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Show I. . UTAH STATE NEWS Tho proposed bond Issue for Murray, which wns to provide for a water, electric elec-tric and Hewer Hyatom has been abandoned aban-doned by tho council. , Thirty-four delegates to tho fourth annual dry fanning congress, to bo hold In Hillings, Mont., October 2G-28, woro appointed by (lovornor Spry bust week. According to advices received at tho United States land office In Salt lnke City, valuable hinds adjacent to tho west shore of Utah Lake have been opened to entry, i Two masked men walked Into a res tairant In Salt Lake City at 5 o'clock I in the morning and held up the wait- I ers and patrons, besides tupping the i cash till, securing about ?12G. Some miscreant llred n charge ol duck shot Into a passenger train near ' Wtlliard. Tho shot wai fired through ono of tho windows of the smoking car, near a vacant seat, and no one was hurt. ; , Moro than $fi,000 has already been i received by the secretary of state from companies paying annual corporation corpora-tion tax. In some cases tho remittances remit-tances camn boforo tho notification was received. Utah had taken tho grand prize for grain and seeds of all kinds, and i gold medals and other awards on Its ; educational exhibit, at tho Alaska- Yukon-Pacific expoultlon. In all, tho ' state received seven prizes. William Rccso and Harvey Baas, convicted In 1003 of tho murder ol Fred McCaho, a student In tho Ogden ; high school, nnd sentenced to forty and thirty years, respectively, In the stato prison, have made application for a pardon, i During tho absence of Cliarles Thames, n woll yuiown resldemt pf Pnrlc Cltv, while ho was at work, his houRO was entered by burglars, who secured about $100 in money besides a revolver and a number of othor things. After carrying a buckshot in his brain for 1110 days, J. J. Jorgenson of Shelley, Ida., has Just undergone a third surgical operation, in a Salt Lake City hospital, in which tho mlssllo was extracted. Jorgenson was shot last June. I Work has been started on tho Lo- gan street railway, which is being built by David Kccles, president ol 1 tho Ogden Rapid Transit company. Tho road is two and one-third miles I in length, and runs from tho railroad depot to thq Stato Agricultural col- I lege. Jesslo Hradloy, a Hyrum man, was examined In tho district court ns to his sanity, and as a result he was committed com-mitted to the insane asylum. Soma time ago Bradley was In a runaway accident and, being thrown out of tho vehicle, ho sustained a serious bruise on the head. Senator Gcorgo A Sutherland, wha . ' has been on an extended tour with tho ' eonato commltteo on reclamation sorv- . " ice, has returned to Salt Lake. Ho re- I portB that the commltteo will, rocom- i " mend n bond issue of from $10,000,0(1 J to $20,000,000. that projects under way may bo completed. 5 Tho Oregon Short Lino directorate for tho ensuing year was olected in the Short Lino offices in Salt Lako Oc tober 12, tho only change In the formof board being tho succession of Frodor-; Frodor-; ick I;. S. Crosby of New York to tho i vnuancy caused by tho death of tho late R II. Harrlman. The town of Hyrum, Cache county, now boasts of tho only woolen mill in ' operation In tho state. During tha year 190S tho mill was in operation ,. 120 days, employing at times five opor '1 ntlves, to whom about $500 wns paid in wages. Nearly 9,000 pounds of Utah wol wns consumod. A proclamation of President Taft sotting otitic certain lands In San Juan county for tho Natural Bridges national monument of Utah has been received at the United States surveyor general's office and the general land onice in Salt Lake City, w. O. Mack, a Wo Grando Westorn i conductor, with headquarter? at Help- or, Is lying In an Ogden hospital in a critical condition, suffering from a fractured skull nnd concussion of tho brain, it is not known whether hi) H' Injuries were tho result of an accident or an attempt nt murder. Secretary Karnsworth of the stato board of land commissioners Is pre- paring for publication all tho rules and regulations of tho bonrd pertain-ing pertain-ing to the purchnso of state lands, and also landB under tho Carey act j (' Wlhon completed they will conta'ln ' trH-l!rf&HHHtlon--neceaanry.. for,. appli ! fi cation for lnntl. 1 Tho Utah-Idaho Sugar company has fl 1 given notice to tho farmers of Utah 1 county to suspend operations In dolly. j cry of sugar boots by teams to the 1 main plant at Lehi and tho sub-sta- M Hona at Piovo, Springyillo and Span- M 8h Fork for a periods of ton days. |