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Show I! UTAH STATE NEWS I i I Tho town of Mldvnlo Ih to lin'vo a I volunteer llro department. I j t . Tho town of Price Is to linvo n I ' lighting lilanl uh soon as tlio hiuiio I may bo built, tho citizens having I j voted IioiuIh for that purpose, j For burglarizing a Denver & Illo I Grande box car of merchandise, C. ' Lytic, former telegraph operator at I MotmdH, Iuih been Ketitenced to two ( ycarH' imprisonment. . j The IIhIi litit cliory In South fork, jj Provo canyon, Is In successful .opera.-I .opera.-I 1 Hon. One million rainbow trout oggs I , received lately have been hatched and I me business promise to be very sue-I sue-I COBBful. I Tho annual convention of the Stato j Horticultural society, held In Salt I Lnko City on Tuesday and Wcdnos-I Wcdnos-I 1 day, was well attended, questions of I Intorost to fruit growors of the state I being discussed. I Tho holding of a state convention I for county auditors, assessors and I treasurers for tho last part of May K and first of June has been decided f upon by the state auditor, the dates ' to bo announced later. I 1 An appropriation of about $.'10,000 I for tho Installation of block slgnnlB on I .tho Southern Pacific division west of I tho lake hns been made by William I H. Uancroft of the Oregon Short Lino, and tho work will be undertaken at once. I George Johnston, who committed I suicide by leaping from the Luna I thcatro In Salt Lake City on tho night I of February S, and tho unidentified I man who took poison January 29, 1 wero burled Wednesday In potter's field. L , Mary Kroll, widow of tho lato I Iludolph A. Kroll, one of the victims I of tho disastrous wreck on tho South-I South-I I era Pnclflc nt Lemay, Jnnunry 17, will I 1 recelvo $5,000 from tho railroad com-l com-l pany In full scttlomcnt of lior claims lr , for damages. I A matter that Is creating n groat I ) deal of Interest In Tooele nt present I Is the building and maintaining a Carnegie Car-negie library. Some time ago. Mr. H I Carnegie donated $5,000 to Tooolo for I ' that purpose and $1,500 hns been I I rnlsod by a special tax. Domlnleo Albnneso was sentenced to I 1 servo five years at hard labor In tho I 1 stato prison by Judge Lewis at Salt I Lako on Wednesday for assault with I a razor upon his sweetheart, Rosn Paula, last July. The girl was badly-cut badly-cut about the face, but recovered. Drlghnm City was successful In Its effort to land tho horticultural con-I con-I volition for 1911. Tho famous fruit I Knowing center In tho northern pnrt of tho stato received more votes than L Provo, which was also a candidate. I The vote resulted: Urlghnni City, C2; Provo, 3G. I At a mooting of tho Utah conservation conserva-tion commission held In Snlt Lake ( City, plans wero dismissed for getting I out a now map of tho state, to bo used i iiB a part of tho next report of tho commission. It is proposed to make tho map far moro complete1 than any heretofore attempted. According to William II. Howe, one of tho lnrgest fruit growers In Utah, 11 record-breaking crop will bo regis-tcrcd regis-tcrcd this year throughout tho state. Desplto tho cold weather during tho winter, no damage hns been done to 1 tho fruit, and Indications point to- 1 ward a successful season. A. R. Hunt was severely Injured at Colllnston, when a bobsled, In which fl ho was driving, was struck by an Oregon Short Lino fust mall train Mr. Hunt was just in tho act of driv-ing driv-ing over 11 crossing near the town j when tho train struck him. His l j horses wore Instantly tilled. John H. Redd has received notlllcn-1 notlllcn-1 tlon from Washington, that ho has, B-' been awarded tho contract for four years for carrying tho malls from l'rlco to Emery, Emery county, seven 1 times a week. Tho contract begins Bf July 1, 1910, and runs for four years. - 1 Utah's irtiu crop for 1910 will bo H '.' marketed through the Utah Fnilt Ex L' j change, organized last year, and all of ' , the crop sold In carload lots by uluo j j 01 tho cloven fruitgrowers' nssocla- ; lions In tho state will bo nnrkoted Hv through tho Pioneer Fruit company of Hv California. v With freedom almost within their grasp, soventy-two prisoners confined H'j In tho county jail In Salt Lako City I missed liberty by the barest margin I Sunday night, owing to the vigilance 'j of the sheriff and his deputies. Tho ! attempted break was one of tho bold- ! est In tho history of Utah prisons. " I Tho Retail dorks' association of j Salt Lako will probably bo backed by Ij tho Salt Lako Ministerial association tn its efforts to have earlier closing Hu home established In tho atores. The ' ministers nre taking much interest In the matter and It is thought that j they will take some definite action. |