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Show UTAH STATE NEWS M. I). LeHfllugor, ono of tho bft.1 known lnwyero of Officii, died Inst veelc after n brief IIIiichs. Invo Tnylor, n miner, whllo bath-liiK bath-liiK nt tho Hanltnrlum In Salt Ijaku City, dropped dend from heiirt din- tflHO. Hon. Fred .1. Klesel of Odon Iiiih been Bclcctod iih ono of the board of Rovcrnors of tho National Irrigation COllBrCBB. Supplies for tho forestry depot In Opdcn arc arriving each day In carload car-load lots.. Tho headquarters will bo opened November 1. All previous records for attend-nnco attend-nnco nt tho Stato fair was broken on October 7, when JD.UUU people passed throuRh tho Kates. Voters of Utnb will have six different differ-ent stato tickets In tho Hold this ear, viz.: llepnbllfan, Democrat, So. clallst, Independence, Ilrynn'Nntlonal nnd Tnft-Mboral. Oeorgo Hlckcnlooper, while employed em-ployed In puttliiK up sonio dccoratlonH nt tho Slnto fair groundH, In Salt Lake City, fell from a ladder and was sorlously Injured. Whllo at piny In front of a school bouse In Ogden, Paul White, niseil 9, was run over by n Iwavlly loaded wagon, sustaining Internal Injuries which may provo serious. Whllo at play In front of a school house in Ogdcn, I'nul White, aged g, was run over by a heavily loaded wagon, sustaining Internal Injuries which may provo serious. Tho record for marrlnge licenses Untied In one day was broken In Salt l.nko City on Wednesday of last week, when tblrty-ono couples made Application for llcenso to wed. James F. Smith, nn attorney of Snlt hake City, was thrown from a wagon when tho horses ran away, falling underneath tho wheels, sustaining sus-taining serious Internal Injuries. CHfTord Haddley of Wlllard was accidentally ac-cidentally shot, but not scrlouBly In-jurcd, In-jurcd, whllo sltootlng ducks ono day last week. Tho doctor found llvo idiot In tho bnck, one In his head und two In his right leg. No nctlon has yet been taken by tho county commissioners of Weber county regnrdlng tho frnnchlso nsked lor by tho Ogden Rapid Transit company com-pany to extend Its lino through Ogden Og-den canyon to Huiitsvllle A day nursery for tho accommodation accommoda-tion of mothers who aro unnblo to employ competent help to care for their chlldron when they aro compelled com-pelled to bo away from home, was tpenod In Snlt l.ako City last week. Tho epidemic of scarlet fover nt tho stato Industrial schoo'l, after being be-ing almost exterminated, has again broken out, and sixteen Inmates of tho Institution nro now confined to the quarantine ward with tho dlsoaso. A mall pouch containing olght registered reg-istered packages destined for tho east was stolen from a truck nt the Itlo tirande depot In Salt Lake. Tho rifled pouc'i was found Inter In a box car. lt Is believed tho robbery was intulo bv tramps. As the result of a delivery wagon being struck by a street car In Snlt Ijike City. Hoy Stownrt, a six-year-old boy, who was riding In tho wagon, whb thrown underneath tho car and one leg so badly cruabed that amputation wus necessary. Mrs. Oscar Anderson of Sncra-inetito, Sncra-inetito, Cnl.. gave birth to a child, on board a passenger train nenr Ogdeu ono day last week. On arrival or tho train at Ogd -n tho mother and child vero taken to tho lnwpltal and placed under tho proper care of physicians. After reaching tlto unusual age or S3 years, Mrs. Mary Aim Strattin West, ono or the earliest pioneers of ibis Btnte, died ut her homo In Ogden Og-den on October C. Mrs. West lived with tho rnnilly of Prophet Joseph Hmlth nt Nnuvoo before coming to Otuh. A. W. Davis, a conductor on tho Oregon Short Uno. who lived In Ogden, Og-den, fell from his train near llrlghain City and whb horribly mangled. No one witnessed the accident, but It Is rupposed he was walking on Uip of the cars when ho fell beneath the wheels. Harry W. (Irllllth, clerk of the Utah Miprem court, among whose friends there was considerable anxiety owing ow-ing to his apparent disappearance, has returned home. Ho was taken filck whllo In California and neglected neglect-ed to ndvlso his friends of his where-nbouts. where-nbouts. Stato Treasurer Christiansen's ro-port ro-port for the month of September, chows tho receipts of that ofllco to liavo been $71.0;UUG and the disbursements disburse-ments $57,0:iC.St, leaving, with the bnlnnco of $213,297.97 on hand August Aug-ust 31, n bnlnnco on hand September 30 of $180,030.04. Tho J. P. O'Noll Construction company of Ogden ling been awarded rn $80,000 contract by the Utah Light & Itallwny compnny In connection connec-tion with tho now power plnnt to bo erected In Webor canyon, nenr Ogden. Og-den. At least 100 men will bo employed em-ployed to start with. Captain Isaac Milton Darratt, ono of tho pioneer settlors or Utah, widely known nnd respected in Salt I.nko, nnd famed ns a dovoteo of outdoor out-door spots, died suddenly nt his residence res-idence In Salt Lako on October 8, at tho ago of 02, death being duo to an attack of pneumonia. Tho friends of Mrs. H. H. Henderson Hender-son of Ogden aro rejoicing with her ovor the recent news of a, big strlko which has boon mado on several mining min-ing claims owned by her In tho Alaskan gold Holds. Alroady Mrs, Henderson haa refused $180,000 for a portion of tho property. |