Show STATE NEWS jacob Bam bergM has been elected president of the ontario silver mine at park city on february ath the barn of professor james B keeler of provo was waa burned loss about children and matches were the cause of the fire ex sheriff hyrum loveless of emery county died at the state mental hospital on february ath he served as aa sheriff of emery county for fourteen years epidemics of smallpox and measles have broken out at orangeville Orang eville emery county last week there were cases of smallpox and forty of if measles at one time on february ath an excursion composed 0 OA over persons persona under the of the elks elka organization left salt lake city for los angeles the excursion will last ten days the area of state land now open to selection has been reduced to less than acres for that reason on february ath the board decided to discontinue the acceptance of applications for the selection of state lands authority has been granted by the united states government to the reclamation cla mation service to advertise for bids for the supplying of machinery for a power plant to f furnish power for the strawberry tunnel the machinery will cost about on february ath salt lake city was surn lied with water th rought the big cottonwood conduit the contract for the construction of the conduit was let in 1906 the cost of the conduit was and the capacity gallons of water every twenty four hours the state legislature has sent a memorial to president roosevelt asking that the colorado river be allowed to discharge its waters into the salton sink thereby creating an inland sea the reason urged is that it will increase the rainfall of the and region of nevada utah and arizona the bills introduced in the state senate by state senator benner X salt lake city by three commissioners at a salary of each has haa been reported favorably by the senate judiciary committee the plan la is known as the galveston idea of municipal government |