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Show Blackfoot reJurncd last niRht.; It has not con-IU(VeJ its labors, but doe not expect to return to the asylum. On Thursday it will hear a statement of allepett rtofs im-proier im-proier conduct on the part of the attpml-ant- there, of which Rev. Mr. Hawkins of Meridian was the object. BOISE: Gov. Morrlon today approve the bill locating the State reform, scbeol in Fremont county, immediately on the heels of that action Moore of Fremont presented a bill amending the new law by reducing the number of acres set sflde for it from tiO.OOO to 40,000, making the M.000 issue is-sue of bonds run twenty years' instead of fifty-years, and providing that only half of the .bond issue shall be available now, the balance to be used as tha requirements require-ments of the institution demand. - BOISE: The time limit for the introduction intro-duction of bills into the Idaho House expired ex-pired yesterdny, and- as a result the measures for prospective legislation came in in a flood. One of the most important bills provides for the reapportionment of the Legislature as agreed on by the Republican Re-publican caucus. . , ,' ' . ' BOISE: A bill was introduced in tha House yesterday appropriating JS.OO for the Lewis and. Clarke exposition in Portland, Port-land, Or., and- the St. Louis exposition. Five thousand of this is to be devote to gathering exhibits for Et. Louis. It iscx-perted iscx-perted the Legislature two years hence will increase the Portland appropriation. BOISE: The House Committee -on County Lines and Boundaries voted last night on the new bill by Greer to create the county of Clearwater out of the southern south-ern portion of Shoshone, nart of Nes Perce and part of Idaho, and provide for a vote of the people of the new county on the subject. The vote was a tfe. - "Wyoming:. , RAWLINS: The Encampmenf Lumber and Transportation company, which waa forced to close down two weeks ago on account of its ' financial condition, has again resumed operations. The employees have been paid1 50 per cent of their wagea and the creditors allowed to select a manager. man-ager. It Is thought that the company will soon be able to pay dividends. GILLET: The body cf an unknown man Aas been found near tha railroad tracks in the vicinity of GUlet. A ticket from Denver to Tacoma and J50 in money were found in his pockets. The unknown had evidently fallen from a train, and the supposition is thst his head was injured. . rendering him inne, and that he wandered wan-dered on the prairie and froze to death. RAWL1N3: -The loss to sheep on (the Red dosert. where 60O.000 grase. wlir be heavy as the result of the Intense cold. The weather is now moderating, but the continuation of the utorm for six or seven days has weakened the sheep until deaths are of hourly occurrence.. r f . . - ! Nevada. SODAVILLE: From the best information informa-tion obtainable it seems that railroad from Sodaville to Tonopah is now assured. It is stated that a corps of engineers are to arrive In Sodaville this week to beln the line of survey, which will probably run near to Gold mountain, a camp of great richness which has Just- begun -to attract attention. . . . I NEWS FROM I FOUR STATES. Utah. PROVO: The Utah County Commissioners Commis-sioners yesterday accepted the resignation resigna-tion of Mrs. Ann E. Hunter as matron of the county Infirmary, and appointed Mrs. Fannie E. Stewart to the position, her term of service to begin March 1st. LAYTON: A meeting was held In the Union hall yesterday to consider the erection erec-tion of a canning factory in Layton. Mr. Richard 8tringham of Bountiful and others oth-ers guaranteed to build a 20,000-case plant and let the raisers take what stock thev wanted, provided they the promoters') could get the moral support of the people and 100 ncrea of tnnrntriM ralcot thi. - The sense of the meeting was decidedly In favor of supporting the cannery. A committee of five, consisting of E. M. Whiteside. Charles Robins, William A. Dawson, William I. Layton and George V. Stevenson, was appointed to solicit the required acreage. PROVO: Postmasters Clove of Provo and Lawrence of Spanish Fork, representing repre-senting the Utah County Postmasters' association, as-sociation, appeared before the Board of Utah County Commissioners yesterday and asked that the county roads be platted plat-ted and Improved so as to assist the rural ru-ral free delivery system now being established es-tablished by the Government The matter mat-ter will be investigated by the board. SPRING VILLI": The railroad contractors con-tractors of 8prlngvllle have formed an or-ganizatlMji or-ganizatlMji to be known as the Springville Construrnon company. It is Incorporated for $5Wto, ail of which is now subscribed. The officers of the company are as follows: fol-lows: President, G. 8. fondle; vice-president and manager. T. W. Roylance; secretary sec-retary and treasurer, L. D. Crandall. The board of directors-is: O. 8. Condle. T. I. Roylance, C. L. Crandull, "Mose Roylance. J. A. Thorn, A. C. Bird and L. D. Cran- dall. PROVO: Loyal Tiffany of Provo died of general debility yesterday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. Giles Hol-den. Hol-den. The deceased was 65 years old. Funeral Fu-neral services were held this afternoon at 1 o'clock. RICHFIELD: Reports from the section around Richfield show that the losses to stockmen during the recent season of Intensely In-tensely cold weather will bo heavy. Sheep have perished by hundreds, and the herders herd-ers are employing their time stripping1 pelts. PROVO; County Clerk Bachman yesterday yes-terday issued marriage licenses to David Peterson, aged 23, and Lizzie Hanson, aged 19, both of Goshen; and to Victor 8. Thomas, aged 22. and Fanny J. Wright, aged 22. ,both of Lehl. WEST JORDAN: C. M. Stewart of West Jordan, who has held a position with the United States Smelting company here for the last six months, has resigned to take up his old profession of educator. He has been appointed instructor at -a military academy at Philadelphia, Pa,. Idaho. . BOISE: The Joint legislative committee to Investigate conditions at the asylum at |