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Show UTAH NEWS. Farmers aro already cutting their liay down In Dixie. Mt. Pleasant Is to have- a now foundry foun-dry nnd mnchlne 6hop. A train of twenty-four car of bcof steers was shipped to the- eastern market mar-ket from Fnrmlngton last week. In many localities of Salt Lake county the recent cold snap did considerable con-siderable damage to the fruit crop. I'anslcs are all the rage among Salt Lakers at present, and tho demand is considerably greater thari tho Btipply. Tho stato fair project Is booming, and Interest In tho coming event materially Increases as the days gojby, Tho Ulchlk-ld city council Isconsldor lng a proposition for municipal lighting, light-ing, using tho water of Sevier canyon for power. It is now confidently expected that tho Utah volunteers will be homo In timo to take part in tho Fourth of July celebration. About thlrty-flvo of Salt Lako City's i leading business houses havo decided to close their places of business at 0 p. f m. In tho future. Tho wool output of this state will bo j heavier this year thun for many years j past, but thu prices paid for the clip w 111 bo lower than last season. Charles Mace has sued tho owners of tho Humbug mine for 830,000 for injuries in-juries received In tho mine on December Decem-ber 22,1808, nhllo In the employ of .. tho defendants. Sunday base ball playing will bo prohibited In Salt Lake City this season, sea-son, but tho boys will ploy ball Just tho samo, having leased grounds outside out-side tho city limits. I, Tho Thlstlo Gun club's first shoot of tho season shows nn average of 70 per . cent and ran up to 00 per cent. Tho I members of tho club think thoy could get a higher average shooting at Filipinos. Fili-pinos. Tho I'rovo woolen mills will con-sumo con-sumo 750,000 pounds of wool this sea-Bon, sea-Bon, of which 400,000 pounds has already al-ready been purchased. Tho outlook for tho season at this mill is regarded as very satisfactory. Albert Jensen, 10 years of nge, met with an accident at the I'rovo woolen mills last week that may result In tho loss of his loft leg. Ills leg was caught in an ascending elevator and crushed iqf- as far as tho kneo. From all over tho stato comes tho gladsomo news that new settlers aro coming In, new buildings are bolng erected and hundreds of acros of formerly for-merly barren land Is being placed un-derjcultlvatton un-derjcultlvatton this season. Max Madison, tho member of battery II, Utah volunteers, who was killed in tho bnttlo at Calumplt, enlisted from Salt Luke City with Wedgowood's recruits. Ho was born in Denmark, and was about tweuty-llvo years of ago. Professor It. F. Moore of tho United 1 States fish commission has decided, after making experiments, that it is imposslblo to produce oysters In, or about thu Great Salt Lake. Its waters contain to great a percentage of &alty matter. Within a very short tlmo tho Utah t Pacltlo will bo ready for operation through to Its terminus at tho Nevada State lino. For tho first tlmo In the history of many of tho southern towns their people will bo within easy reach of a railroad. The advent of warm weather has J caused a collapse In tho coal business, and some of tho coal mines huvo com-l com-l menced running on half time. Tho I past season has been one of tho most f successful In tho history of tho coal business in tho stato. Tho stato superintendent has completed com-pleted tho apportionment of university free scholarships for tho year. Salt Lake county gets twelve scholarships; Utah, six; Webor, four; Cacho, three; Sanpcto, three; and tho balanco of tho couutlcs ono each. , Stato Auditor Richards Is preparing to send to tho executive committees and those In charge of stato institutions blanks upon which to tnuko requisitions for funds for maintenance andexpenscs. This, it Is believed, will aid In keeping their accounts correctly. Utah Is experiencing an era of prosperity. pros-perity. In almost evory town In tho stato now buildings aro being erected, and improvements bolng made on old ones. It Is hard to secure enough workmen Financially tho stato was never in a better condition, Ofllglals working on tho Layton murder mur-der caso think they havo discovered a clue to tho murderer in tho shapo of a dilapidated overcoat which was found in a field two miles from the Bcono of tho crime. In ono of tho pockets was found a mask covered with blood. William II. Clark of Kansas City, Mo., has scoured control of tho extenslvo salt works at Syracuse, Davis county, that havo for soveral years been owned and operated by tho Adams .t Kiesol Bait company. The consideration Is in tho neighborhood of 830,000 Articles of Incorporation of tho Freedom Free-dom Irrigation and Waterworks company com-pany havo been tiled with Secretary Hammond. Thu Incorporators aro a ,J number of residents of Moroul pre- iolnct, Hnnpolu county, who will carry on a gonoral Irrigation. business. |