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Show I UTAH STATE NEWS Special rates will bo given by tho railroads for tho land opening at I'iin on April 11. Tho seorotary of stato lias sent out notices and blanks to all of tho stato and prlvato banks In Utah for roportH on I ho banks at tho closo of business on March 11. A roward or $200 has boon posted for the arrest and conviction of tho perspn or porsons who robbed the t postofflco at Mnntl, socurliiB $H0 In cash and $1,000 In postage- stamps. . Dospondoney, bolloved to have boon caused by 111 health, promptod M. 10. Knowles, a young railroad clorlr,. to take Ills own Hfo by swul-lowing swul-lowing an ovordoso of niorphlno at Ogdon. . ' Tho sixty-eighth' anniversary of iho organlzattiju -of,, tlfo-Jloltaf society o'f tho Alornioli elMirph' wqBj appropriately celebrated on 'rh'ur'sdny'by tho 700 I branches of thu.jorgnnlzatIon through- I out tho couui'ry. I Another poH'o.r plnM Is p'roniise'l forr I .Sov'!!1' valley. ..I. 11. Mnuson, Ilugli I ii iMsonbeo and .Mll.'in. Packard .have I fllbd-bri iur fit Ail alto fn what'is known. I as Daniel's caiiysnu, -which oion Info tho upper part of Grass valley', nVSr Plateau. Antitoxin administered to the; prls-oners prls-oners In the' Qtfdon jail now' under' qunrantlno for smallpox, caused the breaking out of a rash on the faces of several of tho prisoners and Inel- dentally gavo the pollco ofllelals an- other bad scare Salt Ilhlio City stands fifth In Hue in the pcrccutngo of gains In the pos- , tnl busluoss during tiio last year among tho fifty largest cities of the United States. Salt Lake's percentage of gain Inst year over tho preceding ono was 25.81 per cent. Tlirougli tho efforts of tho Ogdon Betterment league tho city ordinanco regulating the salo of intoxicating libuors has been so amended that, In- stead of tho saloons closing at 1 o'clock that hereafter will lie required to closo their doors at the stroke of midnight. I. Prominent business men of Utah, Including tho governor and representatives represen-tatives of tho Conimorcial club, Inspected In-spected tho Sevier Ulver Land and Water company's tract at Lynndyl, a few days ago, and pronounced tho project pro-ject ono of tho best ever undertaken In tho west. A mammoth heating plant for the heating and lighting of the various buildings owned by tho Mormon church In tho north end of tho business busi-ness district of tho city and Involving an expenditure of from $150,000 to $200,000 is tho latest Improvement planned for Suit Uike. Shooting Prlvato Paul P. Shaunty, her husband, through tho heart as ho was leaving tho kitchen of Captain Ulino's quarters at Fort Douglas, Laura Shaunty, hystorlcally scobbod, "I guess that ends it, but ho drove mo to It by his Incessant ill-treatment." ill-treatment." Tho woman Is under arrest. ar-rest. Utah ranks second In the Union as tho habitat of tho stork for tho year 1009. Government figures Just out bear out tho claims of this state that babies aro "Utah's best crop." The percentage of babies who came to Utah, computed upon every 1,000 pop-ulatlon, pop-ulatlon, was 35.2. Dakota got first place. Salt Lake City is to have a string of restaurants which will dispenao good food at popular prices and which will bo conducted on tho successful plan of eastern restaurants, If the pro. Ject started last week by u restaurant restau-rant man Is carried out. It Is proposed pro-posed to servo meals at a nominal profit. Neighbors found Robert Shlrle of Stockton dead In his chair In his cottage. cot-tage. Tho day before ho had sum-" moned a physician from Tooolo. but ho was not thought to bo seriously III. Ho lived alone and had never mar- Irled. IIo was 77 years of ago. Tho board of directors of tho Lund detention homo at Murray has routed a largo tract of land near the homo for tho purpose of maturing a largo crop of farm products. The directors aro seriously considering tho advisability advisa-bility of purchasing additional land near the school. Tho Federation of Woman's clubs is considering tho feasibility of making public tho names of the grocers of Salt Lako City who havo refused to s respond to tho circular letters sont . out several weokB ago by tho clvlo committee of tho organization asking , compliance with tho clean food ordl- . nance. Tho young son of Robert Walker, of Unjoij, as tho result of an accident, will probably bo doprlved of his sight. While playing witli a companion, young Walker found n can containing block powder. Having seen oldor 1 boys blow up a can, he proceeded to do tho same with tho result that he may become blind |
