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Show UTAH STATE NEWS Salt Lnko Is to liavo a now bank, tho Merchants' hank, with a capital of 2G0,O0O. Experimenting with powder almost caused tho death of Leslie Nowton, a Salt Lnko boy. As lt Is ho will looso a portion of his right hnnd. Flro at Sallna destroyed a barn and n set of harness belonging to Albert Dastrup. A small boy and a bonflro wero responsible for the blaze, Tho merchants of Salt Lnko City are malting n determined fight for tho repeal of a city ordinance relating to tho Imposition of a llcenso tax on nil merchants. J. 13. Williams, colored, Is In a Salt Lake hospital with a bullet wound In tho neck, tho result of a woman friend pointing a revolver nt him which sho thought was not loaded. Tho town of Kaysvlllc has purchased tho electric light plant, formorly owned own-ed by private parties, and will at onco extend the lines and light tho business and rcaldenco districts. In attempting to board a rapidly moving street car In Salt Lake City Jacob Lundborg, of Marlon, Summit county, a rotlrod farmer, was thrown vlolontly to tha street and sovoruly Injured. Tho oldest daughter of Governor Cutler eloped to Ogden one day last week with tho man of her choice and was married. Tho groom Is Thomas K, nutlcr, a young groceryman of tho capital city. (Engineers aro preparing plans for the power plant to be built In Webor canyon by tho Harrlinan system. The plant will gonorato 3,000-horse-powcf which will bo distributed In Salt Lake and Ogdcn. Tho caso of ThomaB Vance, charged with murder In the first degrco for tho alleged killing of his wife, by beating and poisoning, In November of last yoar, at Salt Lako City, has bocn continued until fall. Arrangements hnve at last been completed for nn automobile lino In Ogdcn ennyon. Tho Intention Is ,ta havo tho line In operation not later than Juno 26. Tho company hns been capitalized for $15,000. The labor organizations of Ogdon nro up In arms against tho recent movement stnrtcd by the physicians of tho city to eliminate- tho Indopcn dent telephones from their offices and homes, In favor of tho Dell compnny Simon Nelson, an easterner, nnd Luko Wright of Ogdon, employes ol tho Portland Cement company, were seriously Injured by tho explosion ol a gas gonorntor nt the plant neat Dovll's slide, Weber county. Nolson has slnco died. As W. A. ncckstcl attempted to board a train on tho Southern Pacltlc, near Lakeside, ho lost his footing nnd fell boneath tho wheels. His right foot was horribly mangled, necessitating necessi-tating amputation when ho reached tho Ogden gcnoral hospital. . Ed Prudcnco of Park City, a laborer employed at tho Judgo building in Salt Lako City, was crushed to death In the bnsemcnt of the structure undei tho descending elevator, his hoad bo lug caught between tho clovntor nud tho floor and frightfully crushed. Perhaps tho blgcst undertaking to wnrds tho development of arid land b) Irrigation In tho state of Utah Is non being contemplated, with Ogdon th center of tho proposed Irrlgatln. scheme lt 1b said that 325,000 acre of bonch lands aro to bo reclaimed. During tho blcyclo races at Sail Lako City one night last week, ono of tho motors becamo unmanagcablo and a number of people would havo been Injured, probably killed, had tho machlno not struck an eloctrlo light polo and rebounded Into tho arena Albert Uohm, n butcher, went on rampago In Salt Lnko City ono day laBt week, becoming suddenly Insano, and after arming himself with meal axo and cloaver terrorized tho entire en-tire neighborhood until overpowered by officers and placed In a padded cell. W.llllam F. Callaway, for manj years president' of the Arm of Calla; wny, Hook & Francis, ono of the loading load-ing crockery and glassware concerns of Salt Lako City, was found dend In hla room on Friday of last week, he hav Ing taken poison. Ill health led to tha deed. Tho sudden death of Lars Poter Anderson, An-derson, of Ephralra, was due to n beo sting. Ho was at his farm, which 1b located about seven miles west of town. A beo stung him, wounding tho Jugular vein. Anderson at onco becamo be-camo vory sick, arid died within a halt hour,, John Goldberg nnd C. Stoker, farmers, farm-ers, UVIng west of tho Jordan river, near Salt Lake City, paid 310 each last week for the prlvllego of llshlng only a few minutes with a cheap. hook and line, becauso they had not thought of going through tho formality of taking tak-ing out a llcenso. Isaac. W. Fox, Lchl's oldest and ono of Its most respected citizens, died on Juno 11. Ilsd he lived until tho 28th of this month ho would hnvo been 90 years of ago. Ho was born In .Hhthorsoge, Derbyshire, England, and In I860 camo to Utah, moving to Lehl the year following. Becoming frightened over tho probable prob-able outcomo, Hugo Flnklo, a 10-yeaft old Salt Lako boy, who accidentally shot a youthful companion In tho ohcek with a tnrget rlflo which he supposed was unloaded, told that tho Injured boy had been shot by a Qreok. The lad Anally cbnfesscd. A movement has been launched for a national Utah exposition to bo held In Bait Lake City In tho summor ol 1912, Prominent men of tho state ara Interested In tho project. It bolng tho intention to form an organization with a. capital of $1,000,000 to carry the pro-J pro-J Ject to a successful conclusion. |