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Show UTAH NEWS. During the recent windstorm several buililint's wen; wrecked and others unroofed in l-'ariuington. Notwithstanding the cold weather, .several new business blocks l'ave been, begun in Mauti within the past ten 'days. It Is now whisp'-rcd that Judge .Charles S. Zatus of .Salt Lake City is likely to lie appointed chief justice of the territory of Hawaii. Di alers in Christmas goods report an extremely heavy sale, indicating that the financial condition of the people has improved since last year. 1'rivaic Isaac Russell of liattery A has purchased the American Soldier, the pioneer Yankee paper in the Philippines, Philip-pines, (diaries Mabry is the business manager. A young woman named Terressa Reeves was vried in Salt Lake county on a charge of horse stealing last week, but was acquit ted, owing to lack of evidence. A traveling watchmaker stopped in Spanish Fork a few days, secured a few watches to repair, and now the owners are mourning the loss of their time pieces. John Thompson, charged with robbing rob-bing the post office at Jensen, on April !), has plead guilty, and the court sentenced him to two years in pen itcntiary. Poultry dealers and others of Salt Lake City are formulating a protest, which will be presented to the police department against the rallling of turkeys in sab ;. Articles of incorporation of the Le-land Le-land Poller Mills company have been filed with the secretary of state. The company will manufacture flour and mill stuffs at Spanish Fork. At a meeting of the house committee, Representative King appeared to urge an appropriation of 530,000 for the support sup-port of Indians in southern Utah, the purchase of lands and the erection of school houses. The federal grand jury empaneled for the December term concluded its labors in four day sand were discharged. Nine eases were considered, thirty-seven thirty-seven witnesses were examined, and eight true bills found. Charles II. Parker has sued Salt Lake City for 815,000 damages. Plaintiff was engaged in excavating a water pipe trench for the city, and it caved, fracturing both shoulders, breaking a rib and otherwise injuring him. Tho Thompson and Moab Telephone company is a recent organization. It is the purpose of this company to build and operate a telephone line between Thompson and Moab. This move will be greatly appreciated by the citizens of both towns. Philanthropic women of Honolulu gave a Thanksgiving dinner to the engineer battalion at Honolulu. The battalion contains company K of Utah, which came iu for its share of the good things and are .now writing their friends "what a jolly lot those Hawaii-aus Hawaii-aus are.'' The building in Corinne occupied by Turner it- Kenyou's restaurant was fired by unknown incendiaries one day last week, aud but for the timely aid of citizens the building would have been destroyed. Oil from a lamp in the lunch room had been used with which to start the fire. Salt Lake City is to furnish some heirs to the estate of Peter Chris-teusen, Chris-teusen, who died in Stockton, Cala., some time ago, leaviug property worth 575, 000. The Danish vice-consul here, Peter Hansen, has written to Stockton officials making inquiries about the matter on behalf of the Salt Lake Christ en sens. For the purpose of influencing some additional legislation in behalf of the state's horticultural interests, Fruit Tree Inspector Sorenson, of Salt Lake county, is compiling testimonials from nurserymen and prominent fruit growers grow-ers in the county. All these testimonials testi-monials certify to the necessity and effectiveness of the law requiring the periodical spraying of fruit trees to rid them of insects aud other destructive destruc-tive things. On Saturday, December 10, the executive ex-ecutive committee of the Utah Wool-Growers' Wool-Growers' association will meet in Salt Lake City for the purpose of naming fifty delegates to the convention in Denver of the National Live-Stock as-, sociation. The state board of equalization has commenced the task of reapportioning the taxed value of railroad rolling stock, in accordance with the supreme court's decree holding that the track mileage apportionment to the counties was invalid. During a recent rabbit hunt by nim-rods nim-rods of the northern part of the state, teamsters followed the hunters and secured se-cured the ears of the slain rabbits, thus earning bounties from the county amounting in all to 5150. Over 5,000 bunnies were killed. |