Show UTAH STATE NEWS an epidemic of smallpox has again out at hooper weber county A brass band is being organized at millard the instruments being al eady ordered men are now at work at the ste s te of the new harriman depot in salt lake city the annual convention of the health officers of utah will be held in salt lake city on april 2 two free soup kitchens have been opened in salt lake city tor for the ben befit ot of the unemployed not a bank in utah received awards of panama bonds under the recent issue for the relief of the money market john sullivan of park city ww splitting wood when the ax slipped and severed the forefinger from th the 0 left hand A greek who has been working at a lakeside was caught underneath fall ing roe rock one day last week and had both legs broken A coroner coroners s jury at lehl lehi exonerated officer trane for the killing of roy johnson a brakeman who was shot by trane while resisting arrest charles smith a member of sa salt it I 1 ake city a chain gang attempted to escape one day last week and was shot by a guard smith was not serl seri bously injured A bill to enlarge the grand canyon game preserve has been introduced in the senate by senator smoot the preserve was created in the last c n eress gress by a bill offered by senator smoot ira E hayden 27 years old an em of the boston consolidated dill at garfield while filling an oil cup was caught in a rapidly revola ing shaft and literally beaten to pieces while attempting to couple some cars of the oregon short line near hot flot springs a few miles north of og den patrick M stiles a brakeman was painfully injured by having his hip crushed A cat saved the family of philip kopp ropp of salt lake from death by tire one night recently the family ing from the burning building in their night clothes after being aroused by the family pet robert ormon a salt lake team ster was caught underneath a wagon loaded with cement when the vehicle overturned as the result of the horses becoming unmanageable and so serl serf gusly injured that he may die backed by some of the wealthiest eat men of th the e intermountain west an organization has been formed tor for the purpose of within the next hext five months providing salt lake city with a summer race track one mile long steve bobich and three other aus arians charged with riot at bingham in n may 1907 were discharged last week it was claimed that a number of witnesses had left the country and it was considered impossible to con vict the men at a meeting of the board of park commissioners of ogden plans for beautifying the city were discussed by the members final arrangements were made tor for the planting of trees and shrubbery in the city hall square and at lester park the union pacific railroad has dis continued the operation of the ogden and Coal vilIe local train because the company claims that the cost of oper aaion is in excess of the revenue de rived from the number of passengers handled on this branch A concerted movement the avowed purpose of which Is to make salt lake a safer place tor for boys and girls has grown out gut of recent meetings held in the interest of social purity it is expected that hundreds of women i will engage in the work S W riter a member of the firm of riter brothers druggists of logan died of heart failure while on his way to the postoffice post office he was 73 years old and was one of the pioneers of the state having crossed the plains with one of the first parties in 1847 after falling from the porch at her home in ogden mrs C F robinson died a few hours later f from rom a f frac rac ture of the skull without ever regain ing consciousness just how the de plo rable accident happened la is not I 1 as mrs robinson was alone at the time J E pettit state coal mine inspect tor for utah has filed a report with the governor showing that during 1907 the fees collected by hia his office amounted to he also states that all mines in the state have installed the latest appliances for the tion of accidents the good roads association of og den has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state the ob eject of the organization is to promote the building of good roads in weber county but the operation cooperation co of other counties in the state will be sought in the movement james halvorsen of richmond who was beaten into insensibility by glenn lewis there two weeks ago following a druel en quarrel at a dance still lies in a semi conscious condition in a salt lake hospital with no apparent change in his condition his ery is uncertain as yet the reform party has come into power at green and the new city co ancil has passed an ordinance raising the saloon licenses from to a sear ear and made the license law stricter notably in requiring that there be no tables or seats la in the sa loons and no wine rooms |