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Show UTAH STATE NEWS A great deal of first-crop alfalfa has been harvested In the vicinity of Brlgtiam during the past week. The home of H. W. Marriott, at Harriott, Weber county, was destroyed ty fire on June 7, the loss being ?:i,000. The Weber club, Of Jen's chief commercial com-mercial organization, is going to build a handsome home in the heart of the city. June 7 was old folks' day in the Cach stake, about COO men and wo men between the ages of CO and 70 being entertained at Logan. Through train service on the .San Pedro, Ios Angeles & Salt Lake railroad rail-road between Salt Lake and as Angeles An-geles was resumed on June 11. Delegations from every camp of United Spanish War Veterans of Utah are expected to visit Ogden for the annual encampment June 24. The city council of Provo has authorized au-thorized the advertising for bids on $90,000 of ten and twenty-year 5 per cent waterworks bonds recently voted. The dry farms In Paradise district, Cache valley, as well as in the entire northern part of the state, are suffering suf-fering heavy loses for the lack oi molstu re. The report comes from Paradise, In the southern part of Cache valley, that much damage has been done there to the berry crop by early and late frosts. Hyrum Bryan of Loa, Wayne county, coun-ty, while trying to catch a sheep with a hook, Stumbled and fell, the hook penetrating his abdomen, causing injuries in-juries which resulted In his death od lune 6. The postoffice at Morgan was robbed rob-bed on June 7, about $375 in postage stamps being stolen. The thieves did , not touch some $150 in checks which were In the same drawer with the stamps. Dr. Fred Clarke of Ogden is nursing nurs-ing a severe fracture to his right arm caused by the sudden whirling of the handle of the crank of his automobile au-tomobile when he attempted to crank the machine. A. F. Harris, a Southern Pacific brakeman, is at the Ogden general hospital suffering from the loss of his 'eft arm, as a result of an accident acci-dent at Montello, when he lost his footing and fell under the cars. While working in a stope of the South Columbus mine at Alta, Joseph Shaw, 56 years old, one of the pioneer pio-neer residents of Sandy, was instantly instant-ly killed, when a large boulder rolled down upon him, crushing in his skull. Work has begun on the new cereal 'actory at Trenton. This enterprise 6 being financed by Trenton, Ogden md Salt Lake capital. The plant be-ng be-ng put in will have a daily capacity jf 500 cases, and will cost about flOO.000. The.citizeus of American Fork have lecided to have a rousing celebration in the Fourth of July, consisting of a aig street parade and programme in .he forenoon, and horse races, bicyle acing, baseball and other sports in Ihe afternoon. The Utah county commisioners, on petition of a delegation of citizens from the southern farms of the county, coun-ty, voted a bounty of 10 cents on each squirrel killed between June 6 and July 6. It was claimed that the squirrels are so numerous that they are destroying the crop. Shot through the center of the heart, after he had done terible execution exe-cution with a razor on the face of J. R. Hicks, a negro, Joe Smith, a negro bootblack, 22 years of age, fell dead. The tragedy occurred in a negro club In Salt Lake City and was the result of jealousy over a woman. "A Glimpse of Utah" is the title of a fascinating booklet just issued by the pasenger department of the Rio G-rande railroad. Fruit growing, stock and wool growing, dairying and the minerals and mining industry of Utah are interestingly described. The battleship Utah silver service :ommittee expects to be able to raise & fund of about 515,000 for the silver service, and those who are behind the movement favor a plan whereby the fund shall be raised by popular subscriptions sub-scriptions in small amounts, mostly jiven by the school children. Workmen who are searching for the remains of the men killed at the explosion at. Devil's Slide last week, were startled when a huge slide of rock came down the mountain moun-tain and buried the steam shovel. Vigilance and activity prevented a lumber of the men from being killed. Some embarrassment has been incurred in-curred at Salt Lake by the premature in-nouncement of the population of that city which hr.s been given out at 91,681. It is claimed that the information infor-mation was given out to the Herald-Repub'.icau Herald-Repub'.icau by a census employee, which led to the discharge of one of the heads of the department. Albert Griffiths, aged 45. was found sitting with his back against a building In Salt Lake City, apparently asleep, but in rea'.ity dead, having been dead several hours when discovered. Death was due to excessive use of intoxi-:ants. intoxi-:ants. Nephi Anderson, a civil engineer whose home is in. Brigham City, was drowned in Logan river, Lo?an can-ron, can-ron, on the night of May 4. There were no witnesses to the tragedy, but t is supposed that in the darkness ,ie walked off . the dugway into the river. |