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Show UTAH STATE NEWS Sonator Sutherland has Introduced n bill granting right-of-way tor a boulevard through Fort Douglas Military Mil-itary reservation. Tho issuanco of not less thnn $250.-000 $250.-000 worth of bonds to erect three new school buildings In Salt Lnko was decided de-cided upon by tho board of education last week. Of the old folks present at tho old folks' celebration In ML Pleasant last week, thoro woro 18 ovor 80 years, 13 over 76 years, 28 over 70 years and 80 ovor 60 years of ago. Some of the farmers of Mount Pleasant nro already engaged In plowing, plow-ing, preparing for the spring crop. Wlntor seems to have gone for good, from present Indications. The report of tho building Inspector of Salt Lake City for tho pest year shows that thoro were C21 permits for now buildings Issued, the estimated cost of which was $2,31G,930. Tho Sweet Candy company of Salt Lake, ono of tho largest manufacturing manufactur-ing concerns of Its kind In tho west, will within the coming year erect a modern flvc-story factory In Salt Lake City. Tho Utah Light & Railway company of Salt Lake, last week placed an or dcr with .eastern factories foj eighty miles of steel rails and an order with Oregon Arras for 160.-000 Ues. Samuel Doxey, architect and builder, build-er, and for many years associated with tho public school system of Salt Lake City as an Instructor In manual training, train-ing, dropped dead In an epileptic tit on (Friday. A ' great deal of the stock for tho erection of the new opera houso at Springvllle has been subscribed, and the company will soon bo Incorporat cd. Tho proposed building will cost $20,000. During tho year 190C a total of 237 fires broke out within the limits of Salt Lako City, Involving property valued at $2,223,840. The actual loss, however, Is shown to amount to only $CJ,293.C0. The Commercial club of Salt Lake City, through tho action of Its board of governors at a special meeting held last week, has declared unequivocally against a railroad commission for the stato of Utah. Allen Forshue, aged 70, attempted sulcldo In Salt Lake City while In 8 fit of despondency, taking a quantity of laudanum, but was picked up on tho streets by a policeman nnd saved oy prompt medical attendance. William F. nigby, nged 45, of Rich-mon, Rich-mon, Cncho county, was struck by a switch engine at Cacho Junction and Instantly killed. Ho was stnndlng on tho track talking with other parties, when ho heard tho englno approaching. approach-ing. Ho stepped backward, thinking It would pass In front of him, whon tho englno struck him. James W. Irednle, 35 years old, a motorman,' met Instant death In Salt Lako City by coming In contact with a live wire which was lying across the track. A spectator started to sweep tho wire from tho track with a broom, when Iredulo pushed him to ono side nnd grasped tho wire in his hand, being Instantly killed. Whllo experimenting in tho chemistry chemis-try laboratory at tho University of Utah, Geo. Roberts, a member of the freshman class, was severoly burned on tho arm by a gas ilaino and on tho loft sldo of his face by concentrated concen-trated nitric ncld. Governor Cutler has received lettors and telegrams from Japou which indi cnto that tho Japs who aro wanted in Utah for tho embezzlement from their countrymen in Box Kldor county ol their hard-earned savings, are now In custody In Nippon. Oliver C. Huntington, one of tho oldest citizens of Springvllle, died at hla homo last week after an illness of only a few hours. Mr. Huntington came to Utah In 1848 and settled in Salt Lako City. Ho was tho 'first male school teacher In Utah. Retail lumber dealers In Salt Lako aro making elaborate preparations for tho annual convention of tho Western lletnll Lumber Dealers' association, nnd of tho Western Lumbermen's Mutual Mu-tual society, to bo held in Salt Lako City Feb. 14, 15 and 1G. Authority has been granted the supervising su-pervising engineer of tho Strawberry Valley Irrigation project, Utah, to obtain ob-tain proposal from ns many firms in may bo practicable for tho machinery required for the power plant to bo used In excavating Strawberry tunnel. A. revision of tho -northern tarlfT of tho Oregon Short Line Just completed makes a reduction on third and fourth class rates between Snlt Lako, Ogdon, Twin Falls and Boise of from 7 to l cents per hundred pounds, Tho reduction reduc-tion went luto efTed tho tlrst of this mouth. A habeas corpus action has been started In tho case of young Hoy Sa. waitzrauor, tho self-confessed train wreckor ut Peterson, In Ogden canyon, who was held for murder In tho second sec-ond degree us belns responsible for the death of an engineer as a result of tho wreck. |