Show THE UNWELCOME pews comes from northern maine that the spruce gum supply is giving out and that in regions usually prolific it cari not now be bought at any price IT js proposed by ibo jews residing in home who ore numerous and in many cases esti emely wealthy to erect a synagogue to cost upward of A AVERAGE of avo deec of water is estimated to fall annually over the aholo earth and assuming that condensation densa tion take place at an average height of teak scientists conclude that the force of evaporation to supply such rainfall must equal the lifting of pounds of water in every minute or about horse power constantly exerted of this prodigious amount of energy thus created a small pro portion is transferred to the waters that run back through mera to the sea and a still smaller fraction is utilized idy man the remainder is dis in space A WAITER IN an eastern paper in giving a list of the reason i why some farmers do not succeed mentions these they civo no attention to details they think small things not important they take no pleasure in their work they regard work as a misfortune thoy weigh and measure stingily they aie fretful and impatient they stock by low fencing they lot their gates sag and fall down they will not make compost they let their fowls roost in trees and on tho fence they have DO shelter for stock they do not curry their horses they leave their plows in the field they hang the harness in the dust they put kofl greasing the wagon they starve the caf and the milk cow they let their pigs sleep in the dust they go to town without business they do not know tha best is the cheapest they have no method or system they go too often to see a man they have no care for home enterprise they never use paint on the farm they plant late in tho spring they stack fodder in tho field they prop the barn door with a rail they let tho horse stand in the rain they let the clothes dry on the fence they let the hoops fall from the tubs they neglect to trim tho fruit trees they milk the cows late in tho day of ogden has introduced la the souse a bill that is of special interest to municipalities it relates to the grading of streets and sidewalks and provides for the assessing and collecting of taxes to improve and keep in repair the streets the bill reads as follows SECTION 1 that the grade of no street now established or which shall hereafter be established iu auy municipal corporation shall b changed unless the banji owners of two thirds frontage up ou the grade proposed to bu chung rd have petitioned abe city of such city for aho change SECTION 2 whai thu council in any ity declares ly l y that corfam sida waka cons ducted or repaired and ahe manner thereof tsin unior shall caubo a notice to b served upon the awu rs of owners of the property t blunting lun ting ca such sidewalk of ahn passage of such resolution ol and if it appear in the return made by the mayor or otherwise that such person cannot be found notice thereof shall be given by publication li in some newspaper of general circulation in such city for five consecutive weeks SEC 3 if such sidewalk are not constructed within sixty u r n paired within thirty days from the service 01 or completion comply tion of the publication the cily council may lave tho same conf at tho ex bonss of th oguer and such expense ahall u lien upon such property abutting and shall bo collected in lilo manner as other taxes SEC 4 on tho britton petition ot the owners of not less than two thirds of the feet front of the land fronting oi o i auy street or any specified part thre of th e of tiny city may order such street or specified part thereof to with water at such times as the council may decree proper and the council may mako assessments tho expense of such sprinkling on tho land abutting on such streets or specified part thereof or the valuation as listed for taxation or by the front foot and such assessment made and levied shall constitute a iliyn upon and against the property upon which it is made and levied from and after tha date of the order of such assessment and the same shall be collected in like mahder as any other city taxes THE MEXICAN government has lately ordered one million of grapo cuttings from california and will distribute them free to all who wish to plant them in Mexico judge jones received a telephone message today to day from the county of salt lake county stating that a man givins alie name of joseph petty ani claiming to be a resident ot springville Spring ville was in salt lake pick aud without money they desired to know whether he was to he cared for by salt lake county at tho expense of utah county or whether he should be bent down to butali county the judge very politely answered them to the deflect that utah county was perfectly able to get along without receiving rece ivine iny haupers paupers from salt lale county and if they attempted to forward the man to this county there would be a fine opportunity for a lawsuit between the two counties A BILL of some importance to those having in charge the conduct and settlement of estates has been introduced in the council by mr booth its purpose is to authorize probate courts to grant orders in certain cases without publication of notice in a newspaper and reads as follows SECTION 1 be it enacted by the governor and legislative assembly of the territory of utah that the probate judges of this territory are hereby authorized to grant orders admitting wills to probate order abet and allowing annual and final accounts of executors administrators or guardians and orders afi tion and partition of estates of de cements without publishing in any newspaper notice of the hearing of the application for such order whenever all heirs and legatees lega tees ashall consent thereto in writing signed by each of them and verified by one or moreon the signers SEC 2 this act shall be in force fr omand after its approval by the governor SEC 3 all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed MONTANA begins the now boar without a dollar of indebtedness and with a cash balance in the treasury state auditor kenney has completed his report to the governor for the year and hrs placed it in the hands of the printer the total of the state is an increase of nearly over the previous ors year daring the year the warrants drawn on the general fund amounted to and on january 1 with no warrants outstanding athe cash balance of the fund was the estimated expenses for this year are and the revenues are |