Show UTAH STATE NEWS the western railroad was opened foi business on monday from salt lal e to the ne ada state 1 ne the volunteers of america are en deavo ring to raise sufficient funds to establish a hospital in salt lake alt salt lake city is to have another election on december 2 when five members of the school board will be selected two hundred and eighty one pris boners are now confined in the utah state prison the high water mark in the history of the institution with a good attendance and lots of enthusiasm the annual confer ence of the woman s missionary union was held in salt lake city last week there will be no coal famine in utah this winter n the opinion of state coal mine inspector J E pet tit and there will be no serious short age of cars governor cutler last week appoint ed ten deel gates to the eleventh an nual session of the american mining congress to be held at pittsburg pa december 2 S 4 and 5 one of the freak election bets in salt lake city was satisfied the day after election by one man pulling a cart through the streets on which wa seated his successful opponent A general walkout of engineer ing students at the university of utah was barely averted last acel when one of the students was tern por arlly suspended for giving a fellow student a gratuitous hair cut while suffering from a spell of mel anchoria anc holia to which she was frequently subject mrs bertha wall 21 years of age made an unsuccessful at tempt to commit suicide at ogden by swallowing six large antiseptic tab lets the use of drinking aps has been abolished in all ot the ogden schools instead upturned spigots have been installed by which pupils may slake their thirst thereby preventing the danger of spreading infectious dis eases george M peck who had been su per intending the tin rooting of a build ing in salt lake city attempted to reach the street by sliding down a when the roi e broke and he tell a distance of 45 feet being fatally injured thattie Th atthe people of davis county are thoroughly alive to the advantages of good roads is apparent from the man ner in which they are carrying out the work 0 on the high way through that county between og den and salt lake city fire ot unknown origin destroyed the immense mill and warehouse of the inland crystal salt company at saltair beach on october 5 res tilting in a loss of to buildings ma chinery and contents the earned insurance great preparation are being made the utah state poultry association for the poultry show to be held n salt lake city january 25 to 30 the owners of fancy pigeons will unite with the poultry men to make an es pec lally fine showing in january james harpole who died recently at castleton grand county was born in ohio november 1 1801 and lacked but one da of reaching the age of years he was one of the pioneers and was widely known and beloved by ranchers farmers and miners two fires which b oke out in the business section of ogden in the early hours of friday morning 6 kept the fire laddies from both ta eions busy for several hours and en tailed an aggregate loss of 1500 hobt of which is covered by idour ance the descendants of the late john taylor president of the mormon church held a family reunion at tl granite stake tabernacle last week the occasion being the centenary ol 01 mr taylor s birth john taylor was the third president of the cormor church mrs emily warford v hose husband is engaged in th echement bus ness in alt I 1 ake and ogden was run down by a passenger train at philipsburg N J and killed her sear old son escaped injury having run ahad ot 1 is mother when the crossing was reached final organization of fie utah branch of the american mining con vas v as perfected at a meeting beld in salt lake city last weel when officers for the utah branch including president three vice dents secretary and treas ry were selected the supreme court has held valid the so called stamp tax which the detate through legislative act of last ear imposed on all corporations other than charitable religious in lurance vr irrigation companies where the incorporators are the sole I 1 john moulton hawkins well known in salt lake city which had been his home for many years committed sui cide at mill creek by placing the ale 0 a shotgun in his mouth and pushing the trigger with a crutch the man s low er law was blown entirely off when the veterans of the civil wai from all over the country assemble in salt lake city next year in their annual encampment they will be pre dented by the school children of the city with a magnificent token of rev arence the largest hand made amer lean flag in the world wheelbarrow rides through the ann capal streets st ets of the city is the latest divers loi in ogden several bets on the recent election nave been pa d in this manner and have fur alshel ome amu ement as the loser trundles his bu den the streets dodging eh there is 0 i industry 11 1 1 murray that lids fair to asi me laire irp this is tte f 1 andt n afe first hatchery hate hery to b n n murray was the st te hitchery hit caery bit at the present time there are at least five fish concerns conc eins in operation and doing good hubene i a ong |