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Show UTAH NEWS. A number of new business blocks and cottages are being ej-ected in Richfield. Rich-field. About 500 delegates attended the Christian Endeavor convention at Provo. Fred Simon, one of the most prominent promi-nent business men of Salt Lake City, died on the 10 in.st. from apoplexy. One of the visible signs of prosperity prosperi-ty in this state is the improvements being made on the different railroads The track on the Utah and Pacific la now laid three miles south of Moden.a. Four miles will complete the road to McCuno. The steel for the Sanpete Valley spur to the quarry was bougUt from the Oregon Short Line and is now being be-ing delivered. Lawrence is to have a 81,000 school-house. school-house. The building will be a beautiful beauti-ful structure, and will be able to accomodate ac-comodate 200 pupil. Building materials are reported as advanced along several lines, and it is expected that thure will be further advances, ad-vances, especially in iron. The old taunery at Salt Lake was destroyed by fire, and thus another old landmark is blotted out. The loss on the plant and contents was about 81,000. Postal route 0,910, from Loa to Tear-dale, Tear-dale, Wayne coualy, has been extended, to end at Torrey.and the service as extended, ex-tended, will be operative from the 15th Instant. For the first week of May the earnings earn-ings of the Rio Grande Western were 847,700, an increase of 83,100. Local traffic throughout the state caused the increase. The clothing and furnishing goods men say the backward season has held back trade, but that with the appearance appear-ance of settled weather there will be much business done. .Not as much damage was done to the fruit crops of the state by the recent re-cent cold weather as was at first re-jrted, re-jrted, and only in a few localities viill the bad weather be regretted. The Sevier stake .tabernacle is near-i near-i ing Completion, and it is believed it will be finished by July 1 and ready for dedecatiou. The building will be a credit to the thriving town of Richfield. Grain and produce men say that while the market quiet at present, just as soon as agricultural opcra'tions begin in earnest, the farmers will sell off their surplns winter stocks and make the market lively. Colonel N. T. S. May, niperintend-ent niperintend-ent of governmen Wrests for Colorado and Utah, says positively that sheep will not be permitted upon tha"' reserves. re-serves. This decision closes the Uin-tali Uin-tali reservation to Utah sheepmen. H. Taufer, one of the leading bee culturists of the state, says he is of the opinion that the recent unprecedented unprece-dented cold weather of this season of the year is liable to have a bad effect upon the yield of honey this season. An agntiof the TWo Grande Western couitrKi toi-'s ts engaging- hands as far sodth as CircleiWe fu- grading work. There Is a growing scarcity of teams and men all over the stale, owing to the greai amount ot work being done. The first freight train for over a year passed over the Utah Central branch from Park City Tuesday of last week. This means a revival of business on that line. Fifteen cars of ore will come down daily and the business busi-ness will keep the three enginas busy all the time. The police are hot on the trail of opium joint keepers in Salt Lake City. A number of young girls have been found in these vile deus "hitting the pipe" recently, and the city officials have determined to exterminate these places if they have to round up every Celestial In the city. Te Rio Grancre Western is to make some extensive improvements in its shops in Salt Lake City. This will make it possible to increase the force of men employed in the shops by more than 100 men. This means a distribution distribu-tion of from SO, 000 to 510,000 in Suit Lake every month in wages. The conditions of fall or winter wheat shows great variations even in the same county, some reports stating stat-ing that the crop is a total failure and others that it is in good condition. Spring wheat and oats are in good condition. The snowstorm of May 1 was general gener-al all over the state, the depth of fall ranging from half an inch in some lo- calities to seven and eight inches in others. It was beneficial to all field ftrops and especially beneficial to the southern districts. The president of the Emery stake has decided that ftie academy at Castle Dale must be completed by the next school term in order to start at that time. The building is a two-story structure, and will cost when completed com-pleted about 80,000. |