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Show UTAH STATE NEWS The management of the Ogden street railway has granted an increase of wages .to '.Its 'employes. The Elks of. Park City have decided to build n lodge and club room, $1,000 being ralBe'd for that purposo In one evening. The now electric lighting system for dt tho city of HuntBvlllc, In the Ogdcn l 'Valley, was placed In operation for the first tlmo last week. William Holmqulst, aged 17, was 'caught In an elevator In Salt Lake City and his head bo badly crushed that death resulted the following day. Patriarch John Austin, one of tho oldest citizens of Lehl, Is doad at tho ago of 82. Mr. Austin came to Lehl In 18G8 and hnd resided in that town ever since, By unanimous decision of tho Judges, the University of Colorado debating de-bating team dofented tho University of Utah team beforo a large crowd at Boulder, Colo. The btmlnesM men or American Fork are contemplating the Installation ot an Ice plant, the present scurclty of Ice making It almost Imperative that they do something ot tills kind. ' Tho question as to whether or not the legislature should Includo Ogden In the. proposed measure of city government, gov-ernment, after tho Oalveston style, was defeated in a meeting of the clti-.. clti-.. sens of Ogden, the oppobltlon being y Almost unanimous. A successful war fs being made upon tho truants of the public schools of Park City by tho school officials and tho local city officers. Tho number ot tntants has been cut down so that now It Is a rare thing for any of tho pupils to stay out of schodl. This has been the most remarkable winter season known to tho white set-j set-j tiers of Sevier county. During the past atx weeks, with one or two exceptions, there lias not been a day when It was I uncomfortable out of doors and during ' tho past two weeks there were por- tlons of the day when It was like sum- i ner. ' Wllllo. Cunningham, aged 18, of American Fork, Is dead as the result of Inhaling poIkouuuh fumes at tho Utah Sugar'factory. Cunningham was engaged In cleaning tho carbonatora 1 tt the' factory, and In doing so Inhaled some of the deadly gases which arise i from tho carbonates. Ho died tho , following morning. Captain Frank D. llobbs, register ' of the United States land office In 8alt Lake City, died at Mercy hospital, f Chicago, on the 12th. Captain Hobbs was first appointed register ot the land office In 1889, was out during Cleveland's term, but was reappointed by President McKlriley, and had boon in the office 13 years. Work on the Moffat road between Denver and Salt Lake Is to bo prosecuted prose-cuted with tenowed activity. The Denver Den-ver City Tramway company will at Its tnntial meeting, February 19, authorize the Issuance of $15,000,(100 more stock In addition to the $5,000,000 already outstanding, and will Issue bonds to the extent of $0,000,000. W. It. Peterson and .1. .1. Turko, employes of a Salt Lake grocery and meat market, and four Japancuo restaurant rest-aurant keepers, have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy and robbery. It Is charged the (wo whltu men furnished fur-nished the goods at a nominal prico from their employer's store to the Japaneso, and pocketed the cash. The nnnual report for tho Weber stako has been completed by Stake Clerk J. V. ninth. This report shows that there aro 10,252 members of the Mormon church In Ogden and Weber county, an Increase, of 034 ovor tho census of a year ago. Despite the heuvy snowstorms of the past month, tho telephonn companies com-panies nt Park City have succeeded In keeping their lines open to all the mountain points, ami tho Alta Hues hnvo only bcou out of commission a comparatively short time. Frank Kramer, tho National cycling champion, positively nnnoifnccd last week that ho would not embark on a European racing trip' this year. In- stead, hu will put In thu summer season sea-son In Salt I.ako City, riding on tho Salt Palaco saucer track thero. At Itceso, four 'miles west of Ogden, on tho Southern Pnclllc, John Kay, a brakomon, 21 ycaru ot ago, while coupling coup-ling tho engine to tho train, was caught botween the d md wood of tho car and tho casting of tho water tank of tho englno and crushed to death. Cyclono Thompson, who was arrested arrest-ed In Ogden on January O.for engaging In a prize fight, was discharged from custody last week, thus ending tho proposed prosecution ot prize flghtors and tho nttompt to prevent future slugging matches In tho Junction city. Fifteen university students wore dropped for lack of Industry during the first half of tho school year Just passed. This Is tho llrst tlmo In tho hlBtory'of tho school that studonts havo boon dismissed hecauso ot fall-uro fall-uro to carry n stpulated amount of work. Thoro Is a veritable, building boom etartod In Ogdon for tho year 1007, and many hundrodB of thousands of i dollars will bo paid out In wogos for labor and material oxpendod In tho ' construction ot business and Industrial houses, as well as Id some hundreds of new residence. I I I |