Show UTAH STATE NEWS don smith who was shot at colton on the will recover governor wells has issued a procia nation declaring arbor day april 15 a legal holiday two carloads of horses for the use of the english government were shipped out of county last week ten thousand dollars will be ex in furnishing the rooms of the commercial club in salt lake city the milk dealers of salt lake have organized an assoc alion for the pur pose of dainta ning a fixed schedule of prices there are only of small pox now being treated in salt lace city and scarlet fever cases number only nineteen the d sease prevalent at payson which had been termed smallpox proves to he chickenpox and but few cases now remain superintendent of schools nelson last week made his second appoint anent of school funds for the present year the amount being 63 83 it is said that opposition to the hill for the establishment of an assay bouce at provo has been withdrawn and it is probable the bill will be passed the dividends paid by the m nes of utah forthe first quarter of the year 1903 reached a total of sl the corresponding period in 1901 the dividends amounted to the 3 year old son of john I 1 chip man of amer can fork was drowned by falling into a tub of water he was playing near the tub and fell in head foremost and before he was d sc life was extinct an old man known as monte pete is lying in the sanpete county jail in a serious condition lie was badly injured in a runaway coming down from kimberley a few days ago and monia basset in the bill introduced by mr ballins to establish a fish hatchery and fish station in utah has been favorably re ported by the committee on fisheries the bill carries an appropriation of 5 for that purpose the first step n ane construction of the new denver bait lake air line was taken last week when bids were opened at the offices of the denver A northwestern railroad for construct ing the first ten miles from arvada to coal creek deports received from wayne county are that there were heavy sheep losses during the late storms owing to the drouth an the desert flock masters took their herds into the mountains and the week of storm played havoc with some herds postmaster clove of provo has corn plated his report for the quarter end ing march 31 the gross receipts for stamps etc aggregate sll 80 which is an increase of 3 over last year and means an additional carrier and general raise in the salaries of the entire force state treasurer dixon has filed h s report of the receipts and d ments of the state for the month of march the rece apts were 30 and the balance at first of the month 40 15 a total of 45 the d shur aggregated 64 11 leaving a balance of 43 34 on hand the irrigation congress of utah which met in salt lake last week ap pointed a permanent executive corn cittee of one member from each county which organized by electing officers of the congress the officers elected are abel jol n ayans dent A F doremus vice president and george lambert secretary citizens of woodland marion and kamas utah sent a petit an to the interior department asking that the western part of U atah forest reserve be partitioned off as between the cattlemen on the one side and the sheep men on the other prices of poultry in the salt lake market are the same as have prevailed for some weeks with the utah product as scarce as ever eastern turkeys bring 20 cents a pound hens 16 cents spring chickens from 0 to 25 cents ducks and geese 16 cents the stockmen indess on in salt lake last week organ zed the cattle grow ers association of utah adopted a con ution and elected as officers john white pres dent dougill vice president wesley walton sec detary and L leary treasured trea surel according to the monthly report of the board of health for march were seventy five deaths in salt lake city which is equivalent to a death rate of twelve per 1 based on the estimated population of 75 as given by the new polk directory joseph larsen of glenwood and in gar Frand seit of els nore received painful injuries last week A horse fell with the larsen boy and the ti and sen boy was thrown fron 1 s I 1 orse both hoys rendered ous and were cons durably bruised probably the largest wool sheab ng bee that has ever at one place in the mountain states will be pulled off within the next thirty days at the shearing pens of walter tames at black aock station in millard county when sheep will be clipped vernal is in the m dat of a smallpox epidemic a number of cases having been reported from parts of the valley and several cases in to it is believed tl ere are at least ty cases in diffrient parts of the valley while nany have been exposed casper kruger the eldest son of president brager and twenty four other relatives of mr bearing the same family name are among tl ose who have recently at pretoria taken the oath of allegiance to great britain epes baggent a bivil war co dent who rendered valuable service to the northern s de dur ng the Civil war while stationed at nassau and who later filled many pos lions in the gov eminent employ at wash agton is dead at his home ha was 76 years old |