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Show ; UTAH NEWS. I A number of now business blocks nnd cottages arc being erected In Rich-Held. Rich-Held. About S00 delegate attended the Christian Endeavor convention at Provo. Fred Simon, one of thu most prominent promi-nent business men of Salt Lnko City, died on the 10 Inst, from apoplexy. One of the visible signs of prosperity prosperi-ty In this stato Is the Improvements being made on the dlffcront railroads The track on tho Utah and Pacific Is now laid thrco miles south of Modcna. Four miles will complete tho road to McCuno. Tho steel for the Sunpote Valley spur to tho quarry was bought from tho Oregon Short Lino and Is now being be-ing delivered. Lawrence Is to have a 31.000 school-house school-house Tho building will be n beautiful beauti-ful structure, nnd will be able to accomodate ac-comodate 00 pupils. IluIIdlng materials are reported at i advanced along several lines, nnd It Is expected that thcro will bo further advances, ad-vances, especially In Iron. Tho old taunery at Salt Lake was destroyed by fire, and thus another old landmark Is blotted out. Tho loss on tbo plant and contents was about 81,000. Postnl route 0,010, from Loa to Tear-dale, Tear-dale, Wayne county, has been extended to end at Torroy.and the service as extended, ex-tended, will bo operative from the 15th Instant. For the first week of May tho earnings earn-ings of tho Hlo Qrando Western wcro 847,700, an Increase of 83,100. Local trafllo throughout the state caused tho increase. The clothing and furnishing goods men say tho backward season has held back trade, but that with the uppour-onco uppour-onco of settled weather there, will bo much business done. Not as much damage was dono 10 tho fruit crops of tho state by the re-cont re-cont cold weathor as was at first reported, re-ported, and only In a few localities will the bad weather be regretted, Tho Sovier stake tabernacle Is near-lng near-lng completion, and It Is bellovcd It will be finished by July 1 and ready for dedecatlon. Tho building will bo n eredlt to tho thriving town of. Rich-flold. Rich-flold. " ' ' ' Grain and produce men say that while the market Is quiet at present, just as soon as agricultural operations begin In earnest, the farmers will sell oft their surplus winter stoaks and make tho market lively, Colonel N. T. S. May, superintendent superintend-ent of government forests for Colorado and Utah, says positively that sheep I will not bo permitted upon the re serves. This decision closes the Uintah Uin-tah reservation to Utah sheepmen, II. Tnufer, ono of tho leading; beo culturlsts of tho stato, says ho Is of the opinion that tho recent unprecedented unprece-dented cold weather of this soason of the year Is liable to have a bad effect upon tho yield of honey this season. An agent of tho Hlo Qrando Western contractors Is engaging hands as far south bb Clrclevlllo for grading work. Thero Is a growing scarcity of teams nnd men all over the state, owing to the great amount of work being done. Tho first frolght train for over a year passed over tho Utah Ceutral branch from l'ark City Tuesday of last week. This means a revival of business on that lino. Fifteen cars of ore will como down dully nnd tho business busi-ness will keep the thrco engines busy all tho tlmo. Tho police are hot on tho trail of opium joint keepers In Salt Lako City. A number of young girls havo been found In these vile dens "hitting tho pipe" recently, and the city officials have determined to exterminate these places if they have to round up every Celestial In tho city. Tho RIo Qrando Western Is to make some extensive improvements in Its hops In Salt Lako City. This will mako it posslblo to incrcaso the force of men employed In tho shops by moro than 100 men. This means a distribution distribu-tion of from 80,000 to 810,000 In Salt Lake every month in wages. The conditions of fall or wlntor wheat shows great variations even In the same county, some reports stating stat-ing that tho crop Is a total failure and ( others that it Is in good condition. Spring wheat and oats are In good -J condition. I Tho snowstorm of May 1 was gener- I al all over the stato, the depth of fall ranging from half an Inch in some localities lo-calities to seven and eight Inches in others. It was bouoflclul to all flold crops und espcclully beneficial to the southern districts. Tho president of tho Emory stake has decided that tho academy at Castle Dale must bo completed by the next school term in order to start at that time. The building is a two-story structure, and will cost when completed com-pleted about 80,000. The county assessor of Utah county has submitted his report of tho totul valuation of property assessed In that county, showlug a total of 87,074,050. The totul value of all personal property prop-erty Is 81,809,3:0; value of lnnds82,515,-tiO lnnds82,515,-tiO and of mining claims, 3U,07O. |