Show UTAH STATE NEWS I Salt Sou Lakers LOker are ore predicting six more weeks of or winter weather because because because be be- cause the sun was shining on ground groundhog groundhog groundhog hog day February 2 2 Socialists of or Ogden in a mass meet meek ing at th the city hall Sunday nC afternoon prot protested sted the United States Slates entering the European war Ogden has a population of oC an Increase over the compilation of ot 1916 of or 1749 according to the directory directory director tor tory of the city which has Just been completed by R. R L L. Polk Co Lewis Bingham aged 26 a Logan Loban man crazed by religious fervor and possessed of or the idea that he is a savior of mankind has been commit commit- committed ted to the state mental hospital Electrification of the railroad to Saltair from Salt SaIt Lake City has been financed the final step being completed com com- completed last week and active work on the conversion of the road is i well under under un un- der way Utes of or the Uintah reservation and members of scattered bands of Indians Indians Indians In In- in the state tate may volunteer to organize a cavalry troop in the event that the United States goes towar to towar towar war with Germany Fig trees and other tropical semi growths which have bave flourished in Dixie in Washington county are reported to have been hal hard haid d hit bythe by bythe bythe the lowest temperatures ever to have visited that part of the state Mrs Rhoda Wright aged 84 was burned to death when her home at Logan was destroyed by fire The cause of the fire is unknown but it is thought that some old rags near an anoil anoil oil lamp or the stove caused it George F F. F Chamberlain a farmer residing in the vicinity of or Pleasant PleasantView PleasantView PleasantView View is taking adv advantage of the three foot snow by harvesting coyotes coyotes coyotes coy coy- otes for the bounty he collects having haying having hav hay ing recently killed a large number of the pests Peter Anderson a smelter employee employee employee em em- was instantly killed at Midvale Midvale Midvale Mid- Mid vale when the buggy in which he was riding was struck at the Center street crossing by a south-bound south Salt Lake Route train Distribution of the reward of of- ered in the blackmail cases of 1913 has las begun at Ogden The reward willbe willbe will willbe be distributed among twenty cants The largest amount was awarded award award- ed to David Edwards former Pinkerton Pinker- Pinker ton on detective With his hand on the wheel Dr J J. J E. E of Midvale fell dead as his automobile was brought up to the he curb on the Redwood road about one mile south of the West Jordan sugar factory Heart failure was the cause of death That the epidemic of rabies is now being eing brought home to i as well as to Is the statement statement statement state state- ment made by Utah state slate officials interested Interested in- in in curbing the disease before before before be be- fore it gets beyond control and becomes be becomes be- be comes omes a more serious menace to human human hu hu- hu man life Sufficient steel rails to build to ten n I miles of railroad in Japan is bein being drawn at the Midvale plant of th the e I Utah Iron Steel company and men men are working day and night in order order order or or- der to produce the rails in time tim fo for r shipment about the middle of or ary John Walsh former mayor of oC FarmIngton FarmIngton Farm Farm- Ington and former commissioner o of f Davis county has tendered his its resignation resignation resignation nation to Governor Bamberger as a member of the board of trustees o othe of oC f the state industrial industrial school He ha has s sr served as a member of that board fo for r eight years Anthony T. T Day and John Cariati both of whom are serving life Ufe sentences sentences sen yen in the state penitentiary fo for r murder in the first degree will b be e given hearings before the state board boar d ed of or pardons on February 17 Day is asking for commutation and Cariati Carlati i for Cor a pardon That the Second squadron of Utah cavalry on duty on the Mexican border at Nogales Ariz will not be relieved before the withdrawal of oC General Pershing's forces from MexIco Mexico Mex Mex- ico leo is the opinion of or Adjutant General General General Gen Gen- eral W. W G. G Williams of the national guard of Utah The Mount Pleasant Pioneer Historical Historical Historical His His- association which now has about active members has de- de to begin the gathering of or relics associated with early pioneer life liCe in Mount Pleasant and will also assemble as as- assemble all available available pictures of pioneers pioneers pio pio- and their families According to all Indications at the state capitol Orazio convicted convict convict- ed of the murder of or Amos B. B B Neff while talking over a horse deal deaf will not be executed by shooting Friday February 16 It is practically assured assured as as- assured that he will either be granted a reprieve or a special hearing Thomas L L. L Boreland 30 years of age was sas instantly killed while at work In fu the Magna mill of the Amer Amer- American American ican lean Smelting Refining company at Garfield He was working near a aUne aline line Une shaft and was hurled to death when his clothing caught in the ma chinery For the purpose of keeping snow from drifting on the tracks of the Salt Lake O Ogden den railway the company has hM built a fence or orvall wall vall ma made e of blocks of snow now linow along the tracks for fora a distance of nearly two miles s Just south of the Sunset station Thomas W. W Jones president of the state board of af sheep commissioners a 0 director of the tile Farmers Stock- Stock growers' growers bank and one of the largest in the Int intermountain country residing at Salt Lake feU fell dead dea on his ranch mIles Evanston Wo Nyo |