Show UTAH STATE NEWS A movement Is on foot looking to the incorporation of draper the initiative and referendum bill was killed in the senate after a hard fight the postmaster at berron lerron is down wilh with smallpox thus interfering with the mall mail service at that peace As a result of the recent big fire in salt lake city the insurance rates have been materially increased the taxpayers of price defeated the proposition of bonding the town tor for a waterworks system to the amount of T smallpox cases seems to be on oil the increase throughout the state owing to the laxity of individuals in regard to the sanitary laws an ordinance is before the city coun ell of ephraim creating and regulating a fire department for that city and it Is believed the measure will pass pleasant grove expects to build a new meeting to replace the one destroyed by fire some lime time ago the new now structure will cost about 12 there ts IS a famine in rubber shoes in bait lake the merchants having failed to order heavily enough to supply the demand occasioned by the unusual wet weather the barn of jacob jensen of ameri amerl can fork was destroyed by fire last week his house also having a close call it Is believed the anre was started iby iii tramps forty five members of the north da kota press association visited salt lake city on wednesday Wednes cay of last week and were entertained by dy the press and commercial clubs fred shenk a brakeman on the rio orande grande western who lived in salt lake city was 1 filed at provo last week while switching his body being al at most ground to pieces daniel page one of the early settlers sett lera vt parowan carowan who was postmaster at ithac that place for several years and also probate judge when utah was a terri tory is dead at the age of 75 A cannery will be built at layton the required acreage having been se cured by the committee appointed tor for that purpose everything will be in readiness to handle the season s crop no one expects anything but one of abe he greatest seasons ever known in the history of sevier county for the first lime time in about eight years there Is nty y of water in sight for the entire tansey a 16 year old boy n etore store in midway A in salt laap his kick to midway Is was acting aa as inch engine in the yarda yards city one of the flues in diew out ana and a large volume ping ing steam struck jeffs scald an seriously head end collision of two rio drande trains at salt lake city last week resulted in the injury ot of four inen among them being state senator mckay and property damage to the amount ot of about 1000 A 2 year old daughter of mr and mrs spencer madsen of manti mantl bad had a narrow escape from crowning last week by falling into a tub of water fortunately the child was discovered tn in time to save its lle we mrs laura laum of salt lake city caty became suddenly insane one day last week and attired in her night closed entered several main street sa loons and exhorted the frequenters ot of the places to mend their ways carl A badger last week resigned ais position as minute clerk of the state senate and departed tor for washing ton to take up his duties as private secretary to senator smoot gecz gebie go IL 11 crosby was elected in mr badge s place th thit total deaths among residents of salt lake city for the month of feb irjary reached the highest mark for that month in many years the mor bality being eighty three which cepro vents an annual death rate of 13 28 per 1000 leo bean dean of richfield haa has been caned au alu for a peculiar offense A T werner a merchant corn com that young bean stood in the door of his store refused to move and obstructed the passage so as to prevent the entrance of customers samuel butterfield ot of west jordan Is ceding head of sheep at the sugar factory on beet pulp the sheep were old and decrepit but the feed has im proved their condition eo so rapidly anat in two to or three weel s they will be put on the market in the form of mutton the curfew mil fill passed by the house provides that children under 12 years u who remain on the streets after 9 0 o clock at al night may be fined 5 al at lowing of 01 permitting a ch id to be out utter after enat hour Is also a mor tor for which the parent may be fined up to 10 |