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Show UTAH STATE NEWS. H Tho Irrigation companies about Lcbl H j Slave agreed to arbltrato their (lis- H I ! Jiutes. H ' Utah's wool clip for tho Reason will H I probably reach a total of 16,000,000 B -pounds. B Klght new coal mines liavo been B opened up during the p'irtt 3 ear, six In H Emery county nnd two In Carbon H county, H Tho total output of tho mines of H Utah for tho year 1902 Is estimated at H $20,985,3.17. Tho output for IfJOl was B $17,580,457. B Tho Stato University debating team H has mndo arrangements for a contest H with tho debating team of the Unlvnr- B olty of Idnho. HH During the past year 1,883 men woro H employed in the various mines of tho H state, as compared with 1,721 for 1901, H an Increase of 109. H Andrew NIi'Ihoii had both legs H broken, and JameH Graham had ono H leg bro1en as a result of an accident H In a Suunysldu mine. m Royal Held, or Mantl, Is laid up with H a, broken leg, ns a result of being H thrown from a horse, which slipped B whllo tuinlng a corner. M Miss Delia Melntlro was struck by B n train ut Price and slightly Injured. HHl She was standing too closo to tho HHb track, and was struck by tho engine H There Is now over n foot of snow M on tho level In Rabbit valloy In Wayne H county, more than has been on tho B ground at ono tlmo for sovoral years post. H roBtmastcr Clove reports that tho H business of tho I'rovo postotneo for tho H last quarter figures up to $2,756.63, a B gain of $204. 57 over the corresponding B quarter of last year. B A proposition is now on foot to es- B tabllsh an electric light plant to sup- H ply nlchfleld. Tho parties nrn figuring B on about a $10,000 plant, to bo opor- fHl ntcd by steam power. M During tho past year Utah mining B properties have paid dividends to tho H amount of $5,025,500. During 1901 H tho sum of $4,446,900 was distributed W among tho stockholders. ! Tho smelters of Utah nro capable B of handling 4,500 tons of oro per day, B and It Is bolloved before the close of tho year Utah smolters will bo troat- B ing 7,000 toiiB of ore dally. H Whllo William Ilroadhcad, or Mantl, H was driving down tho street tho team H ran away, coming in contact with R m tree, which one of the horses struck, B causing Instant death to tho animal. B An explosion of coal gas at tho Salt H Lake county Jail last week did slight B dnmago to tho building, and as a ro- B suit of tho ex'pluslon ono of tho prls- B oners is nursing a badly burned face. H . Tho cltzens of Kphralm celobrntcd H old folks' day on tho 30th, about 150 M guests being present. Ivan J. Olson, H aged 93, was presented with a cano, H tor being tho oldest pioneer in tho dls- m M A trnlnload of people from Provo, H Sprlngvllle and Salt Lake, spent Now H -Tear's day in tho vicinity of Ncphl on H a rabbit hunt, and wcro royally enter- H tnlncd In tho evoning by tho cttzons B of Ncphl. H ; A forco of eight mon Is at work H , ,slnklng In on tho vein of tho South H Tent Oil company's property at Eph- H ralm. They will faco down tho ledge, H and, If the shale Justine? it, Uiey will H 'erect an oil retort. H Tho total valuation of tho school H property In the Btato at tho ond of H tho school year, Juno 30, was $3,221,- H 159. Ot. Last year tho estimated vnlua- H tlon was $3,005,605.02, showing an in- H' crease of $155,554.62 for 1902. H I According to the figures of Stato H Mlno Inspector Corner Thomas, tho H coal production of tho Sterling Coal & H . Coko company, located six miles south H f of Mantl, Is 7,901 tons this year, as H ' I compared with 1,885 tons last year. H I I Mrs. Peter Peterson, of Ephralm, M ' I while sewing on a machine, acclden- m I tally ran tho machlno ncedlo through V I ' hor finger. It wns found necessary to M, tako tho machlno apart so as to ex- H i tract tho ncedlo from tho lady's finger. H The past year was a roost prosper- H, I ous ono for tho Salt Lako Jobbing K I trade. The volumo of business wns a H I llttlo mora than $4,000,000 greater than H t In 1901, aggregating $31,700,000, as H t against $27,235,000 for tho preceding 1 At tho closo of tho school year thoro M woro 927 graduations In tho common and high schools, as against 813 for H 1901, an increase of 114. Tho gradua- U tions from tho common schools wcro H 2,051 for 1902, and 1,710 for 1901, a H gain of 341. H t Tho production of coal In Utah tho B past year aggregated 1,641,436 tons, H as against 1,152,224 tons1 for 1901, an H. lncrta?o of 489,212 tons. The valuo of BBBBK jvpsi tho product for this yoar, based upon Hftt y "Xf' 1,ti0 por ton nt tll m,ncs' tllQ nvL'r- BBBBbT''0- L '$ ago cost of production, is $2,462,164. bbbbbJW.'.,. '' '-VBfafafafaV bbPbbMbbbdbbbbbl'' . |