Show STATE NEWS there were 20 births reported in bait lake city last week and 19 deaths eight divorces were granted by hudge morse in salt lake during one bays session of court last week there were 23 cases 0 contagious diseases reported in salt lake city last week 23 ol 01 typhoid fever and one ol 01 smallpox mt pleasant has more new build tags in course of erection and erect this year than it has for the past five years combined the regular annual convention ol 01 the congregational churches and schools will be held in park city on september 28 29 and 30 thomas tobin ot anaconda mon tana in the salt lake county jail taking morphine tobin had been arrested tor drunkenness construction work on the western pacific will begin by the end 0 the week camps are now being gotten ready west 0 garfield beach salt lake Is enjoying a steady and building boom just now new buildings having been started in almost every block in the city alice mcbride aged 6 of ogden is dead from burns received while play ing around a bonfire during the ab bence of her parents from the house more than pounds of wool of the clip of 1906 were contracted tor la ogden last week the prices rang ing from 22 to 25 cents according to quality gus the akron giant and flohn walle of chicago will ace each other in a twenty round boxing con test on the night of september 28 in salt lake city despondent and disgusted with the life ehe had been leading lena will lams a resident of salt lake s tender loin district ended her life taking a dose of morphine the loyear old daughter of john mcconkle of manof while riding home from school on a horse was thrown to the ground and sustained a brok en arm and severe bruises the directors of the provo woollen ailles company have decided to close the mills tor an indefinite period till cuch a time as is a change in the market tor woolen goods the two year old daughter of P D delmar of salt lake city got hold of ft bottle of laudanum and drank a por alon of it dying two hours later after every effort had been made to save her life A 4 year old daughter of mr and mrs george edmundson of fountain green was badly injured one day last week by the accidental discharge of a revolver in the hands of a brother 6 years of age the total enrollment in the salt lake county school on the opening day was nearly 1000 higher than the first days enrollment of last year the first day s enrollment in the ephraem public schools was dr beatty secretary of the chate board of health has just Is sued a supplement to the august bul letin on health conditions in the state in which he lays special stress on the dangers of typhoid fever mrs allan cherry of ephraem and her three small children were daiv ing when the horse ran away and they were all thrown to the ground mrs cherry sustaining a broken leg but he children escaped without a scratch A post morten examination over the body of robert E williams the og den school teacher who died last week reveals the tact that while he was suffering from typhoid fever the real cause of his death was ptomaine poisoning the secretary of the interior has approved the preliminary plans of the engineers of the reclamation service for the strawberry valley irrigation projects in northeastern utah which will provide water or 60 acres of land governor joseph W folk of mis bourl was recommended for the democratic nomination for the presidency by former congressman william H king at a banquet given to the gov arnor during his recent visit to salt lake city archie P bigelow who early in the summer won the famous globe trophy and also the brownlee trophy in the gun club meet in the northwest has accepted the challenge of J F sharp of salt lake to shoot or the state championship A salt lake paper says the engi of the salt lake ogden rail road are considering the advisability of changing the course of the ogden river in order that one of the bridges which would otherwise be necessary may be dispensed with the miners union of eureka has decided upon building a hall which will contain a large dance hall fitted with a stage capable of seating persons and also a lodge room for the use of the union and offices for the officers of the organization the daden sugar factory will ban die tons of sugar beets this 5 ear practically the same tonnage last year although the acreage is 2 greater the output this year Is a disappointment to the farmers a well as to the sugar company i |