Show i JI I UTAH STATE NEWS I J Tom Fitch who for tho past ton years has boon postmaster at Helper lias resigned Thomas Barrntt aged 10 was sari ously Injured In n runaway accident at American Fork Tho erection of a sugar factory for Banpoto and Sovlcr counties begins to look like a reality Tho Klks convention this year will tie hold In Ogdon It will assemble August 20 and will bo In session two days From many points throughout tho state comes tho news that tho crop of lucerne seed will bo poor owing to the drynoss Tho recent hot weather has had tho effect of ripening grain very fast and threshlug Is now general throughout through-out the state Governor Cutler has Issued n proclamation proc-lamation designating August 21 to 1G inclusive ns Utah week nt the Lewis nud Clark exposition Tho accidental discharge of a six shooter at Fairfield caused tho serious r t and perhaps fatal wounding of Alfred Al-fred Anderson a farmer t Tho Indian war veterans of Emery and Carbon counties hold their eighth annual reunion In Cnstlodalo at VII borgs Lako park last week Chinch bugs continuo their depredations depreda-tions in tho southern counties while smut la reported from localities in tho northern portion of tho state John Davies n tailor was found Head at tho foot of a stairway In Salt I Lake City It Is presumed that ho missed his footing falling to his death The number and assessed valuation of sheep III I Utah for lOOt wore re t Bpcotlvoly 1410741 and 2858620 while the same figures for this year Y are 1453003 and fil022G3G 6 A contest over tho possession of tho water of tho north fork of Ogden river for Irrigation purposes pur-poses Is on between tho farmers of Eden and thoso of North Ogden Andrew Jackson a colored man G5 yefttiitbtaga nulcUled In Ogden on r r Sunday taking carbolic acid Jackson L was despondent over tho loss of his wife whodied about a year ago John Danvers of Plain City Is out H X with a challenge to race any man In iii the ntnto of his ago a distance of 100 yards or from that up to quarter of a mile Mr Dnnvors is only 70 years f i old The number oral assessed valuation of cattle In Utah In 1901 wero respectively respec-tively 204835 and J33S7523 Tho number and valuation of cattlo this year are respectively 217000 and 3 D100SO t Tho registration of applicants for homesteads in tho TJlntah reservation passed tbooOO mark at Grand Junction Junc-tion Colo on tho 5th Among those registered hero are more than 500 al women + f Tho badly mangled body of Theodore Theo-dore Rasmussou was found near Lako a t Vlow on the San Pedro and it is presumed pre-sumed tho unfortunate man was walkIng walk-Ing along tho track l and did not hear the approaching train Tho six pupils of the State School m for tho Deaf who aro to form a part of tho live exhibit of tho educational department In tho Utah building at the Lewis and Clark exposition loft for Portland last week James Martin of Ogden woe seriously seri-ously Injured while milking a cow Tho bovine became frightened and kicked tho boy knocking him to tho ground and stepping on his head making I mak-ing several bad scalp wounds Hans Hermandson of Elslnoro was riding horseback near tho city cemetery ceme-tery and In sumo way ho lost his balance bal-ance and foil off hitting his head on a rock Ho was unconscious when found and remained so for several hours until restored by medical aid Ho Is now out of danger Upon recommendation of Commissioner Commis-sioner Richards tho president has amended his proclamation providing for the opening of the Ulntah Indian reservation so as to permit the making r mak-ing of 111 entries per day beginning i August 28 Instead of fifty as provided In tho first proclamation i Secretary John J Thomas of tho state board of equalization has Issued figures showing tho total livestock assessments as-sessments uf tho state for 1905 In both number and assessed valuation the comulHtlon shows Increases over that of 1904 Secretary T 1 rs t t state board of eqtnilv n ttrer t total number of buries nod muLr in tho state at 71000 and the total valuation nt 21302U4 In W the number of horses and via as 58708 tin value a jl 1 i 2 2 |