Show UTAH STATE + NEWS James F Barton has been appointed appoint-ed postmaster at Verdure San Juan county Tho Fish Lake forest reserve headquarters head-quarters IIIH been changed from Fremont Fre-mont to Sallnn Tho Sanpeto county teachers held tho first institute of tho year at Spring City last week The twentyfourth annual state association as-sociation of tho Congregational church mot In Provo last week t Sparks from a threshing machine en sino destroyed grain valued at 700 belonging to linns J Brown of Mount Pleasant Tho thirteenth annual convention ot tho Utah Federation of Womens clubs 4 began Its session last Monday morning morn-ing in Park City Salt Lako has been chosen as tho next convention place ot tho Association Associa-tion of Railway Superintendents of Bridges and Buildings Thomas Blgllan employed at tho BOW cement works near Ogden fell asleep on a railroad bridge and was I y ground to pieces by a freight train 1 Thoro was a distinct shock of earthquake L 1 earth-quake experienced In Salt Lako a few minutes before 7 oclock Thursday I night of last week The shock was so slight that It was not generally noticed no-ticed Tho Utah Woolgrowors association has arranged for an exhibition of fancy f fan-cy sheep In connection wjiji the mooting moot-ing ot tho national association to beheld be-held In Salt Lako City on January 1C to 11 i James II Crawford tho coloret man who shot and killed C u Lock I a i hart at Ogden on July 27 was acquitted i i acquit-ted of tho charge of murder by a jury j on Saturday and was released from I 1 i custody I Warren M Lowry employed In a Salt Lako saloon as a bartender was found dead In tho Sanitarium after taking a steam bath death being duo to heart failure Inducoa ny tho heat fli and steam There aro billions ot tons of salt In < ho waters of Great Salt lake and extensive p tensive deposits of rock salt In the mountains of tho state From these sources tho state Is producing yearly about 35000 tons Tho fifth proclamation ot tho president presi-dent extending tho area of the Ulntah forest reserve was received at the surveyor generals office last week It Is dated Oct G and adds 90000 acres to tho present reserve Natlvo sulphur occurs In extensive deposits at Covo crook Mlllard county coun-ty Utah Tho crude ore averages 20 per cent sulphur as It comes from tho vein although in places masses ot pure sulphur are to bo found Professor A Rothplotz a noted Gorman Gor-man geologist Is in Salt Lake studying study-ing tho oolites In Great Salt lake Professor Pro-fessor Rothnlctz has made a complete study of this formation as It exists In Groat Salt lake and tho Red sea A flro that started from some unexplained un-explained cause in tho main building of tho Ogden Sower Pipe Clay company com-pany one ot tho most Important industries in-dustries in Ogden destroyed tho entire en-tire building and all of Its contents The report circulated through tho state press that Mrs Georgia Splcor formerly of Mount Pleasant had attempted at-tempted suicide proves to be untrue Mrs Spicer took a sleeping potion by mistake which gave rise to tho story By tho accidental breaking of a generator at tho plant of tho Idaho Sugar company at Sugar City Idaho James Gaddle an old employe and a i s resident ot Lelil was almost Instantly killed and another man was wounded in tho hand Arrangements are being rapidly completed preparatory to tho commencement 4 com-mencement of work on tho big canal which will reclaim from 40000 to GOOOO acres to tho south of Price and between that place Cleveland and Huntington Tho Australian thistle which Is one of the most pernicious weeds known It has been found In Weber county The department ot agriculture has Issued eovoral bulletins describing the weed and Instructing tho people how to prevent pre-vent Its growth Arthur Tattorsol employed In the sugar factory at American Fork is at a Salt Lake hospital suffering from terrible injuries which ho received while at work being caught In a belt and would around the shafting His recovery is doubtful George Morehouso whose homo is t near Fish Springs attempted suicide In Salt Lake City slashing his throat with a razor the windpipe being covered and tho jugular vein cut through Despite his terrible injuries it Is believed he will recover s William McGregor one of tho pioneers pion-eers of Weber county 63 years of ago was killed at Burch creek near Ogden Og-den by a mad bull Tho animal was hornless but butted tho old man who had invaded his pasture and pawed aDd stamped him to death + t |