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Show UTAH STATE NEWS I Tlio fitreot car lino lins boon Anally I oxtonded from Salt Lake City to I Sandy, the people of Sandy colobrntlng I tho arrival of tlio llrat car by a general I suspension of business and devoting I tho day to a general celebration. I Roland oParson, 15 yoarB old, Ib held I nt the Ogdon Jail, chnrgeu uiin tho I theft of nn automobile from the fair I groundB. Pearson has admitted his I guilt, and IiIh only excuse Ih thnt ho I had no car fare with which to return I to town. I Tho Utah National Ouard 1b en I camped at Dalo Creek, Wyoming, r1! where It wll upend llftcon days In I maneuvcrB and drill tactics. Two spo- I clal trains were required to transport I tho different companies and their lin- I pcdimcntla. I Bert Owens, a minor, was drowned I at Mldvnlc, Tuesday, while bathing In I tho Jordan river. Ho wn taken with I cramps and was drowned before as- I elstnnce could bo rendered by his two I companions. Divers found tho body In I , a twelve-foot hole. I Tho third monster porcupine to In- I vado tho business district of Ogdon I within tho last month pushed his nose I through tho swinging doors of the I Reed hotel entrance at 5 o'clock I Tuesday morning and was shot by the I olerk for his boldness. I Wallaco R. White, of Salt Lake I City, ono of tho best-known attorneys I In Utah, dropped dead In Immigration I canyon, shortly after 12 o'clock Wed- I nesday afternoon. Apoplexy, or heart I failure, is presumed to havo boon tho I cause of death, Judged by the clrcutu- I stances. I Salt Lake's death list of 1900 for tho I last month included 22 Infants, and I of theso 1C wore claimed by children's I mimmcr complaint, a'trlbutcd usun'ly I to Improper feeding, and four dlod I from digestive troublo caused by ox- I ccsslvo heat. Five poisons dlod of I typhoid fever. I Thomas Dunn, nn enrly sottlcr of I , Utah died of old age at his homo in I ' Snlt Luko City on August 1. Mr. I Dunn was born in Phillips, Mich., 89 I j years ago. During tho early days of , his residence In Utah ho lived In Og- j don, whore he was a bishop In tho I Mormon church. I , Suit Lake's habit of taxing ury In- I , dividual or corporation for tho prlvi- I , lego of doing business, througn ordl- I nances directed ngalnst tho nianufac- I turors and other interests, has result- I od in an increase of $51,927.52 in 11- I ' censo tax collections for the first sev- I en months of 1910. I Around Boulder mountain there are I hundreds of wild, un branded horses I and cattle. Somo of tho pcupie inure I are beginning to catch them for the I : market. Down toward tho Colorado I ono man recently honied together and I caught 50 horses, some of them I weighing as much as 1.100 pounds. I William Cahill, a prominent breed- I cr of thoroughbreds, of San Francisco, I has presonted to tho Btato of Utah a I fine thoroughbred stallion, Voladay, to I bo used in improving tho breed o( I horses in tho Btnte. Any resident of i Utah, by getting a permit from Gov ernor Spry, may breed his thoroughbred thorough-bred mares to Voladay free of charge. Harry Thome, tho slayer of Ocorgo B. Fassoll, tho groccryman In Salt Lake City, and who wns sentenced to bo shot on Septembor 9 by Judge Lewis, July 15, has fllod jin application applica-tion with tho hoard of pardons to havo his sontenco commuted to llfo Imprisonment. Impris-onment. Tho mattor will como before be-fore tho board of pardons for consideration consid-eration August 20, at the rogular mooting of tho board. Plans for an 80-foot boulevard to i connect with tho Ogdon canyon boule vard and thus supply a main highway from tho centor of tho city to tho can-j can-j yon aro being prepared by tho city ' engineer and tho strcot department ; at Ogdcn. , Secretary of Agriculture James Wil son arrived in Ogdcn Tuesday unat-I unat-I tended from an oxtonded trip in the northwest, whero he has been conferring confer-ring with forestry officers with a view of getting a comprehensive I Idea of the effect tho unusual drouth i has had on tho vast areas of farm f lands in that section of tho country. j "The nation's crops will not suffer to ti any great extent from tho long drouth, 1 which Ib still prevalont, said Mr, Wll- con. Tho Ogden school census will Bhow nn Increase of about 600, according to unofficial flgureB given out trom school board headquarters. I Tho sprinkling system now being I ' Installed on the county road south , from Ogden city to the Davlo county I . t lint , will, be completed during tho .vreek, ,1 i I |