Show UTAH STATE NE MEWS S it is estimated that fully 2 head of sheep will graze upon the ranges of utah this winter the gross receipts of the salt lake city postoffice post office for 1903 exceed the gross receipts for 1902 by 10 78 courtney E phillips in 0 og den by taking strychnine he had once before attempted to take his life the wool clip for the year 1903 Is estimated at about 10 pounds or about 2 pounds less than the clip of 1902 the republicans of ogden will on the ath celebrate their recent victory by a ball and banquet invitations having been sent out the farmers of sevier county are making a vigorous and united effort to secure a beet sugar factory tor for the local consumption the cost of labor employed in the various processes of manufacturing su gar in the state of utah during 1903 amounted to a little over in the dean burbridge election con test for a seat in the salt lake city council dean the republican candi date has been declared the winner T the 0 utah state building at the tho louisiana purchase expositor exposi ton at st louis is about completed the build ing will cost between 6 and 7 the yield of wheat in this state dur ing the past season Is estimated at not less than 3 bushels as against 4 bushels for the previous year E petit a farmer living nea salt lake city was injured in a runaway accident last week when he fell be tween the horses his leg being frac aured A statement made by the salt lake banks for the past year show a total increase of deposits of 1426 1 and an increase of loans and discounts ol 01 ofle body of thomas jones the well known mining man who died from a self administered dose of cyanide of potassium in denver will be brought back to salt lake city for burial under the homestead law 16 acres of agricultural land were prove 1 up by settlers during the year 1903 while the total area of public lands disposed of during the year was acres slot machines have again been placed under a ban by the salt lake police force and henceforth only ma chines which pay in merchandise will be allowed to remain in saloons and other places of business the records of the state board of health for the past year show a con sinuous improvement in sanitary con editions throughout the state and a marked decrease in the number of cases of contagious disease the mines of mercur in 1903 pro deuced 66 56 62 ounces of gold for which the producer received 1160 97 while in addition to this output of the yellow metal quicksilver of the value of 20 was retorted the total output of utah s coal mines during the past year foots up about 1752 1 tons this was pro deuced in days the strike inter t f ring with the output which other wise would have been much greater judge W 11 dickson is hovering be tween life and death at his apartments in the knutsford hotel salt lake as the result of injuries received by slip ping on the tile floor the back of lit his 9 head coming in contact with the hard floor the production of refined sugar in utah du during duing ing the year has aggregated about 47 pounds turned out by the factories at lehi ogden logan and garland tons of beets be ing used for which the farmers were paid about 1000 1 in 1903 the inland salt comp company anys s plant at saltair produced 20 tons of salt which valued at the average price of 5 per ton gives the total of for the years output the average number of employed emp loyes at the salt works Is fifty while walking on main street in salt lake city sunday afternoon mrs miriam ford mother of colonel john D ford of the national guard of utah accidentally fell against an iron pillar and fractured her skull causing al most instant death edward clarey a blacksmith em aloyed by the black diamond mine at stockton met with an accident which may cost him the sight of his right eye while cutting off a piece of red hot iron the small end flew up strife ing him in the eye at a recent meeting of the utah eastern railway stockholders the plan were changed so that the line will run from heber city westerly over into the duchesne country so as to pene the strawberry Straw valley to a point on the eastern line near charleston Chai leston 41 t |