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Show UTAH STATE NEWS Over 200 tons of ice are used Salt Lake City every day at this time ot the season. The county commissioners of Cache tounty have fixed the tax levy at nine pills, the same as last year. W. R. Kelley, a smelter employee it Murray, was killed by falling thirty feet and landing on a cement walk. Thomas Orgill of Paradise was seriously se-riously Injured by being struck by lightning, but is expected to recover. The Kaysville Trotting association has been incorporated. Nearly all the stockholders are residents of Kaysville. Kays-ville. Robert Jones, a painter, was overcome over-come by the heat while working on a B-uilding at Ogden and fell, seriously Injuring himself. Arthur A. Sweet, a well-known mining min-ing man, railway promoter and business busi-ness man of Salt Lake City, died in Long Beach, Cal., July 20, of chronic Brights disease. According to the weather bureau officials, of-ficials, this is the hottest and dryest July since the establishment of the government bureau in Salt Lake City thirty-six years ago. The sign, "No Beer Sold in Cans," has been hung up in every saloon m Eureka, and there is weeping and wailing among the members of the can-rushing brigade. A permanent fire department is to be organized at Midvale. Already the town has a pipe line with hydrants installed. in-stalled. The city has purchased a hose cart and 500 feet of hose, and more is to come. Owing to the dry season and the continued hot weather, many of the streams throughout the state have Bhrunk to half their normal flow, and In many places there is a dearth o( water for irrigation purposes. A little baby boy a few hours old was placed in a basket and left by unknown un-known parties on the doorstep of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Col-dough Col-dough at Midvale several nights ago. The child has not been claimed, but will be well cared for. Salt Lake City will soon have an ordinance regulating automobile enthusiasts en-thusiasts and it Is hoped that many accidents will be avoided. A number of serious injuries have been received by pedestrians in the city on account of. insufficient speed laws. The United States marine recruiting recruit-ing station in Salt Lake City is accomplishing ac-complishing great results. Since the station was established here four weeks ago there has been an average of six men sent to California training train-ing quarters each week. There are 437 barber shops in Utah, in which 654 barbers and eighty eigh-ty apprentices are employed, according accord-ing to the annual report of the state examiners of barbers for the year ending June 30, 1910. Salt Lake has ninety-one shops, employing 250 barbers bar-bers and twenty-five apprentices. The steering gear refusing to work, an automobile crashed into a telephone tele-phone pole thirteen miles west of Salt Lalce, six of the occupants, County Commissioner Walter J. Burton and his guests, being injured, none fatally. The machine was being tested before purchase for use by the sheriff. Joseph Walter Ahlstrom, accused of stealing postal funds, while in charge of the post office at Tropic, Utah, was found dead in a lonely spot near his home. Post office officials had been diligently searching for the dead man and the location of the body is Bald to have been discovered through a dream of a near relative. Harry Thorne, convicted of murder- ing George W. Fassel, in Salt Lake City, on March 26, has been sentenced to be executed on September 9. Thorne, who claims to be but 17 years old, chose shooting as his method ol execution, but will try for a pardon Work on the concrete and cement wimming pool at the Mountain View hot springs, near Monroe, is being ra pldly pushed. The pool will be 45 bj 90 feet and from three to seven feet deep. The company expects to have the pool in readiness by the 25th ol July. A new rule has been established by the postoffice department at Washing ton with reference to the handling of registered mail. In the future all registered letters or packages must be indorsed "receipt desired." if one wants a return on it. If this is not done no receipts will be given. Senator Smoot is scheduled at the principal speaker at the Pioneer day celebration in Salt Lake City, on July 24. A number of Utah dentists are iii Denver this week, attending the meet ings of the National Dental associa tion. The Indian War Veteran encampment encamp-ment is to be held at Nephi, August 3, 4 and 5, and the committee is pre paring for one oT the biggest celebra tions ever held in the town. The peo pie of Nephi are expecting to entertain enter-tain about 2,500 visitors. John Swenson of Huntsville, while driving a team of horses in Ogden canyon, can-yon, was run into by an automobile and severely bruised. A Salt Laker convicted of "snag ging" fish has been fined $25. The would-be-sportsman used a grab-line containing seven hooks. |