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Show signed ss manager of the institution and will retire from active business life on June 1st. Mr. Wall is a large stockholder in the firm, and has been connected with the store for twenty years as clerk until he was made manager several years ago. Ed Wall, at present teller in the bank, will succeed Mr. Wall as manager. 8PRINGVILLE: Word has been, received re-ceived by Prof. H. G. Brown of the Hun-gerford Hun-gerford academy of this city from C. E. Dallin, that he has shipped a statuette of his great work, the Medicine Man. as a present to the academy. Mr. Dallin made the public schools of Sprlngville a statuette statu-ette of his Paul Revere a short time ago. PROVO: Sterling, the Infant son of Councilman and Mrs. A. M. Carter of Provo. died yesterday. The funeral services ser-vices were held from the family residence at 2 o'clock this afternoon. PROVO: Straw A Storrs of Provo will go to Layton in a few days with their big construction outfit to work for the Rio Grande Railway company. j PROVO: The Provo public school grad- uatlng exercises will be held In the opera-house opera-house Thursday night. May 21st. On the 22nd the teachers and pupils will have an outing at Provo lake resort. 8PANISH FORK: The organization of the Spanish Fork Electric Light and Power Pow-er company has been completed, by the I election of the following officers: H. C. Jex, president; Prof. Qeorge H. Brlmhall. vice-president; Robert W. McKell, R. H. Jex and Samuel Brockbank as directors, with Mr. Brockbank as secretary and treasurer. Idaho. Colorado, arrived in Cheyenne yesterday morning, for the purpose of looking over the ground in the vicinity of Fort Russell with a view to Judging it fitness as a place for the holding of the annual maneuvers ma-neuvers of the department next August. He was met by a committee composed of ex-Senator J. M. Carey and others citl-sens. citl-sens. who laid before him a plan whereby ample space for the maneuvers can ba provided, and expressed himself as well pleased with ths idea It is proposed to 1 give the army permission to cut the fences of any ranchea lying within the field of maneuvers, the expense of repairing repair-ing such fences and of recompensing ranchmen for damage done to their prop-I prop-I erty being borne by Cheyenne. Regular and State troops from Utah. Wyoming. Colorado and Mew Mexico will participated in the maneuvers. RAWLINS: Wool sales continue to be made every day. About ua.OCO pounds were sold yesterday at 8miley's and Johnson's John-son's r"ns at prices rangtng from 124 to 13 cents a pound, and two clips, amounting amount-ing to aO.OOO pounds, were sold at Medicine Bow for 12?s and 134 cents. Only four clips were offered. There are yet 36.Xrt sheep )o be shorn at these pens, and, when finished, there will be nearly a million -pounds of wool. I Nevada. TONOPAH: The gradual 'gain hi the price of silver has stimulated prospecting . of many locations near Tonopah and' caused a number of owners of producing mines to Increase their operating force. Should silver reach 60 cents the camp will be richer many thousands of dollars every month. BOISE: The fact has just leaked out that prominent Eastern lumbermen have secured a large amount of timber In the Boise Basin section and have arranged to put in a large plant on the Boise river five miles above this city. Those known to be interested In the matter are: D. T. Carson Car-son and John 8. Rand of Burlington, Ia.; and J. T. Barber of Eau Claire. W is. They have secured some 700 acres of land along the river., part of which will be occupied by the plant and yards and the part flooded flood-ed by the Irrlgatlpon dam making a vast log pond of 600 acres. The proposed mill will have a rapacity of ten cars a day. With the da, and other Improvements it will cost $3uf,000. BOISE: Convicts John Stuart and William Wil-liam Maney were killed yesterday at the prison stone quarry by the falling of a boulder they were trying to blow out-Stuart out-Stuart came from Owyhee county, serving serv-ing ten years for manslaughter. His time would have expired next August. Maney was sent up from Kootenai county, having hav-ing been sentenced to nine years imprisonment impris-onment for manslaughter. His time would have Expired a year from next December. BULLION :,-Lewls Green, a miner em- filoyed In the Point Lookout mine at Bul-lon. Bul-lon. was killed yesterday by drilling into a missed hole. The accident occurred about 13 o'clock and Green, though frightfully fright-fully mangled, lived until 3. One arm and his left leg were nearly blown off. The deceased was about 46 years old. single, and had no relatives in this vicinity. : BOI8E: Hon. Lafe Pence. ex-Congressman, was the guest from Colorado of the Democratic club at Us meeting last night. Mr. Pence arrived from Lewlston yesterday yester-day morning and will likely remain in Boise for several weeks. Mrs. Pence and son left Denver yesterday for Boise and should Mrs. Pence find that the climate of the capital city agrees with her delicate deli-cate health, the family wllL In all probability, proba-bility, make Boise their permanent home. Mr. Pence la interested with Senator Dubois Du-bois and ex-Senator Heltfeld in a great irrigation project In the vicinity ef Lewis-ton. Lewis-ton. He has been there for several weeks with Senator Dubois closing up the preliminary pre-liminary arrangements. . t Wyoming. CHEYENNE: Gen. A. C. Sharps, Adjutant-General of the Department of the NEWS FROM FOUR STATES. ' ! Utah. MANTI: Profs. Widtsoe and Merrill and Trustee Whltmore of the Agricultural Agricultur-al college were in Manti this week to confer con-fer with the County Commissioners concerning con-cerning the advisability of establishing an experiment station in this county. The Logan gentlemen, together with the Commissioners, Com-missioners, made a tour of Inspection the beginning of the week, which will be re- f or ted by the professors of the college to he ; proper authorities. Either between the towns of Spring City and Ephralm or Fountain Green and Wales is most likely the place where the station will be built,, according to reports that are at present In circulation. Nothing definite concerning concern-ing the matter can at the present time be relied upon. PROVO: Judge Jacob Johnson occupied occu-pied the bench in the Fourth District court today and heard the case of Robert Board man vs. Thomas Boardman. The plaintiff, who is the father of the defendant, defend-ant, entered suit to recover some farming land southeast of Provo. which he claimed was- deeded to the defendant through fraud. Ths court denied the petition to cancel the deed, but allowed the plaintiff $600 damages. , MOUNT PLEASANT: A.' C. 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