Show UTAH STATE NEWS senator sutherland has introduced a bill granting right of way tor for a boulevard through port fort douglas mil gitary reservation the issuance of not less than worth of bonds to erect three new ischook buildings in salt lake was de tie aided upon by the board of education last week of the old folks present at the old folks celebration in mt pleasant last week there were 18 over 80 years id 33 over 75 years 28 0 over er 70 years and SO 80 over 60 years of age some of the farmers of mount pleasant are already engaged in plow ing preparing for the spring crop winter seems to have gone for good from present indications the report of the building inspector of salt lake city for the past year shows that there were permits tor for new buildings issued the estimated cost of which was 2 the sweet candy company of salt lake one of the largest manufacture ing concerns of its kind in the west will within the coming year erect a modern five story factory in salt lake city the utah light railway company of salt lake last week placed an or der with eastern factories for eighty miles of steel rails and an order with oregon firms tor for ties samuel doxey architect and build cr er and find tor for many years associated with the public school system of salt lake city as an instructor in manual train ing dropped dead in an epileptic fit on friday A great deal of the stock for the erection of the new opera house at Spring springville ville has been subscribed and the company will soon be incorporate ed the proposed building will cost 20 during the year 1906 a tofal total of fires broke out within the limits of salt lake city involving property valued at 2 the actual loss however is shown to amount to only 60 go 60 the commercial club of salt lake city through the action of its board of governors at a special meeting held last week has declared unequivocally against a railroad commission for the state of utah alien allen forshee aged 75 attempted suicide in salt lake city while in a fit of despondency taking a quantity of lau laudanum darium but was picked up on the streets by a policeman and saved oy dy prompt medical attendance william F rigby aged 45 ot of rich mon cache county was struck by a switch engine at cache junction aid and instantly killed aie was standing on the track talking with other parties when he heard the engine approach ing he ile stepped backward thinking it would pass in front of him when the engine struck him james W iredale 35 years old a ino motorman torman met instant death in aalt salt lake city by coming in contact with a live wire which was lying across the track A spectator started to sweep the wire from the track w with I 1 th a broom when iredale pushed him to one side and grasped the wire in his band land being instantly killed ille lile experimenting in the chemis try laboratory at the university of utah geo roberts a member of the freshman class was mas severely burned on the arm by a gas flame and on the left side of his face by concen grated nitric acid governor cutler has received letters and telegram from japan which inn ina cate that the japs who are wanted wante d in utah for the embezzlement from their countrymen in ili box elder county of their hard earned savings are now in custody in nippon oliver C huntington one of the oldest citizens of springville Spring ville died at his home last week atter an illness ol 01 only a few hours mr air huntington came to utah in 1848 and settled in salt lake city he was the alist male school te icher in utah retail lumber dealers in III salt lake are making elaborate preparations for the annual convention of the western retail lumber dealers ab association and of the western lumbermen s mu society to be held in salt lake city feb 14 15 and 16 authority has been granted the su sit per engi engineer fleer of the strawberry Straw berr valley irrigation project utah to ob tain proposal from as many firms a may be practicable for the machiner required tor for the power plant to bt bc used in excavating strawberry tunnel A revision ot of the northern tariff 0 t the oregon short line just complete tec makes a reduction on oil third and to touret u artt class rates between bait balt lake ogden 0 9 den twin falls and bo se ot of from 7 t to 0 cents per hundred pounds rhe tion went into effect the first of t tal lit month |