Show UTAH STATE NE NEWS IV S an effort will be made to test the dry farms of cedar valley for sub water the farmers of northern utah are rejoicing over the recent rains alich assure heavy crops beet thinning is progressing favor ably at willard and all indications point to a good crop richard H atkin a citizen of st SL george mas as arrested on a charge of selling liquor to indians jack branson who stole a dozen eggs from a salt lake merchant was centen sentenced ced to fifty days in jail all governor cutler and attorney gen eral breeden addressed the bradu ates of the park city schools at the commencement exercises last week over acres of land have been acquired acquire by settlers in cedar alley nalley during the he past year either by homesteading lionie or purchase from the state the manti telephone company has filed articles of incorporation and will build a telephone system in san pete county and the southern part of the state the annual se session sion of the grand lodge of knights of pythias of utah was held in park city last week del agates being present from all parts of the state about people witnessed the prize fight at ogden between dick ahland and finucane of chicago finucane was knoel ed out in the third round brooding over the fact that he bad had killed joseph romaine in salt lake city years before thomas hughes a printer sul elded in des la Is shooting himself in the temple the state will drive an air experiment well in cedar valley this summer its location though not yet determined will probably be about ten miles southwest of the calton location A general jal jail break was prevented by sheriff sebring of weber county who discovered some of the prison ers making saws from clock springs that had been smuggled biao into their cells r the assessor of sevier county baa has just completed his assessment tor for 1907 the total value of all property la in sevier county is 2 aa As compared with last year there is an increase lucrease of 61 j there is an abundant crop of fruit in dixie this year and the pros pacts are that there will be a good market for it it is reported that most of the fruit north of boquer ville was killed by frost i it the florists of ogden are aiding afe the civic improvement league in the beautifying of the junction city by donating a fine flower bed which they will complete in the unimproved por I 1 tion of the city hall square A T day colored who is in the 1 detate prison under sentence of death tor for the murder of horace 19 voss y also colored has sought and found consolation in religion and says he j is now ready to die it if he has to H raymond Croo menes aged 12 was I 1 struck by an engine on the salt lake route in salt lake city and I 1 tiled filed instantly his head was corn corns plemely severed from his body and his T nibs imbs and chest were badly bruised bruise 4 henry C harrison of salt lake v as one of the seven who pleaded guilty in the federal court in new 1 orleans last weel of conspiracy to I 1 violate the letter lottery laws by selling tickets of the bluefield lottery corn t pany I 1 I 1 in a fight which occurred at the finn saloon outside the town of f newhouse a das dabs ago a miner t named john ryan lost his life by be ing kicked to death by the saloon aloon keeper a ba b the name of rr Hi rickson ickson hugh fi h son of moses fish of t sunn side and two other boys went up whitmore canyon after their cows and while crossing the creek creek on a pole hugh fell in the other boys could not get him outland he was drowned charles tray was badly injured a few days ago at parl city by his horse tailing falling with him while en route to work at one of the mines the 9 man mans s shoulder was broken broen and sev eral other minor injuries were in fitted by the accident judge james A miner dropped dead at his home in salt lake city 1 on the horn from heart disease k judge miner was appointed to the ter rit orial bench of utah in 1890 and in 1896 was elected one of the first three judges of the state supreme court the utah idaho and western idaho sugar companies are consider i ing the merging of the three corn panics parries plans for merging have been approved by the three boards of directors and if the eastern stock holders folders approve the merger will be effected |