Show UTAH 81 ATE NEWS the irrigation companies about lehl lehi have bave agreed to arbitrate their dis utah a wool cl p for the season will probably reach a total of 16 pounds fight new coal mines have been ocene I 1 up during t tl e I 1 t 3 car ar six in emery county aal two in ill carbon 0 county the total output of the mines of utah tor for the boar car 1802 1902 is estimated at 20 the output for 1901 was 17 the state university deb debating abing team has made arrangements for a contest with the debating team of the sity of idaho during the past year 1883 1 men were employed in the various mines of the state as compared with 1724 1 for 1901 an inar increase ase of andrew melson nielson had both legs broken and james graham had one leg broken as a i es lit of an accident in a sunnyside Sunny side mine royal areld of 0 manti is laid up with a broken leg as a result of being thrown from a horse which slipped while buining a corner miss delia della mcintire was struck by atrain a train at price and slightly injured she was standing too close to the track and was struck by the engine there Is now over a foot of snow r on the level in rabbit valley in wayne county more than has been on the ground at one time for several years past postmaster clove reports that tho the business of the provo postoffice post office tor for the last quarter figures up to 2 63 a I 1 gain of 57 over the corresponding quarter of last bear ear A proposition is now on foot to es cablish an electric I 1 plant plan t to sup ply richfield the parties are figuring on about a 10 plant to be oper abed by steam power during the past year utah mining properties have pa d dividends to the amount of 5 during 1901 the sum of 4 was distributed among the stockholders the smelters of U jah are capable of handling 4 tons of ore per day and it Is believed before the close of the year utah smelters will be treat ing 7 tons of ore daily while william broadhead or manti mantl was driving down the street the team ran away coming in contact with a tree which one of the horses struck causing instinct death to the animal an explosion of coal gas at the salt lake county jail last week did slight damage to the building and as a re suit sult of the explosion one of the pris boners Is nursing a badly burned face the cithens of ephraim celebrated old folks day on the about guests being present ivan J olsen aged 93 was presented with a cane tor for being the oldest pioneer in the dis brict A trainload of people from provo springville Spring ville and salt lake spent new year years s day in the vicinity of nephi on a rabbit hunt and were royally enter tallied in the evening by the cithens of nephi A force of eight men Is at work sinking in on oil the vein of the south tent oil company s property at eph balm they will face down the ledge and end it if the shale justifies it they will erect an oil retort the total valuation of tho the school property in the state at the end of the school year june 30 was 3 64 last year the estimated kalua tion was 3 02 showing an in crease of 62 for 1903 1902 according to the figures of state mine inspector gomer thomas the coal production of the sterling coal coke company located six miles south of manti mantl is 7 tons this year as compared with 1 1885 tons last year mrs peter peterson of ephraim while sewing on a machine accidee tally ran the machine needle through her finger it was found necessary to tabe take the machine apart so as to ex tract the needle from the lady s finger the past year was a most prosperous one for the salt lake jobbing trade the volume of business was a little more than 4 greater than in 1901 aggregating as against 27 for the preceding year at the close of the school I 1 ear there were graduations in tho the common end and high schools as against for 1901 an increase of the fradua eions from the common schools were 2 2051 for 1902 and 1710 for 1901 a gain of the production of coal in utah the past year aggregated tons as against 1152 tons for 1901 an increase of tons the value of the product for this year based upon 1 50 per ton at the mines the aver age cost of production Is 2 1 |