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Show UTAH STATE JSEWS. : The public schools of Sterling have been closed because of the prevalence " of diphtheria. Mrs. A. P. Mayberry, who attempted suicide in Salt Lake City a short time ago, will recover. Senator-elect Smoot has appointed Carl A. Badger of Salt Lake City as his private secretary. Spring City is arranging for an electric elec-tric light plant to be used for street and residence lighting. ' Diphtheria is so prevalent in Salt Lake City that it has about assumed the proportions of an epidemic. A special policeman has been employed em-ployed in Richfield for the special pur- pose of suppressing hoodlumism. At Mt Pleasant, last week, Miss Tressie Strom won the state Demorest medal in an oratorical contest in which four others contested. There are over 800 men at work 'at Sunnyside at this time, and it is said more are to be given employment, as the mines there are developed. The schools of Riverton have been closed on account of" an epidemic of smallpox. If no new cases develop, school will reconvene on March 9. There is renewed talk of the Utah !Fuel company opening up in Spring canyon, above Helper, this summer. The location is adjacent to Castle Gate. The fruit-growers and farmers of Utah county are organizing foi mutual benefit, the object being to pro-mote pro-mote the fruit and produce industry oi . the county. The citizens of Bluffdale, Riverton 1 and South Jordan have organized, a Commercial club, realizing that in order or-der to keep pace with the times they must be up and doing. Sixty new bills were Introduced in the lower house of the legislature on (Wednesday of last week, the last day on which new measures could be introduced in-troduced without unanimous consent. r "' r' -Ft. L. Frank of Butte, who owns a Valuable deposit of onyx near Lehi, expects ex-pects to spend about $50,000 in development devel-opment of the property this year. A tram will be built from the mine to Utah lake. The coroner's jury which investigated investi-gated the case of the colision of two Salt Lake City street cars in which Motorman Farrow was fatally injured holds the car company to, blame for the accident. . After a delay of almost six months, Peter Mortensen has appealed his case to the supreme court through his at- torneys. On June 14, Mortensen was sentenced to death for the murder of James R. Hay. movement is on foot by the Wasatch Wa-satch club of Mt. Pleasant to raise $5,000 wtih which to purchase the coal mine east of that city, in order to keep the railroad company from getting hold of the property. Lehi and American Fork debating clubs last week debated the question, "That the United States should annex Cuba," Lehi having the affirmative side of the question. The delegation from American Fork won. Work to finish the Manti tabernacle will soon be commenced, and will be in operation until its completion. When the work is done this city will have one of the most commodious gathering places in southern Utah. While cutting down trees Edwin Hutchings, of Lehi, had the misfortune misfor-tune to have one of them fall on him, breaking his leg just above the ankle. The doctor removed several pieces of the bone, but anticipates no lasting injury. in-jury. Reports from the various precincts where the grasshoppers appeared last year are that it is generally believed the storms and extreme cold of this winter have destroyed the fertility oi the eggs deposited by the hoppers Jd the fall. M. M. Steele, rural route inspector oi the postoflice department, has been making ar, inspection of the routes served from the Provo postoflice. He will recommend that additional territory terri-tory be included in the route running northeast from the city. ' The injuries received by Peter Wilde in the coasting accident at Pay son y have proved fatal. Wilde was run into by three little girls who were coasting coast-ing down the hill on February 15, his feet being knocked out from under him, when he fell on his head. |