Show STATE NEWS J tom fitch who tor the past ten years has been postmaster at helper has resigned thomas barratt aged 10 was seri bously injured in a runaway accident at american pork the erection of a sugar factory tor sanpete and devler counties begins to look like a reality the elks convention this year wah be held in ogden it will assemble august 29 and will be in session two days from daiy points throughout the chate comes the news that the crop of lucerne seed will be poor owing to the dryness the recent hot weather has had the effect ot ripening grain fast and threshing Is diw general through out the tate governor cutler has issued a proc la matlon designating august 21 to 26 inclusive as utah week at the leali and dark exposition the accidental discharge ol 01 a six shooter at fairfield caused the serious and perhaps fatal wounding of al red anderson a farmer the indian war veterans of emery and carbon counties held their eighth annual reunion in Cast ledale at wil bergs lake park last week chinch bugs continue their delpreda alons iu the southern counties while amut is reported from localities in the northern portion of the state john dadles a tailor was found blead at the foot of a stairway in salt lake city it Is presumed that be missed bis footing falling to bis death the number and assessed valuation of sheep in utah for 1804 were re and while the same figures tor this year are and 3 A contest over the possession of the water of the north lork ol 01 ogden river tor irrigation pur poses Is on between the farmers of eden and those of north ogden andrew jackson a colored man 65 years of age in ogden on sunday taking carbolic acid jackson was despondent over the loss of bis wife who died about a year ago john danvers of plain city Is out with a challenge to race any man in the state of his age a distance ot yards or from that up to quarter of a mile mr danvers is only 70 years old the number and assessed valuation of cattle in utah in 1904 were respect and the number and valuation of cattle this year are respectively and 3 the registration of applicants tor homesteads in the uintah reservation passed the 5 mark at grand june tion colo on the ath among those registered here are more than women the badly mangled body of theodore fasmussen Bas mussen was found near lake view on the san pedro and it is presumed the unfortunate man was walk ing along the track and did not hear the approaching train the six pupils of the state school tor the deaf who are to form a part of the live exhibit of the educational department in the utah building at the lewis and dark exposition left or portland last week james martin of ogden was serf bously injured while milking a cow the bovine became frightened and kicked the boy knocking him to the ground and stepping on his head mak ing several bad scalp wounds fians hermandson of elsinore was riding horseback near the city aeme tery and in some way he lost his bal ance and tell off hitting his head on a rock he was unconscious when found and remained so for several hours until restored by medical aid he is now out of danger upon recommendation of commas bloner richards the president has amended his proclamation providing tor the opening of the uintah indian reservation so as to permit the mak ing of entries per day beginning august 28 instead of fifty as provided in the first proclamation secretary john J thomas of the state board of equalization has issued figures showing the total livestock as sess ments of the state for 1905 in both number and assessed valuation the compilation shows increases over that of secretary rhomas of the state board of equalization figures the total number of horses and mules in the state at and the total valuation at 2 in 1904 the number 0 and mules was given as 68 the value as 1 a the department at wash ington is to advertise forbids for car crying the mail to the vernal and res country from the end of the uintah railway at dragon abandon tig the line from price which has 1 een in use for twenty years owing to the drouth of june and tuly the springs which supply the san pedro tank at modena with water t ave been unable to furnish the usual cupply and the cattle which have wat f ed from the overflow have tor sev eral days been without water holdups attempted to rob motor man J W butcher of and |