| Show STATE NEWS A number of new cases of smallpox were reported in salt lake last week bingham junction Is to have a new bank to be called the jordan state baak for the coming school year will be needed to run the salt lake city schools the public school pupils of salt lake planted 19 trees shrubs and plants at their homes on arbor day the salt lake branch of the wells fargo co s bank has been pur chased by walker brothers bankers louis beckham and joseph two lads who escaped from the ro form school at ogden have been ra captured sixteen candidates came up tor ex amin atlon before the state board e pharmacists last week seven ot these received certificates august 24 will be utah day at tha lewis and dark centennial exposition A movement Is on foot to have the tabernacle choir present on that date A number of senators and congress men will visit utah during the month of june for the purpose of becoming better posted upon irrigation matters the report of the grand lodge I 1 0 0 F of utah shows there were but twenty four deaths of members of that order in this state during the past year members of the denver business mens association will visit salt lake on may 3 the party will be corn posed of about of denver s leading business men the session of the grand lodge I 1 O 0 O 0 P hold in salt lake city last week was vall attended every lodge in the state except one having a full representation at moab the jury in the case 0 W F reeder brought in a verdict of not guilty of the murder of the uta indian bill charley the jury was out forty five minutes several salt lake sports witnessed a fight between a coyote and a bull dog one day last week the coyote proving the victor literally chewing his adversary to shreds A new trial has been ordered at edmonton man tor charles king the utah rancher who was found guilty and sentenced to hang for the murder of his companion henry hayward the independent telephone corn pany has a force ot men erecting poles between lehl and the point of the mountain they will have the line constructed as tar as lehl this weel the total enrollment of salt lake cites public schools for the past month has been 12 the average number of pupils per teacher Is 39 there have been cases of ness through an explosion in the bottom of the howard shaft at the columbus consolidated mine at alta two min ers jury lowney and horace kelly lost their lives friday afternoon of last week the wool situation in utah took a spurt friday when pounds of the clip at milford was sold for 20 cents a pound that is the highest price that has ever been paid for southern utah wool peter A stone aged 21 of ogden Is dead as the result of a tall from his bicycle he la the third member of his family to meet death as the result of a tall his father and a brother both meeting death in that manner sheep shearing is in active progress at webb s shearing corral west of lehl the sheep are reported in bet ter condition than tor years and the fleeces are heavier than in recent years and the wool of a superior grade the grand army veterans of utah are making great preparations tor their annual encampment at ogden may 16 when they will have with them as guests commander in chief W M blackmore of boston adjutant general J E allman and their les david fisher shot joe brown a portuguese at ophir the ball striking the man in the head death resulting fisher is in jail and avers that the deed was committed in self defense the portuguese is said to have been a drinking man and very quarrelsome during the thunderstorm at mt pleasant lightning struck the resi dence of stuart seely and did some damage to the walls of the building but fortunately no one was hurt the family had not arisen for the day when the bolt struck the house drummond has been appointed assistant engineer of the oregon short line and has been placed in charge of the work of construction of the ma lad valley branch which was corn fenced last week work on the line will be in full swing in a few days the public schools will meet the lehl schools in an athletic and oratorical contest on may 5 at the city park lehl the athletic con test will be held in the afternoon and in the evening the orators of the high school classes will engage in debate matthew dalton a young man born and reared in willard Is dead as the result of an accident while scuffling on a hartsack hayt sack with his brother he ft a pushed off and in alighting struck on hia head sustaining injuries from which be died after a weeks suffer ing |
