Show UTAH STATE NEWS the price ot coal delivered to res in salt lal e city has been reduced from 5 75 to 5 00 a ton seven thousand people witnessed the opening of the bicycle racing sea la salt lake city on monday may 31 A three day of tl e second annual episcopal convention of the district of utah was held in ogden last week two boys while in a hay baj n at scofield started a fire which destroyed the barn and several tons ot baled hay the state pure food commissioner is getting busy in ogden with those accused of violating the law in sell ing impure ellb utah s rece apts tor may amounted to only al 41 1 while the expend tures were 28 according to the state treasurer tweety three new residences have been built at green river this spring and yet the demand for houses great IT exceeds the supply david latham who fired three shots at a policeman in salt lake city recently has been sentenced to three years imprisonment there were graduates from the eighth grade in the public schools of brummit county the exert ses being held at park city last week A strike of structural iron workers ts on in salt lake city non union men having been given the places ot the strikers and considerable fric alon resulting two eastern men are building a boat expecting to navigate the green and grand rivers between green river and moab gasoline will fur nish the motive power for the pres ent frank huston aged 30 a waiter in one of salt lake city s leading cafes was found dead in a bathroom one day last week it Is believed he fell backward into the duj breaking h s neck A large acreage will again be plant ed to cantaloupes in the vicinity of green river this year the frost missed most of the fruit in the valley and quite a little fruit will be mar feted it is the opinion of the ogden po lice that the three men arrested in omaha tor the robbery of the over land limited are the same men who held up the white elephant gambling house in ogden wille W ille switching cars at ogden tim fenton a union pacific switch man fell between the cars the wheels passing over his hands cut ting off all of his fingers but leaving the thumbs on both hands whitney aged 20 an em 1 of the deseret news tell un berneath der neath a street car in salt lake city in attempting to alight from the car and was so seriously injured thit death resulted a few hours later the city council of hyrum has de aided to remodel the electric light which Is owned by the people of hyrum EO that the service will not only be better but the will be able to supply light for the town ot william clayton formerly employ ed in a gambling house in ogden attempted d near layton on june 2 cutting his throat with a pocket knife he is now in a hos pital with the chances for his erv rather against h m salt lake capitalists have pir chased the property of the utah marble company near logan which bas been inactive for some time be cause of lack of capital and will open ap the property which turn ashes so e excellent marble at once that dry farming in cedar valley has proved a success la ed after three years ot experiments there are over 1 acres pt promis ing grain now surrounding the little town of Fair neld with every ind ca tion ot a bounteous yield G perry son of dan ferry of wallard met with a painful acci dent last week while riding a wild horse the animal became frightened ran away and tell on the little boy breaking his left leg between the knee and ankle in two place elaborate preparations are being made for the entertainment of the old folks in salt lake city on june 29 when the annual convention will be held all over 70 years of age being careld to the capital city by the dit erent railroads tree of charge mrs ullie huston whose husband frank huston met death in salt lake city last week as the result ot falling backward into a bath tub breaking his neck attempted suicide the following day after the tragedy but was saved by prompt medical as si stance judge henry perry henderson pre ident of the salt lake city board of education and one of the best knowl lawyers in the state died on april 3 at the age of 65 from an attack ot pneumonia judge henderson was born in new york state and came to utah in 1886 J walters of black pine cur lew valley Is suffering from a broken leg as the result ot ian accident mr walterf was hauling cedar posts and as the roads in that country are badly washed out bis wagon struck a gulch throwing him out underneath the horses feet the fourteenth annual memorial day road race from salt lake city to farmington in which over seventy bicycle riders started this season was won by Joseph ahalt was won by joseph a salt lake youth who two years ago crossed the tape first andrew carnegie has offered to erect a library in the city of mur ray if the citizens will give a year to help defray he expense ot books and other incidentals this offer was made some time ago and at the present time Is being consid cred by the city |