Show f UTAH STATE NEWS the public schools ol 01 sterling have been closed because of the prevalence ot lot diphtheria mrs A P mayberry who attempted suicide in salt lake city a short tima time ago will recover senator elect smoot has appointed carl A badger ot of salt lake city as his amate ate secretary spring city is arranging for an elec aric light plant to be used for street and residence lighting diphtheria is so prevalent in salt lake city that it has about assumed the proportions of an epidemic A special policeman has been em aloyed in richfield for the special pur pose ot of suppressing hoodlumism at mt pleasant last week M miss iss tressie strom won the state demorest Be morest agedal in an oratorical contest in which four our others contested there are over men at work at sunnyside Sunny side at this time and it Is said more are to be given employment as the mines there are developed the schools of riverton have been closed on account oa 0 an epidemic of smallpox it no new cases develop school will reconvene on march 9 there Is renewed talk of the utah company opening up in spring canyon above helper this summer the location is adjacent to castle gate the fruit growers grovy ers and farmed of utah county are organizing tor for mutual benefit the object being to pro mote the fruit and produce industry of the count the citizens of bluffdale Bluff dale riverton and t nd south jordan have organized a commercial club realizing that in 0 or r der to heep keep pace with the times they must be up and doing sixty new bills were introduced in the lower house of the legislature on wednesday of last week the last day lay on which new measures could be in produced trod without unanimous consent H L frank of butte who owns a valuable deposit of onyx near lehi A ex deets to spend about 50 in devel of the property this year A tram will be built from the mine to utah lal e the coroners jury which invests gated the case of the celision col ision of two salt lake city street cars in which motorman farrow was fatally injured holds the car company to blame for the accident after a delay of almot almost six months peter has appealed his case to the supreme court through his at torness on june 14 was sentenced cei to death for the murder of james R 11 hay A movement Is on foot by the wa eatch satch club of mt aft Plea pleasant ant to raise 5 which to purchase the coal mine east of that city in order to kepp the railroad company from getting hold of the property lehl lehi and american fork debating clubs last week debated the question that the united states should annex cuba lehl lehi having the affirmative side ot of the question the delegation from american fork won chork ork to finish the manti tabernacle will soon be commenced and will be in aix operation until its completion when the work Is done this city will have one of the most commodious gathering places in southern utah while cutting down trees edwin hutchings of lehi had the tune to have one of them fall on him breaking bis his leg just above the ankle the doctor removed several pieces ol 01 the bone but anticipates no lasting in jury reports from the various where the grasshoppers appeared last year are that it Is generally believed ithe the storms and extreme cold of thi winter have destroyed the fertility of the eggs deposited by the hoppers ir the fall M M steele rural route inspector oi the postoffice post office department has been making an inspection of the routes served from the provo postoffice post office he will recommend that additional terri torri tory be included in the route running northeast from the city the injuries received by peter wilde in the coasting accident at payson have proved fatal wilde was run into by three little girls vao were coast lag ing down the hill on february lo 10 L his teet being knocked out from under him when he fell on his head many mt Plea pleasant sanE sheep glowen are receiving word from the west nest de dea erts which is more reassuring than was that of a couple of weel s ago the latest information is to the effect that the herds have suffered but light losses from the recent cold weather the children in the higher grades in the fremont sc hooLIn Vii salt I 1 al e arc are to be attired in alue uniforms in tbt future it is felt by abs tbs tb teachers that the wearing of uniforms will be an 1 m n proy ement nent the innovation seems seeing to as the approval of hf lit parents |