Show UTAH STATE NEWS ogden has been chosen as the place tor the state convention of elks which Is to be held september 20 and 21 at garland contract have been let for the raising of 6 acres of beets this year as against 2 tor last year the epidemic of smallpox which has been so prevalent in loa for some time past Is now to a few cases A prisoner on the chain gang in salt lake city made his escape one day last week taking the ball and chate attached to his leg along with him A scheme Is on foot looking to replacing with automobiles the horse vehicles now used on the stage line from juab and clear creek to pill more martin of ephraem had one of his hands badly lacerated one day last week by coming in contact with the knives of a jointer in a plan ing mill mrs john lindquist of american fork was seriously injured in a run away accident last week being thrown from the wagon and quite badly bruised the rocky mountain bell telephone company has a large force ot men at at bingham junction making pro for the installation of local exchange two of the earliest settlers of jos eph mart merritt and james H wells died last week both were among the not prominent and highly respected citizens of jbf town forty five marriage licenses we e la sued in salt lake city between mon day morning and thursday night of last week many of the contracting par ties being from other states Cc hettler the former salt lake er has been held to the dis brict cour on the charge of having re calved depos ts when he was aware that his bank was insolvent the report comes from boston that a big combination of copper proper ties in utah is in progress and while not yet consummated that there la every probability of its going through chester bouton the boy bandit who aided in holding up and robbing a street car conductor in salt lake city on the night of february 22 has been sentenced to ten years in the biary the utah commissioners have returned from portland after making ar range ments for the erection of a state building and the display of products at the lewis and clark cen tennial exposition A purse is being raised in salt lake city tor the purpose of defraying the expenses of the commercial club committee in investigating the beasi bality of the freight route between ballente ual lente and goldfield the people are on the lookout for the building of the west ern pacific railroad which will touch within six miles of grantsville Grants ville about one halt the distance ol 01 the present station of tha san pedro attorney general M A breeden Is it Is said preparing to take legal stepa to thin out the building and loan societies some of which he claims are irresponsible and swindling outfits and should be suppressed eugene sullivan aged 29 of eu reka accidentally shot himself on sunday while cleaning a revolver the bullet striking him in the abdomen and passing through his body death resulting a few hours later john cardwell a teamster of forest dale was struck in the chin by a stray bullet while driving in the outskirts ot town it Is thought the shot came from the gun of a boy who probably was practicing and meant no harm august thiele made an attempt upon the life of V worthington adver manager of the keith 0 brien company of salt lake city worthing ton saving his life by grappling with his assailant and disarming him the men had formerly been friends and no cause Is known for the attack A new grain called Is to be introduced in utah this grain is a native of russia in which country it is used both for bread making purposes and as food tor all kinds of stock it I 1 Is said to be peculiarly adapted to arid countries and stands drouth remark ably well hopson the man who shot lynch in the oregon short line box car near ogden a few weeks ago and who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter by a cache county jury has been sen fenced to seven years in the state pen while playing with her 6 year old brother about a brush bonfire little mabel anderson the 4 cearold daugh ter of mr and mrs adolph anderson of peterson morgan county was fa tally burned her dress taking fire from the flames utah will have tor her building at the lewis and dark exposition one of the finest sites that the grounds at ford the site fronts on giles lake and will attract as much as any of the state buildings in the grounds and more than the most contracts have already been let for the raising of acres of beet at lehl this season as against 9 tor last year the company also intends to put up a new plant and install the steffen system ot handling abe beets at a cost of |