the hay they can get for the purpose of feeding the weak ones of their llucks and those that are too well bred to stand a winter on the range. The prosperity of the past season sea-son makes it possible for the wool-growers wool-growers to invest some of their profits in feed. The several county auditors have filed their reports of the total assessed aud equalized valuation of taxable property, showing that the total for all the counties iu the state for the year 1S0S is barely more than $100,000,-000. $100,000,-000. State taxes to be collected exceed ex-ceed S750.000. The decrease from last year is over 52,000,000. November 22 was pay day at Fort Douglas. The amount received and distributed was as follows: Company D. Sl.'iS3.00; company A, Sl.72S.54; company L. S2,0;i7.S):i; company B, S2.-27l.U7: S2.-27l.U7: company M, 52.309.54; eouipany 11, 81.SM.7i-: company G. St.S2C.62; non-commissioned staff and baud, SiiS0.J2; hospital corps. S2 13.50: recruits, MU.S7; total. 515,284.05. Governor Wells has appointed Richard Rich-ard W. Young major of the Utah battalion. To till the captaincy of battery A. Governor Wells has appointed ap-pointed Lieutenant Edgar A. Wedge- wood of Battery B. Second Lieutenant Lieuten-ant John F. Critchlow has succeeded Captain W'edgewood in the lieutenancy vacated by him, and for the office heretofore here-tofore tilled iu battery B by Lieutenant Critchlow. Corporal George A. Seaman-formerly Seaman-formerly of battery A. was appointed and commissioned. Commencing ou December 1, the state board of land commissioners will offer for sa'.e. to the highest bidder, about 10,000 acres of agricultural and arid land iu Sanpete county, and ap proximately the same acreage iu Iron county. During a windstorm at Lehi. II. Munn's house was blown down and the family had a narrow escape from death. Mr. Mnnn. his wife and baby were slightly injured. The building was a uew brick, aud it is supposed was poorly constructed. A report comes up from Beaver that quite a force of men from that place has been secured for work in Clear Creek canyon, where the Southern Fa-cific Fa-cific has been surveying its line. It is said further that the men are to start work on tV.s '.'n at once. |