Show UTAH STATE NEWS A large acreage in dry farming will be planted in the vicinity of monti cello this year of the state school fund the city of ogden will receive 16 50 this year and weber county will get 5 twenty five members attended the annual session of the utan ers association held in salt lake city last week A farmer living near bingham junction who is 82 years of age was married recently the bride giving her age as 70 the town of mayfield ld Is suffering from an epidemic of d pathena and it may be necessary to close the schools for a time it is estimated that about forty thousand sheep will be shorn at thompson s and twenty five thousand at dewey this year ogden s tabernacle choir has en tere 1 the contest for the 1 prize offered at the eisteddfod in salt lake city next october the county tomm of suta mit county have awarded a contract to the denver bridge company to erect a steel bridge at albert earl the 18 year old salt lake boy who was injured by an oregon short line engine at tello idaho died from his injuries in the future any one having a slot machine in his place ot business in bait lake must pay a license ot 10 per month tor the operation atif ue same A proposition to consolidate the school districts in each county un der one control is being supported by nelson superintendent of pub lie instruction A park city man convicted of se curing refreshments in a restaurant and refusing to pay for them was juned 25 and has appealed the case to a higher court at an old foil s d in rich mond persons feasted there were a number of old people present there was one over 90 four over 80 31 over 70 and 38 over 60 bertha rhodes attempted suicide in a rooming hodoe in ogden one day last week taking chloroform bat was discovered in time by occupants of the house to save her life while trying to pound a shell into a gun harry heed an eight year old fremont boy was injured the shell exploding tearing the end off of one finger and injuring the others badly tre three year old child of H cr hess of ogden was attacked by a dog one day last week and so badly bitten about the tace that there is but little hope toi the child s cry mrs mary A who has been a resident les ident of salt lake tor i number of years was overcome by heart failure while walking along the street death resulting a few mo ments later the western association of the blind is the title of an organization formed in salt lake city last week which has for its purpose the promo tion of the welfare of the blind in the western states state treasurer Cari has filed his report tor march with the state auditor ate report shows a balance on hand march 1 of 01 which with the month s re makes a total of alfred howes aged 12 years the son of john howes of marysvale Marys vale was injured by falling over an embankment he with two other boys was hauling a load of hay arora a farm near marysvale Marys vale his sl ull was fractured in two places A train was held up west of ogden one day last week by a gang of ho boes and a refrigerator car broken into a large quantity of ham bacon and considerable fresh meat ampro the leader of the band warned the train crew not to attempt to interfere harry and tom davis were severely injured as the result of an explosion in the ontario drain tunnel at park city it is not known just how the accident happened but the injured men think it was caused by a lighted candle tal lag into a box of caps J lindale a railroad fireman residing in salt lake has invented i system of safety blocks which Is designed to be utilized by single and double track railroads and if proved by use to be practicable may s ig gest great changes in the present block signals while mrs E J flake lay anat tended in a hicl bed in salt lake city fire from defective electric light wiring broke out and flames were rapidly enveloping her home when a passer by discovered the fire broke in the door and saved her from a horrible death F b kellmar a mining man sul aided in salt lake city hanging himself using baling wire for a rope despondency was apparently due to his failure to meet success when he went to work for the step toe valley smelting mining corn I 1 any at mcgall nev the answers of the defendants in the suit of the united states to dis olve the so called harriman system of railroads as being a monopoly in restraint of trade were filed in th federal court at salt lake on apr 6 these answers make a general denial to the allegations fire at spring city last week to tally destroyed a residence two iorge barns and other outbuildings and cor rals the loss Is estimated about 3 it Is supposed oed that the cause of the fire was an over hated stove pipe passing through the room of ning hansen s house application has be n made to the state board of land commissioners for i loan of to finance big irrigation near hebe city it la the intention to irrigate about 15 acres of now csele land and it is alerted aser ted that the aror erty Is the best in the state |