Show UTAH STATE NEWS james F birton has been appoint ed postmaster at verdure san juan county the fish lake forest reserve head quarters has been changed from fre j mont to sauna the sanpete county teachers held 5 farst institute ot the year at spring week the twenty fourth aandal state as 0 the congregational church met in provo last week sparks from a threshing machine en bine destroyed grain valued at belonging to hans J brown of mount pleasant the thirteenth annual convention ot the utah federation of women s clubs began its session last monday morn ing in park city salt lake has been chosen as the next convention place 0 the assoria uon of railway superintendents ol 01 bridges and buildings thomas employed at the sew cement works near ogden fell asleep on a railroad bridge and was ground to pieces by a freight train there was a distinct shock of earth quake experienced in salt lake a few minutes before 7 clock thursday night of last week the shock was so slight that it was not generally no the utah Wool growers association has arranged for an exhibition of tan cy sheep in connection with the meet ing ot the national association to be held in salt lake city on january 16 to 19 james H crawford the colors man who shot and killed i lock hart at ogden on july 27 was acquit ted of the charge of murder by a jury on saturday and was released from custody warren M lowry employed in a salt lake saloon as a bartender was found dead in the sanitarium after taking a steam bath death being due to heart failure induced cy the heat and steam there are billions of tons of salt tn the waters ot great salt lake and ex deposits of rock salt in the mountains of the state from these bounces the state Is producing yearly about 35 tons the fifth proclamation of the dent extending the area of the ustah forest reserve was received at surveyor general s office last week it 1 dated oct 6 and adds 90 to the present reserve native sulphur occurs in extensive deposits at cove creek mallard coun ty utah the crude ore averages 20 per cent sulphur as it comes from the vein although in places masses ot pure sulphur are to be found professor A a noted ger man geologist Is in salt lake study ing the in great salt lake pro fessor etz has made a complete eludy of this formation as it exists in great salt lake and the red sea A fire that started from some un explained cause in the main building of the ogden sewer pipe clay corn pany one of the most important in dust rles in ogden destroyed the en tire building and all of its contents the report circulated through the state press that mrs georgia salcer formerly of mount pleasant had at tempted suicide proves to be untrue mrs salcer took a sleeping potion by mistake which gave rise to the story by the accidental breaking of a generator at the plant of the idaho sugar company at sugar city idaho james caddle an old employed and a resident of lehl was almost instantly killed and another man was wounded in the band arrangements are being rapidly completed preparatory to the corn men cement of work on the big canal which will reclaim from 40 to 60 acres to the south of price and between that place cleveland and huntington the australian thistle 1 one of the most pernicious weeds known has been found in weber county the department of agriculture has issued leveral bulletins describing the weed nd instructing the people how to pre kent its growth Tatt ersol employed in the u 1 at american fork Is at a salt lake suffering from terrible injuries which he received while at work being caught in a belt and would around the shafting hie recovery Is doubtful george morehouse whose home Is near fish springs attempted suicide in salt lake city slashing his throat with a razor the windpipe being severed and the jugular vein cut through despite his terrible injuries it Is believed he will recover william mcgregor one ot the plon aers of weber county 63 years of age was killed at burch creek near og afes b a mad bull the animal was but butted the old man who hai invaded his pasture and pawed and stamped him to death leonard jensen the 3 year old son of dabid jensen of ogden had a nar irow escape from death by being at tacked by an angry cow the child vas thrown against a wire fence and but for the timely interference of persons who were near the lad would have been killed an investigation which has been made by the office of the state board 0 health into the epidemic of typhoid fever at has resulted ID the discovery ot the tact that out 0 the sixteen cases that have been treated there every case was traced directly to surface wells |