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Show UTAH STATE NEWS. The nnmber of inmates of the state Insane asylum on August 21 was .308, of which 155 are females and 1S3 males. . - At Payson it has been decided to de-. de-. fer the opening of the public schools for two weeks, on account Of the epidemic epi-demic of smallpox. It is predicted that the Utah canning factories will ship out this fall 100,000 eases of canoed products to Montana, Colorado and Missouri river points. The Levan Co-op safe was blown to pieces on me lam, ana S500 worth of property taken.- It consisted of 8350 cash and a valuable watch and other jewelry. Entriea for the state exposition are - aoming in at a rapid rate. There is every reason to believe that they will largely exceed in number those of a year ago. Springville has another case of smallpox, small-pox, the victim being Jessie Curtas, who eame in from the railroad in Wyoming. This makes four cases now In town. The little three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. a L. Crandall, of Springville, was kicked in the head by a colt re- eentiy, nis injuries being regarded as serious. Charles W. Wright, a switchman employed in the yards of the Rio Grande Western at Salt Lak City, had his leg cut off while at work one day last week. There are many counterfeit silver oins reported in circulation, mostly half-dollars and dollars, though there re not a. few counterfeit coins of i amauer denominations. The completion of the Mammoth eservoir is now an assured fact and within the next two years Sanpete Bounty will have under cultivation an additional 25,000 acres of land. The secretary of the interior has approved ap-proved the grant to the Utah state agricultural ag-ricultural college of 27,400 acres, in the Salt Lake City district, and the list of 16,311 acres for a miners' hos- pfai. , . j - ; . ' . ; C. E. Blood, of American Fork, while entering a well for the purpose of cleaning it out, was caught by a cave-in cave-in of the inside casing, and before he could be extricated fey his assistants was suffocated. ' j Charley Hunt and George Fife. members of -the Utah National Guard, residing in Salt 'Lake City, engaged in fight in which Fiie was stabbed by Bunt, but the wounded youth will be around in a few days. The auditor of the Rio Grand Weat-"rn Weat-"rn has issued a statement showing the amount of earnings for the first week in September to be $73,200, oi an increase of !8i800 over the corresponding correspond-ing period of last year. : ' ... , Teancum Pratt; one of Utah's early eittlers waa accidentally killed at No. coal mine at Winter Quarters on the fth. His father was Parley P. Pratt, (ne of the prominent men in the early Jiistory of the Mormon church. J The County Commissioners of Salt ke county have acquiesced in the request re-quest of the Utah Federation of Labor that the provisions of th .li,hLi,.. Jaw be complied with in all departments depart-ments of county administration. Burglars entered the residence of Key. George Bailey, of Salt Lake, while the reverend gentleman was delivering de-livering his Sunday sermon, and stole bout .200 worth of jewelry, besides 11 the loose change they could find. Peter Steel, a German ranchman living liv-ing in the vicinity of the Henry mounU tains, while engaged in cutting logs, ran a splinter clear through his leg, Just above the knee. He lay in bia cabin alone three weeks before anyone any-one came to his aid. His recovery is doubtful. Prof. M. E. Jones recently analyzed sample of lake water from Saltair and fonnd it contained 26 per cent of olid salts. Heretofore the highest figure bas been about 22 per cent of olids, so that it will be seen that as the lake shrinks more and more the density increases. The names of the Prohibition state ticket, headed by that of Judge Bore-nnaa Bore-nnaa for governor, will go on the offic-ijal offic-ijal ballot by virtue of petition. The J document is being circulated and be- I jing generally signed by voters of all (parties, who believe in giving the anovemeat a chance to demonstrate it atre.ngtb. I |