Show UTAH STATE NEWS the public schools of sterling havo have bech closed because of the prevalence of diphtheria airs A P mayberry who attempted suicide in salt lake city a short time ago win recover senator elect smoot hak has appointed carl A badger of salt lake lahe city as aa ills his private secretary spring city ciar 1 fa arranging for or an electric light plant to be used for street and residence lighting diphtheria la Is so BO prevalent in salt lake laho city that it has about assumed the proportions of an epidemic A special policeman has been employed in richfield for the special purpose of suppressing hoodlumism at mt pleasant last week miss fressle strom won the state demorest Dero orest medal in an oratorical contest in which four others contested there are over SOO men at work at Sunny sunnyside side at this time and it Is said more are to be given employment as the mines there are developed t the schools of riverton Rl verton have been closed on account of an epidemic ol of smallpox it if no new cases develop school will reconvene on march 9 there Is renewed talk of the utah fuel company opening up in spring canyon above helper this summer the location is adjacent to castle gate the fruit growers and farmers of utah county are organizing for mutual matual benefit the object being to promote the fruit and produce industry of the county the citizens of bluffdale Bluff dale riverton Rl verton and nd south jordan have organized a commercial club realizing that in order to keep pace with the times they must be up and doing sixty new bills were introduced in the lower house of the legislature on wednesday of last week the last day on which new measures could be in produced trod without unanimous consent if H L frank of butte who owns a valuable deposit of onyx near lehl lehi expects to spend about in development of 0 the property this year A tram will be built from the mine mina to utah lake the coroners jury which incesti arted the case of the celision col ision of twe salt lake city street cars in which motorman Moto naan farrow was fatally injured holds the car company to blame lame for toe the accident after a delay of almost six months peter has appealed his case to the supreme court through his attorneys tor on june 14 was sentenced ten tence to death tor for the murder of 0 james it hay A movement Is on foot by the wa eatch catch club of mt pleasant to raise 5 which to purchase the coal mine east of that city in order to keep the railroad company from getting hold of the property lehl and american fork debating clubs last week debated the question that the united states should annex cuba lehl lehi having the affirmative side of the question the delegation from american fork won won work to finish the mantl tabernacle will soon be c and will he be in operation u until til its completion when the work is done this city will have one of the most commodious gathering places in southern utah while cutting down trees edwin hutchings of lehi lebl had the misfortune to have one of them fall on him breaid breaking ug his leg just above the ankle the doctor removed several pieces of 0 the bone but anticipates no lasting injury reports from the various precincts where the grasshoppers appeared last year are that it Is generally believed the storms storma and extreme cold of thia winter have destroyed the fertility of 0 the eggs deposited by the hoppers in the fall M M steele rural route inspector ol of the Post postoffice office department has been making an inspection of the routes served from the provo Pos postoffice post office tollice lie he will recommend that additional territory be included in the route running northeast from the city the injuries received by peter wilde in the coasting accident at payson have proved fatal wilde was run into by fj three little girls abo were coasting down the hill on february 15 his beet being knocked out from under him birn when he tell fell on his head I 1 many MADY mt pleasant Pleasa ui sheep growers are receiving word from froia the west deserts de which Is more reassuring than was hat bat ot of a couple of weeks ago the latest information Is to the effect that the herds have suffered Bufler ed but slight losses from the recent cold weather the children in the higher grades in the fremont school in salt lake are to be attired in alue uniforms in the future it is felt hy by the tha teachers that the wearing of uniforms will be an improvement pro the innovation keerps to saon with vita the approval of ht h parents |