Show UTAH STATE NEWS owing to the prevalence of small pox at hooper the schools have been closed there were deaths and births in salt lake city during the month of december the annual of 0 the state poultry association was held in salt lake city last week the steel for the new bridge across weber river at henefer arrived last week an I 1 Is being put in place al Hollen drake a newly appointed policeman accidentally shot and killed himself sunday morning at park city merritt taylor of willard while working on a well driving machine was struck on the head by a crank and killed west weber a village west of og den has been made a flag station by orders from the officials of the south ern pacific mrs thomas callister who lives near santaquin San was seriously hurt by being thrown from a wagon while driving to town torn the salt lake banks are paying out more cash each week and the inda are that the cashiers checks will be retired in a short time the annual report of the building inspector of salt lake city for 1907 shows that permits were issued for buildings during the year at an esti mated cost of 3 rather than face the misery which approaching blindness would bringan bring on him robert lynch a negro porter living in salt lake city put a bullet through his head death being iastan ganeous the condensed milk industry has flourished in utah during the past year and ca cases es of milk were put up by the factories A new fac tory Is to be built this year in san pete county the candy manufacturing I 1 industry is said to be rapidly coming to the front and utah candies are now be ing sold in large quantities all over the west there are twenty two tac fac tories in the state at the reunion of ephraim pioneers held last week there were present persons over 60 years of age 74 between the tha ages of 60 and 70 37 b between e the ages af pf 0 and 80 10 and 22 were 80 years of age L II 11 wheeler superintendent of construction for the boston consold dated mining company was fatally injured by the bursting of a water pipe at garfield dying in a salt lake hospital a few hours after the acci dent A movement Is now going forward to form an association of all of the banks of the state the organization will it Is thought greatly simplify the carrying on of business with the email small banks in n different sections of the state state food and dairy commissioner peterson says the utah dairyman Is finding out that a cow which produces SOO pounds of butter a year can be kept for tha the same amount of money a year that is required of a cow yield ing pounds the ministerial association of og den has recommended to the city council that a municipal woodyard be operated under the direction of or the police department where the anem aloyed can secure work sufficient for food and lodging at present there are twenty sever canning factories in the state cm em cloying people and with a dally daily average payroll of 1500 about cases of canned tomatoes peas beans and other vegetables and fruits have been shipped figures furnished by the state bu reau rean of statistics show that of the I 1 foreigners who came to the united states during the year from june 30 bob to june 30 1907 a total of 4 announced that they intended to make utah their future home mike Gra bradovich dovich an austrian waa was hot shot and fatally wounded by sam brothers a fellow countryman at garfield as a result of a quarrel over religious matters bradovich Gra dovich died at ter being taken to the hospital and brothers has not yet been captured joseph B abord died at his home in west weber last week at the ad danced age of 77 years the deceased came to ogden in 1849 with an ox team from waterford Water tord mien mich and crossed the plains twice with hand cart brigades bringing emigrants into utah the lehl lehi sugar factory will be done slicing beets for this season on the or lust the spanish fork station quit on december 23 one hundred and fifteen thousand tons ton s of beets have been sliced which Is 22 tons less than last year but the output of sugar will be greater than last season the state board of land commis last week decided to loan to the irrigated lands corn com pany which Is putting in an immense reservoir in carbon county the company already has installed a canal system capable of irrigating 20 acres of land the lewiston sugar factory h has as re fused to pay taxes amounting to more than 2 levied upon its property by the lewiston town corporation and school district the company filed a protest against the sale of the property for non payment and declare they wl wf I 1 leht the case j teAt eWi |