Show UTAH STATE NEWS it has been decided to hold the an nual welsh day outing at saltair july 16 the state penitentiary now holds convicts the largest number in the history of the state A crusade tor cleanliness has been started by the health department ana the fire department of ogden the federal grand jury resumed Us session last week and began further investigation of the utah national bank robbery improvements at fort douglas made possible by the recent ampro privation pria tion at nearly by congress will soon begin the records of the third district court show that from january 1 1908 to june 15 1808 there have been divorce cases filed taxpayers of salt lake will on july 29 next decide whether the bonded indebtedness of the city shall be in creased by miss may sutton the champion lady tennis player of the world is to visit salt lake in august and will play a number of exhibition games ralph snowball a pioneer of utah and a veteran of the black hawk in dian war died at his home in salt lake last week at the age of 65 A special train is to be chartered to carry democratic delegates alter nates and bryan rooters to denver for the democratic national convention governor cutler has appointed D R roberts of logan a delegate from utah to the national good roads congress which meets at buffalo N Y july 7 and 8 the parade of the united commer caal travelers in salt lake city was one of the largest ever had in that city it taking over an hour to pass a given point has appeared among horses at park city the disease is an ex rare one the state board of health has taken steps looking to ward its suppression it was le ported at a meeting of the salt lake county horticultural asso elation held last week that more than 1000 pear trees had been ruined by blight throughout the county the six year old son of isaac san strom of park city attempted to climb on a moving ore wagon and was run over his foot being almost torn oft and his leg broken in four places A bolt of lightning striking near the home of mrs peterson in ogden produced such a shock that the nate woman is partly paralyzed the doctors believe that she may recover in time mayor bransford Bran stord of salt lake city has removed charles vail chief of the fire department tor the good of the service and has appointed james devane former chief of the depart ment to fill the vacancy rev noble strong elderkin of og den will head the work of the chris tion tor the next year in this state having been elected dent at the annual convention held in salt lake city last week secretary of state has dl reeled the banks of the state to file a report with him showing their con at the close of business on june 16 there are fifty five state banks and three private banks in utah that the state board of health in tends to make a vigorous campaign on house flies this summer la evi danced by the notice sect out by dr beatty secretary of the state board of health to all health officers A gang of swindlers have been busy in salt lake passing forged postal money orders made out on blanks stolen from schurz nev recently merchants have cashed about worth of the fraudulent or ders utah s delegates to the national con of credit men at denver june 23 to 26 left salt lake on sunday the utah delegation wore red badges with the inscription come to zion each also wore a small bottle filled with utah salt A salt lake man while digging a trench for plumbing connections un a human skeleton apparently that of an indian woman who must have been buried there a quarter of a century ago at a time when that par nicular neighborhood was unsettled william howard sixteen year old son of john G howard of pleasant view Is dead as the result of injuries sustained by being thrown from a horse he was riding with a bo about his own age A straight hit or road tempted the boys to have a race after a strike inaugurated may 21 1907 the bell telephone company and its union employed emp loyes are now once again on amicable terms the gen eral terms of the ement are that the men will receive an advance of 25 cents aay in utah wyoming and idaho mrs elizabeth townsend formerly proprietress of the pioneer hotel of salt lake city the townsend house which in the early days was the lead ing hotel of the capital city is dead at the age of 84 mrs townsend was known tar and wide to the trav eling public thomas J 0 brien a carpenter committed suicide in salt lake city drowning himself in a private bath pool at the hot springs sanitarium 0 brien had been out of work for sev eral weeks and this fact caused dt spon dency which probably led him to take bis life the state board of land commission ers will take a trip through cedar val ley to investigate th well which has been sunk thre to supply wa er for culinary and domestic purposes the well is now feet deep and it is said that a large underground stream has been tapped archibald M cheney of F irvlen a former student of the Y U of provo 1 as ben declared one of th elx honor mn of the georgetown uni Tir sity of washington and as such he was publicly awarded a special prize mr cheney s class BBS composed ol 01 arver students |