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Show THE UTAH BUDGET i A weather station for BoxeUier county coun-ty has been established at Temonton by the state weather bureao. Ira Turner, aged 11, died at Lehi. last week as a result of injuries sustained sus-tained when be was thrown from a horse. E. S. Burr, a switchman, fell underneath under-neath a car at Salt Lake, one leg being be-ing severely crushed, amputation being be-ing necessary. With celebrations anticipated in "Utah the "clean town" contest will be started off auspiciously at noon Arbor Ar-bor day, April 15. Fire totally destroyed the barns of Parley Fulrner and James Straw at Springville. The origin of the fire is not known. The loss was $S00. The Orem railroad began business on Monday, when freight and passenger passen-ger service was inaugurated between Salt Lake and American Fork. Frank Sanders, of Salt Lake, suffered suf-fered a compound fracture of the right arm when he was kicked by a horse he was leading to water. Horace Thornton, Manti's oldest resident, res-ident, passed away peacefully Saturday Satur-day at the age of 92 years. He came to Utah with the first company in 1847. Cedarview, eight miles north anc' west of Roosevelt, Wasatch county, has struck artesian water, the first artesian wells in Northeastern Utah. ' Bert Sisam and Benjamin McLerry, who live near Midvale, were thrown from a buggy and painfully injured when the vehicle wa wrecked by an automobile. "While playing near the kitchen range, Ruby Whitlock, aged 11, of Salt Lake, was fatally burned, her clothing catching fire when she came too close to the range. Ogden has been selected as the home for the plant of the Utah Cereal Food company, capitalized at $200,000. It is probable tnat the plant will be in operation early next fall. Driven to desperation when his bride of two days refused 3 speak to him, W. S. Bruce, 20 ywrs of age, attempted suiciae at PV.t Lake and his death may occur at any moment. Alma Christianson of Pleasant Grove was thrown, from his motorcycle, motorcy-cle, his injuries being of a serious internal in-ternal nature: He was taken to a hospital and is in a critical condition. Nine young men from Provo and Springville met a few days ago and organized the first wireless organiza-. organiza-. ti.m in Utah. The new company was named the Utah Radio association. On Tuesday, March 24, the new tabernacle tab-ernacle at Garland, which has been erected by the people of the Bear River stclte at a cost of approximately approximate-ly $50,000, was thrown open to the public. C. M. King, proprietor of a grocery store in Salt Lake, was held up in his store by a lone highwayman who obtained ob-tained about $45 and made his escape. es-cape. The robber overlooked a larger sum of money. The Salt Lake lodge of Elks is planning plan-ning to make Arbor day a red letter day in the history of the organization. organiza-tion. Arrangements for a big excursion excur-sion and outing to Bingham have practically prac-tically been completed. Miss Emma Jaussi, 22 years of age. died March 23 as the result of burns received six weeks ago when her clothing oecame ignited in the home of C. C. Crismon at Salt Lake, she was employed as a domestic. A vernal correspondent announces that Hugh Owens, superintendent cf Indian farms at Randlett, Utah, has been in Vernal several days buying teams for the Indians. Four span wers purchased, the average price being be-ing $400 a team. Leonard R. Condie, aged 21, wa? found dead at the home of Lilly and Marie Green in Salt Lake, who assert that Condie shot himself. The two girls raised the alarm, and Condie had been dead but a few minutes when the officers arrived. An investigation in-vestigation is being made. In the biggest raid ever made in the state under the search and seizure law sixteen alleged "blind pigs" in the "Suaketown," "Ragtown" Townsite, "Little Austria" and Chambers add) tion districts of Garfield, the sheri.r and twentyour deputies obtained 4,-(icO 4,-(icO bottles of beer and 100 bottles of whiskey. The good roads committee of the Salt Lake Commercial club propose to ask the Salt Lake county commissioners commis-sioners to build three miles of road somewhere in the county this year for the purpose of arriving at the cost of such construction and determining deter-mining the quality of various kinds of road. The Mexican war will go on indefinitely indefi-nitely unless General Huerta of the federals is given absolute power in Mexico or unless l.e is recognized by-President by-President Wilson, in the opinion of .1 A. f'uniiir.gham. a we.Vknown sheep, cattle and mining man of Salt i.ake. who has just returned from M exieo. Isaac Flrown. aged 21. was fr-.tally injurf tl at the Grand Centra! n.'.n'? at Marrr.r.nth whi'.o S!i:ie :'.ae;;nery at the top station of the mine, nrown's cb-'ths cauyl.t in the ra'-!- e;e! he was ri rapped up and arot::i.) the fly. wheel once before the inaeiiir.ery could be stopped. Sunday. March 22. is down in tV anna's of the Biff Methodist chunk of Salt I.aSe as a genuine ' -ed P-tter day." for on that date the last dol lar of obligations to which the church was t- i:nd were wiped off the books and the sr-ore is clean. |