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Show UTAH STATE NEWS It hns been decided to hold tho tin-nual tin-nual Welsh day outing nt Saltnlr July 1G. Tho state penitentiary now holds 252 convicts, tho I argent number In tho history of the state. A crusado for cleanliness has boon started by tho health department ana the fire department of Ogden. Tho federal grand Jury resumed Its session limt week and began further Investigation of tho Utah National bank robbery. Improvements nt Fort Douglas, made posslblo by tho recent appropriation appro-priation of nearly $170,000 by congress, will soon begin. Tho records of tho Third district court Bhow that from Jnnunry 1, 1908, to Juno 1G, 1908, there hnvo been 49G dlvorco cases filed. Taxpayers of Salt I.nko will on July 29 next decide whether tho bonded Indebtedness of tho city shall bo fn creased by fGOO.OOO. 1 Miss May Sutton, the champion lady tennis plnycr of tho world Is to visit Salt Lako In Augimt nnd will play a number of exhibition games. Ralph Snowball, a pioneer of Utah and a veteran of tha Black Hawk In dlau war, died nt his homo In Salt Lake last week nt tho ago ot CS. A special train is to bo chartorcd to carry Democratic delegates, alternates alter-nates nnd Ilrynn rooters to Dcnvor for tho Democratic national convention. Governor Cutler has appointed D. It. Roberts of Logan a delegate from Utah to tho Nntlonal Good Hoads congress, which meets at Buffalo, N. Y., July 7 and 8. Tho parado of the United Commercial Commer-cial Travelers In Salt Lako City was ono of tho largest over had In that city, U taking over an hour to pass k given point. Dourlno has nppenred among horses nt Park City. Tho disenso Is an extremely ex-tremely rnro ono. Tho stato board of honlth has taken steps looking toward to-ward Its suppression. It was reported nt n mooting of tho Salt Lnka County Horticultural association asso-ciation held last week, that nioro than 1,000 pear trees had been ruined by blight throughout the county. Tho six-year-old son ot Isaac San-strom San-strom of Park City attempted to climb on n moving oro wngon, foil and was run ovor, his fppt being almost torn off and his leg broken In four places. A bolt of lightning striking near tho homo of Mrs. Potorson In Ogdcn, produced pro-duced such a shock that tho unfortunate unfortu-nate woman Is partly paralyzod. Tho doctors boll eve that sho may recover In time. Mayor Sransford of Salt Lako City hoa romoved Charles T. Vail, chief of tho flro department, for "tho good of tho sonlco," and has appointed Jamos Dovlno, former chief of tho depart went, to fill tho vacancy. Ror. Noble Strong Kldorkm et Ogdcn Og-dcn will hoad tho work of tho Chris-tlon Chris-tlon Endeavorcrs for tho next year In this stato, having been oloctcd prcsl. dent at tho nnnual convention hold In Salt Lako City last wcok. Secretary of Stato Tlngcy has dt rocted tho banks ot the stato to fllo a roport with him, showing their con dition at tho closo ot business 011 Juno 1G. Thoro nro flfty-flvo stato banks and three private banks In Utah. That tho stato board of health Intends In-tends to mako a vigorous campaign on house flics this summor Is evidenced evi-denced .by tho notlco sent out by Dr. T. U. Ilentty, secretary of tho stnto board of health, to nil health ofllcors. A gang of Bwlndlcrs havo been busy In Salt Lnko passing forged postal money orders mado out on blanks stolen from Schurz, Nov., postotllco recently. Merchants havo cashed about $600 worth ot tha fraudulent orders. or-ders. Utah's delegates to tho national convention con-vention ot credit men at Denver, Juno 23 to 2G, left Salt Lako on Sunday. Tho Utah delegation woro red badges with tho Inscription: "Como to ZIon." Each also wore a small bottlo filled with Utah salt. A Salt Lako man, while digging a trench for plumbing connections, unearthed un-earthed a human skeleton, apparently that of an Indian woman, who niUBt havo boon burled thoro n Quarter ot a century ago, at a tlmo when that particular par-ticular neighborhood waB unsottlod. William Howard, slxtcen-ycar-old aon of John G. Howard of Pleasant Vlow, Is dead as tho result of Injuries sustained by bolng thrown from a horse. Ho was riding with a bo about his own ago. A straight bit ot road tempted the boys to havo a raco. After a strike, Inaugurated May 21, 1907, tho Dell Telophono company ana Its union employes are now onco again on amicable torms. Tho gen. oral torniB of tho agreement aro that tho men will rccclvo an advanco ot 25 cents uVay In Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. Mia. Elltaboth Townsend, formerly proprietress of tho ploncor hotel ot Salt Lako City, tho Townsend houso, which In the early days was tho lead lng hotel of the capital city, is dead at tho ago of 84. Mrs, Townsend wu8 known far and wldo to tho traveling trav-eling public. Thomas J. O'Hrlon, a carpenter, committed suicide. In Salt Lako City, drowning himself In a private bath pool at tho Hot Springs sanitarium. O'llrlen had beon out of work for several sev-eral weeks and this fact caused despondency, de-spondency, which probably led him to tako his life, The state board of land commission, ore will tako a trip through Cedar valley val-ley to Investigate) tho woll which has been sunk there to supply water for culinary nnd domestic purposes. Tho woll is now GOO feet deep and lt Is told that u largo underground streax hu been tapped. |