Show UTAH STATE NEWS the twenty fifth annual encampment ot of the utah G A AR R was held in salt lake labe city last week the teamsters in the employ of the city of salt lake have been granted an increase in mages a ages from to 1 I 1 tor for a days day s work at the school election in american tork kork last weel the people voted to bond the district tor for 16 to buy a cite site and build a school house at the G GAR A R encampment held in salt lake city last week weel park city was decided upon as the place for holding the encampment next year an ordinance is before the salt lake city council which compels the keep ing of a register of guests in all hotels boarding houses and rooming houses testate thy state beekeepers association proposed to mke an exhibit of honey alithe st louis exposition W 4 ill consist of between three and Q ali e tons at manofla t week brighta a man who has a wife and iwo two small children was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary for assaulting a fifteen year old girt girl it Is said sald the utah building atthe f louisiana purchase exposition will represent an expenditure of 7 of which amount 1500 1 will be used in furnishings and decorations the young men of the salt lake Y AM M C A have undertaken to raise 5 of the fund to build a new home for lor the club and will begin a personal canvas of the city for the funds the orde recent ent snowstorms storms in the moun bains in the vicinity of richfield has occasioned a heavy loss of sheep it being estimated that some sheep men vi ill suffer a loss of 40 per cent the farmers of ephraim are very exultant over the good outlook tor for water the coming season while it Is believed the recent storm will help to solve the grasshopper problem samuel H gilson the discoverer of the gilsonite fields has carved a cane of native wood using a pocket knife and will present the same to president roosevelt during his visit to salt lake city A two story building collapsed in bait salt lake city one day last week smashing in another building and caus ing a loss of over 4 A number of people had narrow escapes from in jury in salt lake city there were three cases of smallpox reported during the past week and nine were discharged as cured leaving eighteen cases antines in the city and the quarantine hoydal fal A A miner by the name of murphy while working in the annie laurie mine near richfield struck a missed shot his face being badly cut up while it is probable that he will lose the eight sight of one eye the library of the state industrial chool Is to be enriched to the extent of volumes suitable for boys and girls this is the result of the ap of made for this pur pose by the last legislature senator W A dark clark was interview eu ed in san francisco last week and stated that work on his road Is being rushed as fast as possible and the present calculations are to have it U completed inside of two years A waman who is believed to be in sane last week informed a number of residents of salt lake that when president roosevelt comes to salt lake he will be killed and also that the tabernacle will be destroyed by fire lire A salt lake boy last week ran against an electric wire carrying a current of 16 voltage and got away without serious injury his escape from death is unaccountable as the current was sufficient to kill a regi ment of men the bid of the state land board for the richfield city bonds issued to raise money to inaugurate its system tit of waterworks has been accepted for the 14 worth of city bonds the land board will pay 16 15 60 and ac crded interest walter the thirteen year old son of mr and mrs draco drace jensen of rich field lies in a precarious condition at the home of his parents as the result ct being kicked by a horse the boy lay out in a field several hours before being discovered fred J jensen a prominent wool man of mt pleasant reports having purchased over pounds of wool in that valley thia this season he has hag paid for the same over 40 the highest price paid by him was 1414 14 centa cents per pound A force of greel laborers has corn coin fenced the work of laying a temper ary track around the layton cut tor for a distance of about two miles the track will be laid with heavy rails and will be well built as it will have to be used all summer w |