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Show UTAH STATE NEWS The fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the city of Logan will be celebrated on Arbor day. The citizens of Fountain Green are considering the proposition of Installing Install-ing a city waterworks system. Preliminary arrangements are being be-ing made for the beginning of work on the Utah building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition to be held at geattle. Park City Is to have a Commercial club, this being practically decided at a banqnet given to seventy-five busi-neitK busi-neitK men of the city one night last Week. Wallace Peterson, aged 14, attempted attempt-ed CO climb upon the car of a traction trac-tion engine at Levan, fell under the car and two wheels passed over his. body, killing him instantly. The juv.-riilc court commission has appointed Volney C. GnnH ''f Og-den, Og-den, the incumbent, judge of the Juvenile court of I he second judicial district at a salary of $900 a year. In attempting to board the pilot of a moving engine at Lakeside, Dan M. Flaherty, a brakeman employed on one ol the work trains at the cut-off, fell and sustained serious injuries. The loss and damage to property belonging to the Union Pacific company, com-pany, as the result of the passenger wreck near Castle Rock is estimated to be $25,000. While attempting to pass between two cars at Willard, Clarence Staiiffer was painfully injured, the train start-big, start-big, one or his feet being so badly crushed thai, amputation will be necessary. Garrett E. Conover, the oldest white man in Utah, celebrated his ninety-ninth ninety-ninth anniversary Tuesday, March 30, t his home In Salt Lake City, Mr. Conover was born in New Jersey March 30, 1810. It is believed it will not be long nntil the Moffat road enters Salt Lake City. The road is now completed and trains are running 200 miles west of Denver, the western terminus being (Steamboat Springs. Mrs. Cynthia Crosley, widow of Powell Crosley, pioneer telegraph line eonstructor of the west, is dead at Seattle. Crosley built the first telegraph tele-graph line from Salt Lake to Sacramento, Sacra-mento, during the year 1861. Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church, and party of eleven, arrived in Salt Lake from their visit to the Sandwich islands on April 1, having enjoyed a pleasant trip and having had many interesting experiences. experi-ences. As the result of a careless workman work-man failing to nail down a plank on the viaduct being built at Ogden, Claud T. Moyes, who was employed as a riveting inspector, fell from the top of the bridge, breaking both legs just above the ankles. While silting in a chair at her home in Kauesvllle, Mrs. Isabella M. Jones, widow of the late Jphn T. Jones, was suddenly stricken with apoplexy and died in a few minutes. Mrs. Jones was eighty-seven years of age and one of the pioneers of the state. Samuel Bithell, better known to the residents of Ophir as "Dad" is dead at the age of seventy-two years. He was born in Liverpool, England, August 12, 1837. He came to Utah In December, 1S56, crossing the plains as the driver of one of Squire Ten-naut's Ten-naut's teams. The eight-year-old son of Jesse Cle-mens Cle-mens of Fairview, while playing in a planing mill, got too near the machinery, ma-chinery, and his coat caught in the cogwheels. Before the father could stop the machinery the boy was so badly mangled that he died a few minutes later. Governor Spry has announced the new state food and dairy bureau authorized au-thorized by the last legislature. The governor's appointments are George A. Hone of Benjamin, a merchant, the Rev. J. E. Carver of Ogden, and John C. Sharp of Salt Lake City, a livestock man. Mrs. Alice Davidson, a widow residing re-siding in Salt Lake, has fallen heir to $10,000, which is on deposit in the Bani; of En.glai d. It represents a portion of a large English estate, and it was 'h rough tne columns of a newspaper news-paper that Mrs. Davidson learned of her good fortune. Becoming temporarily insane, Celia Hogan, a domestic, jumped from a window, at the residence of William Dunn in Salt Lake, and dashed down the street, tearing her hair and screaming. The girl finally became so violent it was necessary to place her in a padded cell. John Dooley, owner of the buffalo buf-falo farm on Antelope island, last week shipped two fine bulls from the herd to the Conrad estate at Kalis-pell. Kalis-pell. Mont., in return for two animals from that place. The purpose of the exchange was the general improvement improve-ment of the slock. Ogden citizens are appealing to the governor ui pardon or parole John D. Douglas, who killed his wife near their home in Ogden valley eleven years ago. Douglas has appealed for mercy and setting forth that the terrible work of a jealous moment can never be undone. Ogden police are going to become more profieient in the use of their revolvers. re-volvers. The police committee of the City council and the chief of police have arranged for three days of target tar-get practice semi-monthly, at which all members of the force will be required re-quired to participate. |