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Show UTAH STATE NEWS A Salt Lake syndicate is making arrangements ar-rangements to install the waterworks ystem In Kphruini. The Salt Lake Keilerat ion of 'ibor Is planning the erection of one of the finest labor temples in the west. Utah's fruit exhibit at the Seattle exposition has been placed in position, posi-tion, and is causing no end of favorable favor-able comment According to the statement of men well versed In the sheep Industry, the price of mutton is going to soar to a record notch this fall. John PaponourtBi a Greek laborer, was kicked in the head by a horse at Garfield, his death occurring as he was being taken to a hospital. It is claimed t hat sheepmen of Utah have lost about $300,000 this year as a result of their selling their wool last winter to the eastern commission houses. The demand for space in the manufacturers' manu-facturers' hall at. the state fair to be hold this fall has been so great that It is feared the association will be unable un-able to accommodate all the applicants. appli-cants. Alt a result of the early frosts in Weber county, it is found that in many Instances the crop will not be over iu per ceni of the normal, and the damage has spread over a large area. A vinegar factory will be run in connection with the apple packing plant at Murray this summer. The vinegar making will utilize the second grade of apples that have been thrown away in the past. The state horticultural Inspector is considering plans for preventing damage dam-age to the fruit crops by frosts, it he's'"" he-'s'"" ing his purpose to utilize heating apparatus ap-paratus for the purpose of raising the temperature in on nards. Salt Lake county farmers are making mak-ing a determined fighit against the alfalfa leal-weavil, the new pest which threatens to destroy 30,000 acres of alfalfa. Already the damage to the first crop aggregates $200,000. The widow of Albert F. Hill, the car inspector who was killed while inspecting cars near Helper, on April 8, 1007, has settled with the railroad conipiny. mine uian carry t ie case to a higher court, accepting $3,500. The next convention of the Western West-ern Association of General Baggage Agents will be held in Salt Lake City on September 7 next. The organization organiza-tion consists of the general baggage agents of all the roads west of Chicago. Chi-cago. Robert Campbell, a young man of Bait Lake, who died suddenly after eating a luncheon, consisting or ham and peas, at Saltair, Is believed to have died from ptomaine poisoning, and an Investigation has been ordered. or-dered. The union painters and paper-hangers of Salt Lake have gone to wrork after a strike of several days, both sides making concessions, and a working agreement being signed which will be in force for the next two years. Apparently stricken by heart dis-Clty. dis-Clty. The man is believed to have been a laborer, but there, is no means ease, while walking from 'his work, an unknown man fell dead in a path of weeds in the outskirts of Salt Lake of identifying the body. The horse races at the state fair grounds in Salt Lake City were brought to a close last week, the directors di-rectors of the Utah State Fair association asso-ciation refusing to allow a continuance continu-ance of the races, open gambling being the objectionable feature. A can of lye accidentally tipped into a pan of dishwater may cause Charles J. Jones, dishwasher in a Salt Lake restaurant, to be ycrippled for life, even if his hands are saved, he having plunged his hands into the pan of water in which the lye had been spilled. The first of the summer camps under un-der the auspices of the Salt Lake Y. M. C. A. is now established on the shores of Provo lake, near the old Geneva resort, there being sixty boys In the party. Different parties will be sent out all during the summer months. While crossing Parley's creek in Salt Lake City, on a twelve-inch plank, Wilma Borg, aged 5, and Alice Young-dale. Young-dale. aged 12, fell into the raging torrent. The older girl was rescued, but Wilma was drowned in spite of all efforts to reach her by a strong swimmer. Pr. C. W. Benedict, a Salt Lake physician., was called to attend the victim of au automobile accident one day last week, and upon his arrival at the scene of the accident, was horrified hor-rified to find that the victim was his mother. She was not seriously Injured, In-jured, however. A Salt Ijake woman who left her home for a short visit one day last week and forgot to shut the current off her electric iron, was horrified to find on her return that the iron had become overheated and set the house on fire, necessitating calling out the lire department'. Backed by a number of the prominent promi-nent members of the different women's wo-men's clubs of Salt Lake City, a move-ment move-ment has been launclfor the es-fc es-fc Ba to |