Show 4 UTAH STATE NEWS easter sunday found the sevier val ley under a mantle of snow A number of the labor organizations et of ogden have inaugurated a boycott against the chinese restaurants the mt pleasant oil gas company 14 last weel let contracts for the sinking of 0 two oil wels wells near that town there are pupils in the salt lake like public schools according to the report for maich of whom 53 are col ored ephraim is to have a baseball team 0 this season it being the intention to meet any and all amateur teams in the state there were but thirty three cases ol 01 smallpox in salt lake pity at the close ol 01 the week the disease being on the decrease hams mathias nisson nissan aged 80 a plo pio need of utah died at ephraim last week he came to utah with an ox team in 1860 A volunteer fire brigade Is being or at richfield for the purpose of handling the chemical engine and tak ing charge at fires last week 42 brook trout were planted in the streams pear near I 1 mt pleas ant and the streams are to a be closed to fishermen for two years the report of the secretary ot of state for the first quarter of at the year 1903 shows that the total amount of fees in by that office to be 15 35 the records of the county clerk clerks s of flee of salt lake county for the past 0 year show that for every six marriages has been one application for dl III vorce private louis peterson dt at fort douglas friday of last week by slashing his threat throat from ear to ear with a razor there was ap parenti no cause tor for the dead ella wheeler wilcox the gifted writer will be the guest of the utah state kindergarten association at its annual meeting to be held in salt lake city april api 11 and the price of salt took a jump last week for par the past six months coarse salt has been delivered to wholesale dealers of salt lake tor for 5 50 per ton but now they are compelled to pay 9 A new lodge of elks was instituted at provo last week fifty one new mem bers being admitted large numbers from other towns attended there being two bands and elks in the herd that attended tho the utah commission of the corn coin ing lewis and clarke exposition at portland last weel decided that a truit fruit exhibit shall form an important part of utah a agricultural showing at the exposition the socialist party of utah held a convention in salt lake city last week I 1 I 1 and elected state officers about eighty members of the party were present and every part of the state was represented the members of the utah press as soc tation will be entertained by the provo pencil pushers on the at the banquet senator smoot will respond to the toast senators and newspaper men it la is claimed that the moffat road now being constructed from denver to salt lake will bo be pushed through with out delay there are 2 men now engaged in the work and the company has plenty of capital behind it mayor thompson of salt lake has sent an awit am it tion to president roose velt and party to join in a buffalo hunt on antelope island the invitation has been sent on behalf of john il white who has placed the island and the buffalo at the disposal of the pres party for one day thomas barrett jr of american fork was vas driving a team attached to a field roller when the horses became frightened and ran away barrett tall fall ing under the roller which passed over him badly crushing the bones in one leg violet aged 9 while cross ing the railroad track near american I 1 I 1 fork was struck by an engine and in scantly killed her neck being broken of the girl s brothers were killed in the scofield mine disaster tour four years ago miss bessie knecht the young salt lake girl who has been asleep tor for over forty five days still sleeps at timer she rallies sli slightly giAly but soon relapses into an unconscious condition con dlton diton the doc doo tors are much puzzled over her condl tion john an italian was thawing out giant powder at ayune kyune when the powder took fire and put one of his feet down on the powder to put out the fire with the result that the powder exploded and blew off one of his feet I 1 glass jars twelve feet high and cor car despondingly ly wide will be used to ex hibit utah fruit in a preserved state at the st louis and portland exposi eions it a firm can be found which t an make such vessels at a cost within the bounds of reason |