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Show UTAH NEWS. The appropriation bill passed by tho state senato carries 31,150,000. At tlio closo of tlio past week 184 bills had bean Introduced In the houso and ninety-six In the sennte. The promoters of the Salt LnUe City salt palace say tho outlook tor tho erection of tile building grows brighter with each day. David Leech was killed whllo rounding round-ing up sumo cattlo on Antelopo Island last week. Ills homo stumbled and fell upon him, crushing him so that he died in a few hours. A very Interesting exhibit on Main street In Salt Lake Is a trout hatchery. It was started In December, and llttlo IK fish three-fourths of nn Inch long aro K now to bo seen In tho tank, n Tho farmers of tho southern portion m of Sanpete county have been busy the ffi past week putting In their crops. Tho K prospects aro bright for getting In tho small grain beforo tho good weather is gone. B At a school election at Snudy, a mall ma-ll jorlty vote was cast In favorof levying I a tux of one-half of 1 per cent, to build flj an addition to tho school house, and B the work will be rapidly pushed to B completion. 1 The White river Utcs are dissatisfied E with their present location on the g Uintah reservation, and aro anxious to B get back to the reservation In Colorado, I where they wero located beforo being 1 brought to Utah. i The farmers of Levan havo organ ized a Farmer's union. The farmers ,1 of that vicinity havo become very fl enthusiastic over tho proposition and m ' are anticipating great results from a union of this kind. Tho olty of Sprlugvlllo is conslde ring H the proposition of mui.iclpal ownership X of waterworks, and as the majority of m tho council Is In favor of tho proposl" m tlon, tho waterworks will probably flj soon be In tho hands of tho ctty. H Tho Colorado State Lino Railway H company has been incorporated at ZJ Denver to build a rttllruud fiom Cre vasse Jo Vernal, Utah. Charles O. Baxter, Sylvester P. llarton and Frank E. Haxtcr, tho last named residing at Sprlngvlllc, aro named as directors. "- A Sprlngvlllo man last winter lost- 8130, and all search for tho thief proved unavailable Last week ho found the money In the house In an old glove, where he had placed It and forgotten all about It. Now ho has his wlfo pinch him occasionally to see If he is awake. Next month activity will begin at the shearing corrals of the Kin Orande Western at l'rlce. About 100,000 sheep will be shorn there this season, as their owners find It docs not pay to go far ther west to tho mountains to shear, I owing to the loss occasioned by the 91 cold weather. H One J, Thornton, who for a short H tiruo has been doing business in Salt H Lako undor thoiiatne of tho "Salt Lake j Grain ind I'roduco company," has de jgj camped, leaving creditors In tho lurch H to tho tune of 83,000 Most of his vie- tlnis wero farmers, who sold to him on Si thirty days time, j Tramps are becoming very obnoxious M in Salt Lako. One of tho "weary Wil li lies" entered the dlnlugroomof a well- jn known Salt Lako banker, and demand- HI ed money of tho banker's wlfo. Upon fj her refusal ho knocked her down, and jM but for her screams might have In- JH v' fllcted fatal injuries. Fruit growers of Salt Lako county say tho stories of the heavy damage to fruit crops on account of tho unusually unusu-ally severe weather havo been greatly exaggerated. At no time up to date has the wcathor been warm enough to cause the buds to swell, therefore no damage could have boon done. Ilonry Van Stetter, a machinist who has been employed at tho lllo Orande Western shops la Salt Lako City, committed com-mitted suicide Saturday night by shooting shoot-ing himself through the heart. lie left a note stating that as ho had consumption con-sumption and must soon die, ho slra-I slra-I ply desired to end his sufferings. The chances of Utah Hour merchants obtaining a footing In the Orient seem to bo as remote as they were a couple of months ago. This Is not because the people of tho Orient da not want our flour; on the contrary, Utah flour Is at a premium there. Hut it Is the fact that there Is no room foi freight on the steamers bound foi iiongkong, the principal point it it desired to reach, that Is worrying Utah's flour dealers. . The county commissioners of Ban-peto Ban-peto county havo accepted plans and 1 specifications from the i'auly Jail ' Ilulldlng and Manufacturing company for the erection of a new county jail. The new building will necessitate the expenditure of over 81,000. Last week the sheriff of Grand j county and a possu had a pitched bat- tlo with mombors of the Robbor's Roost gang, over 200 shots being ex. 7 changed. None of the posso wero in jured, but at least one of the outlaws ' was severely wounded, The town of Helper Is experiencing j a steady and substunllal growth, over twenty new five and six room cottages having been erected there during the past six months.' There Is not a vacant 4' house Jn the town, and move build'- ' ; will be erected immediately, |