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Show r UTAH STAftE NEWS 'OrasshoppfwlT nro doing much damage dam-age at Eua and Ijikvvlt'w, Salt L.uko Cltya tax lovy hna been fixed, at 13 mills, an 'Increase, of -one mAU over 190G. "Business men of Salt Lnku nro Inaugurating In-augurating a cnmpnlgn against custom cust-om mall order houses. Salt Inko Ik to havo n magazine .publlKhcd In the Interest of tho Jews of this western country. Pioneer dny waR not celebrated In Sanpeto county, with tho exception of one or two of tho smaller towns. Mrs. Anna Johnson, who was burned by an explosion of gasoline at Ogdcu about a month ago, has succumbed to her Injuries. Salt Lake City 'Ib growing at the rate of more than 1,000 per month, according ac-cording to tho ftgurcB of the publishers publish-ers of tho city directory. Farmers of Snutnnuin are "harvesting "harvest-ing bumper crops, wheut running as high us sixty bushels to tho acre, while some of the barley will go J00 bushels. Tho encampment of tho Indian War veterans at IJphralm was well attended. attend-ed. An exciting Indian skirmish aud shun, bnttlo wero witnessed by about 4,000 people. Leo Peterson 'was blown up at Top-llf Top-llf by tho premnturo discharge of a chargo of giant powder. His fnco was filled with gravel and powdor, but he will recover. James Hownrth, who had boon a resident of Cache valley for forty-tlvo years, waH killed at Franklin on tho 24th, being thrown from his horse, falling on his hund. Lester McKlttrlck, aged C, wua drowned In the Jordan river at Salt Lake while fishing. The bank cavod In with tho llttlo follow, precipitating him Into tho stivnm. In about a month tho Western .Pacific .Pa-cific will begin tho operation ot trains from Salt Lako City to Steii-toe,' Steii-toe,' tho station at which 'connection Is. made with -tho Nevada Northern. Whllo throo boyB who llvo In Mnuti were returning from a fishing trip, lightning struck and killed tho horso which was pulling their buggy, but tho boy escaped with a slight shock. From all appearances tho strike of tho. telephone linemen of Salt Lako will contlnuo for somo tlmo, tho men having rejected tho proposition for BcttiLmenl mado by their employers. W. J. Kaskell, alias W. J. WIIboh, who threatened to kill J. H. McChrys-tal McChrys-tal and J. Q. Packard, was- committed to the Rtate mental hospital at Pro-vo, Pro-vo, after an ull-day hearing "before Judgo Rltchlo or Salt Lake. Tho Utah sheep commissioners havo completed arrangements for tho fali dipping of sheep, and In keeping with their plans all sheep, within tho boundaries boun-daries of tho stnto must bo dipped between September 15 and Novomber 1. Wlllinm AHhton, chief engineer or tho Oiwgon Short Lino, had his skull fractured In a runaway ncctdont In Idaho. Tho catastrophe occurred ut the end of tho Yellowstone branch of the Short Lino which is now under construction. W. J. Doulton, onu of tho oldest residents resi-dents of Bountiful was struck by a train on the Uigoon road last week and serlouBly Injured. Mr. Houlton, who Is very denr. was walking down tho track and did not hear the approaching ap-proaching train. lLawreuce White, aged 14, vwhllo working in a brick yard In Salt Lake was burled underneath a slide of dirt and smothered to death. Tho boy had been warned to keep away from tho bank of dirt, but disregarded disregard-ed the warning. Mrs. Avis Boyco, whoso mission In life 1b to form nntl-klsBlng clubs, Is In Denver nnd Is said to bo headed toward Salt like. Her chief object Is to form antl-kissing societies among mothers, and get them to agree not to kiss their babies. William Adams, one of tho oldest conductors on tho Salt Lako route In point of service, was run over by un engine at Milford and rocelvcd Injuries Injur-ies from which ho died. Adnms stepped lu front of tho engine without being awjirc of its proximity. An exhibition of electrical dovleos and appliances is to bo held in Salt ljnko City early In October. Tho proposed pro-posed exhibition will bo on a larger .and more olaborato scale than thoso given herotoforo. Admission will bo free nnd entertainments of various kinds will bo provided for tho visitors. vis-itors. More than n dozen steel bridges havo been ordered by the Salt laUo road lor permanent Improvement of Meadow Vnlloy wash, the section of rlght-ot-way Buttering badly by past winter storms. Thero Ib forty miles of territory ter-ritory through tho wnah to bu safeguarded. safe-guarded. John Larscn of Eureka was tho vie Urn of a firecracker accident last week, which resulted in tho loss of hlB hand. Mr. Larson was holding a giaut llrccrackcr Jn his hand when it exploded, tearing his hund to ploces, His arm' was amputated a little below tho elbow. Miss Jessie Packett, aged 18, acrl-dently acrl-dently shot herself at Springville, whllo playing with a ,38-callhre ham-inerl08H ham-inerl08H revolver. She died Instantly. Tho shooting occurred at the homo of John Lnmbson, to whoso son, Melvin Lambson, Miss Puckett wub engaged to bo married. Tho Manufacturers & Merchants' association as-sociation of Salt Lako Is entering tho fight against tho mall order houses, and ono of its llrst steps is the preparation prepar-ation of letters addressed to its members, mem-bers, requesting them to see to it that their employes do not patronize tho mall or!ur tlrms, |