Show UTAH STATE NEWS high license has driven the saloons out of business sd in modena during the year there were 6 public land entries made in utah embracing acre sot land five carloads of prunes have been bent out to eastern markets from wil lard and there are about that many more to be shipped it is estimated that over thirty thousand ducks were killed in salt lake county on the opening day of the utah duck season held s band of salt lake carr ed off the prize at the band contest at al during the meeting of the national irrigation congress the four county fart held in ogden last week proved a success in every way from a financial standpoint at and general interest the denver chorus won first prize in the contest at the eisteddfod held in salt lake city the salt lake chorus being awarded second place according to the annual report of the commissioner of pensions there are 1 pensioners in utah receive ing annual pensions amounting to the annual convention of the wo man s christian temperance union was held in salt lake city last week state president mrs E E shepard presiding thomas E taylor a bookkeeper fell from his bicycle in salt lake city striking his head on the pavement his skull being fractured his recovery is doubtful the experimental dry farm at en ter prise produced four different va of raisin grapes this year that equal in size and weight some of cal best production A big section of the val ley was added to utah s domain last week when the 43 acre tract in the oasis land irrigation company project was thrown apen to entry mrs anna W perkins who died at her home in salt lake city on oc tober 2 was one of the oldest citizens of the state she was in her year and had lived in utah since 1850 john Q packard who built and equipped the public library in salt lake city at a cost of 50 do bating it to the city d ed at his home near santa cruz cal on october 1 at the age of 86 the agricultural exhibit from the state of utah won the magnificent 2 silver loving cup offered by W hearst for the best state agri cultural exhibit at the sixteenth na irrigation congress during the past fiscal year was derived from the sale of public lands in utah which amount after making deductions for expenses will be turned into the reclamation fund to the credit of that state what was thought by some of the employs emp loes to be an infernal machine received at the office of the maor in salt lake city proved to be a box of apples sent the city s chief ex by an admiring friend the sanpete valley railroad from manti to nephi was formally taken over by the denver mo grande on thursday october 1 and it will in the future be known as the sanpete valley branch of the gould road logans water supply system Is to be enlarged A tract of land about six miles from logan canyon Is to be purchased and a mammoth reservoir constructed which will greatly nug ment the water supply of the city secretary of state has Is aued a call to the banks tor quarterly departs on the condition of business for the last months with these institutions there are fifty seven state banks and three private banks des moines iowa secured the next biennial convention of the unite brotherhood of carpenters and join ers of america on the second ballot taken at the bait lake convention by a vote of against tor san fr incisco the late henry barrett one of the most popular members of battery utah volunteer light ara illery has been honored by the erection of a hall tor the comfort and recreation of the united states troops at camp keith ley mindanao P I 1 frank donaho a young man whose home Is at ellsmore kan while beating his way cast on a rio grande freight train at wellington bix miles east of price was in some way thrown under the moving cais and one leg was cut off at the close of last week the ogden fruit growers association since its organization about a month ago had shipped cars of fruit to the east era markets the shipments which in most part have been peaches have also contained plums pears and dp pies while duck hunting north of salt lake P J had a narrow es cape from death sinking into a treacherous quicksand bed being held a prisoner for an hour and a halt and sinking up to his armpits before help came in the person of a passing huner the phonograph has been introduced into the public schools of salt lake city for the purpose of elation of foreign words in the teach ing of such languages the sinnova alon was made by professor miles of the german department of the high school fear of blindness from an infection contracted in one of salt lakes hos petals while in pursuit of her duties as a nurse there was it is said re for the suicide of mrs del la lewis who sought death by mor phane in a rooming house in salt lake city pear blight threatens the pear orchards of salt lal e county and un less a united effort is made to check and s amp it out there is little hope of abing the pear trees according to the report of john P sorensen horticultural 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