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Show UTAH STATE NEWS A brush factory is one of the latest Industries established in Salt Lake City. Accused of stealing a sack of pickles, pick-les, John Logan, aged 54, is in the Salt Lake jail. Contracts have been let for the completion of the new Salt Lake county infirmary and hospital, at a cost of $100,000. The state of Utah is fifteen years old. On January 6, 1S96, Utah celebrated cele-brated the inauguration of its first state governor, Heber M. Wells. Monroe is suffering from' an epidemic epi-demic of scarlet fever. Twenty-two families are under quarantine and all public gatherings are prohibited. According to the report of the state librarian to the governor, there were "13,S04 books in the library when the yearly report was made, December 20, 1910. Clarence Walker and ,D. A. Ray-"bould, Ray-"bould, two Salt Lake youths, have purchased a Curtiss biplane and will nter the international aviation meet at San Francisco. The fruit growers of Weber county are endeavoring to form an organization organiza-tion for the purpose of handling next year's fruit crop, it being .teh intention inten-tion to dispose of the services of the commission men. Stricken with heart failure, Mrs. M. 1A. White, aged seventy years, died at tier home -in Salt Lake City, being alone at the time death came, her ' death being discovered by neighbors Beveral hours later. The ice crop of Ogden is practically practical-ly a failure thus far this winter, and Jce men are decidedly discouraged. There is at present but six and one-half one-half inches of ice on the various jionds In that vicinity. Sawing two steel bars in the outride out-ride corridor of the city jail at Ogden, Og-den, three prisoners, serving time for petit, larceny, made their escape. It Is supposed they were furnished caws by friends from the outside. While under the influence of liquor and brooding over financial reverses, fW. C. Ayers attempted suicide at his home in Salt Lake City by slashing his throat with a butcher knife. He failed to cut deep enough and will recover. "After an investigation by the state fish and game commissioner of the pest of mice reported in Cache valley he has reached the conclusion that the cause is the wanton destruction of hawks and snakes in the valley by the farmers. The mining camp of Alta Is receiving receiv-ing its yearly heavy snowfall. The twenty-foot mark has been reached In several places, with the snow falling fall-ing steadily. If this condition continues con-tinues a month will see the mining camp completely buried. Farmers in Salt Lake county and In other districts where the alfalfa weevil has been active, are to wage a determined Campaign of extermination extermina-tion against the insect, which has been increasing in late years and doing do-ing much damage to crops. Edward O. Anderson of Richfield, a student in the high school department depart-ment of the Brigham Young university, univer-sity, has been selected for the midshipman mid-shipman appointment to Annapolis, conferred on the university by Senator Sena-tor George Sutherland a short time ago. ' Id. Salt Lake City during the past twe've months, there were 1,668 arrests ar-rests for drunkenness. There were 1,277 cases of vagrancy and 206 ot petit larceny, while the liquor ordinance ordi-nance was violated thirty-eight times and the sidewalk ordinance eighty-two times. The Provo postoffice on Tuesday began receiving deposits under the postal savings law passed at tnc last Bession of congress and success for the system is indicated by the first day's business and inquiries received regarding the new bank. Tony Marks, who now occupies a cell In the Salt Lake jail, may be sent to the state prison for the theft of five cents. Marks snatched a purso from a woman, and this form of robbery rob-bery entails a charge of grand larceny, lar-ceny, even if there was only a penny In the purse. Utah's annual poltry show, which will be held in Salt Lake City the week beginning January 9, will eclipse all previous meetings. A conservative con-servative estimate places the number of fowl to bo exhibited at 1,500. The record heretofore has hovered around the thousand mark. The engineer In charge of tlm Strawberry Irrigation project reports the striking of a big flow of water in Lhe tunnel, which has caused a temporary tem-porary delay In the work. Ttio tunnel tun-nel wa Hexteji'lerl feel. !ut. month, m;iklng Its total present leni.'th 10,f,-1C feet, twenty feel. los3 than two miles Holdim; urieoiisl it u! ional t he drainage drain-age law pansed by the legislature of 1007, Judge J. !. IlooUi of I'rovo has handed down a vitally important decision de-cision which has Blute-wide effect The HUjironie court will undoubtedly bo called upon to pass on I lie case1. J. II. Odeldrk, proprietor of an auto cab, in charged with firing the shot which canned the death of Kdward Harrier,, aged 18, In Salt Lako City, Bat.urday night. It, Is charged Odn kirk w.'ih firing off IiIk pistol In cele iral.lon of the new year, und acclilcn tally shot young Ilarnea. |